Now here's the part you've all been waiting for! Finally it's showtime for the Turtles!
How will they do in this first chapter of the show! Hope you enjoy it! :D
Chapter Ten
Show-time
Finally it was Christmas Eve and the day of the show.
The past couple of days were non-stop fun for the mutants, for they had a carol concert in the canteen courtesy of the talented singers of Mutopia as well as a tasty feast provided by the talented Mutopia Chef, Louie.
Then following day they had a Christmas party with a buffet of hot and cold food and drinks along with music and Karaoke which pleased the mutants greatly as they all got a chance to get up and sing even if they were really good, or couldn't sing for toffee.
Mona and Sephie had done a duet together singing Mariah Carey's 'All I want for Christmas is You' for their mates to which they received a huge round of applause.
The turtles had even sung a few songs together including 'Wonderful Christmas Time', and Leonardo had decided to sing Wham's 'Last Christmas' which everyone loved.
But now, it was show-time and the gang were excited and nervous as they got into their costumes and make up to begin the show.
Mona, Tyroth and Sephie stood at the back of the stage whilst the canteen was filling up with Mutopians all excited and chatting happily.
George was at the front with Sonia next to him and the Chicago Knights were in the row behind them chatting excitedly.
"Sonia looks excited!" said Mona with a smile as she adjusted her tiara in her hair.
"She sure does!" said Sephie as she gripped her prop broom "She's especially happy because this is one of the stories Tyroth reads to her before bedtime!"
Mona sighed happy as Tyroth smiled proudly.
"That's so cool." She said "I'm just glad we thought of the idea to do this in the first place!"
"Leo!" A voice then brought them to earth and they looked across to where Leonardo and Raphael were "Watch it will ya!"
"Keep still Raph!" cried Leonardo "I'm almost done!?"
"What's going on with you two?" asked Mona holding up her dress and walking over with Sephie and Tyroth behind her.
They soon saw Leonardo trying to help Raphael into his costume as well as get it over his shell.
"Raphael's zipper at the back's being stubborn!" Leonardo growled pulling harder at the back "Either that or he ate too much at the Carol Concert dinner!"
"I didn't eat that much!" Raphael retorted as he twitched "Ow! Careful!"
"Oh shut up you big baby!" Leonardo snapped "At least you're not whining like Don and Mikey backstage!"
"What do you mean?" asked Sephie raising an eyebrow.
"Those two have decided they don't want to make idiots of themselves!" growled Raphael "Whining like children! They're refusing to go on stage!"
"What?" asked Sephie in shock "After everything we worked on? And the show's gonna start soon!"
Mona glared.
"Where are those two?" she asked crossly "I'll deal with them!"
"In the back!" said Raphael pointing behind him then wincing again as Leonardo tried to zip up the zipper again.
"I'll go with you Mona." Tyroth offered "Sephie, you help Leo with Raph's costume, curtains up in 20 minutes!"
"Got it love." Said Sephie as she started to help Leonardo.
Mona and Tyroth ran out to the back as they saw Donatello and Michelangelo standing in their costumes and glaring.
"Guys!" cried Mona "What are you doing back here? Curtains up in 20 minutes!"
"I'm not going out like this!" Michelangelo snapped
"What?!" cried Tyroth in shock.
"Neither am I!" said Donatello "We're on strike!"
"You're the Ugly sisters!" Mona snapped "What did you expect to wear!?"
"Why are you complaining now?" asked Tyroth, his eyes wide "Just yesterday you were all up for this! And you're refusing now? What's gotten into you!?"
"This dress itches!" said Michelangelo.
"And they're too tight!" said Donatello.
"This colour makes me look washed out!" said Michelangelo holding up the poofy skirt.
"Yeah!" said Donatello "Me too! We should have gotten the roles of the Prince, Buttons or Dandini, not some stupid girl!"
"Well I suggest my sons..." a voice from behind them said making both turtles jump and Michelangelo squeal and jump into Donatello's arms "You had better change your minds, the show is about to start and if you do not take part and wear your outfits, I'll make you wear them for a month!"
Mona and Tyroth looked behind the turtles to see Master Splinter standing there with his arms folded.
"You can't do that!" cried Michelangelo and Donatello together.
"Then I suggest you listen to Sensei!" said Mona "You look great!"
"Yeah!" said Tyroth "So get your shells out there before I toast your backsides!"
Not daring to anger the dragon or their sensei, Donatello and Michelangelo ran towards the stage pulling on their wigs as they did.
"Thanks master!" said Mona with a smile as Splinter smiled back.
"Thats one way to deal with disobedient sons." He said "You two had better join them, I'm about to do the announcement now."
"Okay Master Splinter." Said Mona "Come on Tyroth."
"And as they say in theatre speech for good luck." Said Splinter as he watched them go "Break a leg!"
"Thanks!" Tyroth called back.
As soon as everyone was seated to watch the show, Splinter walked onto the stage to announce the show.
"Good evening ladies and gentlemen of Mutopia!" he called out "I have to say it is an honour that we will be spending Christmas with you all, and we couldn't be more grateful!"
At once everyone clapped and cheered.
"And as a thank you to all of you, and because my children and their friends wanted to surprise you all for Christmas, may I proudly present The Ninja Turtles own production of...CINDERELLA!"
At once the whole room roared with cheers and applause as Splinter bowed and walked down off the stage to join George and Sonia.
"Cinderella!" cried Sonia excitedly "The story Uncle Tyroth reads to me! Oh how wonderful!"
George smiled at Sonia fondly then smiled at Splinter before the music began to swell and the curtains were pulled to the side
As soon as the curtains opened, Leonardo jumped forward and bowed to the applauding audience.
"Heya gang!" he shouted "It's Buttons! Are you all having a good time?"
"YES!" everyone shouted.
"Hey that wasn't very loud! I said are you having a good time?" Leonardo shouted again.
"YES!" everyone shouted louder.
"Whoa that was great!" cried Leonardo "Hello everybody and welcome to the Stately house where I work! You like it?"
"Yes!" everyone shouted.
"Glad you like it!" cried Leonardo "Well even if it is nice, those who live here aren't too nice!"
"Oooohhhh!" everyone cried.
"Yes...!" said Leonardo "I work for the evil baroness! And I am her bumbling butler!"
"Booooo!" everyone groaned.
"I know!" said Leonardo "She is horrible! And to make matters worse! She has two daughters! Two very ugly daughters! In fact! They're so ugly! They were sunbathing in the garden and the dog tried to bury them!"
At that comment everyone in the audience laughed out loud.
Watching from the side, everyone grinned as they watched Leonardo interact with the audience and make them laugh.
"Wow! Look at Fearless!" said Raphael "He's really got them reeled in!"
"He sure is enjoying himself!" said Mona.
"I never thought he could be a comedian!" said Sephie "It's amazing! He's always so serious when training."
"Yeah!" said Donatello "He really puts the energy in!"
As Leonardo was teaching the audience to boo the evil stepmother and evil stepsisters, Sephie knew that was her cue to get ready and she stood at her spot.
"Break a leg Sephie!" Michelangelo called "I promise I won't be too mean to you!"
"You'll be just fine Mikey!" Sephie called back "I'll forgive you!"
Donatello grinned at Sephie as the Gecko got ready to make her entrance, as her cue came on she walked on with her prop broom and began to sweep the stage singing softly.
"Hello Buttons!" Sephie said in a sweet voice to Leonardo.
"Hello Cinderella!" said Leonardo "How are you doing today?"
"Oh dreadful Buttons!" said Sephie in a dramatic sad voice "It's ten o clock, and I've been cleaning this kitchen and scouring the pots since six!"
"Awwww!" the audience sighed.
"Awww!" said Leonardo in a sad tone "Poor you, but not to worry! At least you got good old Buttons to cheer you up!"
Sephie smiled then gave Leonardo a kiss on the nose which made Tyroth look a bit annoyed even though he knew they were only acting.
Just then, April walked on stage to some foreboding music dressed in a tight burgundy dress and everyone as soon as they saw her booed loudly.
"Cinderella!" April shouted in her best evil Stepmother voice "Are you finished yet!?" she then glared at Leonardo.
"Get out Buttocks!" April shouted
"Erm...it's Buttons actually!" said Leonardo
"I'll be the judge of that!" April hissed "Now get out!"
Leonardo exited the stage and April looked towards Sephie, her mouth still pouted.
"Cinderella!" she barked "Look at the state of this kitchen! You'll just have to get out of bed an hour earlier!"
"I'm sorry Stepmother..." Sephie grovelled to which the audience booed the stepmother more before she left the stage.
"Nice work April!" said Mona as she came off.
"Thanks!" said April with a smile "That was a lot of fun! I always knew playing Villains was a lot more exciting than playing the heroine!"
Mona agreed and she soon saw Donatello and Michelangelo getting ready to make their appearance.
The two turtles put on feminine poses and walked out onto the stage carrying shopping bags.
As the two younger turtles tottered on stage, the whole room roared with laughter at them, Mona was slightly worried that it would put the younger turtles off their performance, but Donatello and Michelangelo kept in character as they danced onto the stage singing and humming.
"Cinders!" Michelangelo cried in a high voice "Where's our tea!?"
"Yeah!" Donatello added in an equally high voice "We ordered our tea to be ready as soon as we arrived home from Macys!"
"I'm sorry stepsisters!" said Sephie in a soft voice "I will have it ready soon!"
"Why are you always so slow Cinders!" cried Michelangelo "You can't do anything right!"
"Yeah!" Donatello spat "Slow Cinders!"
As the scene went on, everyone continued to watch from the back and all the while, the whole room was laughing and booing at the Ugly Sisters.
"Hey! They're really getting into it now!" said Tyroth "After all the complaining they were doing earlier!"
Mona laughed.
"Yeah!" she said as she watched "Those two make the perfect pair of Ugly Sisters!"
"Though I don't think Raph and Leo are gonna let them forget it are they?" asked Tyroth.
"Never!" came Raphael's cackle behind them "Jack's videotaping the whole thing! And he said he'd make a copy for us so they'll always be reminded of today!"
"Gosh you are mean!" said Tyroth "But at least we'll have some good memories too!"
"Agreed!" said Mona as she continued to watch and laugh.
Lol! Looks like the first part of the show is going well! And even Donatello and Michelangelo are getting into their roles and having fun!
Stay tuned for more coming soon! :D