Authors Notes: Splinter knows about Kris' nightmares without her telling him. This is the story behind Kris' history with the foot. The italics are the actual going back in time part and the not italics are present time, just as an fyi.

"As you may know, Master Splinter, I was twelve when I started realizing my brother was home less and less often," with that I dove into my story

It was about 9 pm and at our house that means lights out and sleeping. The only thing is that my older brother, Tony, has been out way past curfew. The thing is, my parents didn't even know he wasn't home and today was the day that changed my life, or so I liked to think. But anyway, I was just about fast asleep when someone started shaking me awake. Once I sat up, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes, I said, "Why are you waking me up mom, I was almost asleep."

"Its me Tony, not mom."

"Where have you been? I've been," I wasn't able to finish my sentence because Tony had put his hand over my mouth and shushed me by saying, "Mom and dad can't know about me leaving here, ever. Promise me you won't tell them what I'm about to tell you, then show you, okay?"

I nodded my head and he continued on saying,

"So wait," said Mikey, "He asked you not to tell your parents and you agreed?"

"I was like 9, geez let me continue," I responded and continued on with the tale.

He continued on saying, "Well, you know that I haven't been home during the night and returning before mom comes and wakes me up? You see, I've been at this place, its like a kind of hideout for people who are with this group called the Foot Clan, who is ran by this guy called the Shredder. Following me so far?"

I nodded my head.

"Well, its so secret that no one knows about it, not even the police, so if you go and tell out parents, I, along with the rest of the people there, will be in deep, deep trouble. We would be in deep trouble because of our leader, who I mentioned earlier, will get very angry and will do unthinkable things. So, please don't say anything, please?"

"I won't say anything Tony," I said while looking at my bedroom door, "Now what did you want to show me?"

"Come with me," he said while going to the window. I nodded my head, put my shoes on, and headed out the window with my brother. Once we were in the alley, we started to head out of town. 'Man, I should have put on a hoodie before I left the home,' I thought, 'Hopefully we get there soon, before I freeze to death.'

As if Tony was reading my mind, he gave me his sweater. I looked up at him and he said, "You looked cold, so I gave you my sweater."

"Oh," I said while he looked around cautiously. He then whispered, "You can never be too careful getting here. You never know who is following you. Now to get to that building over there, you have to go under this fence right here. I'll demonstrate." He went under the fence, since there was a hole in the ground, big enough to fit a human thru. Then I followed suit and did the same thing. Once I was on my feet, he started running towards the entrance. I had a hard time keeping up, but I eventually got to the door. When we got inside, I heard loud music blaring and saw that it was like an arcade, but even cooler. There were arcade games, places to skate, and a bunch of other things that I couldn't even see. My brother snapped me out of my daze and said, "You think this is awesome? There's a bunch more that you don't even know about."

"Dude," I said, "How come you didn't tell me about this sooner? I would've come with you all this time. You should never have kept this from me. And I swear I'll never tell anyone about this."

"Good, now follow me. You know how you said you wanted to learn some martial arts? Well, I could get something going so you could learn."

"Oh my god, I love you Tony."

We then went thru the building and ended up in front of a bald guy with a mustache. To me, he looked kind of scary.

"Master Tatsu, I have finally recruited my sister and she is interested in learning the way of the foot."

"So, you basically went there knowingly?"

"Well," I said, "When I was nine, I didn't know what I was getting into."

"You joined the foot on your own will," Raph nearly yelled, "How the hell should we believe you?"

"Why the hell shouldn't you?" I said nearly as loud, "I'm here aren't I? Now let me continue."

He grunted at my brother and then turned to my direction. He walked around me, looked at me up and down, then finally said, "She is tiny, yet powerful. She will do well with us. Follow me." He turned around and went down the hallway. My brother nudged me to start walking and we followed him. What seemed like ten minutes later, we were in a huge room that had bleachers all the way around it. In the center, there was a man that looked like he had a can opener on top of his head. Tatsu went up to him and started saying stuff in a hush tone. He then bowed and left the room. The guy with the can opener on his head got up and turned around to us. I immediately went behind my brother because this dude kind of creped me out. My brother turned to me and said, "He's a good guy, don't be afraid of him, okay?"

I nodded my head and stood next to my brother. My brother then kneeled and said, "Master Shredder, this is my sister, Sam, she is interested in joining the foot, but will like to get some training, can I have permission to start having someone giving her lessons?"

He breath was easy to hear because of the mask over his mouth. "I grant permission. And Sam, you have to prove yourself, so behave."

"Yes Master Shredder," I said while bowing to him. I then turned and left the room. Man, was my heart pounding so hard that I thought I was gonna lose my life. That was one of the scariest things in my life.

"That was the end of the beginning, but I didn't know about it at the time," I explained, "You'll know what I mean when I get to the next part."

"Dude, the foot seems like, really tough," Mikey said, "How could you have stood it?"

"I don't even know dude."