HI EVERYBODY! I have another chapter for you kind people. I hoped you liked my last chapter I do not own TMNT, but I have the creators trapped into my closet *laughs manically*. Hey, I do own my OC's though. Now, time to read the next chapter.
*Christmas Eve*
Lizzy's P.O.V
I was currently in my room, wrapping the last of the Christmas gifts before tomorrow. I had almost wrapped all of them when a familiar voice yelled my name.
"LIZZY! Are you almost done yet? We still have to make the Christmas cookies for Santa Clause," Mikey informed.
"Almost done Mikey, I'm on the last one. Besides we have to wait for April to get here," I protest wrapping up the last present, which was Mikey's.
"April got here ten minutes ago," Mikey wined. I placed the last piece of tape to hold the colorful wrapping paper on it. I quickly write out a tag and place it on the front of the gift. Stacking the presents so they are easier to carry I yell, "Okay, I'm done. Now do me a favor and open the door."
"Yay!" he yells opening the door.
"Thanks," I say passing him and walking down the hall.
"You must have really hid them well because I looked all over the place and couldn't find a single one," Mikey tells me. I only laugh and smile. We continue to walk down the hallway until entering the living room.
"Hey April," I greet heading to the tree and neatly placing the gifts under it.
"Hey Lizzy, guess what time it is?" April replied walking over to me, as do the others.
"COOKIE TIME!" I yell running to the kitchen and washing my hands. I quickly take out all the supplies from the cupboards: one medium and one large bowl, a mixing spoon, flour, baking soda, salt, sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla extract. I then head to the fridge and grab the eggs, butter, and the chocolate chips.
"Alright, who wants to help?!" I ask preheating the oven.
"Oo, ooo, Me. I want to help," Mikey yells almost immediately at my side. The others sit at the table and watch us.
"Alright, first thing we need to do is mix the dry ingredients and the wet one in separate bowls. Mikey, you mix the dry, and I'll do the wet," I instruct pushing the flour, baking soda, and salt towards him. Then I grab the better, sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla and begin to mix them together with my hands.
"Gee Liz, I hope you washed your hands," Raph retorted.
"Of course Raph," I say smashing everything together.
"Alright Mikey, are you done?" I ask washing my hands.
"Yep," he replies.
"Good, next we have to add the eggs to the wet ingredients. So as I add the eggs, I want you to mix the bowl," I say informing him of the next step. He begins to mix the ingredients while I cracked the eggs and added them in. Once I knew that it was done, I grab the dry bowl.
"Now we are going to do the same thing with the dry ingredients," I explained. He nodded with a smile as I began to pour them together. Then he slowly mixed them together, but soon finishes.
"Almost done, now all we have to do is add the chocolate chips. Mikey, you do that while I get the cookie sheet ready," I say.
"Cool," he replies. I dig through the lower cabinets and find two large cookie sheets. I then spray then with better so they didn't stick. Once that was done I placed them out and grabbed to tablespoons.
"Now we place the dough in little balls on the sheets," I inform. Mikey and I make good work of it, mostly because we really wanted to lick the dishes. I placed them in the oven and set the timer for nine minutes. I make my way to the bowl, only to find four turtles and one teenage girl attacking the left over cookie dough. I grab a spoon and fight my way through to scrape the edges of the bowl. Once I have my spoonful, I find a spot on the counter and sit until the cookies are done.
"Hey Lizzy?" Mikey asked licking the bowl.
"Yes Mikey," I laugh.
"Do you think there will be enough cookies for Santa Clause and us?" he asks.
"Of course Mikey," I reassure licking the spoon clean.
"You two still believe in Santa?" Leo asked at regaining his spot at the table. Both Mikey and I turn out heads and glair at him.
"Santa's not real dimwits," Raph spoke from his chair.
"Bite your tongue," I yell at Raph threating him with the spoon.
"Watch it fool," Mikey said now looking at Raph.
"Santa Clause is real Raph," I say.
"It's scientifically impossible to fly around the world in one night, or to have flying reindeer for that matter," Donnie noted.
"No it's not. He uses magic," Mikey says turning to me. "Right Lizzy?"
"Duh, some people just don't understand it, so they choose not to believe in it," I say.
"What? How could a-" Donnie began, but was interrupted by the buzzer. I quickly though the spoon in the sink and go to the oven. When I look inside, the cookies are golden brown.
"There done," I say putting on the oven mitts and then reaching for the cookies. Pulling them out, I place them on pot holders. Once done, I set the timer for two minutes.
"Alright, they will be ready in two minutes," I inform everyone. I look back at the clock and see that is 9:45 pm.
"But after we can only have a few before making a plate for Santa," I finish. Everyone but Mikey and I give a loud sigh.
"Then we have to get Master Splinter to read us the story," Mikey interjected. That's when Splinter entered the kitchen.
"Mm, I smelt the cookies and thought I'd come investigate," he smiled. We all gave a few laughs, but was soon interrupted by the buzzer. I quickly grab a large plate and begin to place the cookies onto it.
"Alright, who wants one," I ask holding out the plate in front of everyone. They attack the plate, each grabbing two, as do I. Taking a bite I immediately let out a moan of happiness, as does everyone else.
"These are really good," Mikey beamed eating his second cookie.
"I would have to agree with Michelangelo," sensei agreed. Everyone nodded.
"Thanks, family recipe," I say beginning my second cookie.
"Really? That's cool," April confessed. I see four turtles reaching for another cookie, but I quickly grab the plate and hold it away.
"No more, the rest are for Santa," I stubbornly say. "Mikey, could you get a glass of milk?" I ask.
"Sure Liz," he agrees. I head out into the Living room and set up the spot the milk and cookies. Mikey approaches and kneels beside me. He sets the milk beside the plate. I glance at him and he does me. We both immediately know what to do as we raced for Master Splinter. We each grab one of his hands and drag him to the couch.
"Time to read The Night before Christmas sensei," I say as he sits on the couch. Mikey runs off to get the book while I make myself comfortable and snuggle next to Master Splinter. He only chuckles and gives me a short, tight squeeze. When Mikey comes back he sits on the other side of Splinter and the others sit comfortably on the floor. Mikey hands him the book and he began to read:
"Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nick soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled down for a long winter's nap,
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name:
"Now, DASHER! Now, DANCER! Now, PRANCER and VIXEN!
On, COMET! On CUPID! On, DONDER and BLITZEN!
To the top of the porch! To the top of the wall!
Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!"
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my hand, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
His eyes - how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
"MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD-NIGHT!"
Master Splinter finished the story and I gave a yawn, along with the others.
"Thanks Master Splinter," I yawn.
"Yeah, that was pretty good," Raph agrees.
"You are all welcome, but now it is time for bed," Splinter informs standing up.
"Awwww," we all wine.
"Or would you rather have a round of Randori?" He asks in a stern voice. I don't know about the others, But I defiantly do not, so I jump over the couch as the others quickly move from there spot. We run for our rooms and April runs to mine. We all chorus, "Good night Master Splinter!" I swear I could hear him laugh. I enter my room with April at my time.
"April, are you sure you Aunt said you could spend the night?" I ask slipping into my silk, red pajamas while she slips in her special Christmas pair with reindeer on them.
"For the hundredth time, Yes! She said I could as long as I was home by noon to visit my other family," she answered clearly annoyed.
"Okay, just wanted to make sure," I say pulling my hair down letting it fall to my sides.
"Well, I'm going to bed. Night Liz," April yawns crawling into her already made sleeping bag.
"Alright, Night April. Sweet dreams," I reply crawling under my covers. Clutching my teddy bear I drift off into a deep sleep.
Mikey's P.O.V.
I wake up like any other morning, when I realize that it isn't like any other morning. It was Christmas.
"CHRSTMAS!" I yell jumping out of bed. Making my way to the door, I quietly slip out of my room and into Lizzy's. When I open the door, I notice a peaceful looking April on the floor and a cute Lizzy on the bed. Both sleeping. Carefully stepping over April I make my way over to Lizzy. I crouch down and begin to stare at her, trying to wake her up. When that didn't work, I began to whisper her name.
"Lizzy, Lizzy. Guess what today is? I betcha can't guess," I taunt leaning in closer to her face.
"Hmm," she says beginning to stir. I feel my smile begin to grow as she opens her eyes.
"Oh, hey Mikey," she yawns.
"Lizzy, guess what day it is?" I whisper. I watch her think a minute until her grows wide like mine.
"IT'S CHRISTMAS!" she shouts waking April and who knows who else. She immediately jumps out of bed, tripping over April in the process.
"Sorry April," she apologized quickly getting back up.
"It's alright, I needed to get up anyways," she laughed. I ran out the door, followed by Lizzy. The first door we stopped at was occupied by Leo. I shushed Lizzy before we walked in. He was still sound asleep. We tiptoed up to his bed and stared a minute before yelling, "Hey LEO!" He woke up almost instantly and opened his eyes. It seemed he wasn't surprised to see us. So Lizzy and I ran out of his room and into the next, which was Donnie's. He was asleep on his desk, using his arms as a pillow. All it took was a loud thump and he woke up.
"Time to get up Donnie. It's Christmas. Oh, and Aprils awake," Lizzy said making him smile at the last part. The last room was Raph's. We quietly head into his room and see him with Spike, his pet turtle, on the bed sound asleep. I head behind him and begin to poke his head. It takes all my effort not to burst out laughing. I see that Lizzy is also having a hard time too. I notice Leo, Donnie, and April approach the door, and then head into the living room. I continue to poke him and it's getting boring. I look at Lizzy who had gained a huge, playful smile. She quietly walked over to Raph, leaned down by where his ear would be if he had one, and yelled, "Time to get up!" He woke up startled and began rubbing his ear. He opened his eyes to see Lizzy and then turned to see me.
"LIZZY! MIKEY!" he screamed launching at Lizzy, but she avoided him and ran out the door. I soon followed with Raph chasing us. We reach the living room and duck for cover in the pit. Everyone was there, including Master Splinter. That's when Raph entered holding Spike.
"Good morning sensei and Merry Christmas," we chimed trying to look good.
"Good morning you two and Merry Christmas to all of you," he replied then sipping his cup of tea. We looked at Raph, who gave us a look, but brushed it off. I glance over at the stockings and see that they were full.
"Santa came," I yelled running over to the stockings. I peak inside mine. It is full of chocolate, plus a new comic, and a set of new wheels for my skateboard. I glance over at Lizzy and saw that besides all the chocolate, she got skateboard wheels too, along with a set of drawing pencils. I look to my brothers, who have also attacked their stocking, to see that everyone had a new set of wheels along with something a little more personal. Leo got a Space Hero's action figure, Donnie got a new book, and Raph got a set of throwing stars.
"So cool," I say looking through my comic.
"Hmm, what's this?" I hear Raph say which is followed by Lizzy and April burst of laughter. I look up to see Raph holding a lump of coal.
"What's so funny?" He asks.
"Don't you know that if you're naughty, Santa gives you a lump of coal," April replies. Raph's cheeks begin to turn a bright shade of red.
"Maybe you'll be better next year," Lizzy comments. She barely has time to duck when Raph came at her. She quickly ran behind me.
"I believe it is time to open our gifts now, don't you think?" Splinter interjects stepping between me and Raph. He seems to relax as we all head over to the tree.
"Who wants to pass out the presents?" Leo asked. I quickly raised my hand.
"Alright Mikey," he laughed sitting down next to Splinter. I quickly head for the stack of gifts and begin to sort, and then pass them out. I hand a pile to Raph, then April, Donnie, Leo, Splinter, and Lizzy (because they were sitting in that order). I notice that everyone had six presents but Master Splinter. Finally done, I claim my pile and sit next to Lizzy.
"Who wants to go first?" Donnie asked.
"I think Elizabeth should go first," Splinter says ass everyone nods their heads.
"O-okay," she says. I recognize the first gift she grabs right away. It's the one I got her. She carefully begins to unwrap it, revealing a hand drawn picture in a wooden frame. The background was black and white, but it was clearly made out to be central park. On a bench were two figures in color. It was me and Lizzy. It showed us looking intently at each other. I looked to her face and saw how happy she looked. She quickly hugged me and whispered in my ear, "Thank you." The next present she opened was a small box and on the inside were a pair of yellow, fingerless, fighting gloves.
"Cool, thanks Raph," she said trying them on.
"No prob. I know you needed a new pair," Raph replied. Moving on to her next present, she opened another small box. When she opened it, there was a T-phone on the inside. She squealed with excitement, earning her a good laugh from the rest of us.
"You're welcome Lizzy. I figured you would be needing one," Donnie said, taking her squeal as thanks. The next present she opened was flat and hard. Opening it up was a yellow book that said 'Drawing Journal' on it.
"Thanks April. I've been needing a new one," Lizzy saws.
"I've noticed," April laughed. Moving on, the next present she opened was hard, like the last, and when she opened it, there was another book. She then smiled after reading the title, and nodded to Leo. He nodded back as she opened the last gift. It was small. After unwrapping it, she gasped and delicately lifted out a small little jewelry box. I was a beautiful silver box with a pink cherry blossom on it.
"It's, it's… beautiful," she manages to get out. Splinter smiles and kindly replies, "I am glad you like it. It was one of the few things that survived the fire. I thought you should have it."
"Thank you, so much. So who wants to go next," she offers.
"I will!" I yell ripping into my first present, which is a big box. In the box are about 24 smoke bombs.
"Sweet," I say.
"I thought it would keep you out of my hair for a while," Donnie admitted. The next present I opened was floppy, and as I opened it, there was a rare Bat Man comic book.
"Raph, how did you get this?" I asked astonished.
"I have my ways," is all he reveals. Moving on I open a flat, hard one gift, but I am totally surprised of what I see. It is the new game that came out only last week.
"H-how? The game has only been out two weeks and no one has been able to get it," I say turning my attention over to Lizzy.
"Not if you got it the first day it came out," she replies with a sly smile. Next, I open up a softer feeling gift. Unwrapping it, I see that is a bag, but when I look inside, there are all these cool gadgets when I realize that it is for pranking. Then I notice a note and read it:
'Mikey, don't use this on me. Leo' I smile at Leo and he smiles back. The next one I open is a really weird shape. After unwrapping it I realize that it is a new videogame controller from April.
"Thanks April. Seriously," I thank.
"You're welcome Mikey," she replies. The last thing I open is a new sketch book from Master Splinter.
"Thank you sensei, this is really nice," I say.
"You are welcome Michelangelo," he replied. We continue to do the routine of opening gifts. Donnie got a new microscope (Lizzy), new tools (April), a book on ancient Japan (Splinter), some Kraang technology (Raph), special rare coffee (Leo), and a chemistry set (Me). Raph got a punching bag (Lizzy), WWII wrestling DVD collection of best knock outs (Me), punching gloves (Leo), a new helmet (Donnie), metal polisher (Splinter), and a rock 'n roll cd (April). Leo got a collector's edition of Space Hero's DVD's (Lizzy), a fancy katana (Splinter), a book on ancient fighting styles (Donnie), another book on good lines when fighting (Raph), an arrangement of shuriken od different sizes (April), and a space Hero's comic book (Me). April got a new pair of boots (Lizzy), a stuffed turtle with a shirt that said 'I'm a ninja' (Me), a necklace (Splinter: with the same story that Splinter gave Lizzy about the box), a picture of her and Donnie (Donnie), gloves like Lizzy's but black (Raph), and a book on famous woman fighters (Leo). Lastly it was Master Splinters turn. He carefully picks up his first gift and began unwrapping it. Then it reveals to be a beautiful sheath with a katana in it. Taking it out, he carefully looks at the intricate designs.
"It's from all of us sensei," Leo explains.
"Thank you everyone. It is beautiful, but if it is from all of you, then who it this one from?" Master Splinter asked with a smile on his face holding up a long, flat gift.
"Actually, the katana is from everyone except me. The other one is from me," Lizzy explains. Splinter nods and begins to unwrap his other present.
"This is beautiful Elizabeth," he said sincerely. I didn't get a good look at it at first, but when I did, I had to agree with my sensei, as did the others. It was a hand drawn picture in a beautiful frame. The background was in black and white, with the dojo with the tree. Then there were all of us, even April, in the front in color with lots of detail.
"Man, you are a very good drawer," Raph stated. Everyone nodded in agreement. For the rest of the morning, everyone hung out and looked at their gifts until April had to leave. After, I sat on the couch with Lizzy as we watch Christmas specials with my brothers and Master Splinter.
"So Lizzy how was Christmas?" I ask.
"It was wonderful," she rejoiced.
"So you got everything you wanted?" Splinter smiled placing a fuzzy paw on her shoulder.
"Yes and more, I got the one thing I have asked Santa for every year," she stated with a smile.
"What's that?" Donnie asked.
"A family," she smiled. That's it, I couldn't take it anymore. So I attacked Lizzy with a hug, placing a kiss on her cheek. Everyone looked surprised.
"Um…" Leo began.
"Should we tell them?" she giggled.
"Yeah," I said getting a look from my brothers.
"Were together," she smiled. I looked to Master Splinter and saw a smile on his face. He patted both our heads and continued to watch the movie. All my brothers give me thumbs up and watch the movie. Lizzy snuggled into my arms and I rubbed her healed arm. And that's how we spent the rest of the day. Together as a family.
So what did you guys think? I believe I nailed it. The next chapter will be up soon, like the next couple of days so be prepared, but for now I bid you good bye. BYE!