Chapter 14: Farmhouse Reunion

Hermione was quick to help the injured Sonic get back onto his feet. She proceeded to walk the blue hedgehog back to the bed as Holly, Leonardo, Mulch, Michelangelo, No1, Donatello, Juliet, Raphael, and the unconscious Peter filed through the doorway.

"What happened?" asked Hermione as she place Sonic on the bed.

"Long story," replied Sonic.

"There seem to be a lot of long stories that we need to hear at the moment," chuckled Juliet.

"Yeah. It's kind of annoying," said Holly. The elf captain approached Sonic and looked down at him with a smile. "I'll try my best to heal your injuries once I've done Peter."

Sonic looked over towards the group and noticed the sleeping Peter laying on the floor.

"What happened to him?" he asked.

"Queen Chrysalis. She tried to abduct him but we stopped her," replied Donatello.

"Then she ran away like a coward! I wish I had been the one to take her out!" snapped Raphael.

"Raph, please! Now's not the time!" said Leonardo. Everyone nodded as Holly approached the sleeping Peter and extended her palms over him.

"Now...let's see if this works," she breathed. She closed her eyes and blue sparks began to jump from her hands and onto Peter. They bounced over his body and into every opening they could find. Peter's body then began to shake and complete silence fell within the room. Peter began to groan unwillingly and Hermione stepped towards him. "Don't! He's fine! It's just his body reacting to my magic purging him of whatever Chrysalis put into him."

Peter's body slowly levitated into the air and began to vibrate. It shook faster and faster with every second. Everyone in the room held their breath and a trickle of blood began to fall from Holly's nose.

"Come on, Pete!" breathed Hermione.

"Just a few more seconds!" coughed Holly.

"I can't watch," stated Michelangelo as he turned around. The sparks then let out a triumphant screech of success and a plume of green sludge spewed out of Peter's mouth. The sludge came together in the air in the form of a floating green ball and remained floating next to Peter for several seconds. The ball of sludge then disappeared into nothing and Peter slowly returned to the ground. The sparks disappeared and Holly fell back, her heart racing incredibly fast.

"Are you alright?" asked Sonic.

"I'm fine," Holly replied. "Just a little weakened but nothing more."

"I can fix that," said No1 happily. The demon warlock approached Holly and placed his hand on her shoulder. Red sparks flowed out of his hand and were absorbed into Holly. Holly took a deep breath and her eyes glowed orange for a few seconds before returning to normal.

"Thanks, No1. I needed that," she said.

"No problem!" replied No1.

Peter's eyes slowly opened and began to scan the area around him.

"Whoa. Did anyone see the truck that hit me?" he asked with a tired voice. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and backed away.

"It's good to see that you're alright now," said Leonardo as he helped the confused teenage superhero up from the floor. "Can you tell us what happened with Chrysalis?"

"Chrysalis? You mean that horse...thing?"

"Exactly that," said Hermione.

"She tricked me. She took the form of Black Cat and began to...seduce me."

"Awkward," said Michelangelo as he let out a forced cough.

"Anyway, she...she kissed me, as Black Cat, and began to inject my mouth with something...that was in her...tongue."

Michelangelo pretended to gag and Raphael proceeded to slap him in the back of the head.

"Ow!" he cried.

"It's about time I did that today," chuckled Raphael. He then noticed Hermione and Holly staring at him sternly and instantly stopped laughing.

"Then I lost all of my strength and fell down," continued Peter.

"And that's when we came in," said Leonardo.

"Yeah. Thanks for that, by the way. If you hadn't been there then she would have taken me to God knows where."

"No problem."

"What were you doing in my world anyway, Leo?"

"Yeah. Weren't you going to explain to us why you were in Peter's world?" asked Juliet, who was now eying the four ninja turtles.

"Okay. Okay. We'll talk," said Leonardo with an uncomfortable grin. "You see-"

"Oh wait a minute!" said Holly. Everyone turned to the elf captain with confused looks. "I've nearly forgotten to heal Sonic's injuries."

She began to walk towards the blue hedgehog but No1 got in her way.

"Let me do it, Holly. That last healing took a lot out of you and there hasn't been enough time for the magic to settle inside of you," he said.

"Okay then. Thanks."

No1 then proceeded to heal Sonic with streams of red sparks. Within a few seconds, Sonic jumped out of bed and ran around the room gleefully.

"Yes! Got my legs back!" he cheered as he zoomed around the room.

"Can I start talking again?" asked Leonardo.

"Of course. Please start," said Hermione.

"Okay. Thank you. Anyway, about a night ago Master Splinter had this dream where-"

"Wait a minute!" said Sonic, who had stopped in front of the window.

"What now?" snapped Raphael.

"Is that Artemis?"

Hermione exchanged shocked expressions with Holly and Leonardo and ran to the window. She looked outside and there, walking towards the farmhouse, were several familiar faces. There they all were. Artemis, Harry, Robin, Po, Ron, Ginny, Neville, Raven, Master Splinter, April, Luna, Casey, and George. They looked tired, beaten, bruised, and very determined. Hermione, without saying a word, ran from the window and down the stairs. She ran out the front door and towards the group.

"Hermione?" asked Ron as he limped towards her. Hermione ran into him and they hugged.

"Well isn't that sweet?" said Artemis happily. Hermione separated from Ron, walked over to Artemis, and slapped him on the arm. "Ow! What was that for?"

"What the hell have you gotten yourself and the others into?" she snapped.

"Oh boy," choked Casey.

"I left you at the Burrow only a little over an hour ago and yet here you are! Bruised, battered, beaten, cut, and everything in-between! What the hell happened?"

"It's a long story," replied Robin nervously.

"Oh great! ANOTHER LONG STORY! I swear if I encounter someone else with another long story I'm going to use a Bat Bogey Hex on them!"

"That doesn't sound good," Po whispered to April. Holly followed Hermione out of the farmhouse, walked up to Artemis, and gave him a quick hug.

"Hey Mud Boy. How are things?" she asked.

"Oh the usual. Getting into fights, destroying people's homes, learning about dastardly world-dominating plans being conjured up by old enemies. The usual," replied Artemis.

"Well at least things are normal."

"So what are you two doing in our home anyway?" asked April.

"It's a long story."

Hermione bit her lip angrily and leaned against Ron, highly weakened by that night's events.

"I do believe that we have a long night of explanations ahead of us," said Artemis.

"Yes," said Master Splinter. "I believe we do."