A/N: Hi guys! We are Not dead!

...sorry that this took so long...

(Rachel: I've been...dealing with a lot of stuff...please don't blame Renee here...)

We do have a sneak peak for a new story for you guys, because our story is OFFICIALLY A YEAR OLD!

*Throws confetti*

But we're sure you want to get started on "Vision Quest"! So...ENJOY!


Chapter 27

After the four ninjas had left for their soul searching journey, things were a bit quieter at the farmhouse. Sure the children were loud from time to time as they played, but besides that the house felt somewhat…empty.

But life carried on as semi normal. Though Bea and the young clones had grown use to their brothers/fathers being present, they had lived a considerable amount of their lives without them. A few days would be no different.

After all, Leo had said they would only be gone for a little while. And when had Leo ever stared them wrong.

Or so Bea had been trying to convince herself as she copped wood for warmth and training. April was still trying to punch the log in half…and failing, much to Casey's enjoyment. The past few days had been quite quiet, and Bea wasn't sure how much of the emptiness she could take.

"Well, I didn't want to go on the journey, anyway…" She muttered to herself. "I'd only slow them down…"

And no matter how true that was, part of her wasn't nearly convinced. She wasn't April or Casey.

…but then again, she wasn't her brothers either.

She gathered the wood in her arms and turned towards the farmhouse, when something caught her eye. Later, she wouldn't be able to tell you what it was that drew her attention. Maybe it was a change in the light, or maybe some movement. But no matter what it was, something was different. And that difference set her on edge.

She jumped when she heard a noise.

A loud rustling sound shattered her silent thoughts, startling her.

Bea peered over her shoulder, searching with her eyes and ears for the source of the sound.

Soon, she found it.

A deer.

A stupid deer.

That's what scared her. She could've slapped herself. Everything in the woods made her so paranoid, especially being there at night.

Sighing in frustration, she turned to start her small excursion home, when she jumped again.

That stupid deer that caused her previous fright was standing right in front of her, its nose about a foot away from her forehead. She flinched yet again.

Dang, this deer was sneaky.

"Okay, deer," she said a little nervously, "I don't want to hurt you and I don't want you to hurt me, so I will kindly ask you to shoo. Get out of here please."

She took a few sidesteps, but the deer followed her.

After a few minutes of 'are you going to get out of the way or not,' Bea had enough.

"Ugh, what do you want!" she groaned in frustration.

Suddenly, the deer's nose was on her hand.

It was nudging her hand.

"Yes?" she asked, regardless of the fact that she would get no answer.

The deer looked at her and promptly ran off in another direction.

Bea let out a sigh of relief, now she could go home.

About five steps later, Bea's eyes widened as her rump was hit.

She quickly turned around, ready to slap anyone who dared hit her rear end.

Instead of some wise guy looking for a reaction, she found a deer.

Her offense at the action lessened a little bit.

"What do you want now?" She whined.

The deer nudged her hands toward the ground, finally forcing her to drop her firewood.

Well, the house was visible, so if anyone wanted to find her, at least they'd get the wood.

Then, the deer bit on her wrist wraps and pulled her a little.

Now she understood.

"Oh, you want me to follow you?"

The deer nodded its head and set off at a trot away from the house.

Bea followed.

After following the deer for a little while, the deer vanished.

Bea considered yelling for it, but it was a deer, it couldn't answer her and, anyway, she didn't want any unsavory characters to find her.

In the midst of her rapid searching, she didn't notice that she walked backward into a tree, making a loud thunk sound.

She heard muffled, distorted voices in the distance.

Her eyes widened in terror.

No one could find her. That would endanger her family.

She kept her back to the tree, too scared to breathe.

There were footsteps, but the voices stopped.

Then, she heard he telltale whistle of a projectile flying her way.

In a flash, her arrow was drawn and she shot the projectile.

A thud sounded as it hit the tree.

It was a shuriken.

Her brothers!

"Bea!?" the boys exclaimed in surprise.

She was so happy that they were okay, but then she remembered that she wasn't supposed to be on their journey.

"Um…hi?" she said bashfully.


Leo set down the extra wood for the campfire and looked around at his brothers and sister. They all looked tired, and - Mikey in particular - looked hungry. Unsure of what the next step would be for all of them, he took a seat next to Bea.

He wouldn't deny that it was nice that his sister was there with them…but this was a journey that even she herself had said wasn't for her. Yet, a deer – though Leo wasn't sure if it was the same one as the one who beat him up – had led her, very forcefully from her story, to them.

Maybe she was needed here too. For what, Leo could only guess.

Taking a deep breath, he chucked a piece of wood into the fire.

And the flames exploded in a blast of blue flame.

"LEO!" Raph squealed, his voice cracking a bit. "What diD You dO!"

"I-I just added more-"

But the flames weren't done yet. They cycloned for a moment, before revealing a familiar figure.

"MASTER SPLINTER!" The five turtles gasped.

"A-Are you…a ghost?" Mikey reluctantly asked the ghostly figure.

"My spirit has become detached from my body," Splinter responded, "but my body still lives."

Leo noticed Bea's brows furrow, as if trying to understand the meaning of their father's statement. "You're alive!" the leader in blue cried out, standing. "Where are you, Sensei? Let us help you!"

"You cannot, yet." The master said, turning his ghostly head towards his eldest. "There is much you must overcome. If you cannot find your inner strength you will not be able to face the Shredder."

"But, Master….my leg injury is physical…until it heals…"

A cool, almost airy hand touched the leader's shoulder. "We choose what holds us back and what moves us forward."

Leo nodded and sunk to his knees.

The ghostly Splinter looked at each of them before continuing. "Each of you struggles with an inner boundary. In order to face the challenges that will come on your journey home, you must face them out here, alone. Each of you must go off alone and face this demon and however it chooses to manifest itself." He turned to look Raphael in the eyes. "Raphael, your temper is like a fire that you must learn to focus for power."

Turning his head to face Mikey, the master continued. "Michelangelo, your mind is overrun with distractions. Learn to be strong and calm like the forest."

Mikey's eyes narrowed, and he nodded briefly.

The master turned to Donnie, who was still playing with his phone, but put it down the moment his name was said. "Donatello, you rely too much on your mind and not enough on your body. Be strong, like the mountain."

Like his younger brother, Donnie replied with a nod.

Bea's face collapsed into a bit of terror when her father's eyes turned to her, and Leo could practically feel her anxiety.

"Bernadette, you are haunted by many memories and they cloud your judgment and stiffen your body. You must learn to be fluid, like the ripples of water."

The young clone's hands tightened on themselves, but she forced herself to nod in response.

And without batting an eye, Splinter turned to Leo, and the leader suddenly felt a surge of guilt and failure.

"Leonardo, you must be a leader in body and spirit. Be like the wind, let nothing weigh you down." The master did not wait for the leader to acknowledge his task. "Rest, my children, for your greatest trail begins on the Spiritual Plain. And they are just as dangerous as those you face in the real world..." His spirit began to fade. "Be warned…"


A/N: Alright...so this is a bit shorter than some...and we will do our absolute best to give you guys more ASAP!

And as promised, our sneak peek of our next project is below. It's a Hotel Transylvania/TMNT crossover...ish. It has a similar plot, but none of the characters from HT are present in the story. We've called it "Shiro Kame", and as soon as we have chapters edited for publishing, we will put them out!

Behold! The Sneaking of Peeks!


What if monsters aren't always the bad guys?

I mean, the Beast wasn't the bad guy in the end, right? He was just a kid that got caught up in the wrong thing because he didn't let a stranger into his house.

It's humans who assumed that he was bad. It's humans that make up stories about monsters in an effort to justify that the monsters are the bad guys and the humans are always good. It's because of appearances most of the time. Monsters are bad because they LOOK bad. Humans are good because humans LOOK normal.

But just because a Human looks normal, doesn't mean that they are good. It was, after all, not that long ago when a normal human did this to me, my daughter, and my son. It was a normal human who…

I guess that's what it's like right now…but, maybe not all humans are bad…


A/N: DUN DUN DUN!

Anyway, thank you so much for reading! We'll get a new chapter for you guys ASAP. You guys are the best and please leave us a review.

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