This fanfiction is dedicated to someone very special. Five years ago today (August 23rd/24th) one of my closest friends passed away. I dedicate this fanfiction to her. She didn't like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but her favourite colour along with mine, was purple. (Although I like pink as well) but anyway, if you guys have a best friend today, give them a hug, and tell them that you appreciate them. Because you never know when you'll lose them. Through your own actions or something worse that you can't reverse, like death. So without further ado, I present to you. Purple masks and memories.
Sparkle Miller, coming in the turtle lair with a gloomy expression.
Sparkle Wheeled in the turtle lair, The genius turtle, Donatello immediately noticed her purple outfit, internally squealing. Her purple outfit consisted of a purple dress, with a white cardigan. She wore a purple headband in her hair also with purple clips.
OOOOOOH! I LOVE The purple get up! You look adorable! "Donatello exclaimed, trying and failing miserably not to squeal.
Sparkle looked at him with a sad smile. "Thank you." She replied gloomily, almost sounding like she'd been crying on her way here. Donnie walked over bending down so the partially sighted girl could see him. " is everything okay? Did I say something wrong?" Sparkle gave a 50 50 kind of gesture. "Kinda... I know I very rarely wear a lot of purple, but today I'm wearing it for sentimental reasons. Because... "Sparkle took a shaky breath. Donnie put his hand on hers. "It's the anniversary of someone's death today. Five years ago today I lost my best friend. Her favourite colour was purple, so I'm wearing purple in honour of her today... purple has become a very sentimental colour for me, every time I wear it, I think of my best friend..."
Donnie looked at Sparkle, frowning a little, but also honoured because he wore purple, so without even realising it Donatello was honouring sparkle's best friend. She smiled a little getting out some purple balloons. Then Michelangelo walked in only seeing the purple balloons, and instantly thinking they were having a party. "Whoa dude! Are we having a party or somethin?!" Michelangelo asked, totally unaware of the context. Donnie mentally facepalmed. His brother could be an idiot sometimes.
"No..." sparkle replied, cringing as she heard the shake in her voice. "We're gonna release them into heaven, where my best friend lives. She's an angel, people go to heaven when they die..." sparkle says, trying to make it understandable for Mikey. Mikey then frowned, coming over and giving her a hug. "I'm sorry." He says, feeling her tears wet him. Michelangelo pulled back, booping sparkle on the nose, as he tried to cheer her up. "Boop." He said, getting a teary laugh from her.
Then, Leonardo, Raphael and splinter entered. Splinter sensing a sad emotion between his human student. Splinter walked forward, stroking his beard, after a few seconds he then stopped, looking at his human student. "I can sense something is wrong, are you alright sparkle?" She nodded. "Hei Sensei. I am just grieving. Today is the anniversary of one of my best friend's who died." Splinter nodded. "Ah. I see. That is why I sensed another spirit with us today. I see she is watching over you, but do not fret my child. She will be safe. I can assure you." Sparkle bowed her head. Thank you, sensei." The rat was about to leave, before he turned to sparkle. " if you need to talk to me, please, do not hesitate." She nodded, as he left.
" so when are we gonna release the balloons into heaven? "Michelangelo asked. Sparkle looked at him. " we will release them tonight, that way you guys won't be seen." Michelangelo nodded, sitting on the couch every other turtle had resided themselves to. Sparkle was sat in the middle, feeling her best friend's spirit touch her shoulder. She smiled, touching it back, Raphael looks confused, but before he could say anything or do anything his genius brother glared at him. Moving to sit next to sparkle, putting his hand where presumably her best friend's spirit was. Donnie then swore he felt her spirit touch him. He laughed, feeling the spirit around the two of them. Sparkle smiled, happy that her spirit was close to her. "She trusts you, Donnie. Demi trusts you. She knows you will keep me safe.." Donatello smiles, while Raph looks confused.
"Uh, no disrespect sparkle... But I don't understand what you're doing, how do you feel her spirit?"
Donnie looked at his hotheaded brother. " she's not physically feeling her, Raph. It's her presence she feels." Sparkle nodded. "Yeah, I can't really feel her, although I wish I could. I know she's there. That's why I put my hand on my shoulder because I can feel her, if I could physically feel her I would be able to see her, or feel the touch of her skin. But, it's just her ghost, or spirit reminding me that she's there."
Sparkle then proceeded to start singing.
"Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond." But as she did, she also began moving her hands as she sang the lyrics. Michelangelo was confused. "What is she doing?" Mikey asked. Donatello chuckled. "She's signing. Which is another way for people who have difficulty speaking, or who are deaf, to communicate. She told me that some of the students at her high school are like that, so they do sing sign choir. Which is a special disability adapted choir where they can sing songs."
Michelangelo nodded, watching curiously as sparkle was signing. Once it got to the first verse, Donatello joined in, signing along.
After the song was finished, sparkle was very emotional. All the turtles, including Raphael, hugged her.
" she would've been proud of you. "Leonardo said. Sparkle smiled, hugging the turtles back. Then, two sets of feet came into the turtle lair. Sparkle turned around, seeing her amazing, beautiful, talented, awesome girlfriend, walking beside Donatello's crush April. " Yazmin! "Sparkle exclaimed, running over in her chair and giving her a hug. Even though Yazmin didn't really like hugs, she hugged her back. She was wearing an anime style wig, that was longer than her actual hair, with a white hoodie, with the word 'Always' written across, with black pants.
"Hi. "She said shyly, her hands intertwining with themselves. Donatello's nerves calmed down a little bit. Simply because of the cuteness between his best friend and her girlfriend. Lowering his anxiety a little to talk to April without tripping over his words.
"Hi guys." She says, a little less exuberant than usual. Which doesn't go unnoticed by the other turtles. Donatello was the only person that seemed to spot the tiniest amount of purple in her usual signature yellow outfit.
"I like the purple flower in your hair, April. It's really pretty. "Donatello complimented.
April blushed a bit at the compliment. "Thank you, Donnie. It's to honour one of our classmates." Donatello nodded understandingly. "I know..." he whispers. "Demi, right? Sparkle told me about it. Were you in the same class together?" April simply nodded. "Yeah, me, sparkle, Irma, Leela, Casey, Bethan, Lauren, Sophie, Hannah,and Demi, and a few other male classmates that we don't really talk about anymore, because of some... Unfortunate events..." The purple wearing mask turtle winced, not wanting to go deeper into that territory.
"Anyway," April continues. "The others should be here soon, I told them sparkle wanted to release some balloons in the sky tonight, is it okay if the people I've mentioned come with us? It would really mean a lot to us."
Donnie looked at Leo, who gave him a solid nod. " of course April, we'd be more than happy to have you guys join us. We'll go topside later tonight, find a secluded area, maybe have a picnic or something, share memories and release the balloons."
April nodded, smiling. Sparkle wheeled over, smiling as well. "I Love that idea! Maybe we could gather the choir together, and sing a few songs? Like a real memorial. I know we already had one like five years ago, but it will be nice as a sweet little milestone to have another one, I don't really know but, it would be cool. Not like the whole class, but maybe some other choir friends?"
Sparkle looked at Leo, Who nodded. " that would be so beautiful, "Leo said. "As long as nobody tells anyone that they saw us, though. "He adds cautiously. Sparkle looks at the leader. "We'll try, Leo. I'm not making any promises though, most of my friends have mindsets younger than their actual ages, so some of them won't understand but they have to keep it secret that they met you. So please take that into consideration." Sparkle said politely, Leo nodded.
Time skip.
Soon, Irma, Leela, Casey, Bethan, Lauren, Sophie, and Hannah arrived. Most of them, if not all of them were wearing some form of purple on their outfits.
Irma, Same age as April, wore her signature glasses that were Black, her usual Gothic outfit, that would usually consist of a black longsleeve T-shirt, with black Gothic pants, tons of Gothic Jewelry, and more, was replaced with a light purple strapless dress that went down to about above her knees. She wore black high heels, with a touch of her purple lipstick on her lips. Her usual red hairpin was replaced with a purple one.
"Wow Irma, you look beautiful! You finally decided to drop the Gothic Emo look you usually wear, I do have to say it does suit you. I'm sorry if April forced you to dress like this." Sparkle says. Irma laughs. " thank you sparkle, and no, she didn't force me to dress like this, this time, "the Black haired 16-year-old glared at the orange haired 16-year-old. " I chose to dress like this myself, considering it is a special occasion surrounding one of our best friends, it felt like the right thing to do."
Leela, One year younger than April and Irma, sported a similar outfit to Sparkle, but the colours were just on different pieces of The outfit, instead of a purple dress with a white cardigan, She wore a white dress with a light purple cardigan, The brunette girl had her hair in a signature ponytail, a purple bobble tying it up.
Casey, Second oldest of the group, still wore his usual black bandanna tied around his head, a messy, maroon elbow-length shirt with a short-sleeve gray shirt and a sleeveless black hoodie over it, grey-blue jeans, black finger gloves that stopped at the forearms, and black sneakers. The only speck of purple on him was a purple heart pin, attached to his array of shirts and hoodies.
" typical Casey, still wearing the same outfit you always wear, it would be nice of you to dress a little more sentimental, you know, considering the circumstances." Sparkle said, trying not to sound annoyed at the fact that her same age classmate didn't bother to dress even the tiniest bit more appropriate for an occasion like this
The others, Bethan, Lauren, Sophie, and Hannah all adorned purple shirts with a white heart in the middle, and a little fancy skirt with Bethan, The oldest of the group, also adorning splints on her feet to help her walk, with adorable glasses, which seemed to be a common theme between her, Lauren, Hannah, and Sophie. As they all adorn different colours and pairs of glasses.
"I feel like I underdressed. "April joked. Knowing that most of her friends insisted they dress fancier because of their Younger childlike minds, apart from Irma, Who wanted to dress nicely, as her mind was the same age, unlike most of the others.
" you still look just as beautiful as everybody else here!" Donatello complimented.
April blushed again, unable to compress giggles at the genius turtle's compliments.
Time skip.
" when are we going to have the picnic? "Bethan asked, walking over to sparkle, quickly getting the other's chair for support. Sparkle giggled, hugging her blonde best friend. "Soon Bethan, we can go as soon as Leo says. He's not allowed to be seen, otherwise he and his brothers could get hurt." Bethan nodded, struggling to understand the part about Leo and his brothers getting hurt. sparkle turned to Leo, pointing to her wrist, nonverbally asking him when they could go, as most of her friends were growing a little bored, as some of them didn't fully understand the concept of time. As telling the time was a little hard for some of them.
" we can go now, no villains should be out and about. But don't worry, if they are around, me my brothers and April will protect you guys."
Sparkle nodded, turning to April who nodded also. "Alright guys, time for our picnic! "She called, Lauren Hannah and Sophie were a little overexcited. "Shh," April told them "we need to be quiet just like ninjas." She whispered, causing the girls to shush each other, as well as themselves keeping quiet. The girls quietly tiptoe, causing the older turtles to laugh at their adorable childlike innocence, reminding the three older turtles of a certain orange banded turtle who was carrying the purple balloons as well as a picnic basket.
Time skip
Irma, Leela, Casey, Bethan, Lauren, Sophie, Hannah, and the turtles as well as the choir friends sat down on the grass, Mikey gently placed the picnic basket down. " picnic time!" Michelangelo hollered, placing sandwiches, muffins, and drinks down, as everybody grabbed one of the forementioned items.
"Did you make these Leela?" Donnie asked, as he swallowed some of the blueberry muffin he was eating. The brunette girl nodded, giggling. "Yes, yes I did make them. I'm glad you like them Donnie." She said, reaching over and taking one of the blueberry muffins for herself. Once everyone had finished eating and or drinking, it was time for the songs and memories to be shared. Donatello, in charge of music, turned on his laptop getting all the songs The choir usually sing, as well as some songs to honour Demi.
"does anyone have some nice memories we can share?" April offered. Sparkle, as though she were in class raised her hand. April Silently nodded. "When me, Demi and Bethan first met each other, we were three years old. One day at school, The three of us decided to dress up as Disney princess characters, refusing to take off the dresses. That was an awesome memory. Another memory I remember was when we actually met Irma, April and Casey. We were eight years old, "Irma Snapped her fingers remembering something. "Yes! I remember that! You were so excited to meet us! Demi was jumping up and down excited, and then you introduce us to Lauren Sophie and Hannah, and we've been in the same class, along with some others ever since!" Irma explained, as everyone mentioned in the story smiled.
" I remember her birthday party! "Bethan exclaimed.
April nodded, trying to remember which birthday party she meant, as there had been a lot of birthday parties that they were both invited to when it came to said girl, even the birthday party she had the year she passed they remembered. "It depends which one you are trying to remember Bethan." April said, a fond smile on her face.
" her 10th birthday. "Bethan elaborated.
Sparkle remembered the birthday very well. It was one of her most memorable birthday parties she'd attended. Demi's family rented out this huge party room, that could fit at least 30 to 50 people in one room. They hired a entertainer that really wasn't funny looking back on it, but at the time he was hilarious. Sparkle remembered the dress she wore, it was a pink pooffy dress that screamed 'I look adorable in this dress and you can't deny it' which was 150% true, all of her classmates, and said parents of classmates said she was adorable, apart from the birthday girl herself. Who adorned a yellow dress, her brunette hair put into tight beautiful braids, that had only managed to break free from the tight hold they were forcefully placed in only an hour of the party starting. Her way too high high heels off her feet already, as she'd nearly tripped three times within the first hour of the party starting. But, knowing how persistent she was back then, she insisted to wear them to her mother's dismay and frustration.
Sparkle smiled, coming out of the memory as everyone was either laughing, crying, or both.
" let's sing a song! "Mikey exclaimed.
" you got it. "Donatello replied. Pressing the play button as the beginning instrumental of Reach By S Club 7 began playing, as the choir got in their positions to start signing and singing.
One song, tears, and clapping later. The song was over, Lauren and Sophie were being hugged by April and Irma, Who comforted them as Sparkle was brave enough to sing a song on her own. She looks at Donnie, Who smiled at her nodding his head, she looked at Yasmin, who gave her a shy thumbs up with a smile. She turned back to the turtle managing the music, nodding her head for him to begin the music.
he pressed play, and the beginning instrumental of Story Of My Life by One Direction began playing. She took a deep breath to steady herself, and began.
It was very hard for sparkle to keep a straight voice throughout the song, as vivid memories of Demi flashed through her mind. The picture of her, Demi and Bethan in the Princess dresses, her Demi and Bethan at Demi's birthday party, and so many other wonderful memories. But, thankfully she kept her voice level and composure until the end of the song. When she was done, she burst into tears, Leela ran over, giving her a much-needed hug, as the audience clapped. And cheered.
"I Think it's time we release the balloons now, "Donnie suggested, noticing how emotionally tired everyone was. April nodded, as she gathered all of the balloons, instructing everyone to take one, even the turtles, who didn't exactly know Demi that well Took one, waiting for April to count to 3 before they could be released into the sky.
"In Memory of our beloved friend, classmate, our family, Demi. We release these balloons so you know we're thinking of you. "April said, as she counted to 3. Everyone released their balloons at the same time, beautiful purple balloons filled the still darkening Black starry sky, beautiful shades of purple dancing across The hundreds of millions of stars up in the sky complimenting each of the balloons as one by one they floated higher and higher up, until there were no more balloons in anyone's peripheral vision. But, when sparkle looked over to look at Donatello, she noticed something, his usual Auburn Colored eyes didn't adorn the mask he always wore. " where's your mask Don?" Sparkle asked. Donatello chuckled, his Auburn Colored eyes shining in the beautiful moonlight. "Well, I attached it to my balloon, that way, Demi knows you're safe, and that she made the right choice of intrusting me to protect you. And besides," he says attaching another purple mask to his Face. " I have plenty of other ones." Sparkle laughed in response, coming over to the purple turtle, as Yazmin also joined her.
Sparkle learnt something today. She didn't learn the cliche lesson of 'moving on and letting go' she learned that she could rely on her best friends to be by her side, no matter what type of circumstance it was. Even if one of those friends often did ditch classes, even if four of her friends were mutants. She didn't care. The fact that she had friends, let alone a girlfriend was more than enough. People tell you that friends never last forever, although the fact is sad, but true, this time sparkle believed that bees friends she acquired over the rollercoaster that was her life, she knew one thing. These friends were going to last a long, long long long time..
Hi everyone. This is dedicated to my best friend who passed away five years ago today. I don't ask for your sympathy or condolences, I do ask you however to treasure the friends you have today. Whether they be romantically or more like family for you. I really do advise that you treasure them today and give them lots of hugs(if they like hugs of course) as I said before my best friend wasn't really much of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan but considering we both like purple, I was like why not. I hope you have an amazing day today!
and tell me? I love you so much. You are in my thoughts and prayers always. I love you so much, you're the most amazing friend in the world, thank you.
PS sorry about the bad grammar XD