Dimensional Adventure
"Donnie. You alright?" Leo asked, still clutching his brother's arms.
"Yeah . . . yeah - I'm ok", Donnie replied. "Raph. Mikey?"
"Behind ya, bro", Mikey said, standing up straight next to Raph.
"Where are we . . .?" Raph said, confused, looking around.
Donnie stood up next to Leo and saw that they were all on a wooden platform. It was squared and small, so the guys didn't have much room to move. In front of them was one side of the square. The turtles walked over to it and looked over.
"Arg!" Mikey shouted, shocked.
It wasn't a horror sight or anything. It was just . . . weird . . . very weird.
Tons of small red trains flew past them, whipping their bandannas around their faces. Looking around them they saw loads of railway tracks and yellow paths that stood next to them, curving and crossing in all different directions and going as far as the ninja eye could see. When the guys squinted their eyes straight ahead of them, they could see a small forest and beyond it was a river, flowing all the way to a tall building. What were beyond there the turtles didn't know, and they were positive that they didn't even want to know.
"Wha' . . .?" Mikey whispered, putting his hand on Raph's shoulder to lean over and get a better look. "What is this place?"
Leo shook his head, seeing if it would wake him up. But no, it wasn't a dream. "Whatever this place is", he said, looking at Donnie. "I bet my shell that this is where Master Splinter is".
Donnie nodded silently, still looking over the side.
"Well, well, you have arrived . . ." a voice said behind them.
The guys shot around, finding the owner of the voice. They stared into the face of an old man, but it was no one they knew.
"Where are we?" Leo demanded, stepping forward. The man didn't look dangerous. He was wearing a red coat, that covered all his body and had a strange gold pattern on it, his black, faded pants ended in black boots. His face was welcoming, but his grey / blue eyes were expressionless; his face had a long beard and was complete with long, white hair. He looked like a wizard. But Leo wasn't going to take any risks. Behind him, his brothers moved a step forward as well.
"Hey, it's Professor Dumbledore", Mikey whispered. Next to him, Donnie and Raph had to muffle their laughter. Luckily, Leo didn't hear.
"Welcome", he said, in a voice that was neither loud nor quiet. "I am Keja, carer of this world and Master of its people and beings. I know what you seek".
"We seek our Master", Leo said. "We want him back!"
"I'm afraid", Keja said, taking a step towards Leo, "that you cannot just take him back like that. This world took your Master, and if you want him back then you have to rescue him".
"What do you mean, rescue him?" Raph asked, angrily. "You took him!"
"I did not take him. But that is the only way to get him back. See that forest", Keja pointed over to the row of trees, "your Master is hidden in there. But to get there, you must take any of these trains and make a journey there. But beware, each train takes you to a different dimension, and some are dangerous. Now, do you still want to find your Master?"
Leo looked across at the forest. "We have to".
"Doesn't look that hard", Donnie said, looking at the different trains.
Keja smiled at them. "Nothing is what it seems in this world. So don't judge too quickly. You only have 4 days to find your Master. If you fail, you will all be trapped here, as many have been before you".
"We won't fail", Raph said, looking at Keja.
"You have a positive mind, young one", Keja said. "A positive mind is needed in a place like this. Do you have any questions?"
They all looked at each other, and then slowly shook their heads.
Keja nodded. "Right. You may begin. But before you do, I have to warn you that some dimensions can lead you to your death and you can't escape all of them. My daughter, Kida, will watch over you during your journey".
"Your daughter?" Mikey asked, coming up to stand next to Leo.
Keja smiled and stepped to his right.
Standing there, in the space that was behind him, was a young girl. The guys could tell straight away that she was their age because of the teenager look. But she looked far to normal to be in this world, and to be Keja's daughter. Where he was in strange clothes, she was in normal ones, wearing just black jeans, a blue aqua t-shirt and white sneakers. Her light tanned face, perfectly round and with dimples, was smiling slightly at them. Her eyes were a beautiful aqua shade and her hair was black, falling in layers down to her waist and a few strands falling over her face. She had a normal 15-year-old figure and was their height.
Mikey nudged Leo slightly. "I'm in love", he whispered. Leo smiled. Even in the weirdest situations Mikey could be funny.
Donnie and Raph stood next to Mikey, silently wondering why such a normal teenager was even in this world. Did she fail to rescue someone too? Or was she born here? Whatever it was, they weren't sure she could be trusted, including Keja.
"This is Kida", Keja said, standing next to her and putting an arm around her shoulders. She smiled up at him, revealing perfectly straight teeth.
Leo stepped forward in front of Kida. "How are you going to help us?" he asked.
"I never said she was going to help you", Keja said, taking his arm away from Kida's shoulders. "She's going to go with you, making sure the dimensions you enter isn't forbidden. Keep in mind though, she may or may not help you. That is her choice, her decision".
Leo looked at Kida, trying to read her face expression.
Raph stepped forward and looked at Kida. "So basically you're just going to follow us around? Watch us make mistakes and only help us when you want to? What are you, some kind of spy?"
"Raph", Leo warned.
Keja studied Raph for a second. "Remember what I said, don't judge to quickly, with humans and other beings. Kida is not a spy. She is the princess of this world, so think before you say".
"Princess . . ." Donnie said quietly.
"Now, good luck. Walk along the yellow path and choose a train you want. When you have chosen that train, just say 'stop' and it'll stop for you, taking you to the dimension it travels to".
With that, Keja slowly disappeared, along with the platform, leaving the guys and Kida on a yellow path, the trains still flying past them.
"This is a dream", Mikey whispered. "Any minute now Dorothy is going to come running down that path, her little dog following her, singing 'follow the yellow brick road'".
Raph pinched Mikey's arm. "This isn't the 'Wizard of Oz', Mikey. The sooner we find Splin'er then the sooner you can go home and actually dream about it".
"You mean I'm not dreaming? Oh, man". Mikey walked up to Donnie, putting a hand on his brother's shoulder. "Please tell me you can just pick a train and make it lead us to Master Splinter. Please".
"29 . . . 30 . . . 31 -", Donnie watched each train go past.
"Donnie!" Mikey said, waving a hand in front of his brother's face. "Stop counting them and pick one".
"35 . . . 36 . . ."
"You're hopeless . . . Leo!" Mikey stepped over to his brother in blue. "Are we going to pick a train or what?"
"Dunno, Mike", Leo said. "I don't know which one to take".
"Well . . . ask 'er", Mikey said, pointing to Kida who was standing at the each of the path, watching each train go by and letting them whip her hair around her face.
Leo sighed and walked over to Kida. "Listen", he said, receiving her attention. "We have no idea which one to take. So . . . could you just point us in the right direction or start us off? Please".
Kida smiled at him. "Sure", she said, speaking for the first time. Amazingly, she had a normal American voice, as if she'd actually been there and had just came here on a school field trip. Walking over to his brothers, she stood right next to a railway track and shouted, "stop!" to the first train that came near her. Screeching to a halt, the train stopped right in front of her and the automatic doors opened.
Raph, Mikey and Donnie looked at each other.
Leo walked over to them. "C'mon, let's go".
Raph grabbed his brother's arm. "No way. We're just going to trust her? Just like that? For all you know she could be leading us into a trap!"
Kida got on the train and turned round, waiting for them. She had heard what Raph said but shoved it to the back of her mind. She'd heard it all before and it was repeated like a tape recorder.
Leo removed his arm from his brother's grasp. "Like we have a choice", he said, and jumped onto the train, followed by Mikey and Donnie. With a sigh, Raph jumped on as well, but sat down on the nearest seat, watching Kida like a hawk. The doors slammed shut behind them.
The train was red on the inside. With soft seats going in two rows along the whole thing and two polls going from the ceiling to the floor next to the door they had just entered.
The guys took four seats up along one of the rows, with Raph sitting right next to the door, eyes narrowed at Kida. Kida sat opposite them, leaning her back against an armrest and putting her legs over three chairs, making herself comfy as if she was sat in these trains all the time.
"Can I ask you a question?" Donnie asked her, sitting next to Raph.
Kida nodded. "Okay".
"How did you get here?" Donnie asked. "Well . . . what I mean is did you have to rescue someone too? Like a friend or something? And well . . . fail? Or was you born here?"
Kida shook her head. "No. I wasn't born here. Nor did I have to rescue anyone. My family died when I was young, and Keja took me in. Now, basically, he is my father and he treats me like a daughter".
Mikey put a hand on Donnie's shoulder and leaned forward. "No way! You mean Keja isn't really your father? Well . . . makes sense, I guess . . . you don't look like him or anything. You're much cuter!"
"Mikey!" Donnie said, smiling and shaking his head.
Kida smiled. "Thanks".
"Forgive him . . . he has . . . issues", Donnie said.
"I'll give ya issues!" Mikey shouted, hitting his brother on the arm, but received a punch back straight away.
"Guys", Leo said. "If ya gonna fight, do it over there!" He pointed to the end of the train. Donnie and Mikey looked at each other, shrugged, and walked over to where Leo ordered, continuing their fight there.
Leo sighed and moved up two seats next to Raph. He turned to Kida. "Brothers", he moaned, smiling.
Kida nodded. "I know how ya feel".
"What? You got three mutant turtle brothers as well?" Raph asked, eyes still narrowed slightly at Kida and injecting a sarcastic tone in his voice.
Kida laughed. "No. I have a twin brother".
"Yeah . . .? He lives here as well?" Leo asked.
"Not exactly", Kida said, standing up. The guys didn't realise that the train had come to a halt. Donnie and Mikey were still fighting. "C'mon", Kida said, opening the doors voluntary from the inside. "Lets go. Your first task awaits you . . ."
"Get this thing off me!" Mikey yelled, referring to Donnie who had pinned him down.
Leo and Raph quickly put Kida's brother to the back of their minds and got up to help Mikey and Donnie, bringing them both to their feet. Silently, they followed her out of the train and started their 4-day journey to save Splinter. Problem was, they all had a nagging feeling that it wasn't going to be an easy one.
Kida lead them into a dark room and flicked on a light switch that was near the wall. The train stayed open behind them, as it always did when waiting for the next person to step on it.
The guys watched as the lights went on around the room and shone onto the smooth floor, showing their reflections. But to one brother it was strange that their feet hadn't frozen.
"It's an ice stadium . . ." Donnie said quietly . . .
()()()()()()()()
(Ok. Hopefully, this chapter will give ya all a feel of what the story is really about. Feel free to tell me if this story is rubbish, lol, but please, use nice words. The starting chapters are short but the other get / got longer. I'm going away for a week so I won't be able to post anything until I'm back - but then, 2 days later, I go away for 2 weeks. Greece! Yay! Sorry for any mistakes. I saw some in the first chapter and I will correct them, but, heck, we all make mistakes!
As always, peace out! t-u-r-t-l-e power!
luv tmnt_luver x)
"Donnie. You alright?" Leo asked, still clutching his brother's arms.
"Yeah . . . yeah - I'm ok", Donnie replied. "Raph. Mikey?"
"Behind ya, bro", Mikey said, standing up straight next to Raph.
"Where are we . . .?" Raph said, confused, looking around.
Donnie stood up next to Leo and saw that they were all on a wooden platform. It was squared and small, so the guys didn't have much room to move. In front of them was one side of the square. The turtles walked over to it and looked over.
"Arg!" Mikey shouted, shocked.
It wasn't a horror sight or anything. It was just . . . weird . . . very weird.
Tons of small red trains flew past them, whipping their bandannas around their faces. Looking around them they saw loads of railway tracks and yellow paths that stood next to them, curving and crossing in all different directions and going as far as the ninja eye could see. When the guys squinted their eyes straight ahead of them, they could see a small forest and beyond it was a river, flowing all the way to a tall building. What were beyond there the turtles didn't know, and they were positive that they didn't even want to know.
"Wha' . . .?" Mikey whispered, putting his hand on Raph's shoulder to lean over and get a better look. "What is this place?"
Leo shook his head, seeing if it would wake him up. But no, it wasn't a dream. "Whatever this place is", he said, looking at Donnie. "I bet my shell that this is where Master Splinter is".
Donnie nodded silently, still looking over the side.
"Well, well, you have arrived . . ." a voice said behind them.
The guys shot around, finding the owner of the voice. They stared into the face of an old man, but it was no one they knew.
"Where are we?" Leo demanded, stepping forward. The man didn't look dangerous. He was wearing a red coat, that covered all his body and had a strange gold pattern on it, his black, faded pants ended in black boots. His face was welcoming, but his grey / blue eyes were expressionless; his face had a long beard and was complete with long, white hair. He looked like a wizard. But Leo wasn't going to take any risks. Behind him, his brothers moved a step forward as well.
"Hey, it's Professor Dumbledore", Mikey whispered. Next to him, Donnie and Raph had to muffle their laughter. Luckily, Leo didn't hear.
"Welcome", he said, in a voice that was neither loud nor quiet. "I am Keja, carer of this world and Master of its people and beings. I know what you seek".
"We seek our Master", Leo said. "We want him back!"
"I'm afraid", Keja said, taking a step towards Leo, "that you cannot just take him back like that. This world took your Master, and if you want him back then you have to rescue him".
"What do you mean, rescue him?" Raph asked, angrily. "You took him!"
"I did not take him. But that is the only way to get him back. See that forest", Keja pointed over to the row of trees, "your Master is hidden in there. But to get there, you must take any of these trains and make a journey there. But beware, each train takes you to a different dimension, and some are dangerous. Now, do you still want to find your Master?"
Leo looked across at the forest. "We have to".
"Doesn't look that hard", Donnie said, looking at the different trains.
Keja smiled at them. "Nothing is what it seems in this world. So don't judge too quickly. You only have 4 days to find your Master. If you fail, you will all be trapped here, as many have been before you".
"We won't fail", Raph said, looking at Keja.
"You have a positive mind, young one", Keja said. "A positive mind is needed in a place like this. Do you have any questions?"
They all looked at each other, and then slowly shook their heads.
Keja nodded. "Right. You may begin. But before you do, I have to warn you that some dimensions can lead you to your death and you can't escape all of them. My daughter, Kida, will watch over you during your journey".
"Your daughter?" Mikey asked, coming up to stand next to Leo.
Keja smiled and stepped to his right.
Standing there, in the space that was behind him, was a young girl. The guys could tell straight away that she was their age because of the teenager look. But she looked far to normal to be in this world, and to be Keja's daughter. Where he was in strange clothes, she was in normal ones, wearing just black jeans, a blue aqua t-shirt and white sneakers. Her light tanned face, perfectly round and with dimples, was smiling slightly at them. Her eyes were a beautiful aqua shade and her hair was black, falling in layers down to her waist and a few strands falling over her face. She had a normal 15-year-old figure and was their height.
Mikey nudged Leo slightly. "I'm in love", he whispered. Leo smiled. Even in the weirdest situations Mikey could be funny.
Donnie and Raph stood next to Mikey, silently wondering why such a normal teenager was even in this world. Did she fail to rescue someone too? Or was she born here? Whatever it was, they weren't sure she could be trusted, including Keja.
"This is Kida", Keja said, standing next to her and putting an arm around her shoulders. She smiled up at him, revealing perfectly straight teeth.
Leo stepped forward in front of Kida. "How are you going to help us?" he asked.
"I never said she was going to help you", Keja said, taking his arm away from Kida's shoulders. "She's going to go with you, making sure the dimensions you enter isn't forbidden. Keep in mind though, she may or may not help you. That is her choice, her decision".
Leo looked at Kida, trying to read her face expression.
Raph stepped forward and looked at Kida. "So basically you're just going to follow us around? Watch us make mistakes and only help us when you want to? What are you, some kind of spy?"
"Raph", Leo warned.
Keja studied Raph for a second. "Remember what I said, don't judge to quickly, with humans and other beings. Kida is not a spy. She is the princess of this world, so think before you say".
"Princess . . ." Donnie said quietly.
"Now, good luck. Walk along the yellow path and choose a train you want. When you have chosen that train, just say 'stop' and it'll stop for you, taking you to the dimension it travels to".
With that, Keja slowly disappeared, along with the platform, leaving the guys and Kida on a yellow path, the trains still flying past them.
"This is a dream", Mikey whispered. "Any minute now Dorothy is going to come running down that path, her little dog following her, singing 'follow the yellow brick road'".
Raph pinched Mikey's arm. "This isn't the 'Wizard of Oz', Mikey. The sooner we find Splin'er then the sooner you can go home and actually dream about it".
"You mean I'm not dreaming? Oh, man". Mikey walked up to Donnie, putting a hand on his brother's shoulder. "Please tell me you can just pick a train and make it lead us to Master Splinter. Please".
"29 . . . 30 . . . 31 -", Donnie watched each train go past.
"Donnie!" Mikey said, waving a hand in front of his brother's face. "Stop counting them and pick one".
"35 . . . 36 . . ."
"You're hopeless . . . Leo!" Mikey stepped over to his brother in blue. "Are we going to pick a train or what?"
"Dunno, Mike", Leo said. "I don't know which one to take".
"Well . . . ask 'er", Mikey said, pointing to Kida who was standing at the each of the path, watching each train go by and letting them whip her hair around her face.
Leo sighed and walked over to Kida. "Listen", he said, receiving her attention. "We have no idea which one to take. So . . . could you just point us in the right direction or start us off? Please".
Kida smiled at him. "Sure", she said, speaking for the first time. Amazingly, she had a normal American voice, as if she'd actually been there and had just came here on a school field trip. Walking over to his brothers, she stood right next to a railway track and shouted, "stop!" to the first train that came near her. Screeching to a halt, the train stopped right in front of her and the automatic doors opened.
Raph, Mikey and Donnie looked at each other.
Leo walked over to them. "C'mon, let's go".
Raph grabbed his brother's arm. "No way. We're just going to trust her? Just like that? For all you know she could be leading us into a trap!"
Kida got on the train and turned round, waiting for them. She had heard what Raph said but shoved it to the back of her mind. She'd heard it all before and it was repeated like a tape recorder.
Leo removed his arm from his brother's grasp. "Like we have a choice", he said, and jumped onto the train, followed by Mikey and Donnie. With a sigh, Raph jumped on as well, but sat down on the nearest seat, watching Kida like a hawk. The doors slammed shut behind them.
The train was red on the inside. With soft seats going in two rows along the whole thing and two polls going from the ceiling to the floor next to the door they had just entered.
The guys took four seats up along one of the rows, with Raph sitting right next to the door, eyes narrowed at Kida. Kida sat opposite them, leaning her back against an armrest and putting her legs over three chairs, making herself comfy as if she was sat in these trains all the time.
"Can I ask you a question?" Donnie asked her, sitting next to Raph.
Kida nodded. "Okay".
"How did you get here?" Donnie asked. "Well . . . what I mean is did you have to rescue someone too? Like a friend or something? And well . . . fail? Or was you born here?"
Kida shook her head. "No. I wasn't born here. Nor did I have to rescue anyone. My family died when I was young, and Keja took me in. Now, basically, he is my father and he treats me like a daughter".
Mikey put a hand on Donnie's shoulder and leaned forward. "No way! You mean Keja isn't really your father? Well . . . makes sense, I guess . . . you don't look like him or anything. You're much cuter!"
"Mikey!" Donnie said, smiling and shaking his head.
Kida smiled. "Thanks".
"Forgive him . . . he has . . . issues", Donnie said.
"I'll give ya issues!" Mikey shouted, hitting his brother on the arm, but received a punch back straight away.
"Guys", Leo said. "If ya gonna fight, do it over there!" He pointed to the end of the train. Donnie and Mikey looked at each other, shrugged, and walked over to where Leo ordered, continuing their fight there.
Leo sighed and moved up two seats next to Raph. He turned to Kida. "Brothers", he moaned, smiling.
Kida nodded. "I know how ya feel".
"What? You got three mutant turtle brothers as well?" Raph asked, eyes still narrowed slightly at Kida and injecting a sarcastic tone in his voice.
Kida laughed. "No. I have a twin brother".
"Yeah . . .? He lives here as well?" Leo asked.
"Not exactly", Kida said, standing up. The guys didn't realise that the train had come to a halt. Donnie and Mikey were still fighting. "C'mon", Kida said, opening the doors voluntary from the inside. "Lets go. Your first task awaits you . . ."
"Get this thing off me!" Mikey yelled, referring to Donnie who had pinned him down.
Leo and Raph quickly put Kida's brother to the back of their minds and got up to help Mikey and Donnie, bringing them both to their feet. Silently, they followed her out of the train and started their 4-day journey to save Splinter. Problem was, they all had a nagging feeling that it wasn't going to be an easy one.
Kida lead them into a dark room and flicked on a light switch that was near the wall. The train stayed open behind them, as it always did when waiting for the next person to step on it.
The guys watched as the lights went on around the room and shone onto the smooth floor, showing their reflections. But to one brother it was strange that their feet hadn't frozen.
"It's an ice stadium . . ." Donnie said quietly . . .
()()()()()()()()
(Ok. Hopefully, this chapter will give ya all a feel of what the story is really about. Feel free to tell me if this story is rubbish, lol, but please, use nice words. The starting chapters are short but the other get / got longer. I'm going away for a week so I won't be able to post anything until I'm back - but then, 2 days later, I go away for 2 weeks. Greece! Yay! Sorry for any mistakes. I saw some in the first chapter and I will correct them, but, heck, we all make mistakes!
As always, peace out! t-u-r-t-l-e power!
luv tmnt_luver x)
