DISCLAIMER:
Here goes Disclaimer #5:
I DO NOT OWN THE TURTLES, OR ANYTHING THAT THIS STORY MAY REMIND YOU OF. FOR EXAMPLE: tenku no shiro Laputa; OR CASTLE IN THE SKY IN ENGLISH, OR ATLANTIS, THE LOST EMPIRE. OR ANY OTHER STORY. Thankyou.
Additional notes:
'thoughts'
"talking"
dream sequences
P.S: I suck at latin, so please don't try to correct me. Thank you! Oh, and most words I just make up, and may mean something in latin, but the grammer is all horrid and incorrect and makes NO sense whatsoever, so don't correct and don't say anything about it. 'Cause I'm aware of it all!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S.S: Oh, and if for some reason you feel like any of the characters are out-of-character, please remember that this is how I imagine them, so it all makes sense in my little world. Thank you and remember that this is just a story. Thank you.
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Raph and Mikey quickly carried Leo to a vacant hut in the village that Caurus quickly arranged for them.
Splinter, Casey, and April followed. Don paused before following as well.
One of the warriors, by the order of Caurus, knelt before the crystal shard. "Sanctus" He whispered, before bowing and picking up the shard gently. The shard flashed a dark blue, before returning back to its original color of sky-blue.
The warrior breathed a thankful sigh, before running to the hut where Caurus was.
Caurus then took the shard, (after bowing to it and whispering "Sanctus") and gently wrapped it in a small wire and attaching it to a string. (making a necklace)
Then, Caurus entered the hut were the off-worlders (humans and turtles) were.
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Raph and Mikey gently placed Leo onto a bed.
Leo groaned and opened his eyes. "Wha?"
Raph grinned. "Ya okay bro?"
Leo nodded and sat up. "What happened?"
Splinter moved next to him. "We were hoping you could tell us, my son."
Leo was about to answer, when Caurus stepped in, carrying the shard which was now made into a necklace.
Raph growled and jumped back, yelling "Keep that thing away!!!"
Mikey and the others also drew back. Leo just looked stunned.
Caurus laughed quietly. "Do not worry. The jewel is harmless."
Casey raised an eyebrow. "Harmless? I don't think that thing could ever be harmless!"
Caurus laughed again before saying, "Aalus."
Everyone yelled and drew back, but the jewel just flashed a peaceful sky-blue color.
"Wha-?" Mikey whispered.
"Why doesn't it work?" April asked, after recovering from her shock.
Caurus smiled at them. "Because the jewel will only listen to the warrior with a pure intention." He stated, before turning to Leo and holding out the jewel to him. "Here." Caurus said quietly. "It is yours, off-worlder."
Leo stared at the jewel before looking up at Caurus. "You must be joking." He whispered.
Caurus shook his head. "I assure you, warrior, I am not joking. The Caerulus Aurae adheres only to you...the proof being what happened moments ago."
Leo shook his head firmly. This must be a mistake. "No...it's gotta be a mistake. Boreus told me..."
Leo froze before clamping his mouth shut. He didn't want to tell them that...they'd think he was going insane for he was talking to a long dead guy.
Caurus drew back, wide-eyed. "Boreus??? You have talked to Lord Boreus???"
Leo looked flustered. "Umm...only three times...I swear..." He whispered, looking around at his brothers and friends.
They were all staring at him wide-eyed.
Suddenly, Caurus smiled. "Then it's settled. That is the proof that you are the one that not only the jewel has chosen, but also Lord Boreus." He stated before putting the necklace into Leo's hand.
The shard immediately flashed a soft azure color, before going back to a peaceful sky-blue.
Leo stared at the stone. He looked up at Caurus, and opened his mouth to say something, but Caurus just bowed to them and left.
Leo blinked.
"My son."
Leo turned to look at Splinter. Everyone was now over there shock, and were surveying Leo with surprised looks.
"Please. Explain to us why you have spoken with this Boreus."
Leo winced. He had been expecting that. He shrugged. "I don't know. It's just that ever since we got here, I've been having dreams in which I meet Boreus."
Donny looked thoughtful. "Is that how you knew that Caurus and his warriors weren't the enemy?"
Leo nodded.
Raph huffed. "You always gotta be the hero, eh?" He growled, before stomping out of the room.
Leo blinked in surprise. "Raph! Wait!!!" He yelled, but Raph didn't even look back.
Leo looked at his brothers, suddenly afraid that they'd be angry at him too. "I didn't want this, I swear. I swear!" He whispered the last part. Then he felt someone put a hand on his shoulder.
It was Splinter. He nodded. "We know my son. We know."
Mikey nodded. "Don't worry bro. Raph's just gotta blow some steam."
Donny nodded in agreement. "You know how Raph is, Leo. Just let him be."
Leo sighed and looked away. Maybe. He thought. Or maybe not.
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Raph growled and kicked the wall. Why does Leo always have to be the 'savior'? The 'hero'? Why can't it be someone else? Why can't it be Me?
Raph sighed. He knew he was being unfair, but he was just so angry!
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Leo meanwhile, was hesitating. He knew where Raph was, but should he go?
Leo knew where Raph was because of his unusual knack of finding things. He sighed. It was an elderly brother thing to go after his brothers.
Leo sighed before going after Raph.
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Raph was just about to go back, when he heard someone approaching.
"What??!!" Raph snapped, turning to face Leo. His eyes caught the peaceful sky-blue glint of the shard around Leo's neck. Raph bit his lip. He felt anger swell up inside of him.
Leo hesitated for a second. "You should not be out here alone Raph. We're in a different world. We don't know the dangers here—"
Raph snapped. "Will you just shut the shell up??!!"
Leo clamped his mouth shut.
"I'm old enough to take care of myself!" Raph growled, shoving past Leo.
Leo sighed. "I know, but I worry about you—"
"Worry about your goddamn self!!! After all, you're the 'fearless leader'! The 'hero'!"
"Raph—"
"Just shut up Leo!!! I hate you!!!!! I HATE you!!!!!!!" Raph yelled, before stomping away.
Leo looked down onto the floor. His eyes caught the glint of the shard. He raised his hand and clutched it.
"Do you always bring pain to your keepers?" He asked to no one in particular. He looked down at the shard. "Do you?"
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For the rest of the day, Leo tried to avoid Raph. Raph, meanwhile was trying the same thing, but made it more noticeable.
Whenever Leo came in the same room as Raph was in, Raph would stand up and stomp out.
The crystal itself was also a burden to Leo. Whenever Leo reached for something, the crystal would flash an irritated cerulean, and the thing Leo reached for, would immediately fall to the ground.
Leo, after an hour of trying to reach for an apple, realized that the only way he would be able to touch something, was by ordering the shard not to flash.
Boreus had also talked to Leo when no one was there. And Leo found out that the shard would listen to him, but only a little. If Leo felt troubled, the shard would reject anything Leo might want. (Like the apple) And if Leo was in danger, the crystal would immediately destroy.
Leo finally decided to skip training, because the shard began to flash an angry blue when he got near weapons.
Leo sighed. He knew he was the only one who could control the shard, but sometimes he felt as if the shard was controlling him!
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Leo sighed as he looked around the fields of waving lavender grass. The world here was so strange!
But Leo didn't come to the surface to just look at it. Raph had disappeared, and no one had seen him for five whole hours! And Leo knew that Raph was up here somewhere.
"RAPHAEL!!!!" Leo called. His voice echoed eerily in the emptiness.
"RAPHAEL!!!!"
Suddenly, Leo saw a red-clad turtle not so far from him. "RAPH!!! GET BACK HERE!!!!" Leo yelled, in an angry tone.
Raph seemingly winced, before hesitating.
"NOW RAPH!!!! MASTER SPLINTER'S GETTING ANGRY!!!!!"
That was enough to get Raph moving.
Raph was only about a few feet away, when Leo sensed trouble. "RAPH!!! DUCK!!!!"
Raph looked confused, but fell to the ground.
Just in time to be missed by an arrow.
It landed a few inches in front of Leo. Leo looked fearfully around him. Strangers in black were suddenly appearing all around them, surrounding them by the hundreds.
Leo felt Raph move next to him. "What's goin' on 'fearless leader'?"
Leo ignored the nickname. "Raph, I want you to run as fast as you can back down underground. Do you hear me?"
Raph looked at him. "Why? Can't you just blast 'em with the shard?"
Leo glared at him. "Raph. Go. Now." He said, gritting his teeth.
Raph stepped backwards before shaking his head. "Nope. So you'll just stay here and be the hero in the end, huh?""Raph, that's not—"
"Well I won't have it!" Raph ranted, drawing out his Sais.
Leo opened his mouth to argue, but Raph had already jumped at the nearest soldier.
Leo sighed before drawing his Swords. He paused for a second, and willed with all his heart for the shard to stay peaceful, before jumping to help his brother.
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A figure sat on his black horse, surveying the scene. He wore a red shard.
"My Lord!" A soldier wearing black clad armor came running up to him. He came to a halt beside the figure and bowed deeply before speaking.
"My Lord, we have found two off-worlders in enemy territory."
The figure, who was dressed in black armor, huffed impatiently. "Yes. I already know that."
The soldier continued. "They seem to be good fighters—"
The figure quickly reached down and grabbed the soldier by the neck. "Goddamn it!" He growled, lifting the soldier up so that his feet dangled. The soldier choked. "I already know this you fool!" He hissed, before throwing the soldier away from him. The soldier landed hard on the ground, before jumping up and bowing. "Yes m'lord."
The figure growled. "Tell me. Which one has the stone?"
The soldier looked surprised before answering. "M'lord, there is no stone—"
The figure snapped his head to glare at him. "LIE!!! YOU LIE!!! I know the stone is here!!! The Cruentus Ignis tells no lies!!!"
The soldier hurriedly spoke up. "M'Lord, there is no stone but there is a shard the color of blue—"
The figure froze in his ranting. Then, slowly, he grinned. "Of course. The warrior hid it." He muttered to himself, before grabbing the horse's reins and kicking the horse. The horse jumped forward and the figure cantered down the steep hill on which he had been standing.
The soldier jumped forward. "M'Lord!!!" He cried, before signaling to another soldier. Immediately, about a hundred black clad soldiers rushed after their Master in order to shield him.
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Leo, meanwhile, was fighting both externally and internally. He was fighting against the warriors, and fighting against the shard. The shard wanted to create chaos, but Leo was forcing it to stay calm.
Suddenly, Leo heard Raph yell. "Behind you!"
Leo whirled around, and saw a black armored figure on a horse, galloping towards him with his sword raised.
But what caught Leo's eyes was a red shard. Leo's eyes widened.
The figure neared, and Leo could see that the figure's eyes had seen the shard.
But before Leo could do anything, a soldier jumped at him with his sword raised.
Before Leo could react, the shard began to glow a furious sapphire. Immediately, a shield formed around Leo, and the soldier's sword just bounced off of the shield.
The figures eyes widened, and Leo could see his grin becoming bigger.
Then, the shard flashed an intense blue light, and the shield deteriorated. Leo knew what was going to happen.
"RAPH!!!! DUCK!!!!!!!!!!!" He yelled, and out of his corner of his eye, he saw Raph jump to the ground.
Immediately, a huge blast of blue light filled everyone's vision, and there was an intense wind.
The swords and weapons were blown out of the warriors hands, and were shattered into millions of tiny pieces, which were then rained down upon their heads. The warriors themselves were blown back a little bit, before the wind forced them to the ground.
But Leo was not concentrating on that. His focus was on a red glow. An intense crimson glow that was coming from the warrior sitting on the horse.
The glow had formed a shield around him, and the wind seemed to do nothing to force him back.
The warrior's grin became even more wider and eviler.
"So the warrior has returned." He hissed, to Leo, but Raph heard it.
Raph raised his head and looked at his brother. Leo was standing rigid, looking pale, but stood strong.
The figure fixed it's eye on Leo. "Tell me where the stone is hid."
Leo shook his head. "I don't know where it is."
The figure's grin was replaced by an evil glare. "You lie. Boreus, the old fool, must've told you."
Raph growled quietly. He had never known Boreus, but from what Caurus had told them, he was a great guy.
But Leo didn't seem to be fazed at all. "I assure you. Boreus has told me no such thing." Leo growled, his eyes flashing a dangerous look.
Raph winced. He and his brothers would be running now if they saw Leo was that angry...
But the figure didn't seem bothered. "Lies. You speak lies. Now unless you wish to witness what has already happened, I suggest you hand over the stone to me."
With that, the figure snapped his finger. The soldiers slowly backed away from the blinding blue light and the wind that was still raging, and slowly disappeared into the darkness.
The figure himself, turned his horse around and galloped away.
Leo unconsciously gripped the shard. "Salus Sanctus Aelus." He whispered, before walking over to Raph to help him up.
Raph looked up at Leo. Leo was even paler. White as snow. And his eyes glinted of secrets and something else...fear. Immense fear.
"Leo?" Raph asked. But Leo said nothing. Instead, he just turned and disappeared down the hole that led to Aether.
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R&R PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
