This fic takes place after the episodes with Usagi and Kintaro.


Ever since they got back home from their journey with Usagi and Kintaro, Mikey's been having the nightmare of Jei killing him and his brothers. Unlike the one he had on his journey with Usagi and Kintaro, the nightmare would usually continue past the point where he died and he was watching his oldest brother fight for his life before Jei leapt at his brother with his staff held above his head as he delivered the final blow. Though before it could happen he would always wake up, sweat dripping down his face as he tried not to scream to avoid waking his brothers, instead letting out a whimper. Why he had the nightmare, he didn't know.

Usually when he had the nightmare though, he'd fail at not screaming because his and his brothers' deaths were more brutal and horrifying. Actually the nightmare got worse as he kept having it, and sometimes whenever he looked at his brothers, their deaths in his nightmare would replay in his mind, causing the turtle to wince. When his brothers would notice and ask him what's wrong, he'd play it off as if it was nothing and say it's just his eyes twitching, causing them to look at him suspiciously before shaking their heads, deciding not to question the turtle on his strange behavior, though they knew something had to be up.


Mikey was asleep, seemingly struggling as he muttered, "No... No!" as his eyes squeezed shut. He tossed and turned, his hand clutching his pillow as he silently cried out, "Leo...!" A few seconds later he shot up into a sitting position, his eyes wide open and him letting out a scream as sweat dripped down his face before he quickly covered his mouth.

Oops! He thought, nervously glancing around his room, Hope I didn't wake any of the guys up.

Slowly he climbed out of bed, sneaking over to his bedroom door and pressing the spot where an ear would be up against it to listen for any signs of footsteps that would signal his brothers were up. He waited for about thirty seconds before letting out a sigh of relief.

This is the first time my nightmares got this bad... He thought, ...Actually, is it? I've probably had a few bad nightmares before. He then shrugged. Oh well!

He then decided to open up his door, just to check if no one was really out there as if just now remembering that ninjas were stealthy. As he stepped out of his room, he looked around, seeing no one. He then peeked into his room and saw it was 5:35 AM.

Well at least no one's up this early. He then thought before hearing a door click open, causing him to jump then turn around, seeing Donnie coming out of his room, Crap! How am I going to explain this to Donnie?

He then slunk back into his room as he watched Donnie close his bedroom door. Mikey kept an eye on Donnie as he pushed his own door shut, but not all the way. Unfortunately, Donnie caught it since Mikey was kind of slow.

"Mikey?" He heard Donnie ask as he let out a breath he didn't know he was holding in defeat before opening his door back up.

"Oh, heeeeeeyy...bro." He greeted, putting on a nervous smile, "What're you doin' up this early?"

"I should be asking you the same thing." Donnie said, a skeptical look on his face, "You're usually the one who doesn't wake up this early. Is everything alright?"

"Yeah, yeah... Everything's fine, bro." Mikey lied, quickly looking away as he grabbed a slice of pizza from the box he was now looking at so Donnie didn't see him looking away as a sign that he really was lying, "Just...grabbing a midnight snack." He then looked at Donnie as he stuck the slice halfway in his mouth, a nervous smile again making its way onto his face.

"Okay then." Donnie said slowly, feeling his brother was acting a little strange, "If you say so. By the way, it's not midnight; it's five in the-"

"It's a late midnight snack." Mikey corrected, grinning, "Yeah, I usually wake up really hungry early in the morning, so...you know." He shrugged then added, "A turtle gotta do what a turtle gotta do. And in this situation, this turtle" – he pointed to himself – "gotta eat!" He then shoved the remaining half of the pizza in his mouth, glancing at Donnie and hoping his excuse worked.

"Uhh, yeeeaah..." Donnie said awkwardly, rubbing the back of his neck, still skeptical of his little brother, "Umm... If you don't mind me asking, why were you just entering your bedroom then if you were having a snack?" Mikey blinked and looked around as if looking for an excuse.

"Umm...because I wanted to check to see if anyone was up so I could share my pizza with them." He said then grinned nervously before grabbing a slice then bringing it to Donnie, "Which reminds me: do you want some pizza?" Donnie slightly backed up as Mikey got closer.

"Uhh, no thanks." He politely declined, "As much as I'd love to, I need to work in my lab. You know, for a while..." He then smiled. "Thanks for the offer though. But I am looking forward to what you're going to make for breakfast, so anyway I'd better save room." Mikey shrugged.

"Oh well." He said, smiling as he brought the slice to his mouth. "More for me!"

He then stuffed the whole slice into his mouth, closing his eyes and smiling as he enjoyed the taste.


So, whaddya think? This is my first time writing for this fandom. A friend on Quotev got me into it after she brought the turtles into an Rp we were doing about 3 weeks ago I think and I started watching clips on YouTube and I loved it; plus about a week ago I learned my parents got a month free of Hulu so for now I don't have to watch it on Pluto TV when it's on anymore!

Anyway, back on the subject of this fanfic I hope you enjoyed it so far. I also have a fanfic that takes place after Raph loses Spike in the episode Slash and Destroy that I started to work on before I started working on this (like before I got the idea).

Also this was going to be a one-shot but I didn't want to make it longer than just 1k or 2k words, so...yeah. And constructive criticism is welcome, but no flames. If you flame me, I'll just delete the review, so remember: constructive criticism only please; I don't tolerate flames.

Anyway, off to writing the next chapter. April, OUT!!!