Warning, if you don't want to cry your eyes out over a ship, I'd suggest skimming to the end of this chapter. It's so depressing, I'm almost crying as I write this.

Just a Dream / See you again by Carrie Underwood

"Guys! Guess what!" She called excitedly, as she and Casey entered the lair.

Donnie was the first to emerge from the other room, shortly followed by the others.

"What is it?" He asked.

"Look!" She held out her left hand, where a small diamond nestled between two amethyst stones was placed on her ring finger.

"I've just proposed." Casey smiled proudly. She watched as Donnie's face fell for half a second, but soon a smile took its place. It happened so quickly, she couldn't help but wonder if she had just imagined it.

"I'm so happy for you." His voice sounded a bit strained. "Let me go and get your present. How sweet of him to propose on your eighteenth birthday!" Donnie quickly disappeared back into the lab, and returned with a velvety black box.

He opened the box, and set it in her hand. "I made it, just for you."

A beautiful necklace was tucked into the satin folds of the box. It seemed to be of a strange material, silvery, but not silver or white gold. Dozens purple diamonds adorned the delicate filigree tendrils of the necklace. It was the most beautiful piece of jewelry she'd ever seen.

"It's gorgeous." She murmured.

Donnie smiled a sad smile, and spoke softly. "The metal is pure platinum, and the jewels are rare purple diamonds. Here I'll clasp it around your neck; it matches your ring."

She lifted her hair up, and Donnie hooked the necklace around her neck. He undid the clasp with much more ease than she would have expected; his large fingers should have made it extremely difficult for him to perform that task, but she just shrugged it off. It was no big deal.

'It's perfect Donnie, you're the best." His smile faltered for a second, before he threw a sheepish grin her way. "I've got to get back to the lab and finish working on my project. It was nice seeing you. I'm happy for you." His chestnut gaze bore into her soul as he said the last sentence. The intensity startled her, and she blinked.

He turned on heel, and headed straight back into his lab. She thought she caught a glimpse of something else metallic clenched in his fist, but he was gone before she could even start to decipher what it might have been.

That had been two weeks ago, and she hadn't seen him since he had disappeared into his lab to work on a 'project.' She decided to go and find him. He had to be hiding at the lair somewhere.

She was in for the shock of her life when she got to the lair. Mikey was bawling, Leo had watering eyes, and Raph looked outraged; even more furious than he had ever been, and the full force of his fury was turned on her.

"This is all your fault!" He snarled at her. "You couldn't have tried to love him, could you? You killed him! His blood is on your hands!"

Leo, instead of reprimanding Raph, turned to stare at her with cold as ice, and hard as flint eyes. "You can't honestly tell us that you never even noticed he had feelings for you. It was so obvious!"

It felt like a sucker punch in the gut. "W-w-what happened? Where's Donnie?" She begged, afraid.

"Donnie is dead." Raph roared. "And you're responsible."

'Me!" She squeaked. "How?" The tears were starting to fall. This had to be some kind of sick joke. She didn't know what to do if it wasn't.

"Why don't you read these?" Raph thrust a box into her hands, while Mikey started bawling harder, if possible, and the moisture in Leo's eyes started running down his cheeks. She hesitantly picked the one from the top out of the box and started to read it.

Dear April, my lovely, sweet April,

If my plan goes well, you'll never hear me say these words, but you deserve a good bye, even if I'm not strong enough to give it to you in person. I love you, and have loved you since the moment I laid eyes on you. To me, you are the most perfect creature to have ever walked the planet. I shouldn't have been so foolish as to think you'd feel the same way. You'd never love someone as hideous and lowly as me, a mutant. You deserve someone who can give you everything you deserve and more. I am not that person, and we both know it deep down. I wish I could have told you, but a letter will have to do. The necklace you wear was going to be a present for when I asked you to marry me, along with a ring, which is taped to the other side of this letter. I guess I'll never get that chance now. Don't mourn for me, for you never would have mourned if I had just moved somewhere else. Think of it like that. I'm just in a different place. Even in my death, I want you to be safe, so I'm going to sacrifice myself to ensure it.

With all my love, even though it was never enough,

Donatello

She could feel the lump in her throat choking her, and she was near blinded by her tears. She flipped the paper over. Too her surprise, the ring wasn't there.

She glanced up, and Raph tossed something at her feet. "There! That's what you're looking for, although you don't deserve it."

She stooped down, and picked up the ring. The platinum band was intricately designed, with vines and flowers sculpted into it. The center stone, a white diamond, and carved into a turtle, with a girl standing besides it. Large purple diamonds surrounded the mini-sculpture, forming a fence around the pair. The inside was engraved with We'll be together, forever and always. Love, Donatello. The details must have been hand done by laser cutting. It made the ring currently on her finger look like a plastic one you could buy from a machine.

Leo spoke with a deadly calm voice. "He had caught signals from the Kraang, saying that they were once again going to try and invade Earth. He went, destroyed the new powercell, and dimensionX and the Kraang hideout in New York along with it. They will never go to another planet again, but there is no way he could have survived the explosion. We don't even have a body; he was vaporized from the impact." He finished clinically.

'No! Oh no no no no no no no no no! It can't be. You're lying, You have to be!" Her nails viciously dug into her skin, drawing blood. "Someone tell me I'm dreaming. Please. Please!"

*.*.*.

"April, April!" A voice jolted her from her sleep.

"Donnie!" She sobbed "Don't leave me Donnie! You can't be gone! Come back!"

"Shh, I'm right here April. What happened?" A strong pair of arms lifted her off the couch, and cradled her. His skin was something she though she'd never feel again. She clutched at his neck, running her fingers along the bandanna tail to confirm it was him.

"Casey, p-p-prosed, I said yes-s-s-s and you ga-gave me a nec-necklace and, and, and t-two weeks later, y-y-y-you k-killed yourself. And left me!" She hiccupped between sobs.

"Shh, it was just a dream," He murmured.

He was about to set her down, but she scrambled, and clutched at him tighter. "Don't set me down. I can't bare to let you go."

She looked up at him and he looked at her in confusion. "What about Casey?"

"I don't give a damn."

That was a lot darker than I usually write, oh well. Basically, the first part is a nightmare, and after the *.*.*., is reality. Let me know how hard you're crying in the reviews!