Chapter 4:
"So…" Mikey said, looking at Pinkie Pie. "If ponies exist, does that mean leprechauns are real, too?"
"I've never seen one," Pinkie replied. "but I hear they used to roam all around here! Do you like parties?"
"Parties? I'm the party king!"
"Awesome! You wanna come over for a party!"
"Yeah, dude!"
Leo rolled his eyes. Pinkie Pie seemed like the female, pony version of his youngest brother. I would probably be hard to separate them when it came time to leave.
"So, Twilight Sparkle," the blue turtle began. "what exactly do you want to know?"
"Let me think of where to start," the awestruck pony replied. "How about… What are you? I mean, I know you said you're mutant ninjas, but in more detail."
"Okay, well, we used to be regular turtles. We were really young, and we'd just been bought from a pet store by a master of ninjutsu. His name was Hamato Yoshi."
"Fascinating! So, how did you become mutants?"
"Before we got back to where Hamato Yoshi was staying, he met a suspicious man on the sidewalk and decided to follow him."
"One moment. What's a man?"
"You don't have humans here, do you?"
"Uh, 'humans'?"
Leo sighed. "How should I put this? Do you have anything I could draw with?"
"Well, there's a stick on the ground over there, and here's some dirt."
"Good enough." He picked up the stick and began to draw a sketch of a person. "They stand on two legs like we do, but they don't have shells or anything. Some have dark brown skin, others have almost pure white skin, and others have everything in between. Their hair can vary from different shades of brown and black to yellow or red, and sometimes they dye it to look different colors."
"They sound strange," Twilight pointed out.
"Well, to them, you probably look weird, too. You sure surprised us!"
"Good point. Oh! Would you mind if a few friends of mine came to meet you?"
"Well, I don't see how that could be much of a problem. It's not like they'll attack us or anything. And even if they did, well, we're ninjas!"
"Okay! I'll call Rainbow Dash."
"Alright."
"RAINBOW DASH!"
Leo put his hands up to his ear holes.
A small cloud drifted over to the group, and a light blue face appeared from over the side. The head moved farther from the cloud, revealing a multicolored mane and then a blue, winged body.
"You rang?"