A/N: And so ends an epic adventure. Now to work on Broken and Just a Dream. I hope you have enjoyed my first ever fan fiction piece! I know I have. Please review!

Disclaimer: I do not own TMNT

Six Months Later

"Open Sensei's first." Mikey prodded.

"Why? You guys know I hate opening presents!" Melanie whined. It was the day of the wedding. Sky had arranged the wedding to be held at Casey's grandmother's place. A second, more elaborate wedding was to be held with Sky's family in a week, but Sky had made sure to plan the real wedding so that Melanie's family would be there. At the moment, Melanie, the boys, and Splinter were in an upstairs bedroom while Sky, April, and Casey started to set up for the afternoon. The boys had wanted her to open their wedding gifts before, so they were sitting around the bed Melanie sat on, a pile of presents at her feet.

"Just open it." Raph demanded.

"Ugh, fine." She said picking up a shoe-box sized wrapped present. She tore off the gold paper and tenderly lifted the lid. Inside lay a small jewelry box. She picked it up, but noticed rough paper beneath it and lay it to the side. She carefully tugged the rice paper out of the box and unrolled it. In her master's delicate calligraphy, as well as his elegant cursive, lay one phrase in both Japanese and English.

"Dance as if no one is watching; Sing as though no one can hear you; love as if you've never been hurt before; live as if heaven is on Earth."

Melanie wiped the tears from her cheeks and reached for the small jewelry box. She gasped as she pulled out the necklace. A circle pendant held the letter M in the center, surrounded by the letters S,L,R,D, and M each in respective colors their owners wore. The faint sketch of a turtle shell faded into the background. Melanie covered her mouth, but the tears ran down her cheeks. Leo took the necklace from her hands and she turned. He gently lifted her hair and did the clasp. The pendant fell to the hollow of her throat.

"Master…" she whispered.

"The necklace is from all of us." He said taking her into his arms. "Oh, my precious Melanie."

"I love you, Sensei." She sobbed.

"I love you too." He whispered as he stroked her hair.

After a few moments, Splinter let go and Melanie gratefully took the tissue from Mike's hand. She sighed as Mikey gently nudged a small green box towards her. She smiled mischievously and tore the paper. Again she gently lifted the lid and pulled out a lightly colored tile. On the tile was written, in Mikey's most careful handwriting. "Hero".

"Mikey?" she whispered. She reached back into the box and pulled out a drawing. Melanie could tell he had taken a long time with it. It was black and white, and she recognized herself in a super hero costume that looked similar to her ninja garb. A cape billowed behind her as she stood atop a sky scraper.

"You're my hero, Mel." He whispered and he wrapped her in his arms and squeezed. Melanie laughed and hugged him back.

"Alright, my turn." Raph barked. He handed her a red box. She opened the lid and gently lifted a red rose along with another tile. The single word, in Raph's scratchy penmanship, "Rose" lay on the tile in black ink.

"Don't say anythin'. I'll explain later, kay?" He said gruffly. She wrapped her arms around him and kissed his cheek.

"My turn?" Donnie said. He held out a brown package, and Melanie smiled. She tore off the paper and once again, a tile with black writing in her brother's type write appeared. "Pearl." Melanie ran her fingers over the tile, but jumped when Donnie grabbed her arm and clasped a small bracelet on her arm. A single white pearl sat on the crest, but Melanie thought it was beautiful.

"Donnie, it's amazing." She whispered as her arms encircled him. He just smiled and blushed slightly.

"Leo?" she asked after a moment, seeing her brother hesitate.

"Mine isn't as good as theirs." He mumbled as he handed her a small square.

She didn't say anything and gently opened the soft tissue paper. Inside lay a tile, but what lay on the tile made Melanie gasp. Two angel wings wrapped around a tiny silver ring with tiny writing along the side.

"It's supposed to fit your pinky." He said. He held it up and helped her slip it on. Melanie held it close, and made out the words, My Angel. She found the tile. It too said Angel.

"Leo, it's beautiful. Guys…" She trailed off, the tears welling up in her eyes.

"The tiles all fit together. We had a stand somewhere…" Leo trailed off, and was cut short as Melanie pulled them all into a hug.

"I love you guys." She whispered.