Hey guys, Sorry if this chapter suck but I'm currently sitting my exams so I've been really distracted and just wrote this as a break from all my studying. Saw Alice in Wonderland. Twice. I don't know what you guys think but I loved it. Your all invited to my wedding to the Mad Hatter. lol. Please forgive any mistakes I made about the whole American schooling thing. I'm not American so I kinda just guessed most of it. I don't own the characters or any of the schools or anything else I mentioned. Mona's family are kind of OC's but that's it. Anyways, here my next chapter. Hope you like.

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"Hey guys check it out." Mikey called his two brothers over and pointed to the scene taking place in Don's lab. "She's a female Donnie."

The three turtles watched as Mona and their brother performed random experiments with the many pieces of equipment in his lab. The two talked and laughed as though they had been friends their entire lives, completely oblivious to the three pairs of peering eyes at the cracked some weird science joke the guys didn't understand and Mona laughed.

" I wish the guys at my school were like you." Mona said, putting down the chemicals she was mixing and taking a seat on top of one of the benches.

"The guys at your school don't like science?" Don didn't look up from the tiny machine he was working on. He wore a ridiculous pair of goggles that made his eyes look five times their normal size.

"You kidding me? They're high school boys. The only thing on their mind is football and cheerleaders." She sighed." Of course there is the occasional nerd in my class that I can strike up an intellectual conversation with, but talking to them is just so boring."

"I know what you mean. Most of the time, the only one that actually understands what I'm saying is April but she's not always here and the only one left to talk to is Mikey, who doesn't understand a word if it's more than 3 syllables long."

Michelangelo opened his mouth to protest but Raphael whacked him over the head before he could say anything.

Mona sat crossed legged on the lab bench, careful not to knock over any of Donnie's stuff. "That's why I'm looking forward to going to college. At least there I can be around intellectual equals."

"That's a little cocky isn't it?" Raph blurted out before he could stop himself. His brothers gave him looks that told him what he just said was rude but Mona didn't seem to mind Raph's opinion.

"Not really. I've been taking Senior classes since 9th grade and Senior physics since 8th. I applied for a whole bunch of colleges then but they didn't want me there. Said having someone like me attending their school at that age was bad for their image or something...stupid snobby schools." She mumbled under her breath. "Anyway, I applied again this year and I got accepted so in three months I'm off to college!" She said excitedly.

Raph and Mikey gave her weird looks. They had never heard of anyone exited about going to school before, from what they had picked up from television and Casey it was one of the worst places a kid could go.

"So what schools did you apply to?" Donatello asked her. "Figures Donnie would be interested in her fricken school life."Raph thought to himself.

" Well lets see, I tried out for Harvard, Princeton, Juilliard, Yale" She counted them off with her fingers. "But I'm going to NYU."

"You didn't get into the other ones?" Mikey questioned innocently from the chair beside her.

"Oh no I was accepted. I just wanted to go to NYU." She told them nonchalantly, as if the accomplishment was nothing.

Donnie gaped at her in shock. It took him several Tries to form the words he was trying to say. "You turned down Harvard for NYU? Why?"

"Coz it's what we planned."

"What who planned?"

"Me and my parents. We've had the whole thing planned since I was 9. I was going to go to NYU, live on campus and come home on the weekends so I could have Sunday dinner with my family and play soccer with Vinnie and talk about my classes with Gabby."

"But why would your parents let you turn down an opportunity live Harvard?"

"Because they don't know I got accepted."

"Why not?"

"Because they died two and a half years ago."

The entire room went silent as the four turtles stared at her in shock. Donatello sat in his chair mentally kicking himself for asking such a stupid question.

"Oh my god. Mona I'm so sorry. I had no idea, really."

Mona laughed at his rambling effort to apologize. " It's OK Donatello. I don't care. I'm not one of those sentimental people that get all emotional every time you bring up the dead. I like talking about them."

"How'd They Die?" Smooth Raph. He thought after the words left his mouth. Way to be a jerk.

"Car crash." She stated. "About two and a half years ago now. They were on their way to my recital and this truck came out of nowhere and hit them. My brother and sister were in the car too. Luckily they survived."

"Your recital?" Raph knew it was rude to ask after what she just told them but for some reason that was the only thing he was able to say.

"Yes. You see, aside from having a brilliant scientific mind, I also happen to be an incredibly talented musician and athlete." She said in exaggerated tone.

"What happened after that?" Mikey asked her. The question wasn't harsh, it was Sympathetic and concerned.

"Well since I was sixteen at the time, the court declared me an emancipated minor and I was able to live by myself. Gabby and Vinnie went to live with my cousins in California. My Aunt Trish and Uncle Joe own a vineyard there. I tried fighting for custody but they said I was too young to be a legal guardian. Funny huh? Old enough to take care of myself but not old enough to take care of my family." She waved the matter off as if it didn't affect her as much as it did. The turtles saw right through her. "Anyway, they left and I stayed in New york and continued my education. Got a job at Aprils to pay for the stuff that isn't covered by my trust fund. Luckily my parents were loaded so it covers pretty much everything. So I spend most of my time Studying, Training or working and in the holidays I usually go to California to visit my family."

"But your eighteen now aren't you? Can't you fight for legal custody?" Leo folded his arms quizzically.

"Tried to but the court is convinced I would be an unstable guardian so when I tried again and I lost...again."

Sensing Mona's sadness, they lead the conversation elsewhere. "Tell us about your family." Leonardo asked.

Mona leaned back on the bench and put her weight on the palm of her hands. "Uh, Let's See: There's my sister Gabby-Gabriella. She's seventeen years old. She's a genius. Total prodigy. She's obsessed with history and biology and medicine and stuff. She wants to be a cardiologist when grows up. She's got this beautiful curly brown hair but she cuts it short even though I keep telling her to grow it out coz the curls would sit better long. And she hides her face behind these glasses that so do not flatter her at all and-"

"Mona."

Raphael's voice pulled her out of her rambling state and she focused on what she was meant to be talking about. "Oh, sorry." She smiled. " Ok then there's Vinnie who's probably fourteen now. Is he fourteen? yep he is. he's fourteen. He like to act like he's a member of the Fricken mafia because he's Italian and his name is Vincent but in reality he's just a regular teenage boy. He's great at sports. He play's basket ball and soccer non stop. Then we have my cousin Susanna, who just turned three. she's so adorable and looks just like her mother. Then My Uncle Joesph and Aunt Patricia. Fabulous kind-hearted people. Plus they're the best cooks in the world."

"They sound great" Donnie said, leaning over a bench.

"Yeah, they are." She sighed. "I miss them a lot."

The conversation stopped there. Mona said nothing more than that and when they realized she wasn't going to they all sat in an awkward silence until Mona decided to speak again.

"I'm bored. You guys got any video games?" She said randomly, jumping off the work bench she was sitting on.

"Do we?" Mikey exclaimed. "We got tonnes. C'mon I'll show you!" He grabbed her hand and pulled her out of Donnie's lab.

"I would've killed to go to Harvard." Donnie muttered under his breath once they all left his lab.

Mikey and Mona sat on the couch battling each other in one of his old video games, where Mikey learned, to his surprise, that Mona was actually good at them. They played several games and their war lasted quite some time before the winner was determined.

"YES!" Mikey screamed, jumping up and down on the couch. "Yeah! I am the greatest man Alive!"

"No fair I want a rematch." Mona said. She threw the controller to the ground and leaned into the couch."You only won because I'm Tired. Yeah, that's it. I'm tired. Very...very tired." Mona yawned, sprawling out on the couch and resting her head on the arm. "Nap time."

"Yeah. Oh Yeah, oh yeah, oh- HEY! What are you doing?" Mikey broke off mid victory dance when he noticed Mona on the couch.

"Nap time." She repeated.

"What? NO! Stay awake remember? Donnie said you gotta stay awake coz...well I don't remember why but you do!" He said shaking her arm.

"Donnie can...can...he can...do something" She muttered, half asleep.

"Nooooo...stay awake. C'mon talk to me. Tell me, uh, tell me how you learned to fight."

"What are you talking about?" Mona was still tired but atleast Mikey's question had got her thinking. She sat up and rubbed her eyes.

"You know, when you were fighting the foot ninja before we arrived. You were actually pretty good until they kinda multiplied in numbers and tried to kill you."

"So?"

"So where'd you learn to fight like that?"

"I'm afraid I can't tell you that." She was awake but the sleep deprivation was getting to her.

"Why not?" Mikey asked.

"First rule of the fight club-"

"Don't talk about the fight club." He and Raphael said together.

"Ah, Raphael what are you doing here?" Mona asked when she noticed him standing behind the couch.

"I live here." He grunted.

"I meant what are you doing standing behind the couch listening to my conversation. Are you stalking me?"

"Don't flatter yourself. Mikey, get her some caffeine or sugar or somethin' to keep her awake. She's so sleep deprived she's acting crazy."

"Okey-dokey." Mikey grabbed Mona's hand and pulled her towards the kitchen and if looks could kill, well Raph would have died painfully with the one Mona shot him as she was pulled away.

"Is he always this mean?" She whispered to Mikey.

"Pretty much. Were you really in the fight club?"

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Well that's chapter 8. Mona acts a little weird in it because she's sleep deprived and slightly concussed. To be honest, it doesn't really sit well with me. Just something about it. Probably coz I killed of her parents and I really didn't want to do that, but I had to get rid of them so the rest of the story would make more sense. Plus I really wanted to get Mona history out in this chapter and this was the best way I could think of. So tell me what you think. Oh, and in case I don't update any time soon: Happy Easter! xoxo