Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Life is filled with discoveries both small and grand and the life of a ninja is no exception as Harry, Leo, Raph, and Donnie walk into the lair's living room to see Mikey watching a new show on TV.

"What's this nonsense? It's terrible" Raph comments, as the characters on the show began piloting some kind of giant robot to battle giant aliens of some kind.

"Terribly awesome!" Mikey countered clearly enjoying the strange show. Getting up the orange turtle shows his brothers a box filled with video tapes, of the show 'Super Robo Mega Force Five Team Five.' "I found these old tapes in a dumpster."

"Dude this is awful. And you guys complained about Space Heroes" said Leo.

"Leo, trust me you and Hermione are the only ones I know that actually like that show" said Harry. "Though I admit it does look kind of cheesy.

"Their lips don't even match what they're saying. I could never watch something this bad." Raph's words don't hold up as before they know it, he and the others join Mikey in watching the anime fully enjoying the experience. "So the girl's the princess of an entire planet? Cool!"

"Yeah and she pilots the robot's left leg" Mikey informs. "She rules. But the scientist dude made the robot."

"The story has such an intricate layered plot. Four Stars!" Donnie approves.

"Anime rules!" Harry cheers before turning his attention to Donatello. "Donnie, we need our own giant robot!" the young ninja smiles as he imagines the brothers crushing The Kraang from inside a fully operational mech. The brothers continue to enjoy the show until the scientist tries to ask out the space princess only to be shot down. As the brothers laugh at the character's overly dramatic reaction, Mikey can't help but draw parallels between the show and Donnie's situation with April.

"Donnie, that's so you and April dude."

"It is not!" he denies, suddenly losing his interest in the show. "This show's stupid anyway and the plot makes zero sense. I'll be in the lab."

Looking at his photo wall, Donnie's gaze zooms in on a photo of him pushing April on a swing set.

"What am I to April anyway" he sighs, holding the picture close. "I'm worse than a nerd. I'm a freak! We're all total and complete fre…. Sorry Timothy." Donnie apologies remembering the tank containing the mutated form of his "friend" Timothy aka the Pulverizor.

"It doesn't matter anyway. April blames us for her dad's mutation." Taking a moment to feed the mutant blob of organs some food flakes, the purple turtle moves to continue his research. Never noticing that Timothy seems to be staring intently at the photo of April. "I have to find an antidote, a retro mutagen." Carefully dropping his latest chemical compound into a sample of mutagen, Donnie was frustrated to see that all he'd accomplished was to flash freeze the ooze. Vowing to find a cure Donnie leaves the lab planning to call it a night. Now left alone, Timothy extends what remains of his esophagus out of tank and over to what remains of the mutagen and begins drinking the ooze.

The following morning at Roosevelt High, April is at her locker getting ready to begin the new school year and her return to normalcy.

Harry would beginning his second year at Hogwarts soon. Clearing her head of such thoughts the redhead begins to retrieve her books. Forget about that April, this is a new start for you. Just don't talk about alien robots, or mutant dads. And don't even think about wizards or turtles.

Before she can continue her mental pep talk, April finds herself tripping and falling to ground. A quick look around identifies a hockey puck as the reason for her misfortune.

"Are you serious?!" she scoffs, when the guilty hockey player, approaches ignoring her to instead retrieve his puck.

"Nice job stopping my puck like that. You've got some moves Red." The hockey player flirted. He appeared to be a typical teenaged boy with a slender build, long black hair. He was dressed in a black shirt, jeans, a black bandanna, along with fingerless gloves.

"You could start with sorry." April quipped, clearly not impressed with the boy's manners.

"Sorry you got in the way. What were you doing blocking the hall like that anyway?"

"Who do you think you are?!" she demanded, but instead of giving his name the boy explained that he was the one April was assigned to tutor in math. Of course she was far from happy to hear this.

"Look if I don't pass trig, they'll kick me off the hockey team" the boy explained, his tone making it clear how much the team means to him. "Nobody else wants to tutor me. They're all intimidated by my supreme awesomeness."

"And this you asking for help? Charming." April scoffed. Deciding words weren't helping the boy leaned in on his hockey stick, silently asking the redhead for help. Despite herself April did feel uncomfortable under the boy's gaze and finally agreed to help him. "Fine, meet me in the park tonight at 7 don't be late."

"It's date then, nice." The boy then took a victory slap shot, accidentally sending his puck flying into some random kid's face, though the boy quickly shrugged off and hint of concern and began to walk away."

"What's your name anyway?" if she was going to tutor him, April felt it was important to at least know his name.

"Casey Jones" the boy replied before continuing to walk off.

"Booyakasha!" Mikey cheered, as he skateboards across the city rooftops. He's night gets even better as he spots a pizza box sitting unattended on a rooftop, a hot slice still inside for the taking. Unable to resist the fun loving turtle rushes to the glorious slice, unaware that he was being stalked from the shadows. Taking a moment to check for any witnesses Mikey is moments away from taking his first bite, when suddenly he finds himself on his back pinned under Leo's sword point. "What the heck was that?!"

"That was a stealth attack and that's what we're going over in tonight's training session." Leo explained, finishing off the pizza slice.

"No fair I couldn't see you coming."

"That's why they call it stealth genius" Raph remarks, as he, Donnie, and Harry reveal themselves.

"Why would you eat random pizza you found on a roof anyway?" asked Donnie.

"Roof pizza's like one of my ten favorite kinds of pizza" Mikey replied.

"Ok guy's listen up." Leo orders getting his brothers' attention. "The two keys to stealth: camouflage and misdirection. Raph and Mikey you guys are up."

"Eh I don't want to do this anymore. Do you Raph?" Mikey is surprised to see that his brothers have all already vanished from sight. "Raph?" As he searches for any sign of his brother, Mikey's skateboard rolls up to him distracting him long enough for Raph to sneak up and deliver the fearsome shell wedgie!

"Looks like he got you Mikey" Harry laughs.

"No fair, stealth attacks are lame!" Mikey whined, as Raph continued his vicious assault. Ignoring his brothers' fooling around, Donatello walked away as he realized they were near the park that April usually studied at.

April's always studying in the park around this time. Would it just be weird for me to show up? Donnie quickly crouched down as he spotted the subject of his thoughts in the park down below, unfortunately not alone.

"Ok, show me how to solve for X" April asked, but Casey wasn't paying much attention.

"You just dig, right? Cause 'X' marks the spot."

"Have you ever opened this book?" the redhead remarks.

"School isn't really my thing. When I graduate I'm either becoming a pro-hockey player or an international bounty hunter."

"Those are quiet the options." April clearly wasn't impressed with Casey's career choices.

"Who wants a normal life anyway, right?" April just silently brushed a strand of hair behind her ear as she remembered that's exactly what she's trying to return to. "Hold still Red, you've got a smudge on your face."

As Casey wipes his hand across April's cheek the spying Donatello's world is shattered as he instantly jumps to the wrong conclusion.

"She's on a date. I can't believe it with some punk human kid!" Donnie leans in over the side of the roof to try and listen in. But all he accomplishes is to fall over and land in a dumpster, nearly alerting April and Casey to his presence. As the two leave all Donnie can think is this stinks.

Returning home after their training session each of the brothers split up to enjoy the rest of the night in their own way. But Harry couldn't help but notice that Donnie was in a particularly bad mood. Not having any idea what could've caused this he decided to seek help from Master Splinter.

"Sensei, I think something's wrong with Donnie."

"What do you mean, Harry?" asked a concerned Splinter.

"Well half way through our training session, he started spacing out and now he's in a really bad mood." Harry explained. Concerned Splinter and Harry went to find Donnie in his lab where they could hear the turtle ranting through the door.

"Ugh why was she even with him? Because he's human that's why. Big deal, you know how many people are you human?!"

"He doesn't resent you for being human" Splinter reassured Harry, who for a moment wondered if Donnie was talking about him being human. "He's just feeling jealous."

"Yeah, thanks Father." Harry smiled, feeling better now that he understands that his brother is just venting his frustrations over April and apparently some boy.

Finishing his latest invention Donnie attaches a speaker box to Timothy's tank. "Alright I'm done with your voice box. Try it out."

"I like April, Donnie." said Timothy.

"Yeah you and me both Pulverizor." Donnie then moved to his lab bench to begin working on his next attempt at retro mutagen, when Splinter deciding he'd heard enough reveals his presence.

"Donatello my son. I would like to speak with you." He calls, sending Harry a look to go elsewhere as this would be a private talk.

"Um sure, Master Splinter." As Splinter and Donnie leave for the dojo they don't notice Timothy beginning to drink another canister of mutagen.

"Today I will teach you to enjoy falling down" Splinter explains, much to Donatello's confusion.

"Why would I ever….whoa!" Before Donnie can even begin to understand his father's strange lesson, Splinter knocks the turtle to the ground.

"Did you enjoy that?"

"No."

"Then let's keep trying." Despite his best efforts Donnie continues to painfully end up on his back and no matter how many times Splinter asks, the turtle never once begins to enjoy it.

"Do you like it yet?" Splinter asks for what feels like the hundredth time.

"No Sensei, not at all." Donnie whines as his father helps him to his feet.

"Hmm" Splinter begins to stroke his beard as he contemplates the reasoning behind this. "Perhaps one cannot make someone like something."

"Of course you can't! Nobody likes…" Donnie stops short as he realizes the true meaning behind his father's lesson. "You're talking about me and April."

"My son, for someone so intelligent the obvious often eludes you." Before Splinter can say more they're interrupted by a loud crash from Donnie's lab. As the family rushes to find the source their surprised to see a large hole in the wall where Timothy's tank used to be.

"Ok, someone want to explain what happened to Timothy?" asked Hedwig, looking to Donatello for some answers.

"Timothy somehow escaped and I think he went after April" said Donnie calling for his brothers to follow, the five ninjas headed out into the city to find the missing mutant.

"I didn't know it but I think all of my April talk made Timothy go after her." Donnie explained as they raced across the city roof tops.

"You told your thoughts and feelings to a pile of guts in a jar!" Raph exclaims incredulously.

"He's a good listener."

"Have we learned nothing from the Slash incident?!" Harry yells. "I mean seriously is Hedwig the only pet we ever had that didn't go psycho after listening to one of us complain!"

"Well she did become our mom" Mikey points out.

"How dangerous is this thing?" Leo questions as he tries to reach April on her phone.

"Well he obviously doesn't know his own strength. He could end up hurting her" said Donnie concerned for his crush.

"Her T-phone's still off. There's no way to trace the signal."

"Actually she might be at the park…..on a date" Donnie's words cause his brothers to stop in their tracks as Raph asks the question on all of their minds.

"And you know this how?"

"Um, maybe I was following her" the purple turtle confesses, leaving his brothers worried about his mental state.

"Well that's not creep-tastic." Mikey remarks.

"Seriously Donnie, there's a thin line between liking someone and being obsessed" said Harry thinking he should have Splinter and Hedwig talk to Donatello about boundaries.

"Ok so she's either at the park or on her way home" said Leo, getting everyone to focus on their current problem. "Donnie, you and I will take the park. Harry, Raph, and Mikey head to April's."

"We didn't get much studying done" said April as she and Casey walked home from their study session.

"Is studying all you do?" Casey asked, pushing his bike along. "You got to learn to relax. Cut loose a bit."

"Hey I cut loose!" the redhead argued. "You have no idea what kind of crazy stuff I do."

"What like being a Science Olympian?" April scoffed but unlike during their first meeting this was good naturedly.

"You like pushing buttons don't you Jones? I bet you…"

April was cut off as they heard a strange distorted voice calling to her from a nearby alley. They didn't have long to wait as the two teenagers found themselves face to face with Timothy, who after drinking so much mutagen has sprouted acidic arms and legs sticking out from his jar.

"Can't I go a few months without some mutant attacking me?" April complained, she was about to move to defend herself when Casey stepped protectively in front of her. "What're you doing?"

"Whatever that thing is, its' pure evil and completely cool looking. I'll handle this sweetheart."

"Sweetheart?!" April repeated in disbelief.

"You punk kid!" Timothy growled recognizing Casey from Donnie's rants.

"I don't think he likes you" April noted.

"That makes two of us" Casey replied cockily. The boy's confidence proves to be misplaced as Timothy charges the two teenagers knocking April to the side and sending Casey into a dumpster, while his clumsy movements see Timothy crashing into a nearby car.

With Casey seemingly out of the way Timothy was about to move onto April when his jar was pelted by a barrage of tin cans. Taking a look down the alley the mutagenic blob was irritated to see Casey using a broken piece of pipe as a hockey stick to launch cans at him. Once he was out of ammo Casey decided it was time to get up and personal and charged the insane mutant.

"Goongala!" Casey roared, swinging his pipe against the glass of Timothy's jar. But the attack had no effect and Timothy quickly retaliated using his monstrous strength to send the teen crashing into a wall leaving him dazed as he fell to the ground.

"Now I crush you." Timothy threatened, moving to finish the meddlesome boy only to be deterred as April's tessen knocked against his jar before flying back to its owner's hand.

"Back off gruesome!" the amateur kunoichi threatened, holding her weapon at the ready. Not wanting to hurt the object of his desires Timothy stumbled back as April went on a relentless assault swinging the blade on her fan against the mutant's jar, something the now recovered Casey Jones thought to be very attractive.

"Wait April friend" Timothy begged wanting the redhead to understand his intentions.

"Friend? You're the one who attacked us you walking anatomy class!" April countered. Joined by Casey the two teamed up on Timothy successfully taking control of the battle as they forced the mutant blob to the ground. But of course when you corner an animal odds are its going to bite and that just what Timothy did as he faced down the charging Casey, swiping the pipe out of the boy's hands and melting it down with acid.

"Acid Hands" said Casey shocked by the new development. "Wow…ugh!" Casey didn't have long to marvel as Timothy took the opportunity to punch the teen, sending him flying down the alleyway. April attempted to come to Casey's aid, attacking Timothy from behind but the mutant simply knocked her to the ground.

Seeing a clear path to his target Timothy moved to approach the downed kunoichi, who unfolded her tessen in an attempt to put up a fight. Just as the walking jar of mutagen loomed over her Casey came racing up on his bike grabbing April as he passed and rushed out onto the streets. Unfortunately despite his size Timothy was inexplicably fast and came running after his prey, knocking aside anything and anyone unlucky enough to be in his way.

"For a big…um guy he's fast" April noted as Timothy manages to catch up to them.

"Let's see him outrun this!" Throwing the remains of his pipe, Casey manages to trip up the large mutant causing Timothy to stumble over himself before being sideswiped by a truck, sending the blob flying and allowing the teens to make their escape.

"April wait" Timothy begged, getting back on his feet. "Be good friend."

"Not so fast barrel full of ugly!" said Mikey, revealing his, Raph, and Harry's presence.

"Donnie's right, Pulverizor's been drinking mutagen" said Raph.

"You're not going anywhere!" Harry threatened, but the mutant blob simply ignored them and tried to chase after April only for Mikey to get in his way.

"What happened to you Pulverizor? You turned into some kind of Mutagen Man." The newly dubbed Mutagen Man roared in frustration, prompting the brothers to draw their weapons. Mutagen Man catches the boys by surprise slamming his fists into the ground hard enough to knock the brothers off their feet. The mutant blob then follows up by slamming his foot into Raph's chest, trapping him under him while knocking Mikey into a dumpster, the impact causing it to overturn.

"Mikey!" Raph cries in concern, but he soon has to worry for himself as Mutagen Man lowers his acid hand, intending to melt the turtle's face off. Lucky for him Harry comes to the rescue, slicing off Mutagen Man's hand.

Keeping the pressure on Harry fires a blast of magically energy at Mutagen Man blasting him off Raph. The brothers are then forced to back off as Timothy's severed hand begins blasting spurts of acid as it reforms.

"Great so he can regenerate" Harry growls in frustration, charging up his Raikiri. "But I bet he won't like taking a few volts."

"Sounds good to me" said Raph, getting ready to provide the opening for Harry. The pair charge the mutant blob when suddenly Donnie lands in their way, holding his arms out to protect Mutagen Man.

"Don't hurt him" the purple turtle pleaded, as they were joined by Leo and a now recovered Mikey.

"What?!" Raph yells in disbelief. "That thing just tried to melt my face off."

"All he wants to do is make April our friend again."

"No!" Mutagen Man roared. "April not turtles friend. April only my friend!"

"What?! I thought you were trying to get April back for me!" Donnie cried in shock, only to back pedal once he realized how that sounded. "Um, I mean us."

"Turtles hurt April. Hurt me!"

"Hey we warned you repeatedly to stay away from the mutagen!" Harry argued.

"Yeah Harry, I don't think you can reason with the crazy jar of goo" said Leo.

"Turtles must be destroyed!" Mutagen Man roared but before he could do his limbs shriveled up and collapsed in the street.

"What happened?" asked Leo.

"He ran out of mutagen" Donnie explained. "Quick let's get him into the Shell Razor."

"Remind me why we're bringing Mr. Personality, here back to the lair" asked Raph as they drove through the streets.

"It's not his fault Raph, its mine" said Donnie. "He was lonely, all my April talk made him want a friend."

"Still doesn't explain why we're taking a dangerous mutant that's now sworn to kill us back to the lair" said Harry, agreeing with Raph that this was a bad idea.

"Timothy's DNA could hold the key to developing retro mutagen" Donnie explained. "I could cure April's dad and him…." Donnie freezes as he notices that Timothy has woken up and has been chowing down on the mutagen in the van. The boys don't have time to react as the now reenergized Mutagen Man crashes through the back of the Shell Razor in search of April.

"Great here we go again" Harry groaned, mentally kicking himself for not thinking of just teleporting Timothy back to the lair.

"We split up and find him" Leo orders but Donnie reminds them of one key fact, there was only one place Mutagen Man could be going.

"No sign of any hideous organ monsters" said Casey, checking for Mutagen Man as he delivers April to her front door. "So do all your study sessions go like this?"

"You have no idea" said April sardonically.

"So when's our next date? You can tell me about that crazy metal fan you're carrying."

"Date" the redhead laughed. "Don't get ahead of yourself Jones. So another study session tomorrow?"

"Possibility." Casey replied, about to turn to leave when April spots the unwelcomed sight of Harry and the Turtles battling Mutagen Man, doing their best to keep him in a nearby alley."

"Wait!" April called stopping Casey from spotting the battling mutants. She may not being speaking to the brothers but she didn't want them exposed and put in danger, not to mention the risk to Casey safety should he get drawn in.

"I knew it, something you want to say to me Red?"

"Yeah you don't want to go down this way because of….toxic fumes" April lied poorly, directing Casey down a side street away from the battle. With Casey now out of harm's way, April takes a cautious peek down the alley and sees the brothers fighting Mutagen Man. I knew they had something to do with this…..Just walk away April it's not your problem anymore.

Mutagen Man was proving to be a far greater threat than Pulverizor ever was and Donnie's request for them to pull their punches wasn't helping things.

"Mikey lookout!" Harry cried tackling his brother to ground as Mutagen Man throws a car over their heads. In an attempt to counter attack Harry throws shuriken at the mutant only for his throwing stars to melts as their lodged into Mutagen Man's acid arms.

"Don't hurt him!" said Donnie. "Just lead him away from the street."

"A little hard when he's swinging acid hands!" Raph argued, dodging around Mutagen Man's wildly swinging arms. Going for a counter attack Raph lunges at Mutagen Man only for the larger mutant to pluck him out of the air, his acid touch burning the turtle slightly.

Not liking the idea of fried turtle, Mikey drops down on Mutagen Man's jar distracting him long enough for Harry to come in with his flaming fists. The flaming barrage of punches from the young wizard doesn't do much as Mutagen Man quickly recovers and swings his massive fist into the Harry, sending him crashing into a wall. With Mikey out of the way the hostile blob snatches Mikey off his head and slams him into the ground like a ragdoll.

Leo comes rushing into help his brothers only to find himself tangled up in Timothy's esophagus as the mutant extends the tube out of his jar and wraps it around the blue turtle.

"April is mine!"

"Not if I can help it" Donnie counters, dropping down from above he slams his staff onto Mutagen Man's esophagus, the shock of which frees Leo, Raph, and Mikey. It also gets him Mutagen Man's attention as he retaliates by knocking Donnie into the approaching Harry.

"Donnie we can't keep holding back" said Harry.

"Harry's right" Leo agreed. "Donnie we have no choice whatever the Pulverizor, Timothy was is gone now."

"But if we destroy him I might never find a retro mutagen. What about April's dad?"

"What about April?" Raph countered. With no other choice Donnie accepts that they can't hold back any longer.

"Misdirection and camouflage" Donnie calls, prompting the team to disappear into the shadows. Mutagen Man searched the alleyway for any sign of the brothers but unbeknownst to him Harry, Raph, Mikey, and Leo were watching from above ready to put an end to this battle.

"Where Turtles go?!" Mutagen Man demanded, Raph then made that answer known as he began the attack. Revealing himself for only an instant Raph drops down from above slashing his sai against the mutant blob's jar before retreating back to the shadows. Harry then followed up coming out of the shadows severing Mutagen Man's arm before disappearing from sight. Next came Leo who came up from behind, his blade carving into Mutagen Man's back. The mutant blob turned to retaliate but the blue turtle had already disappeared, next thing he knew he was being knocked to the ground by an impressive flying kick from Mikey but once again before Mutagen Man could hope to attack his target had disappeared from sight.

"Over here Mutagen Man!" Mikey taunts, revealing his presence in a dark corner of the alley. Mutagen Man is quick to respond and tries to crush the turtle under his fist only for Mikey's form to disappear revealing itself to be nothing more than a pile of garbage.

"No over here!" Leo calls, prompting the mutant to attack but it was just another pile of garbage. Frustrated by the brothers' misdirection Mutagen Man was glad to see Donatello out in the open, he was even happier to see the turtle holding another canister of mutagen. Unable to resist Mutagen Man knocks the turtle aside causing him to drop the canister, popping open as it hit the ground.

"Don't drink it Timothy!" Donnie cries on deaf ears as Mutagen Man eagerly drinks up the ooze only for him to realize something was terribly wrong.

"Donnie something's wrong" he calls, the boy they once knew as Timothy shining through for a moment before his entire body flash freezes revealing the ooze to have actually been one of Donnie's earlier failed attempts at retro mutagen.

"I'm sorry Timothy" Donnie said sadly.

"Donnie?" Harry asks wondering if his brother would be alright. Donnie doesn't seem to hear him as he sorrowfully places his hand on Timothy's jar promising that one day he would find a cure.

Returning to the lair a depressed Donatello watches as his brothers enjoy an episode of S.R.M.F.F, something that Splinter can't help but notice.

"How are you my son?" he asks in concern.

"Sensei, I created a monster who could've squashed the girl I'm totally into. How do you think I feel?" Donnie replies.

"April's decision is her own choice. We must let her return in her own time."

"But what if she never comes back?"

"We must never lose our ability to hope, Donatello" said Splinter, walking away to leave his son to think about his words. As Donnie spots the scientist character on TV get the girl he can't help but think that maybe that could be him.

"Yeah there's always hope."

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