He was in a place that was unfamiliar and had an aura of mischief and hunger. All around he heard water dripping from the ceiling to an unseen pool of water he was sure was underneath him. He stood on a stone cold, gray platform of some kind, floating above the mass of water, surrounded by inky darkness. Suddenly, a light flashed on a couple of meters away, blinding Leonardo of his sight. Blinking harshly, Leo got his eyes to adjust and stared at the sight before him. The platform he stood on stretched towards the new sight, appearing to become white the closer it was to the light. Then, there, sitting on a pedestal, was a light blue orb.

Leo hesitated. Where was he? Where were his brothers? Was this another dream? Sighing to the silence that answered his questions, he walked forward to the orb. It sat there as if it was watching and beckoning to him. It had an aura different than that of the dark room's. It was warm and vibrant, like it was alive in a way. Leo stopped before it and reached out his right hand towards it, the blue orb's shining increasing the closer the hand got to it.

"And why are you here?" Leo pulled his hand away quickly and reached for his swords. "Oh please. There is absolutely no reason for that. Come and relax, you look as if you want some questions answered."

Leo let go of his swords and walked around the orb. There, in a chair with her legs crossed, was a young girl. She looked to be around fourteen, maybe fifteen, and was a pretty cute girl. She had nice, fair skin and dark brown hair that went just past her shoulders, put up in a neat braid. Her eyes a nice shade of green with a hint of brown mixed in their depths. She had red lips that were curled into a small, hungry smile. She wore a long, dark purple dress with black high heels.

Leo stopped in front of her. "Who are you? Where am I and where are my brothers?"

"A little straightforward, huh? Of course you are. You're Hamato Leonardo, son of Hamato Yoshi and oldest brother of Hamato Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo. You're the leader of you four turtles and your weapon choice is twin katana. You are the blue turtle." The stranger stated confidently, her eyes gleaming.

Leo narrowed his dark brown eyes. "How did you-"

"Please, have a seat Leonardo. Make yourself comfortable. Tea? Yes, alright. It'll be here shortly, and then we can talk all you want." Leo watched the girl anxiously, wondering what was going on. He froze when she turned her eyes to him from pouring some tea into cups. "I'll tell you soon. Be patient." She handed him the small glass and poured her own tea. "Hm, a bit minty, just the way I like it."

"Please, can we just get this started? I need to return to my brothers." Leo almost ordered. The girl just laughed in amusement.

"Oh, Leonardo. You're always so amusing. Doing everything in your power to protect your brothers from everyone and everything no matter the cost. You'll risk your own life for them. In battle you keep up the fearless leader act for your younger brothers, while inside you are just the opposite. It's quite amusing watching the feelings in your mind while you just hide them away and let them swallow you up from the inside." The girl smiled smugly. "My favorite feelings of yours are your fear, grief and guilt." She snapped her fingers and whispered something that the turtle could not make out. Leo was once again blinded. Once his vision cleared he wished that he didn't open his eyes to look at the scene in front of him.

He was lying on his shell, his arms and legs pinned down while he stared up at his younger brother's amber eyes. Raphael had him pinned well; one of his sais was gripped in his right hand and was held right above the older turtle's head. Leo held his breath. "Raph?"

"Don't talk Fearless! Just don't speak! I'm so tired of your shit, you know! I'm tired of you always bossing us around, Leo!" Raph growled. "I swear you should just leave us alone! Go die or something! We'll be much better off without ya!"

Leo felt a sharp pain shoot through his heart, but he didn't show any weakness. "Oh yeah Raph?! Amuse me! How will you do so much better without me?!"

"Easy! Mikey probably won't be as much as a bother as he is now. He'll still be a big pain in the ass, but at least he won't be annoying in the morning because of your stupid training, he'll get to be more like himself since you're always trying to get him to focus more on becoming a better ninja, plus he'll be minus a brother who always acts like he doesn't care for him at all!"

"I do care about Mikey!" Leo argued.

Raph grunted. "Only in battles it seems. Other times you're just acting emotionless towards him and telling him to grow up all of the time and take his training seriously. What kind of brother does that Leo!?"

Leo turned his head, thinking about the hidden truth to his brother's words.

"And Donnie? Donnie doesn't need you riding on his ass either! On missions, you always tell him to hurry up and hack into something or trust that he brought one of his gadgets that would actually be useful when we know that all of them are useful!"

"And you're any different, Raph!"

"Fuck yeah I am!" Raph punched Leo in the face. "I say it because it's me and my temper! Once I got it control I'm much more patient to him Leo! It's the same exact thing with Mikey! You want them to go ahead and get more into their ninja training and work as fast as possible to get something done! What if we didn't have Don, Leo? What would you do when me, Mike and even yourself don't have a single damn clue as to do an eighth of the crap Don does?!"

Leo snapped, not from anger, but from fear. "So I haven't been the best leader-"

"Brother!"

"-and I'm sorry Raph, and I promise to try harder to be a better leader-"

"Just shut the fuck up, Leo! Can't you see that what we need is a brother and not a leader!? This is also why we'll be better off without you! We need a brother who is actually our brother more than our leader, unlike you Fearless." Raph held his sai up higher.

Leo closed his eyes in fear. He lost the trust of his brothers? He never thought of anything like that happening ever, and that scared him. So much.

"Goodbye Leo." Raph quickly striked with his sai, aiming the blow between the eyes.

"Your fear…"