Chapter 53: Mutation City

Hey everyone I'm back with a new chapter. Since nobody really got the hint this chapter is based of the TMNT 2007 movie and along the way you'll see Roxas and the team pulled apart by emotions and how Amora will take to her new life as part of the team not to mention the last person you'd ever expect to snap. I hope you like the surprises in store. Please review and enjoy.

Flying through space Roxas, Apple, Briar, Namine, Xion and Raven were having their first magic lesson with Amora.

"Now I want you all to keep it to less than 3 words." Amora said walking around to check their stances.

"Icicle Splitter!" Roxas said firing a giant block of ice hitting one dummy out of five.

"A spell's power is in its whisper. A true master needs only to think it." Amora whispers into Roxas's ears causing him to blush and make Namine and Brair glare.

'Why does she keep throwing herself at Roxas? He's not hers he's…no he's not.' Apple thought shaking her head.

"Icicle Shatter." Roxas said firing the block of ice this time it split into multiple pieces hitting 5 dummies at once while one piece bounced off the wall and hit Roxas knocking him to the ground and causing the girls to giggle.

"Yeah that was hilarious." Roxas said sarcastically.

"Roxas, that was ice magic, you possess the ability to wield all elemental types of magic and a few others. You're amazing." Amora said.

"Wow, really?" Roxas said with a small blush.

"Uh yeah he taught us all that too." Briar said annoyed by all this.

"Yeah he's not you're only student." Namine said.

Amora walks over. "Alright remember the stances I taught you and show you what you can do."

Apple raises her staff and fires the ice blasting three targets. "Not bad Apple. How long have you been training?"

"Uh about two years give or take?" Apple shrugs.

"Hmm well the staff is a bit much, but you girls have potential." Amora said.

"Do you think we'll get to the advanced stuff?" Raven asks.

"Maybe after a bit of training. Magic requires lots of mental stamina." Amora said.

"Well that's enough magic for one day. Let's head up." Roxas said walking up to the main room.

"We certainly don't have men like him in Asgard." Amora sighs walking after him.

Brair growled as she grinded her teeth in anger.

In the main room everyone was sitting around talking.

"Hey Dexter, how long before we get to Twilight Town?" Roxas asks.

"About 2 hours." Dexter said looking at the map.

"Well if this place is going to be my new home care to tell me about where you come from?" Amora asks.

"Well Twilight Town is just where we stay when we need a break, Ever After is where we're all going to school to figure out our destinies." Raven said.

"Which reminds us how are we going to get Headmaster Grimm to let in Amora and Xion?" Darling said.

"Well Xion he might be able to, but I don't think you really seem to fit the requirement for student." Poppy said looking at Amora.

"Well in Asgard I was the Royal Magic Instructor to Prince Loki." Amora said.

"Don't worry Amora we'll find you something." Roxas said when Lizzie and Ashlynn walk in.

"Everyone we'd like to show you our latest design." Lizzie said getting everyone's attention.

"Come on in." Ashlynn said as Xion walked in wearing a black jacket with the crown symbol on the back, a purple shirt underneath it, black and green pants, grey shoes, and around her neck was her favorite seashell.

"It's simple, but it suits you." Bunny said.

"Thank you." Xion smiles.

"Xion requested the she'd have this symbol on hers." Ashlynn said.

"It's Sora's symbol." Namine said.

"Guess I still have link to him after all." Xion said.

"Well we like it." Holly said.

"And nice touch with the seashell." Hunter said.

"It's a little different from the coat isn't it?" Roxas chuckles.

"It is, but I like it." Xion said.

"I really hope we can get back soon I want to be able to enjoy summer vacation." Daring said.

"But you gotta admit these world saving trips do make it more exciting." Alistair said.

"BEST SUMMER EVER!" Sparrow said shredding on his guitar.

Roxas chuckles. "With a team like this how can we lose?"

"Because it's so big." Amora said causing everyone to look at her. "Did any of you ever wonder how the Valkyries were able to find you all so quickly?"

"We assumed it was because Thor got caught." Raven said.

"That's only half true, they found you all because this group is so large it sticks out anywhere." Amora said.

"Well we're a team it helps that we're all together." Cerise said.

"Even so Roxas you should consider using smaller teams on missions and the rest would stay as backup." Amora said.

"I never thought of doing something like that." Roxas said thinking.

"We appreciate the concern Amora, but we've done this for quite some time." Apple said.

"Still she does have a point, Sora only ever traveled with Donald and Goofy and maybe a 4th member from time to time." Xion said.

Roxas pauses to think when the World Map goes off. Walking over Dexter turns it on to see a large city with shadowy figures jumping across the rooftops.

"Well…this looks interesting." Dexter said not sure what to make of it.

"What's it called?" Poppy asks.

"Mutation City." Dexter said a little grossed out.

Amora looks to Roxas who sighs. "Alright we can try it."

Amora smiles and pecks him on the cheek pissing off a few girls on the team.

"Well I need to go to seal the keyhole who else is in?" Roxas asks.

"Me, me me!" Maddie said.

"Where you go I will Roxas." Amora flirts.

"You might need another Keyblade out there." Ashlynn said.

"Where Ashlynn goes I go." Hunter said.

"I'm in, beats sitting around here." Kitty said.

"I'll go too." Melody said.

"You guys think you can manage here without us?" Roxas asks.

"We'll be fine, and we'll be ready for when you guys need to be bailed out." Sparrow smirks as they landed.

Leaving the ship Roxas looks to the others.

"Keep your Mirror phones on hand incase any of us call." He calls out.


Entering the city they explore the man streets well into the night.

Maddie lets out a yawn indicating how tired she was.

"For a big city not much seems to happen." She said.

"This is way different than Asgard." Amora said.

"But I don't get it, the Heartless follow the darkness and this world hasn't been saved yet." Ashlynn said.

"What are you getting at?" Hunter asks.

"Either the map was a bust." Melody said when they heard fighting up on the rooftops. "Or we've been having help."

On the rooftops a large bulky figure dressed in black was fighting off multiple Heartless that took the shape of mutant like animals.

"Geez where do you guys keep coming from?" The figure said as a male voice came from it.

Facing off against a giant Rhino Heartless the figure charges and pulls out two sai and slashes it into darkness. As the figure turns he gets tackled by one that resembled a giant turtle.

"Well this is embarrassing." He said when suddenly a Pumpkin bomb smashed into the Turtle destroying it. "What the?" He looks up to see the team from Ever After on the rooftops in front of him. "Who are you guys?"

"We could be asking the same question." Roxas said.

"Seriously? Don't you watch the news? I'm the Nightwatcher." He said.

"And what exactly do you do?" Maddie turns her head.

"I take back what I said earlier this much more humiliating." Nightwatcher groans when the Heartless surround them. "Sorry, but I don't have time to play Babysitter right now."

"We can take care of ourselves." Melody said as they drew their weapons.

Ashlynn charges at one shaped like a mutant boar, while it was distracted by her Hunter drew his boy and fires three arrows hitting it in the chest allowing Ashlynn to strike with her keyblade knocking it to the ground.

Roxas summons Asgardian Warrior and as he clashes with a large mutant tiger heartless sparks of lighting came with each hit zapping it.

In between a Large Rhino and a Rat Mutant Heartless they charge at Kitty who smirks as she disappears making them destroy each other.

Jumping around Maddie threw everything from pumpkin bombs to jacks to banana peels making the Heartless either explode of fall in pain.

Amora was creating a ball of lighting but as she stepped back to launch it she steps on one of Maddie's banana peels and falls backwards.

"Didn't anyone ever teach you to watch where you throw your weapons?" Amora glares.

"Oh I'm sorry maybe if you stopped flirting with Roxas every second you get and focused we wouldn't have a problem." Melody said firing elemental music notes attacking a mutant lizard heartless.

Amora glares at her before blasting the remaining Heartless into darkness. "How's that for focused?"

"Whoa who the heck are you guys?" Nightwatcher asks looking around to see all the Heartless are gone.

"Just friends trying to help people." Roxas said.

"Speaking of which what's your deal Nightwatcher?" They look over to see a man with black hair and a skull mask walking over with a bat in his hand. "Doing a babysitting job? Looks like you could use some help."

"Oh no, Casey." Nightwatcher mumbles. "Uh look pal we got this covered we don't need any help."

"You think you own these rooftops? You may have everyone else fooled, but you haven't fooled me Raph." Casey said when Nightwatcher throws a chain pulling the bat out of his hand.

"Well I got news for you I—wait a minute ugh how'd you know?" He asks.

"Wasn't hard. I mean you look like a big metal turtle." Casey said taking off his mask.

"That obvious huh?" Raph takes off his mask to reveal he actually was a turtle under there with a red mask around his face surprising everyone from Ever After.

"Did not see that coming." Melody said.

"Now we know how this world got its name." Hunter said.

"So are you a…" Kitty tries to ask.

"A Mutant Turtle? Yep that's me try not to scream." Raph said.

"Wait are there more of you?" Amora asks.

"Just me and my brothers. It's a long story." Raph said as they all sat down on the ledge overlooking the city. "Thanks for helping me back there. I'm Raphael but everyone calls me Raph."

"Roxas and these are some of my friends. Ashlynn, Hunter, Maddie, Kitty, Melody and Amora." He introduced.

"Casey Jones. So Raph you gonna tell me why you're doing this?" Casey asks.

"What was I supposed to do? Ever since Leo left on his little vacation we haven't heard a thing from him and these monsters don't take a vacation." Raph said taking off his Nightwatcher costume. "What about you guys why are you here?"

"Well we go around helping people who are dealing with the Heartless and put a stop to them." Hunter said.

"Ah so you're like me then. Nice." Raph smirks.

"So what's wrong with you and your brother?" Kitty asks.

"It's always been Leo's the leader we do what he says, but he left." Raph sighs. "I guess if I had the chance I would too, but I can't…maybe its from dealing with a house full of brothers."

"Look we know following orders is never easy, but we know when Roxas tells us to do something we know it's for the best." Melody said.

"Well Roxas care to give me some leader wisdom?" Raph smirks.

"I wish but I never had siblings so I don't know what you're going through." Roxas said.

"Then you're lucky. Listen if you need some more help dealing with those Heartless give me and Casey a call we'll help you out." Raph said.

"We will Raph. Come on team let's get going." Roxas said as they all made their way down.

"Those guys seem cool." Casey said.

"Yeah, hopefully they don't get killed." Raph said getting up to head home unaware of surprise waiting for him.


Heading back to the Tempest everyone was getting ready for a good night's sleep.

Walking in they saw Cedar, Raven and Lizzie playing cards.

"So anything?" Lizzie asks seeing them walk in.

"Well we found out we have a local helping us with the Heartless." Melody said.

"Well it's nice to always have backup." Cedar said.

"We could have gotten more done if we tried asking him for information." Amora said.

"Amora we don't interrogate potential allies. If Raph trusts us he'll tell us." Roxas said when Amora cups his cheek.

"Oh, you're so cute when you're like this, but remember the true path to victory is to use all your resources." Amora said making him blush.

"I uh well I I'm going to bed." Roxas said walking away.

Maddie looks at Amora and glares.

"You know Roxas is a good leader and he has done a pretty good job leading us all by himself. You don't have to question everything he does." Maddie said.

"I speak only from experience in Asgard a good strategy is how you win battles. But I wouldn't expect you to understand." Amora said causing Maddie to snap.

"That's it!" Maddie yells surprising everyone in the room. "Ever since you got here all you care about getting Roxas to fall in love with you. Do you even know why we do this? We do this because our world is in constant danger and Roxas reached out and helped us to learn to protect those we care about. You don't care about any of that do you?" Maddie asks.

"Whoa Maddie calm down." Raven said

"No! I've had it! She thinks she can come here and in one day change everything." Maddie said.

"Well Roxas doesn't seem to mind my ideas, here's a question what do you contribute to the team besides random acts of laughter?" Amora asks.

"You have no idea how much a smile and a cup of tea can do!" Maddie said.

"Well maybe the reason he takes my advice is because he wants the advice of a woman not a clown." Amora said.

Hearing this a fire erupts in Maddie's eyes as she lets out yell and tackles Amora to the ground shocking everyone.

As Roxas was about to go to bed an explosion went off waking up everyone in the Tempest.

Running out holding her sword Darling looked around frantically.

"What's going on are we under attack?!" Darling asks when Melody and Kitty came running over.

"Guys it's horrible!" Kitty said.

"What is it? Heartless?" Apple asks.

"Unveresed?" Dexter asks.

"Xehanort?" Xion asks.

"Worse Maddie has snapped!" Melody said as they all ran outside to see Maddie throwing multiple Pumpkin bombs at Amora who launched fireballs making them all explode in the air.

"I'm sending you back to school in an urn! Thundaga!" Amora blasts Maddie with electricity making her hair all static like and pointy.

Growling Maddie takes her hat off and places it on the ground when she gives it a little shake she pulls it up to reveal a piano.

"She had a Piano in that hat? How?" Namine asks in shock.

Maddie gives the piano a kick and it rolls towards Amora who destroys it with a Blizzaga.

"Angry Maddie sure is frightening." Briar said followed by many nods of agreement.

Sprinting as fast as she could Maddie tackles Amora to the ground and the two of them roll around exchanging punches and kicks.

Running forward Roxas pulls the two of them apart.

"Enough!" Roxas yells getting everyone's attention. "Look I don't know why you two were fighting but it ends now! We're a team and that means we have to work together, all of us." Roxas said looking to Maddie and Amora. "Now everyone go inside and go to bed."

As all of them made their way inside Roxas grabs Maddie and Amora. "We need to talk you two." Roxas said sitting them down outside. "Now what in the name of Kingdom Hearts happened here?"

"Roxas all she's done is take apart everything we've worked so hard to figure out not to mention she doesn't even care why we do this." Maddie said.

"You know if we were in Asgard we'd tie you up and throw you behind bars for being as crazy as you are." Amora glared.

"Well you're not in Asgard you're with us and here you are not in charge!" Maddie snaps.

"Enough!" Roxas said stopping them. "Amora what Maddie said is true we're not in Asgard and you need to work together with everyone here. You may have saved my life, but if you can't learn to work as a team I will take you back to Asgard and never come back understand?"

Amora nods slowly in understanding.

"And Maddie, you can't let what Amora does or say get to you. You're better than that. We can't afford to fight each other. If we lose even one world a story at Ever After could be destroyed. We can't afford to stop and you know it." Roxas said.

"Wait what do you mean?" Amora asks confused.

"This is why we all fight and travel to other worlds, Xehanort is taking over worlds and infecting them with darkness and if any fall it could affect Ever After, and we can't let that happen. Amora please try to be apart of the team and not against it." Roxas said.

Amora sighs and stands up. "Alright I will Roxas for you I will try." She walks inside the Tempest and heads to bed.

"I'm sorry about that Roxas I wasn't very hat-tastic today." Maddie frowns.

"Maddie seeing you angry was not a pretty sight. I don't like seeing you like that." Roxas said.

"I'm sorry." Maddie said.

"Maddie, I don't get it when I first came to Ever After High you were the first to accept me, but why won't you accept Amora?" Roxas asks.

"She called me clown and said I don't do anything to contribute to the team." Maddie said with a tear going down her eye.

"Maddie you are so much more than a clown. You keep all of us happy when things are down. Maddie you're one of the most important parts of the team. The team needs you, I need you." Roxas said putting his hand on top of hers.

Maddie looks at Roxas and wipes her tears. "Now where's that smile?" Roxas asks and Maddie's frown turns upside down. "There it is." Roxas said making her giggle.

"Thank you Roxas." Maddie said giving him a hug which he gladly returns.

"Come on let's go to bed and try to put this night behind us." Roxas said as they walked into the Tempest.

Little did they know up above them Raph was looking down at them from the rooftops with three other turtles. One had a purple mask and a bo staff strapped to his back. This was Donatello or Donnie. Next to him was a turtle with an orange mask and two sets of nunchakus. This was Michelangelo or Mikey. Finally, there was one with a blue mask and two katanas strapped to his back. This was Leonardo or Leo, the leader of the group.

"Oh man, check out that ship." Donnie said admiring the Tempest.

"It looks like something from one of my video games." Mikey said.

"Are all of you forgetting the fight where the guys own teammates tried to rip each other apart? Raph these new friends of yours cannot be trusted." Leo said.

"So they're not perfect big deal neither are we." Raph said.

"They're dangerous we already dealt with a monster and the Foot Clan tonight we don't need some teens with anger issues and crazy powers to be added to our list. Besides our target is the Nightwatcher at the moment." Leo said walking away.

Raph looks at his brother and growls before looking back to the Tempest.


The next day tension around the team was intense. All of them were on different sides who was right Maddie or Amora. It was day after Legacy Day all over again.

"Amora totally crossed the line with how she talked to Maddie." Raven said.

"Maddie was the one who threw the first punch." Sparrow said.

"Amora just offers advice to help us. You should be a little more considerate." Daring said.

"Excuse me? She's trying to ruin all out hard work." Cerise said.

"So she has ideas big deal." Ramona scoffs.

"The big deal is the team doesn't work like that." Briar glares.

Soon everyone in the room was arguing with each other about it. When Roxas looks at his team in chaos his head starts to hurt from all the stress to him all the yelling got louder and louder.

"Alright that's it!" Roxas yells getting everyone's attention. "Everyone shut up and listen. What happened last night is done, we've got a job to do. Now who's coming with me tonight to find more clues?"

"Roxas clearly needs someone who has his back and won't blow it." Raven said.

"Oh and that's supposed to be you?" Brair glares.

"Better than you magic rookies." Amora said.

"Zip it you're the cause of all this." Namine said.

And just like that all of them were arguing again.

"SHUT UP!" Roxas yells having enough. "Alright that's it all of you are dividing into teams and searching separate parts of the city. Amora, Melody, Raven, Dexter, Apple and Xion come with me rest of you figure things out for yourselves." Roxas said storming out with his team following him.

That night they were searching around the docks for any clues and the mood between all of them were still the same as back on the Tempest. All of them were angry at each other and Roxas was forced to be in the middle of all of it and it was driving him crazy.

Amora looks to Roxas walking ahead and sees the scowl on his face.

"Roxas, are you okay?" She asks concerned.

"No Amora I'm not, I'm the farthest thing from okay at the moment." Roxas said.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" She asks.

"You've done plenty." Roxas said.

"Excuse me?" Amora raises an eyebrow.

"Starting a fight with Maddie do you have any idea what you've done? My team is at each other's throats because of this. Did you know I was the only one who believed in you? Everyone thought I was crazy for letting you join the team, but for some reason when I saw you battle Heartless like you did in Asgard I saw you as someone amazing. But maybe I made a mistake." Roxas said before walking ahead.

Sadness fills Amora's face as she looks from Roxas walking ahead and back to the others who were arguing.

As the group caught up to Roxas a loud roar echoed across the docks.

"Please tell me I'm not the only one who heard that?" Dexter asks.

"That definitely wasn't anything human." Xion said summoning her keyblade.

Running towards the noise they saw multiple ninjas battling a large cyclops like monster that was surrounded by darkness.

"What is that?!" Apple said in shock.

Turning around a female with long black hair and ninja armor saw them. This was Karai leader of the Foot Clan.

"Great witnesses." She said as she drew her sword. Giving a hand signal half of the foot clan jumped to her side. "Run along this is none of your business."

"Sorry but we have a problem of making things like this our business." Raven said as her hands started to glow.

As all of them summoned their weapons Karai looks at them. "Interesting weapons, but they're in the hands of reckless young ones. Now!" Karai jumps back as the Foot Clan Ninjas jumped at them.

"Look out!" Dexter said as they tried to run out of the way. A ninja draws his sword and attempts to swing at Dexter only to have it intercepted by Xion. Clashing weapons Xion kicks it backwards.

Dexter aims his Plasma Pistol and fires it at a ninja, but it jumps around with ease dodging all the blasts.

Raven was trying to blast hers with dark magic blasts, but as she turns to blast him Melody fires a magic note at one on a crate above her. Making fish drop on top of Raven.

"Hey Melody, why don't you watch where you're attacking!" Raven said tossing a fish off.

"Well maybe if you took your guy out faster then maybe you wouldn't get in my way!" Melody said.

"Zero Graviga!" Apple creates a wave of zero gravity making all the foot clan ninjas float but also made Dexter and Xion float. "Sorry about that." Apple calls out.

"Didn't anyone ever teach you to control your magic?" Xion snaps.

"I didn't mean to I swear." Apple said as she undid the spell making Dexter fall crashing on Xion making them fall to the ground.

"Get off of me." Xion said pushing him off.

Karai looks at Roxas who had Miraculous Trinity out. "Your team doesn't seem very disciplined." She said gesturing to them fighting each other instead of the ninjas.

Roxas groans as he turns to them. "Not the time!" He calls out, but Karai uses this opportunity to charge.

Even with the speed boost Miraculous Trinity gave Roxas was struggling just to keep up with her.

Roxas swings his keyblade knocking Karai back to the wall. As Roxas was about to charge a foot clan ninja hits him in the neck with a blow gun making him fall to the ground.

"Don't worry it won't kill you, you'll just be taking a nice long nap." Karai said as the Foot clan ninjas did the same to the others knocking them out.

Once the others fell to the ground unconscious. Amora shuffles quickly away to hide herself from view.

She then looks to see a large stone warrior making his way towards the cyclops. The warrior grabs the cyclops in a choke hold and throws it into a large stack of crates. Amora watches as the warrior drags the uncosious cyclops away with the foot clan right behind them.

Karai was about to leave the room when she takes one last look at the fallen team from Ever After High.

"Pathetic." She said closing the door.

Amora comes out of her hiding spot to the unconscious Roxas and tears run down her eyes at their complete and total defeat.

"I-I caused this." She said in realization. "Roxas…I'm so sorry, I'm sorry…everyone."


When the team got back to the Tempest everyone was angry at their humiliating defeat.

"They completely destroyed us." Dexter groans.

"Talk about humiliating." Daring said as Dexter shoots him a glare.

"Basically we searched the entire city and the only team that did find anything lost in the most pathetic way possible?" Hunter asks.

"Knock it off Hunter they've been through enough." Rosabella said.

"This is so not just right." Blondie sighs.

From the other room Amora walks out to see Roxas sitting on the steps of the Tempest. She was about to say something when Lizzie, Poppy and Namine walk over.

"Roxas do you have any idea what happened?" Namine asks.

"What happened was we fell apart." Roxas said without a care in his voice.

"Roxas the team is fighting we need some help." Lizzie said.

Poppy puts her hand on his shoulder. "Roxas it isn't that bad if you could just maybe—"

"No! Alright no I'm done!" Roxas said standing up surprising them. "Whenever a problem happens on this team you all expect me to magically fix it with something and I'm tired of it. Since Summer Vacation has started you all question everything I do and fight. Well you know what I-I ugh I'm out of here." Roxas said walking away.

The girls look in shock as they saw their leader walk off into the night. Amora tightens her fist and looks inside at everyone fighting.

Creating a ball of light, she throws it up above them all and it creates an explosion startling them all.

"Alright everyone listen up!" Amora said.

"Why should we listen to you?!" Maddie said still angry.

"Look I know you're all angry from the things I've done and I'm I'm sorry. Because of me this once great army is divided amongst itself to the point not even Roxas can take it anymore. I can't take back the things I've done, but we all came together under Roxas because we were drawn to his strength and courage, but now our leader has left because we pushed him away. I can never ask for your forgiveness, but I ask that you help me make things right and make this team whole again." Amora said.

The team looks at each other and questions themselves about what she said.


Outside Roxas was on the rooftops sulking. "If I ever do find the keyhole I'm dumping all of them home and doing this myself." He grumbles.

"Sounds like I'm the only one with team issues." Roxas turns around to see Raph walking over.

"Raph I'm really not in the mood to talk." Roxas said.

"Good, I don't want to hear it. Come with me I got a job and I need some sidekicks." Raph said lifting Roxas up onto his feet.

"What the? Hey!" Roxas said as they went to get Casey.

"What's this all about Raph?" Casey asks grabbing his mask and wooden bat.

"We got bigger things to worry about tonight than Heartless." Raph said.

"Like what?" Roxas asks when they heard a shriek and see a large bat creature flying above them. "Whoa!"

"Come on!" Raph said as the three of them ran across the roof tops trying to catch up with it but lose sight of it.

"I think we lost it." Casey said looking around.

"Something that big doesn't just disappear." Roxas said.

"It has to be around here somewhere." Raph said when the monster tries to fly away but it tied down by a grappling hook and hit with blow darts.

"Whoa what was that?" Casey asks.

"Did I mention that we ran into a monster last night?" Raph asks.

"No, you failed to tell me about that one buddy." Casey growls.

"So there's more of them." Roxas mumbles.

"You guys do realize all I have is a wooden bat." Casey said when Foot Ninjas appeared and threw ropes around the monster preventing it from flying away. "The Foot? I thought they were history."

"Wait you guys know them?" Roxas asks.

"We have a bad history with them. You?" Raph asks.

"Rather not talk about it." Roxas said tightening his fist.

Looking down they see 4 stone statue warriors walking to the monster.

"Seriously, walking statues? You two have a plan for that?" Casey asks.

"Never seen any of them before." Roxas said.

"Yeah those are a first for me too. Who knows maybe they're friendly." Raph said when a large muscular statue picks up a dumpster and smashes it on the monster.

"Yeah they're real friendly." Roxas said sarcastically as a truck moves in and grabs the monster.

"Wait a minute those statues look—" Casey looks closer and accidently kicks a rock down alerting the stone warriors. "Uh oh."

"Witnesses." One with long mane like hair and a cheetah on its head points and the Foot Ninjas shoot darts at them.

"Look out!" Raph pushes Casey out of the way and gets hit with the dart.

Roxas summons Asgardian Warrior and blocks the stone throwing stars when one hits Raph right in the shell.

"Ugh I don't feel so good." Raph said as Casey pulled out the dart.

The stone warrior climbs up the wall like a spider heading right towards them. "That's not good." Raph said as Roxas threw his keyblade knocking it back a few feet.

"Anyone else have an idea?" Roxas asks when Raph throws a smoke pellet.

Looking behind they saw Raph was making a run for it.

"Hey!" Casey said as he and Roxas ran after him.

"What? You two never heard of smoke pellets?" He asks.

"Not really." Roxas said as Raph led them into a rooftop shed.

"Did we lose him?" Casey asks when the stone warrior punched the shed door creating a dent.

"I don't think so!" Roxas said as the three of them pressed against the door hoping to stop him.

Thinking quickly Roxas jumped back and summoned his keyblade. "Open the door."

"Are you crazy?!" Casey said.

"Just do it." Roxas said.

They let go of the door and Roxas fires a blast of light knocking the stone warrior off the roof.

"Yeah you better run." Casey said before breathing a sigh of relief. "Whoo I got to say Raph that was close." Casey said when he and Roxas noticed Raph unconscious on the floor. "Oh no. Roxas help me get Raph somewhere safe." Casey said picking Raph up.

Entering Casey's apartment Roxas meets a woman with orange hair. This was April O'Neil.

Climbing in through the fire escape was Mikey, Donnie and Leo.

"Whoa nice place you got here, oh hey Raph." Mikey said.

"So you guys are Raph's brothers?" Roxas assumed.

"Yep and apparently April told us you saved Raph's life." Donnie said.

"Where's the rest of your team?" Leo asks.

"Me and my team aren't talking." Roxas said looking away.

"Whoa." Donny said looking at the throwing star stuck in Raph's back.

Pulling it out Donny examines it.

"So Leo was it? How did you guys find out about me and my team?" Roxas asks.

"Raph told us we also saw your team try to kill each other." Leo said.

"Don't remind me." Roxas mumbles as April looks at it.

"This mark it can't be." April said.

"Would it help that those stone statues you collected for that Max Winters guy attacked the three of us with these?" Casey asks holding out the dart.

"You know what that symbol is?" Roxas asks.

"They say that 3000 years ago some great warrior actually found a portal to another dimension and when the portal opened the warrior became immortal, but it turned his generals to stone. What if this warrior just kept living forever? He would spend all his days in regret, spending all his riches to find some way to bring his generals back. What if maybe just maybe he's built a new empire. But like I said it's just a myth." April said.

"If you ask me this has Max Winters written all over it." Donnie said.

"How can you be so sure?" Roxas asks.

"Because this dart has Winter's name written all over it." Donnie said showing it to him.

"Well how about that." Roxas said seeing it.

"Now I know who to thank for this shot in the arm. Where do we find this guy and his stone army? Roxas you in?" Raph asks recovering.

"We're not going anywhere until we get Splinter's blessing and I never agreed to let him in on this." Leo said.

"You're gonna stand here and tell me the guy who saved my life doesn't have a right to help us." Raph said frustrated.

"Look Raph if you got something you want to get off your shell say it, but I'm not going to debate Splinter's orders with you." Leo said just as frustrated.

"Fine then, I quit." Raph said walking to the window.

"Raph don't do this." Casey said.

"Why not? Having a team just ends up being a giant pain in the neck sometimes." Roxas said as Raph left.

"Roxas come with us. If you can fight we'll need all the help we can get." April said.


Taking him to the Turtle's base Donnie, April and Leo were looking through books.

"So what are we looking at?" April asks.

"Well according to these star charts a portal is set to open right above Winters tower in the next 24 hours." Donny explains looking at the legend.

"The legend is true." April said in shock.

"If that happens we'll lose everything to monsters, this entire world could be destroyed in a matter of days." Donnie said.

"Why do we even need Raph its his temper that always ruins all our missions?" Leo asks walking away.

"Ok Leo whatever you say. Nobody was really talking about him." Donnie said feeling uncomfortable.

As Leo made his way to the stairs a large mutant rat walks over. This was Master Splinter.

"Leonardo, this team you are so eager to lead is incomplete. You know what you must do." Splinter said.

"Yes Sensei." Leo sighs walking out to find Raph.

"Now onto other business." Splinter looks to Roxas who was sitting in a chair by himself. "Mind if I join you?" Splinter asks sitting next to him.

"Uh sure." Roxas said.

"What troubles you young man?" Splinter asks.

"I don't really want to talk about it." Roxas said.

"You doubt yourself as a leader." Splinter said surprising Roxas. "Leonardo used to make that face all the time. Now where is your team?"

"I don't know I left them to fend for themselves." Roxas said.

"That is not a decision a leader should make." Splinter said.

"Well why not? I have to make all the decisions for them and I'm tired of it. They have no idea the kind of pressure I'm under and all they've done is fight and complain. I didn't plan on even having a team, I was planning to do this solo and now everyone looks to me for answers, but I don't have them all, I don't even know how to make a few girls listen to me. Is it too much to ask for a little support or even a thank you?" Roxas asks.

"Of course, it is. Leadership is not about making sure everyone is happy, it is about responsibility. It does not matter if the burden is heavy it matters that you carry it. A leader cannot decide the path for others to take, but a true leader can help show them the way to the right path." Splinter said.

Roxas looks down in defeat as he realized everything Splinter said was true.

"Call your team, tell them their leader needs them and if they are truly loyal to you they will come." Splinter said.

"Thank you, sir." Roxas said taking out his Mirror Phone.


An hour later Roxas was sitting down waiting patently for them to show up.

"I really hope they didn't end up fighting again." Roxas sighs when the door opens to reveal everyone from Ever After looking at Roxas with worry and happiness on their faces.

"Roxas you're okay!" Apple smiles as she came in and gave him a big hug before letting go with a small blush on her face. "I mean uh we all missed you."

"Wait why aren't you guys at each other's throats?" Roxas asks.

"It was Amora Roxas, she ended all the fighting and apologized to everyone especially Maddie." Rosabella said.

"Once she did we all put aside everything and searched the entire city to try and find you." Holly said.

Roxas sighs. "I'm really sorry I left you all."

"We're sorry too, we were so angry we didn't realize how much pressure we were putting you through and we made you so overwhelmed you stormed off." Cerise said.

"Can you guys ever forgive me?" Roxas asks.

"There's nothing to forgive." Amora smiles.

"How'd you guys find the lair?" Roxas asks.

"Turns out your friend Mikey has a side business as a party guest Cowabunga Carl. All we had to do was follow his truck." Poppy giggles.

As the team reunited Raph walked in from another door towards Splinter's room with a horrified look on his face.

"Raphael what is a matter?" Splinter asks.

Raph stutters as he pushes a stack of weights to the ground. "I did something really stupid Master Splinter."

"Go on." Splinter said.

"I know why you chose him now, why he's the better son and I'm not." Raph said.

"Raphael you bear the world's problems on your shoulders, it is an admirable quality for a protector, but you must realize at times you may not be my favorite student it does not mean you are my least favorite son you are brave, strong and loyal. These are great qualities in leader as well, but only when tempered with compassion and humility." Splinter said.

"But Master I messed up big tonight, really big." Raph pulls out the handles of two broken katanas. "The stone warriors, they took him."

"Leonardo…The time for hiding is over." Splinter said.

In the main room Splinter was talking with the rest of the turtles, April, Casey and Roxas.

"The time for hiding is over if we are to have any hope of saving our world we must act now." Splinter said.

"What are we going to do?" Mikey asks.

"I'll tell you what we're going to do, we're going to save this world." Raph said.

"But they might have an army." Donnie said.

"Yeah well so do we." Raph said looking at Roxas. "Think you can help?"

"Raph these last few days we've all been eager to hit something, we'd be happy to." Roxas grins.


At Winters tower they were preparing for when the portal will open. However, in place of the 13th monster was an unconscious Leonardo.

Out in front Karai was walking out with hundreds of Foot Clan Ninjas.

"As ordered no one gets into the tower, no one interferes, no one bares witness." Karai then opens the door. "You've got to be kidding me."

"Sup lady Cowabunga Carl here for little Max's birthday party." Sparrow said wearing Mikey's birthday helmet.

Meanwhile as Sparrow was distracing her everyone was climbing in through the side gate.

"Alright what's the plan?" Maddie asks.

"Most of us will be outside dealing with the foot. I'm taking a small team with me with the others to save Leo and stop this." Roxas whispers.

"Wait Roxas are you sure a small team will work this time?" Namine asks.

"Yes, I am Amora I need you, Maddie, and Namine to help me on this one can I count on you three?" He asks and the three of them nod.

From inside the tower Max Winters walked in wearing an armor like the stone guardians. Looking up a giant beam descended from the sky and smashes on a stone circle that surrounded all the monsters.

"At last after 3000 years." Winters grins as the machines holding the monsters glowed, all of them except Leo's. Seeing this Winters turns to his stone generals.

"What have you done?" He asks.

"Your time for giving orders is over." The Stone general said.

"You don't understand I want to send these monsters back, so I can undo the damage that was done so long ago." Winters said.

"Time has done nothing but made you weak. We have our own plans." It said.

"Brother please, immortality is a curse. I've lived long enough to know that. We must find that 13th monster and put an end to this." Winters said.

"No, our time is just beginning." The stone general said as darkness surrounded them.

Outside the tower everyone was fighting the many ninjas of the Foot Clan.

"Raven, Briar, Apple now." Amora said getting their attention. "Quake!" Amora smashes her hands towards the ground causing a large area around the ninjas to shake and throw them off balance.

Using the opening the girls blast them with powerful magical attacks.

Roxas summons Miraculous Trinity and Asgardian Warrior and clashes with Karai.

"How did you get so strong?" Karai growls.

"We always were strong you just got us on a bad day." Roxas smirks. "Aeroga!" Roxas creates a gust of wind knocking Karai back into some hedges.

Maddie pulls out a mallet and smashes ninja like a game of whack a mole.

"Clear a path for us!" Mikey calls out.

Hunter and Cupid fire arrows while Dexter fires a plasma blast knocking a small hole.

"Go now!" Xion calls out as Roxas, Amora, Maddie, and Namine ran in with April, Raph, Donnie, Mikey, Casey and Splinter.

"You think they can handle them?" April asks.

"Easily." Maddie smiles when they see the portal.

"Whoa check it out." Raph said.

"That would be the swirling vortex to another dimension." Donnie said.

"I want one." Mikey said.

Looking in the pods Maddie peaks in the only one that wasn't glowing.

"He's over here!" Maddie calls out.

"Out of the way please." Donnie said as he slaps a bomb on the container. Pressing some buttons, it explodes opening it so Leo could get out.

"You're gonna need these so you can lead us all out of here." Raph said handing Leo two katanas.

"I'm gonna need you too." Leo smiles.

Unfortunately, the brotherly moment was ruined when Winters was sent flying in and crashing into the ground.

"Winters?" April said surprised.

Looking up Namine saw the stone generals up there.

"Is he dead?" Casey asks as Mikey pokes him.

"Hmm not so immortal after all." Mikey said when Winters gasps for air startling all of them.

As Winters regains his breath April gets his attention. "Your time is up Winters."

"Ms. O'Neil? I must have hit my head harder than I thought. Are those giant turtles?" He asks when the team from Ever After ran in with the foot ninjas right behind them.

"It's over Winters, these monsters need to go." Roxas glares.

"I couldn't agree more it is time to bring an end to the curse that I have brought on myself and this world. That's what this is about. I must return these 13 beasts or our curse will continue and that torment is one I can no longer bare." Winters admits.

Then you should be put out of your misery." They look to see the 4 stone generals walking down.

"I think we all walked in on a family feud." Leo said.

"The time as come to open the portal and rain destruction on this world." The Warrior General said.

"Nothing will stand in our way when have an army at our command." The general with the cheetah skull on his head said.

"Brothers I—"

"We are no brothers!" The leader said.

"With one monster free the curse will never be destroyed."

"And we will finish what we started all those years ago." The female general said.

"Join us Foot Clan. Swear your allegiance to us and no harm will come to you." The Warrior said.

"The Foot is not without honor. We work for Winters, not you." Karai said giving a hand signal and all the ninjas ran out.

"Uh what just happened?" Briar asks.

"We will help you. My ninjas will find the 13th monster and you will bring it back here." Karai said.

"You guys fire up the Tempest and help them!" Roxas orders as all but his team ran out along with April and Casey.

"Forget about them. By the time they return the portal will already be closed. With you inside it." The warrior general said as they approached Winters.

"I hate it when Teams fight." Amora said.

"Unless we're fighting together." Raph said as the 8 of them ran off and faced the generals.

"We're going to enjoy this." He said as they charged.

Cheetah draws two sickles and charges, but Mikey and Namine block it.

Creating a ball of fire Amora blasts the large muscular one while Donnie attacks with his bow staff.

The large general swings his hammer and tries to smash them, but the two of them dodge it.

Leo draws his swords and clashes with the female while Maddie threw pumpkin bombs at her.

Finally Roxas and Raph lock weapons with the leader.

"Lets teach blockhead a lesson." Raph glares.

"With pleasure." Roxas takes a deep breath. "Story Drive: Royal!" Roxas yells as a bright light engulfs him when it disappears Roxas's jacket was silver, he had metal bands on his arms and legs as Asgardian Warrior and Strength of 10 Men appeared in his hand.

Charging forward Roxas clashes with the warrior and pushes him back as Raph jumps off Roxas's back and kicks the general in the head.

"You two fight with promise. I could use you both." It said.

"No thanks. We got our own teams." Roxas said.

"So get lost." Raph said.

Swinging his sword the General charges, but Raph and Roxas dodge and throw him over the stairs. Looking down they saw the General picking himself up.

Amora and Maddie were backed up as the muscular general readied his hammer.

Amora looks to Maddie and gets an idea, pulling her in close Amora whispers an idea causing Maddie to giggle.

"Really that?" She asks.

"Let's do it." Amora nods.

Maddie pulls out a handful of Pumpkin bombs and throws them.

"Magnega!" Amora holds out her hands and the bombs are drawn towards the General like a magnet and explode in multiple sections all over his body.

As they battled the portal started sucking in all the monsters.

"Your team better hurry with that last monster." Leo said.

"They can handle it." Namine said.

"They better."

At the portal Master Splinter was making sure no monsters escaped. Jumping in the air he kicks one back into the portal.

"Everyone! We must end this now!" Splinter calls out.

Everyone nods as they clash with the four generals, with each hit they get the generals a little closer to the portal.

"Blade Charge!" Roxas yells as his keyblades turn into giant blades of light. Roxas holds them up the air and spins them knocking two of the generals into the portal.

"Now!" Namine yells as they rest of them attack the remaining generals knocking them into the portal as well when they did they released a giant shockwave that knocked them all to the ground.

"Did we win?" Mikey groans as they all picked themselves up.

As they looked to the portal they look in shock to see the generals climbing out.

"Foolish creatures, we are immortals made of stone. Without the 13th monster to break our curse we will never be stopped!" The general declared when they heard something zooming in.

"Incoming!" Looking behind them they see the Tempest smash through the front door with the 13th monster right behind it.

The Tempest pulls up and flies around the portal as the monster comes charging right towards the portal.

"Look out!" Winters yells tackling them out of the way as the monster smashes into the generals knocking them into the portal sealing it once and for all.

From the wreckage Roxas picks himself up when Amora offers him her hand and a smile which Roxas gladly takes.

"Roxas I want to apologize for everything." Amora said.

"You screwed up big time." Roxas said making her sigh. "But then you did the right thing and fixed what happened and brought us all back together. I really think once you try to get to know everyone you'll be a great member of the team." Roxas smiles.

"You mean I can stay?" Amora smiles.

Roxas nods causing Amora to smile as she pulls him into a big kiss on the lips surprising him and everyone else.

"Great we do all the hard work and he gets the thanks." Raph rolls his eyes.

Looking to the steps they see Winters laughing.

"Noramlly when I'm in pain I'm not that happy." Mikey said.

"He's laughing because he's mortal." Donnie explains.

"Thank you all so much, you've made a very old man happy." Winters smiles.

"What happens to you know?" Mikey asks.

Smiling Winters begins to as he vanishes into light.


The next day everyone was getting ready to leave and head back to Twilight Town. At the Turtles underground layer Splinter was looking in a room of mementos from previous fights when Roxas walks in.

"Splinter, I just want to say thanks for everything. I was about to give everything up. Thanks for reminding me why I'm a leader." Roxas said.

"Your team is lucky to have you." Splinter nods.

"Actually, I'm lucky to have them." Roxas smiles.

"Hey got room in that room for one more?" Raph asks walking over with his Nightwatcher helmet.

Splinter smiles as Raph puts it down on a shelf suddenly the helmet started to glow as a bright light forms in Roxas's hands. From it a new Keyblade appeared. The handle was Donnie's bowstaff, the guard was Mikey's Nunchaku, the blade was Leo's Katana. at the end of the blade was Raph's Sai and dangling from the keychain was a turtle shell.

Smiling Raph claps Roxas on the back. "Nice weapon, what's it called?"

Roxas smiles as it comes to him. "Ninja Time."

"Whoa sounds rad." Looking over they saw Mikey holding his Cowabunga Carl helmet. "Uh mind if I get rid of this too?"

Splinter, Raph and Roxas roll their eyes at Mikey's actions.


In Twilight Town Roxas was leading Amora into the Mansion in her hands was a stick of Sea Salt Ice Cream.

"Do you always eat one of these after a mission?" She asks.

"Yeah its kind of our thing." Roxas said leading her to a door. "And here we are."

"What is this?" Amora asks as Roxas opens it to reveal a bed with Asgardian designs everywhere.

"Your room." Roxas smiles making Amora's entry into the team official.

I hope you like the changes I put in. From now one the teams going to other worlds will be much smaller.