So, to those who are just now joining in on the journey, go back and start from the beginning so that you can understand what I'm getting ready to say. If you don't, well there, here's a recap for you all. And if you still don't understand anything, well, that's not my fault. Anyway, onto the recap. As you know, my name is Donatello Splinterson and I am from a different dimension. I landed in this one after one of my machines went haywire when I was 17. I've been in this dimension for a few years now. Anyway, I discovered that this dimension had their own Splinter and turtles. But Splinter threw the turtle tots away and walked away himself. I gathered up the tots and pretty much adopted them at this point.
They each started calling me dada which makes my heart explode with love everytime they do. They love these kids so much. I also renamed them all, because it wasn't right that they didn't have proper names. And if you couldn't already guess, yes, their names are Raphael, Leonard, Donatello and Michelangelo. Raphael here is the oldest and he's going to be the biggest and if he's going to be anything like my Raph, he might have anger issues so I'm gonna start helping him with his anger when he turns six, so that he won't hurt his brothers by accident. Leonardo is more like my Mikey, playful and outgoing which is so weird to see from him. My Leo was always so stern and the oldest and the leader. Donatello is like me, wanting to take things apart to find out how they work and put them back together again.
I know at some point that he'll want his own lab but I want to wait till he's six as well. Michelangelo is still a baby but I already tell he's going to be a handful when he grows some more. I'm gonna start training them all in the art of ninjutsu when they turn 6. I know what you're probably thinking, 'But Donnie, that's too young of an age to start training them!' Well I started training at a young age and I want them to be able to defend themselves as well.
Anyways, after I decided that I was going to start training them, I also decided that we were going to need a bigger place to live since my lair was too small for the 5 of us. So I started looking and I looked for a month but I couldn't find a place at all. I decided to bring the tots with me to see if they could find a place where I couldn't. And we found a place but it was infested, with a rat.
And if you guessed Splinter, then great job! You get a prize! But I renamed him. He didn't deserve to have the name Splinter. He brought dishonor with it and I wasn't going to let him ruin Splinter's name. So I renamed him to Kuroi. Leo was stuck in his hold because he ran ahead into the area. And let me tell you, I have never felt so much anger before in my life. It must be how my Raph feels all of the time. And I wasn't sure how to feel about it. But after I managed to defeat Kuroi, I was getting ready to end it all, to finish him off because he didn't deserve to live. But my sons stopped me, pulling me out of my angered haze.
If it wasn't for them, I would have killed him, right in front of my sons and I didn't want to do that to them. So I let him go, but I gave him a warning. To never lay his hands on my sons again or next time, I wouldn't show mercy to him. I took in great satisfaction when I saw him stumble in pain away from me.
But after he left, I felt all the pain he inflicted on me. And let me tell you, it was really ow. I'm not even going to try and describe the pain I was feeling, just know that it was ow. But hey, we finally found ourselves a new home and it's a fixer upper but all the places we find in the sewers are going to be fixer uppers. But I had no issue with this. Not the first place I had to fix up a place for us and knowing the turtle luck, it won't be the last.
And, well that's what I've been doing. With the help of the turtle tots of course. Been running back and forth to move everything from the old lair into the new one took a few days but we finally got it. Then I started working on making it more livable. And that took a little longer because my tools always ended up disappearing. Either in the hands of one tot grabbing it and hiding them, a tot grabbing it and making a run for it while giggling, another tot grabbing it and keeping it for themselves or another tot grabbing it and just sticking it in their mouth.
So yeah, that part took longer but I finally got the lair fixed up. And each tot will have their own room when they get bigger and older. And a place for me to have a dojo as well. Yes, I know, it's a lot that happened but honestly, it's not surprising because well, turtle luck. But in a way, I'm also glad everything happened. Now, one last recap.
My name is Donatello Splinterson. I am 22 years old. I am a ninja turtle. I am in a different dimension. I am the father and sensei to four ninja turtles. I almost killed Kuroi. And with the help of my sons, we found ourselves a new place. We have found ourselves…. a home.