Training for the First Codex

"So, you two also had ninja training?" Leo asked Mikey and Raph as he and Donnie are sitting together at a table.

"Well, it was just me for as long as I can remember, Piper helps out too though it was probably due to being a cruise girl." Mikey bragged looking cool.

"Kinda the same with me, Zarya tried her best but it didn't seem like she was cut out for ninja training." Raph said drinking some milk.

"Emerald and I made a hologram simulation that helped trained though haven't tried out on real people before until we came to the city." Donnie mentioned.

"For me, my mom taught herself and some of her most trusted guards the ways of ninjutsu before I started training." Leo explained.

"I heard the Queen can be tough with the serious-look on her face." Mikey said.

"Don't worry, Mom can be strict sometimes but she does care a lot." Leo assured.

"Let just say this, it's awesome find that we're alone being turtles with ninja skills from birth, right?" Mikey asked.

"Same here, before Donnie and Emerald came I thought I was alone beside having my family by my side." Leo stated.

"Same with me, Mikey can be annoying most of the times." Raph glared.

"Hey!" Mikey said.

"But the kid sure can lighten things up when the mood is right." Raph complimented gentle punching Mikey's shoulder.

"Aw, thanks!" Mikey smiled.

"It's nice to see we're getting along, I just hope the girls will too." Leo hoped, especially with Arkayna and Zarya.

"Don't worry about it, Mikey and I didn't get along well when we first met and years later we became good friend. So, I'm sure it'll all work out." Raph said, hoping he's right on the inside.

"I hope so too, because the realm will need all the Mysticons working together." Malvaron said walking to the turtle boys.

"Hey Malvaron, how are you doing?" Leo asked.

"Good, besides getting blasted by your sister, but still good." Malvaron answered joke.

"...She had a nightmare again?" Leo guessed, noticing Arkayna hasn't been doing well since their parents got turn into stone.

"Yeah, and now we're going to see the Astromancers if they can help with the Queen and King." Malvaron informed.

"We should turn into our Mysticon forms just in case." Donnie suggested.

"My thoughts exactly." Malvaron nodded.

(Later)

Malvaron and the eight new Mysticons are riding a small boat to the Astromancers HQ in the night.

"These's romancers, they're the big cheese, are they?" Zarya asked joking.

"They're pronounce "Astromancers." Donnie corrected.

"And they're an ancient league of mages that have protected the realm since forever." Emerald added.

"Yeah, they're kind of a big deal." Donnie said.

"So, super old-fashion wizards. Got it." Raph said, not caring much.

"Hey, they're also the ones who can help us save my parents, so I'd appreciate some support." Arkayna advised.

"Whoa, princess. We're just not big on trusting mysterious creepy authority figures." Zarya stated as Choko agrees.

"I hate to agree with Zarya but even though these guys are my bosses, "creepy" is pretty accurate, actually." Malvaron mentioned.

"Something is going on with the Astromancers?" Leo asked.

"Not sure, rumor has it some of the Astromancers have been corrupted, so best to keep your identities hidden, even from them." Malvaron suggested.

"You heard him Mikey, don't let the creepy mages know who you are." Raph said making sure Mikey understands that.

"Hey, I can keep secrets." Mikey claimed.

"Like the time with my secret stash of allowance and our birthday surprise, twice." Zarya reminded with a raise eyebrow.

"Okay, okay, you made your point." Mikey huffed, Piper pats him on the back for comfort.

When they get near, they see a door opening up for them to enter though Zarya finds that a little creepy. Once inside they got off the boat and made their way to the Star room where all the Top-level Astromancers are, waiting for Malvaron's group.

"Hey, Malvaron!" A girl called out running to the group. They turn to see the girl and Donnie gasps of the girl.

The teenage girl with red hair tied in a ponytail, blue eyes, and and she has a yellow headband. She wears brown wristbands, wears a yellow and white shirt with a 5 on it, she has a black t-shirt under it, showing black sleeves, she wears a black choker, jean-shorts with black leggings under them, she has blue and white socks, and black boots. She also has the Astromancer symbol on the front of the shirt in red.

"Hey April, how's my favorite red-head doing?" Malvaron asked as they five-high.

"Good. Wow, you're the Mysticons I heard about! I'm April O'Neil, it is an honor to meet you!" April greeted bowing.

Donnie tried to respond to April's greeting, but all that came out of his mouth were random ramblings that make no sense as his eyes are fixed on the girl.

"You okay D-huh, I mean Mysticon Mountain Ninja." Emerald asked. Almost revealed his name but stopped herself in time in a knightly tone.

"Yeah, sure, I'm alright mom." Donnie said not really in his mind right now.

"Heehee, your friend is funny." April giggled. Emerald look back at April and her brothers realizing what's going on with Donnie ad smiles.

"Come on, the Star Master is waiting for you." April gestured everyone to follow her.

"Oh, and you guys might want to prepared yourself because I heard they're going assign a trainer to the Mysticons." April warned.

"I'm sure the Mysticons can handle whatever the Astromancers will throw at them." Malvaron said confidence.

"I also heard that trainer is… your sister Tazma." April mentioned nervous.

That made Malvaron drop the confidence and feeling a bit nervous.

"Oh my goblin!" Malvaron shocked.

"Anything we should be worried about?" Raph asked.

"Just that she can be very strict by the rules and traditions, you could say she take things too seriously." Malvaron explained about his older sister.

"Though she does have a caring heart deep down, like how she helped me become a security guard for the Astromancers." April pointed out.

"You're a security guard?" Zarya asked.

"Well, in training I have talent with magic but I'm smart and focus so I'm not too worried." April explained.

"Oh, well, that's good to know." Donnie said, finally calming himself down.

"You totally like her." Emerald whispered to Donnie.

"I just hope she can help find a way to free mom and dad." Arkayna said, feeling impatient.

"Don't worry sis, I'm sure whatever Tazma is gonna have us do we can handle it." Leo smirked.

(Tomorrow)

Arkayna and Leo are walking up the stairs while carrying buckets of water on their shoulders and walking up the long staircase that's like two miles highs then back down only to go back go up and repeat. Both are sweating like it's the hot summer of July.

"Think… we can… handle this…?" Arkayna asked panting of exhaustion.

"I'm sure… she's just… trying to teach… you a lesson about… being a leader…" Leo pointed out.

"If this is… about me… then why are… you doing this too…?" Arkayna asked.

"Because… it's good exercise for… ninja training…" Leo answered, believing this could be good for speed training.

"All this… just to find… the codex…" Arkayna said, remembering that talk with the Astromancers last night about finding the codex when the Dragon Disk will tell them in time.

"Come on, Mysticon Dragon Mage, you don't want your younger to be better than you!" A young woman shouted. Known as Tazma, Malvaron's older sister and Solon (trainer) for the Mysticons.

"Actually, we're the… same age though… he's a few weeks… older than me…" Arkayna informed.

"Oh, my mistake." Tazma said.

While Leo and Arkayna are doing the stairs, the other Mysticons are training by riding on their new griffins and naming their own. Piper named hers Miss Paisley, Emerald's Topaz, Zarya hasn't come up with a name for hers yet, Mikey's Grif short for Griffin, Donnie's Teach, and Raph hasn't named his griffin yet.

They are doing some flying training learning how to cooperate with their griffins and attacking some floating targets.

"I swear Leo... she… she hates me." Arkayna exhausted laying down on her back.

"Look, I know you want to save mom and dad but you got to see she's trying to tell you something." Leo said drinking a bottle of water and handed it to her.

"You think?" Arkayna wondered.

"Yeah, try talking to her after training and maybe you two can work something out." Leo suggested.

"Okay, but she makes do more buckets I'm gonna lose it!" Arkayna warned.

"How about we do some meditation, that always calms me down whenever I feel stress." Leo said sitting criss-cross.

"Like how mom tried to make you the next King of Drake City?" Arkayna chuckled remembering that time.

"Don't remind me, mom had me go through all those sections with studying and other royal stuff I thought my head was gonna exploded." Leo laughed a bit.

"Well, mom always did believed you be a great ruler." Arkayna smiled.

"Yeah, well, being King wasn't cutting out for me but I'm glad mom understand that. Now we meditate." Leo said.

Both brother and sister became quiet as their eyes opens and have started cleaning their minds of anything, focusing on the universe and each other as their body have started glowing of their color green and blue.

"Oh, there you are you two." Tazma said climbing up the stairs to check on them.

Tazma then gasps of amaze when she saw the two auras talking shape, turning into dragons and flying around the two Mysticons merging as they are lifted from the ground about a few inches feeling a strong connection between each other.

Tazma decided to leave the two alone going back down stairs.

"Hmm, it seems those two are more than I give them credit for. Maybe I can use that to my advantage… with a little help, of course." Tazma said to herself with a sinister smile and suddenly disappears in a black mist.

Back with Leo and Arkayna, the meditation lasted for a few minutes until dragon auras finally stop flying around back to their owners and disappeared as they both woke up.

"Whoa, that was"

"Strange, but great." Leo finished his sister's sentence.

"Yeah, and it did helped me feel better from all that anger I've been feeling. Thanks for that, Leo." Arkayna thanked as they get up on their feet.

"No problem, I'm always gonna help out my sister." Leo said.

"Come on, let's get back to training." Leo picked up the buckets of water and started walking down the stairs.

"I knew you were going to say that." Arkayna sighed before getting her own buckets and followed Leo.

(With Malvaron and April)

Malvaron and April are seen meeting each other in a random hallway in the Astromancers HQ.

"You find anything yet?" Malvaron asked.

"Nope, still no sign of the traitor. Doug hasn't found anything either." April reported.

"We still gotta keep our eyes open, there have been some Astromancers turning bad before." Malvaron stated.

"I know, it makes me worry of who will it the traitor be next?" April worried.

"Don't worry, I'm sure our new friends will help us with that." Malvaron said.

"Yeah, we have Mysticon Mountain Ninja after all." April calmed down.

"Him? Don't you mean ALL the Mysticons?" Malvaron asked.

"Oh right, all the Mysticons, not just Mountain Ninja." April realized as she laughs nervously and her cheeks blushing a bit.

"Oh, looks like little tomato head has a crush." Malvaron teased.

"I don't know what you're talking about, and I thought you stopped calling me that." April angered of the nickname.

"Sorry, couldn't help myself." Malvaron chuckled.

KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!

The Mysticons are training hard, well, harder for Leo and Arkayna, to find the Codex that may help them throughout their adventure and will have to be careful for their is a traitor among the Astromancers, and that traitor is closer than they think.

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