Donatellos Dilemma

[Mona_Lisa]

Ok, I wrote my very first fanfic, or at least part of one… This actually might just be a prologue to an even bigger story I’ll title Donatellos Dilemma. I know my spelling and grammar stink. I’m trying to run everything through spell check so please bear with me so without further ado…

Donatellos Dilemma prologue


As children our father always taught us to remain unseen, and that the world was cold. It did not understand those who were “different” nor did it attempt to tolerate them… We were taught that the shadows were our friend. We were ordered not to leave the sewers.
All of this was very good advice for mutant ninja turtles, but all of master Splinters warning only feed our curiosity.
Raphael (of course) was the first to break Splinters commandment…. He snuck out one night to see “what all the fuss was about”. He was fearless, but we his three brothers were afraid….Of course we snitched on him… Master Splinter quickly caught up with him, and Raph received the beating of his life. Master splinter rarely ever spanked us, but felt he had to make a strong impression on us about the world above.
Oddly enough, Mikey (Michelangelo) was next… One day during a game of hide and seek Mike happened upon and open man hole, it was the first time he had ever seen the sunlight. He latter explained that he was scared at first, but he herd the children above laughing and playing, more than anything he wanted to join in. Yet he new that was imposable… So he decided to just go and watch who would ever know?
We searched for him for two hours before Leo caught him sneaking back in through the man hole he had left from.

“What were you thinking Mikey?” Leonardo scolded.

“If master Splinter was to find out, do you have any idea what he would do to you?”

Michelangelo began to cry… He is incredibly soft hearted and I wasn’t sure if he was crying because he feared his punishment, or if it was the thought of disappointing our father.

“Hey Leo, Leave him alone” Raph hissed. Then He turned back to Mikey.

“Don’t worry Mikey. We want tell, right guys??? Raphael wasn’t really asking us, he was giving us a warning. He was still sore at Leonardo and me for tattling to Master Splinter.

Michelangelo then looked up with big pleading eyes; I don’t know how he learned to look so pitiful. I readily agreed…

“Don’t worry Mike, I won’t tell” I assured him.

Leonardo was hesitant at first but the sobs of his kid brother got to him.

“Ok it’s agreed, we won’t tell master Splinter, This time, but don’t expect us to cover for you next time Michelangelo. The above world is dangerous and….”

Yeah, yeah, yeah Leo, we’ve herd this same speech a hundred times before so save it ok?

“Raph” Leo began to protest But Raphael wasn’t listening anymore.

“Ok Mikey, tell us all about it” Raph Threw his arm over Michelangelo’s shoulder. His eyes were gleaming with excitement. Truth was, we were all dieing to hear Mikeys story. Especially me, because I new I was going next….

[MikeandRaph87]

A couple of quick questions ML,is this in a specific universe or its own? Any chance of a character list?:tsmile: Kudos!

[Mona_Lisa]

My name is Donatello, My Brothers say I’m the “Brains” of the group. I have always been fascinated buy machines, and when I was younger I was notorious for taking things apart… I wanted to know how they worked, what made them “Tick”, but quite often I didn’t get them back together right.
After one such incident regarding the television, Master splinter (our father, whom is a giant mutant rat) decided it would be best for me to expand my knowledge “in other ways” as he put it.
In truth, he was sorely disappointed that he was going to miss all of his favorite soap operas. You see Master Splinter is defiantly a wise and powerful old “man”, one to be respected and honored. But he was once himself very much human. It is my opinion that when he’s watching his “soaps” he feels human again. It’s an escape for him.
That very night he went to the dump and presented me with my three very first books on science. That’s how it all began for me I wanted to know more, and to learn all I could. My father kept bringing me books. But the books just weren’t enough… I wanted to experience what I was reading about, I wanted to see flowers and trees and well… the World outside of the pages of a book.
Now two of my brothers had seen what I’d only seen in my dreams, but that was all going to change. After we got back to our sewer home I began making my plans…. For a week I planed. I found a map of the city in one of my now many books and carefully laid out the little details of were I’d go and what I’d see, and most importantly how I’d get there. Finally I was ready.
That night as Master Splinter tucked us in lovingly, I felt a little guilty. I still remember the nervous lump that formed in my throat.
“Good night my Sons” Master Splinter whispered as he walked toward the entrance of our room where he paused only momentarily to add “May you all sleep soundly and have sweet dreams”.
With that he left to meditate in his room alone…. Now I only had to wait for my brothers to fall asleep.
Mikey was the first to go as he was the youngest of us. He softly snored as he drooled on his pillow.
Raph followed soon after, which surprised me as he is usually last, Defiant of our fathers wishes to the very end.
I wasn’t sure Leonardo was asleep until two hours later when he dropped the wooden “Katana” he had been admiring (Splinter wouldn’t let him carry the “real” ones around yet).
I slipped out of my hammock as quietly as I could And walked over to the corner of the room were I had a duffel bag stashed, packed from earlier in the week. I slung it over my shoulder and I was off.
The night air was hot and humid, as I glanced at the light s of New York for the first Time, Lots of lights!!! I gasped in disbelief, How did our father slip in and out of the shadows undetected to get the supplies we required?
I closed the man hole ready to back out, but I couldn’t back out!!!! I had to see. Frustrated that my best laid plains were ruined, and a little tired I pulled the map and my flashlight from my bag.It was clear my plans would have to change, but I was still going somewhere.
I had wanted to see the Empire State Building, the Museum of Natural History, Central park, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, but….
“Perhaps for this first outing I should stick with Just Central Park” I thought to myself. “Now to find a manhole near central park”.
It took much longer than I’d wanted, but using the map I finally found a manhole cover I believed to be in central park. It was even heavier that the first I’d opened. The metal made a loud metallic ring as I removed the cover. I held my breath and peaked out cautiously. My calculations were correct. I was in Central Park!
There were no people, and only very dim streetlights scattered around. I climbed out of the sewers and felt the grass between my Toes for the First time…It felt so good, almost breathtaking. I took a few steps forward… Central park was perfect, it was everything I hoped and even dreamed it would be. For the first time in my life I felt free, and I no longer had any regrets about deceiving my father.
I walked it the shadows and admired nature. I would look at the trees and Remember how they grew, and the process of photosynthesis. I’d look and the flowers and Try to recall the different parts; male and female, and how they “produced”. It was turtle heaven.
Every once in a while people passed by, they never saw me because I stayed in the shadows, but still I held my breath for fear they would hear my breathing.
I new I couldn’t stay long on account of all the delays I’d had, but as I left I rehearsed to myself “I will come back, I’ll see this place again”.
I said it over and over in my head, every step of the way home. It felt at the time, much like returning to a prison cell. Yet I new I had to go home.
It was still dark when I returned. I knew if I were lucky there was a couple hours sleep to be had, and the thought of my nice soft hammock made me feel better about having to leave Central Park so soon.
I crept across the living room as silent as I could; I felt like a pretty accomplished ninja until in the dark, I saw someone strike a match. It was then I found myself face to face with Master Splinter! He had been sitting right in front of me blocking the entrance to my room, and I hadn’t even seen him! Clearly my ninja skills still needed work…

“So my son, what have you learned about the outside world” he asked giving me a cold stare.

I was speechless. There was no question in my mind that I would be disciplined, as Master Splinter wasn’t one to play favorites.

“I sorry father” I managed to chock out, again feeling the shame of my deceitfulness.

And it was them I saw him… Raphael standing behind Splinter, and he was smiling! It hit me that he had never fallen asleep. Raph was most likely waiting for us to go to sleep so he could sneak out!

“Now were even” He mouthed, then slipped back inside our room.

The end 4 now....

[Mona_Lisa]

A couple of quick questions ML,is this in a specific universe or its own? Any chance of a character list?:tsmile: Kudos!



It’s going to be a mixture of 80’s and 4kids I think…. Mostly 4kids but wanted the 80’s origin story… Since I think Nick is kind of going that way, and the 80’s story is what I grew up with…
I don’t really have a character list yet…:twink:

[MikeandRaph87]

It’s going to be a mixture of 80’s and 4kids I think…. Mostly 4kids but wanted the 80’s origin story… Since I think Nick is kind of going that way, and the 80’s story is what I grew up with…
I don’t really have a character list yet…:twink:

Well,if Nick is smart they will go with a heavy influence of the '87 cartoon for the character set. Its easily the best set of characters of any incarnation. I hope you go that way too!:twink:

[BubblyShell22]

Hmm, interesting story, Mona. I really liked it and can see Don feeling this way.