Chapter 3:
Are unicorns drawn to virgins?
Lyra smiled as she wrote her name on the white board. “Lyra Heartstring,” she said with a giggle, the amulet that Luna made for her had turned her completely human! Or, at least, disguised her as human with soft brown hair, medium-tan skin, and no horn! She looked so human!
The mint-colored unicorn began setting up her desk as she looked over the empty desk before her. Lyra was just so excited about this! She was going to be teaching human children! She had to hold in her gleeful joy. Taking in a deep breath she looked at the clock, ten minutes! Ten minutes ‘till her first history class came walking through the door!
Lyra took a deep breath to calm herself down, she needed to act normal, human normal. The sound of the door opening caught her attention, looking towards the entrance and smiling Lyra greeted her first student. “Good Morning!” She said happily, looking at the person that entered, a young redhead with freckles wearing a yellow t-shirt, shorts and black leggings.
She blinked and looked at Lyra. “Um… hi?” She said, sounding uncertain.
“I’ll be filling in for your previous history teacher, she took maternity leave for the rest of the year; I’m Ms. Lyra Heartstring,” she introduced herself to the young lady, “and who are you, dear?”
“April O’Neil,” the girl replied, smiling at the kind new teacher and taking her seat in the front.
April had to admit, she wasn’t surprised to see a new teacher, Ms. Conner did mention she was going to have a baby. The redhead looked at this new teacher, Ms. Heartstring, she had a calming feel around about her.
Lyra pulled out her lyre, much to April’s curiosity, and began playing a soft and sweet melody on said instrument as she waited for other students to file in. April watched the sub play the instrument and sighed in contentment as she simply listened to the sound.
Students began filing in, some of them looked at Lyra in curiosity and others looked bewildered at the new teacher. April noticed one of her classmates, Casey, making his way to the back of the room, a sinister smirk on his face and a hockey puck in his hands.
The bell chimed and Lyra looked up at her students. “Hello class! I’m Ms. Lyra Heartstring! Ms. Conner is on maternity leave for the rest of the year and I’ll be filling in for her!” She said, putting down the lyre. “Since your last lesson was in Greek History we’ll continue from there!” She said joyfully.
As she turned to the whiteboard and began writing the lesson on the bored, a nighty student that liked to mess with substitute teachers was about to cause mischief. Lyra turned back to address the class and a hockey puck flew through the air.
Lrya’s eyes widened in shock and, out of pure instinct, used her magic to halt the puck in mid-air; she blinked, catching herself at the last moment, and used her magic to fling it at herself. The puck hit her forehead hard enough to leave a bruise. “Ow! Oh my! Now which of you little rapscallions threw that? Well, I’m waiting.” She rubbed her forehead and smiled pleasantly.
April stared at Lyra, she saw what happened; somehow Ms. Heartstring stopped that puck. April had seen a golden colored aura stop that puck in midair, she glanced at Casey.
Casey turned to April, hoping she had seen the same thing he just saw, something was up with this new teacher. Now, don’t get him wrong, Casey always messed with new subs on their first day just to see how they react and get a feel for their personality, but Ms. Heartstring was something different.
Lyra hoped no one noticed that minor slip up of hers! She really couldn’t believe she used magic here of all places! Bonnie was soooo going to berate her for this mistake!
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“Tell me I wasn’t the only one that saw that!” April caught Casey after class. “I don’t get a bad feeling around her, but that was not normal” She rubbed her arms as her gaze shifted to the ground.
Casey shrugged. “Well, maybe she ain’t evil; and this is me talking about a teacher!” He looked at April. “I mean, she’s kind of spacey, but doesn’t give that evil vibe.” Casey scratched the back of his head as he thought about the strange teacher.
The two teens walked through the hallway to their next class, both having thoughts about the new teacher. Casey had come up with ideas on how to learn more about Ms. Heartstring. “Well, she used… whatever she used once, there’s a chance she could use it again, right? All we have to do is get her to use it again and catch her in the act!” He explained with a smug look on his face as April blinked.
“That… actually is a pretty good idea… for you.” April said, somewhat shocked as she looked at him. “But our class with her is over and I’m not missing my other classes, I don’t know how you plan on carrying this out, but it’ll have to be done later” She said, turning down the opposite hallway from Casey.
Casey, however, made a U-turn and headed back towards the classroom, an evil smirk on his face.
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“Why me?! Why?!” Lyra whined softly laying her head on her desk, her hands over her head with tears running down her face. Throughout the whole day horrible things kept happening to her! Second period she was attacked by a horde of spit balls! Third period she was hit several times by basketballs, fourth period followed with paint balls, fifth had an encore of paper planes crashing into her, and now sixth period she was covered in oil of all things!
Lyra got up and walked out the door, it was a free period so no class right now. She made her way to the gym teacher who had contacted her earlier telling if she needed any help to come to him.
“Mr. Corbin…” She said meekly as she knocked on the door.
The gym teacher looked up and gasped “What in high heavens happened to you?!” He demanded, looking over the poor woman. He had never seen sub-pranking this bad in his life! “I have a spare woman’s jogging outfit and you can use the private shower,” he said, quickly grabbing his key and opening a cabinet to his left.
The mint unicorn watched as the kind human pulled out some spare clothes for her and happily handed them to her. She was shown to the shower and thankfully left alone. “Worst first day…ever…” she muttered softly.
If Casey Jones ever felt like a huge jerk it was now; he had thrown everything he could at Ms. Heartstring and got nothing in return except for feeling horrible about the way he had treated her. He wasn’t the kind of guy that made women cry and the tears were tugging at his heart, after this he was simply going to leave her alone.
He glanced into the teacher’s private shower, he wasn’t above peeping though, he watched as Ms. Heartstring removed her necklace and like that the human vanished replaced by an equine hybrid with a horn on her head.
Casey ducked behind the wall. “Oh man…it’s My Magical Mares crossed over with a triple X film!” He said, a bright blush on his face as he ran off to talk to April.
Lyra quickly washed off the oil and dried off. “I can’t believe this all happened in one day!” She bemoaned loudly as she quickly dressed in the jogging outfit, dried her hair, and quickly placed her amulet back on and the image of a human returned.
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The last bell rang and April was on her way to the lair, a smile on her face, she couldn’t wait to see her secret friends.
“April!” Casey said in a panic, grabbing her shoulders and breathing heavily. “Ms. Heartstring ain’t human! She’s a… she’s a… My Magical Mare! She took off her necklace thing in the shower and poof! Human Ms. Heartstring vanished and hello MMM Ms. Heartstring!” He said, staring at her.
April blinked. “You peeped on her… in the shower! Casey, that’s horrible!” She scolded, pushing his hand off her in disgust. “Even if she isn’t she human, she still deserves some privacy! What have you been doing all day to the poor woman!” She demanded, looking at a guilty Casey.
“Let’s talk about that later… and let’s also say… it involved oil,” Casey said receiving a glare from April who turned and walked away. Casey slumped and followed close behind her but kept his distance from the angry redhead.
April suddenly stopped short, causing Casey to bump into her. “Look, it’s Ms. Heartstring” She said softly, pointing to the mare in human skin, so to speak, and she was standing with a fellow student looking shocked.
Both Casey and April moved closer in order to hear what was going on. April didn’t think Ms. Heartstring was going to hurt the kid, but she couldn’t be sure, after all, you couldn’t always tell if someone was evil or not.
“Ms. Heartstring… I- I really like you! Even though I’m a student, please, be my girl!” The boy shouted shocking the mare…
Lyra blinked, well this was… weird… but kind of cool… but… she bowed her head. “Sorry, not only are you a student but I’m happily married to my lovely wife!” She giggled softly before frowning at the boy’s shocked, embarrassed, and heartbroken face. “Listen, you’re a good kid, I can tell you’ll find your special someone, but that person can’t be me, little one.” She said, petting the boy on the head and turning away.
The boy ran off, red-faced with new fantasies dancing in his head for his new favorite teacher..
Her phone suddenly went off and Lyra answered it. “Hello? Oh, baby girl, what can mama get her little baby birdie? Hey I helped raise you for eleven years, if I wanna refer to myself as mama and you as my little birdie then I will!” She huffed over the phone with a pout on her face.
She blinked “Okay, you want me to go to little China Town for fried plantains, Mona wants the new fashion magazines, and Dinky wants the newest gardening magazine! Got it! Tell Mom that Mama will be running late, sweetie! I love you all so much! Kiss, kiss!” She said and hung up the phone. “Ah, the joys of children! Hahaha!”
Casey and April stared in shock and looked at each other before looking back at Ms. Heartstring’s retreating form.
“Wow, wasn’t expecting that!” April said, looking at Casey. “Let’s go talk to Master Splinter!” She grabbed his arm and dragged him off to the sewer.
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Splinter sighed, it had been several hours since his sons had left, he was beginning to worry about them. Normally they would have checked in by now. There was a great fear in his heart. So many what-ifs ran through his head, visions of his precious children dead in his mind. He opened his eyes and looked around his mediation room… photos on the wall of his precious family adorned them. “My sons, where are you?”
Suddenly as if hearing his thoughts the cheese phone rang out, with quick reflexes Splinter answered it “Moshi, moshi?” He answered the voice the spoke back surprised him.
“Oh Japanese! Cool! Anyway I’m gonna assume you’re the father of these naughty little turtles who were spyin’ on innocent little girls. So, here’s the deal: we’re going to hold onto em’ for a while until you come and pick them up and I’m-” the girl who was speaking was cut off by a different female voice.
“I would like to humbly ask you to come and retrieve these young adolescent turtles and to speak with you about terms of punishment for the disgraceful misconduct of your charges.” This voice sounded very young and intelligent and then the voice changed once again.
“Will you give me that! I’m the captain so I should be talking!” The new voice said and cleared her throat. “Your sons were caught spying like low-life thugs and this is an act frowned upon in Equestrian society! As Knights it is our scared duty to…um…eh…stop such…behavior…”
Splinter had to resist the urge to chuckle at the young lady’s attempt to sound authoritarian it was like listening to Leonardo when he was trying too hard to be a good leader.
“I would be more than happy to retrieve my sons, I shall be there shortly.” Splinter knew where his sons had gone, having been told by Leonardo prior to their departure. He was disappointed his sons were captured but also relieved that these mutants didn’t wish to bring them harm.
“Oh! Uh…” The voice sounded unsure; she had probably expected more resistance from him. In the background, a muffled argument could be heard. Splinter instantly recognized the voices as Raphael and Leonardo. He wondered what happened to Donatello and Michelangelo, they were very quiet…he hoped they were alright.
“Well yes!” The voice drowned out any background dialogue. “We will be expecting you! So…um good bye?”
“Yes good bye” Splinter replied and hung up the phone and let a chuckle out as he stood up. He needed to prepare to meet these silly girls, and it wasn’t going to be for battle. He chuckled again.
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April and Casey entered the lair and saw Splinter preparing for something. He was gathering little things in a bag with an unusual smile on his face.
“Master Splinter? Where are the guys?” April asked, cocking her head to the side with a frown on her face. Donnie wouldn’t leave without at least calling her to let her know where he was going to be, but the lair was empty.
Casey was also looking for the turtles. “I got something super important to tell the guys!” He said, walking up to Splinter. “Our new sub is a mutant! She was totally a unicorn! A My Magical Mare crossed-” His words were cut off when April slapped the back of his head.
“Don’t you dare say another word, Casey Jones! I’m still furious with you, and we’ll talk about this later!” April glared at the teenage boy.
Splinter turned to the two teens. “They were captured. I got contacted their captors and they say they wish to speak with me, I will return with them shortly. I will be going alone I don’t wish to alarm them, I do not believe they will harm them without reason.”
“So were just supposed to wait here?! Donnie… and the guys could be in serious trouble! I’m going!” April shouted putting her hands on her hips “If what you say is true then a few extra people won’t matter!”
Casey stepped forward “Yeah what she said! The guys are also my best friends!” He snapped, already pulling on his mask “If somebody hurts my buddy they gotta pay for it!”
Splinter sighed, “I suppose I can’t stop you from coming, you’d more than likely try to follow me anyway. You may come, but you will follow all my instructions for both your and their safety!” He said sternly to the two teens.
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Back down in Settlement Town Raphael and Leonardo was grumbling at their predicament, Leo still stuck in a bubble shield while Raph was still tied up and while Donnie and Mikey were… sleeping… they were sleeping in a wheeled cart.
The girls were tormenting them to no end! Mona was beyond evil! She dressed Donnie and Mikey up in fluffy lolita dresses, complete with bloomers, a corset, an underskirt, knee high socks, and even Mary Jane shoes. Their masks were replaced with masks that completely covered their heads. Mikey had giant twin bows on each side of his head, while Donnie had a single giant bow tied in back of his head. Donnie was wearing purple and Mikey was wearing orange, they were covered in bows and billowed skirts, and they were propped up against each other’s backs and the girls were taking pictures and giggling.
“If those other boys were asleep I’d totally be given them make overs, they’d look so cute in dresses!” Mona cooed, tickling Raph’s chin, who attempted to bite her finger.
Swifty was munching on some chocolate cookies. “Hmm, I feel as though we have violated the Geneva Convention… but… Donatello looks rather cute dress like this…” She snapped a few more photos with her own custom-made phone, which was shaped like a bear.
“Plus, it’s great blackmail material for later! And inspiration for future outfits! Ahh! I’d love to see Swifty dressed like this!” Mona cried out suddenly, hugging the smallest of the group.
Dinky sighed, she was the only one watching the sleeping turtles. “Girls, please! We shouldn’t let our guard down! This is how we allowed them to spy on us in the first place! We were careless!” Dinky crossed her arms. Her horn still lit up aglow as she kept her shield up around the blue turtle.
“Let me out of here!” Leonardo demanded, pounding on the bubble, he noticed the purple unicorn wince a bit and kept pounding on the shield. He had a feeling her mental ability was tied into this bubble, he just needed to keep putting stress on her.
“Mona, you have a little sister fetish.” Swifty said bluntly, glaring at Mona, who had scooped her up in a hug and was nuzzling her hair.
“How can I not? I have such adorb little sisters! I just wanna dress you both up! Maybe I’ll dress you up in a sweet little Japanese school outfits? Or a ballerina! Ooh maybe even a princess! With a tiara and everything!” She giggled.
Raph twitched. “You… are so weird,” he commented offhandedly. “If your idea of fun is turning your sister into your personal doll you’ve got to be one twisted lizard.”
The dragon rolled her eyes. “I’m not a lizard, I’m a dragon.” She commented, still nuzzling a very angry looking Swifty. “And as for Swifty being my personal dress-up doll, well, we have a deal: I dress her up in exchange for anything she wishes to eat!” She cheered, tail wagging happily with her ears twitching cutely.
“I want… zap apple jam…” Swift Heart said with a glare, her tail swatted Mona’s face as she pulled away and rubbed her ears. “But you refused to hand over your last one so… deal off.”
Mona put on a face of mock hurt. “Oh Swifty you wound me… buuuut not giving ya my last jar! You’ll just have to wait till next zap apple harvest, whenever that is! Besides, you already pre-ordered 40 jars for next harvest!”
Dinky was sweating, Leonardo was still pounding on her shield and she was losing her focus “Haahaa…” She huffed quietly. “GIRLS!” She shouted and looked at the two. Both Mona and Swifty stopped speaking and looked at Dinky. “Leonardo… is wearing me down… I don’t think I can keep up the field…” She closed her eyes, flattening her ears against her head.
Swifty moved over to Dinky and placed a hand on the older mare’s shoulder. “If…if I had known I would have brought some energy potions with me…but I was hurried.” She said softly, a saddened look in her eyes.
The dragon sighed and looked away “Leo won’t be doing anything.” She moved over to Raph and sat down on him. “After all, escape means leaving his little brothers behind,” she chuckled, firmly sat upon Raph’s shell, tightening the ribbons keeping him tied down.
Raph gasped as he felt the ribbons tighten around him, and now he was being used as a chair! “Get your thunder thighs and big butt off me!” He shouted.
Mona’s eyes flashed with anger. “You’re lucky I’m kind, otherwise I’d be grilling your turtle hid!” She shouted firing into the air. She was growling, clearly enraged by the guy she was currently sitting on. She took a deep breath and calmed herself down. “So… you guys got any girlfriends?” She quickly changed the subject.
‘“Does Donatello have someone special?” Swifty asked, suddenly very interested in the conversation.
Raphael smirked. “Actually, Donnie boy here has a crush someone, a girl with an actual figure and not a washboard,” he said snidely.
Swift Heart twitched and started feeling up her chest with tears in her eyes. “W- washboard?” And image of a washboard appeared in her head. She opened her wings and took off towards one of the stadium seats, opened a secret compartment, and pulled out a jar of rainbow colored goop, then flew back towards the group. Once she sat back down she pulled the jar out from behind her, pulled out a spoon, and began eating the rainbow goop with tears pouring down her face.
“Hey! You had one more jar left and you were trying to take mine! You adorable brat!” Mona shouted before hitting Raph with the side of her leg. “And you! That was horrible to say!” She shouted and crossed her arms over her ample chest.
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“Wow… I can’t believe this was under us the whole time! It’s like visiting the Renaissance Festival!” April exclaimed, stunned at the view before her.
Casey just stared, “It’s just like Maresville from My Magical Mares!” He squeaked out in almost a fanboy fashion. Splinter and April stared at him and the teenage boy blinked. “My… my little sister makes me watch it! I’m not a Marey!” He shouted, blushing as he looked away from their prying eyes.
The three walked towards the village in silence.
Lyra exited the tunnel she had traveled through from the surface and looked down at her beloved home, her treats and present held tightly in her hands as she made her way down to the castle she oddly enough called home. “I got Swifty’s treats, Dinky’s gardening mag plus a new bonsai, and Mona’s dozen or so fashion mags!” She said happily as she marched towards home…
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Swifty was smirking evilly as she used her portable potion making kit to make a most insidious potion for a rather rude turtle. She brewed some strange herbs over a tiny bubbling cauldron “A little Novo, a pinch Vox Vocis, and a pegasus feather for lightness!” She plucked a feather and dropped it into the mini pot. She watched it dissolve in the liquid, which turned to a lovely shade of pink. “Perfect,” she said, using a ladle to scoop some into a cup.
Raphael smirked. “Please, potions? How stupid can you be? Like that junk will actually work!” He taunted with a smirk on his face.
“Raphael, you’re digging your own grave, I’d stop.” Mona warned, rolling her eyes and putting a hand on her forehead. “Please, I will not be held responsible for what she does.” She really wasn’t pleading all that hard; frankly Raph was getting on her nerves.
Leonardo was looking worried. “C- come on! Raph didn’t mean to say all those mean things to you! He’s really a nice guy!” What if whatever she was making seriously hurt Raph?! Maybe it was poison! Oh shell! He had to get out of this bubble! He began pounding again, but Dinky’s magic remained unyielding.
Swifty walked over to Raph. “Now, forcing your mouth open will be rather tedious, so I shall take a lesson from Luna” She smirked and poured the potion into her mouth. She kneeled down to Raph’s eye level.
“Yeah right, like I’m drinkin’ anything you made you little…!” Whatever Raph was going to say was cut off by a pair of lips. The shock of it made Raphael jump in shock, his mouth opened inadvertently and the potion sloshed into his mouth, Raph tried not to drink, but a finger pressed to this throat forced him to gulp it down.
Mona pulled out her ruby-shaped phone, which Swifty had custom made for her, and began taking pictures. “Awa! My little sister’s first kiss!” She cried, still taking pictures of Swifty kissing Raph as she forced the potion down his throat, a dribble of potion slid down both their faces.
Swifty pulled away, wiped her mouth, and chuckled. “My first kiss may have been wasted, but all for the good of your punishment!” She moved back to her seat, near the unconscious turtles.
Leonardo watched in fear, waiting for anything unusual to happen to his stupid, hot-tempered brother.
Raph looked up and smirked, he felt perfectly fine. “Ha! Told ya your… stupid... potion… AAAAHHHH!” He screamed when he realized something had indeed happened. His perfectly manly voice was a few octaves higher than normal. “I sound- I- I sound like a girl! What did you do to my man voice?”
Leonardo covered his mouth, his cheeks puffed out as he tried so very hard not to laugh, but the more Raph threatened and shouted, the harder it became. The girls weren’t holding back as they laughed even Dinky was laughing, which probably wasn’t such a good idea. Leo dropped to the ground as Dinky fell down laughing, clutching her stomach.
Dinky soon realized what happened as a sword was pointed to her throat. “Huh…” She blinked, looking up and seeing Leo standing over her. The unicorn frowned, “Ah Celestia’s mane…” She grumbled as her two sisters looked up.
“Perhaps… laughing was a bad idea…” Swift Heart said, frowning, pulling out her own weapons, a guilty look in her eyes. This was her fault, she messed up; making that potion in foolish retaliation to get back at Raphael caused this mess. They were going to hate her now, Dinky and Mona were going to despise her for this mess up!
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Whatever scene Splinter was expecting, it wasn’t this. Leonardo pointing his sword at a young girl’s throat, his second oldest hog-tied with red ribbons and being unnaturally quiet, and his other two sons… sleeping… in drag… they looked… rather cute. Splinter let out a chuckle at the sight of them.
“YAME!” Splinter shouted as he approached them. Leonardo had a shocked look upon his face, he also looked a little guilty. “My son, stand down, we shall speak peacefully,” he said as Leonardo moved away from Dinky. Splinter offered the young filly a hand to help her up, Dinky grabbed it and he lifted the small filly up to her hooves. “It’s a pleasure to meet you, now, will you so kindly untie my other son?” He said, walking past her to approach Donatello and Michelangelo.
He gently tried waking them. “My sons… time to get up… Donatello, Michelangelo….” he shook them gently but to no use. A concerned look formed in his eyes. “Why will they not waken?” He asked.
The smallest girl walked over to him, she seemed nervous about him. “I have placed them under sleep powder, I shall revive them with the utmost haste; however, I will not be curing Raphael! His curse shall last till this time tomorrow!” She pulled out a yellow-colored powder and blew it onto Donatello and Michelangelo.
April and Casey had followed behind Splinter watching everything that was happened. April, not wanting to miss such an opportunity, pulled out her t-phone and began taking various pictures of Donnie and Mikey in their cute get-up. Casey was trying hard not to laugh, but with little success.
The yellow powder fell upon the sleeping turtles and, almost instantly, both turtles began yawning and stretching. They rubbed the sleep out of their eyes and looked up to see everything, they both looked at each other and then themselves.
“AAAHHH! What am I wearing!? Who did this?!” Donnie shouted, pulling at his outfit. “Who put a bow on my tail?!” He screamed, looking back at his tail. He then heard the familiar angelic laugh of his precious April… his face turned blue in horror as he realized that the girl he was crushing on had seen him and was taking photos of him in a dress!
“Well, at least I’m the prettiest girl in the room!” Mikey said striking a pose and shaking his hips to make the skirt swivel about. A cute giggle caught his attention, he glanced at the source and saw Swifty, trying to hide the fact that she had giggled, and he smiled.
Mona untied Raphael, smirking. “Don’t you have something to say, short stack?” She prodded him lightly only to get silence.
Casey blinked in confusion “Raph? Is everything alright buddy?” He said walking over to him and putting a hand on the short turtle’s shoulder. The hot-headed turtle he knew was never this quiet! Raph just turned his head as if embarrassed by something he didn’t wish to say.
“I don’t wanna talk about it.” Raph said in a soft tone, never had he felt so humiliated! He couldn’t bear to even look at his friends and family at the moment, but he heard them trying hard not to snicker or laugh, well except Mikey who was laughing the loudest, as did Casey.
“What is going on here?!” A loud female voice resounded, and many heads turned to see a mint-green mare. “Wait a minute… aren’t you Casey and April?”
Casey recognized the mint mare. “You’re…Ms. Heartstring!” He proclaimed, pointing at the mare. A blush crept up his face as he remembered seeing her while showering and he looked away.
Lyra blinked/ “H- how did you know?” She questioned, putting her bags down. “Will somepony explain what is going on here?! Mona Lisa! Dinky Doo! Swift Heart! I want an explanation now or you three are grounded!”
“I, too, would like to know what has occurred here, why are my girls consorting with strange young colts?” A new voice spoke from above. The group as a whole looked up as an elegant dark figure landed.
Luna, Princess of the night, had just returned from another alternate dimension, it was a successful mission that would help expand the products brought into Settlement Town with new trades and goods but this! She wasn’t expecting her three little girls to be partying with boys!
“I am Princess Luna, former co-ruler of Equestria… Princess of the night.” She spoke. “And you three young ones, are grounded.” She said sternly.
The three girls moaned in unison, clearly not happy about their resigned fate. They all voiced their discontent with various complaints and several pleads for negotiations but all fell on deaf ears as the princess walked forward glancing at all those currently present.
Splinter respectfully bowed. “I deeply apologize for this incident, I and my four sons have lived underground for fifteen years. The discovery of your presence was the cause for curiosity; my sons are trained in the way of ninjutsu and, using their skills, attempted to spy on your students. However, they were caught.” Splinter chuckled, turning towards his sons. “It seems I will have to increase their training.”
Luna stared at the rat creature. “Ninjutsu… I have never heard of this fighting style before, there is much of this world I know so little about.” She walked past Splinter and over to the four turtles, looking them over. “I suspect Mona Lisa had a claw in this.” She said, looking over Mikey and Donnie. She closed her eyes for a moment and took a deep breath. “We do not wish for conflict,” she turned back to Splinter. “Perhaps we may speak over tea? I have just returned from a mission and desire both tea and cake.”
“Princess Luna! It’s almost dinner! No snacks before dinner! It’s bad enough Swift Heart is natural bottomless pit but you should know better!” A new voice called out in a scolding tone “You need to watch your blood pressure as well!” A cream-colored mare scolded, walking over to the group.
“Bonbon! How dare you talk to your princess in such a tone!” Luna said indigently, but Bonbon continued to glare at the ancient princess. “But, I do suppose you are correct. A princess must set a good example for her young wards!” She said, looking away.
“Ah, come on Bonnie, honey, Luna’s an old mare let her have some fun! Beside I got Swifty her favorite snack! Fried Bananas!” Lyra said, holding up her bags of goodies. “I also have gardening mags for Dinky, and all the new fashion mags for Mona!” She cheered happily.
“You’ll have to give those gifts to them later, as will I.” Luna turned to her young wards. “I had brought you presents from my trip; however, I feel as though you don’t deserve them right now.” She walked over to them and placed a hand on Dinky’s head and her other hand on Swifty’s shoulder. “You were unguarded, you allowed strangers to spy on you, what if they had been enemies!? What if they had ill intentions towards you? You all could have been killed, worse, the village could have been in danger! The lives of all the citizens, and yes, Swift Heart, that includes Trixie, depend on you! You, who I have trained in the way of Equestrian Knighthood. I’m very disappointed in all of you.” She said, closing her eyes and looking down.
The three girls looked forlorn by Luna’s words and bowed their heads. Dinky spoke softly “We’re sorry Luna. I… we… failed you.” She said, folding her ears down and digging her left hoof in the dirt. “I didn’t even think something like this could happen.”
Luna turned to the rat and his family. “Young one, what is your name?” She said, looking at Splinter. The calm expression on her face could put many at ease but her choice of words seemed rather strange.
“Young one? Ma’am no offense but, you don’t look old enough to call Master Splinter young one.” Donnie commented, still trying to remove his outfit, he found it quite complicated to actually remove. “How the hack do you get one of these off?!” He said, struggling, tears in his eyes as he struggled further.
“I am called Splinter and my four sons are called Leonardo,” The rat motioned towards said turtle and did the same as he introduced each of his sons. “Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo.” The old rat master simply ignored Luna’s comment. He could tell, despite her youthful appearance, there was an ancient soul, her eyes were terribly old.
Luna sighed. “Splinter, your sons are very strong, I don’t want my girls facing them, they aren’t ready to fight such strong opponents, the fact they were captured was pure luck, will you discuss terms of peace with us?” She asked, focusing on the young colts, she didn’t want to make enemies in a strange world, especially when fighting could easily be avoided.
Raph was glaring at Swifty, he was livid! Whatever that punk kid did to his voice she was going to pay for it! He sounded like a skittish weak little girl! Now Father was talking to this so-called ‘Princess’ about peace?! This was only going to make things worse than they already were!
“Let me help you with that Donatello.” Mona said, approaching the gap-toothed turtle with a smile of amusement on her face. She turned him around and began untying several bows, letting the corset fall to the ground, followed by the apron he was wearing, and finally the dress pooled around his feet.
Donatello sighed in relief. “I can finally breathe! Why would you make anyone wear something like that?!” He then looked down. “Are you kidding me!?” He shouted, looking at frilly bloomers, and everything he still had on. He grumbled as he removed the rest of the stupid outfit. “Really, who puts a guy in these kind of clothes?!?”
Swifty pulled out her phone and took a few pictures of Donatello pretty much stripping; April was stealing glances at Donnie, she then looked at Swifty. “What are you doing?” She asked, almost angrily looking at the smaller girl.
“Taking pictures, I find myself quite attracted to Donatello, I may post them to the wall later.” Swifty said bluntly, which shocked Donnie, Mikey, and April. “We appear to also be intellectual equals, something I am quite drawn to, and his physical appearance is rather charming.”
“You’re gonna post these on the internet!? Are you mad!?” Donatello shouted, turning bright red.
Swifty cocked her head to the side with a blank look on her face “What’s the internet? I was going to post these on Pinkie’s wall at Party Corner,” she answered.
April twitched slightly. “R- really? That’s… cool.” She forced a smile, looking at the winged girl, “Anyway… I’m April!” She introduced herself to the girl that Mikey had a crush on; who had a crush… on Donnie… she had a crush on Donnie… why did this bother April so much?
Mikey glared at Donnie, how could his bro do this to him? Steal the love of his life before he even had a chance!? NO! Michelangelo Hamato doesn’t give up! He just would have to work extra hard. She seemed to like brains, so all he had to do was get smart! Mikey smiled as he reached behind him and began untying the bows and corset he was wearing.
Donnie quickly removed the rest of the embarrassing outfit; he wanted to duck inside his shell so very badly right now it wasn’t even funny. The girl Mikey had a crush on had a crush on him! And took pictures of him stripping off girl clothes! His head slowly began sinking into his shell. Why him?
Luna felt sweat drip down her back. “Please forgive Swift Heart’s behavior; I will make no excuse for her.” She said, taking a deep breath. “I would be honored if you and your sons would join us for dinner. That way we may relax and all talk peacefully over a decent meal.”
“We humbly accept your invitation,” Splinter bowed to her, smiling slightly, as he stood upright he turned to his sons. “My sons, I expect you to all be on your best behavior.” He instructed them. He watched as they bowed and agreed.
Luna turned to her students. “Girls, show the boys were they can wash up,” she instructed them, “Bonbon, Lyra, show Splinter where he may rest untill dinner, I will be in my office. There are a few things I must take care of, I’ll explain at dinner” with that said she walked away. “Also, I would like you girls washed up as well and dressed for evening training.” With a flap of her wings she took to the air and flew off to the castle.
Lyra and Bonbon both sighed heavily. “Princess Luna must have something important on her mind,” Lyra said and walked up to the rat man with a smile. “Anyway, my wife, Bonbon, and I will show were you can rest till dinner and our lovely girls will take the other children we’re they can clean up.” She said, smiling happily, unaware of the shocked looks on the turtle’s faces.
Bonbon turned to the three girls. “Now remember, dinner will be ready in about two hours, Swifty, please, no snacking before dinner, Mona be polite, and Dinky make sure to wash behind your ears they’re filthy!” She scolded lightly.
The youths watched as the grown-ups walked away leaving them all alone.
“Well, we have our marching orders let’s go.” Dinky said motioning for everyone to follow her.
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“So you’re actual humans?” Swift Heart questioned Casey and April, observing them. “I’ve never seen a human up close before.” She looked at them as if she were studying a new species of plant. One of her ears was cocked to the side as she approached the only two humans with caution that almost seemed a cross between a frightened animal and a curious child.
Mona rolled her eyes. “Bright Light, they ain’t gonna hurt ya,” she assured the tiny pegasus with a smile. “What I wanna know is… which team? I’m more of an Ottawa Senator, and I’m tellin’ ya right now Canada is taking back the cup!” She smirked at the human boy.
“What?! Listen Godzilla, the USA is keepin’ the cup, those Cunuks don’t stand a chance against the Falcons this year! They’re training up big time!” Casey argued, fist bumping Mona and laughing.
“Godzilla? Please! I’m the monster Godzilla runs away from! I’m Monzilla!” She joked, letting out a roar and sending a blaze of fire into the sky. Mona smirked as Casey laughed at her joke and actions; the dragon could easily tell these humans were the good sort. It didn’t take long for the two hockey fans to start debating teams.
April was also laughing at her friends antics, she was glad the guys could make other friends now. Also, from what she was seeing, this whole village would open a new door for them, a chance to feel normal. The folks they walked past waved and greeted them like normal people and everything seemed… really peaceful. Something about this place, these people, just made her feel so at ease.
Dinky glanced at Raphael and sighed. “Listen, I’m really sorry about what my little sister did to your voice, she’s a- a… it’s complicated. But I really am sorry for her behavior,” she said, nervously moving closer to the hotheaded turtle. “Soooo…any hobbies?” She asked.
Raph looked at the purple girl, he already knew this girl had a thing for him and smirked. From the way things looked, Leo might have a tiny thing for her, but it was strongly apparent he was still mad about Karai, still, maybe he could have a little fun playing around with this. He looked at Dinky, flashing his smirk at her. He was rewarded with a blush from the girl. “Meh, I like a few things, training mostly.” He said moving over to her.
Dinky blushed slightly, her ears folded back a bit. “I guess that explains the extra muscles you’re packing” She tried hard to not sound like a silly, giggling filly. Her eyes glanced off to the side as she kept reminding herself to act cool and not like a loser, geek, nerd pony!
Leonardo blinked at Raphael’s actions. It was so… uncharacteristic for him to act like this! He also noticed how Dinky reacted and twitched slightly, at least everyone seemed to be getting along. “So, um, where are we going?” He asked, trying not to pay attention to how Raph was acting, or laugh at his voice
“We’re heading to Lotus Blossom and Aloe, they run the local spa and bath house,” Swift answered simply. “We… used to have working plumping in the castle, but someone, who I shan't name, destroyed the pluming with fire and I’m having trouble fixing it all, I got the toilet working, anything else, nada.” Swift Heart said, shrugging with slight annoyance.
Mona twitched. “Hey! I was only tryin’ to turn the pilot light back on how was I to know ‘too’ much fire would make the whole thing blow up?” She snapped, whipping her tail around and slapping the back of Swift Heart butt. She snickered when the little pegasus yelped, grabbing her rump indigently. “Don’t disrespect your elder sister,” she chuckled.
Swifty glared at Mona a vein pulsing in her neck. Mikey chuckled and scooted over to her. “Sooo…uh…what’s your sign?” He asked and received an odd look from her. “Hehe, uh, what are yer hobbies?”
Donnie almost felt sorry for the poor little turtle as he watched Mikey attempt to talk to Swifty and fail horribly, it was almost painful, but he knew how Mikey felt and as his big brother he should help Mikey, especially since the strange girl had a unwanted crush on him, but what qualities could he mention about Mikey?!
“My sign? I don’t believe we have a system of horoscopes but if I were to say I was born in the spring time, which would mean I could have been born under Aries, Taurus, or Gemini.” She looked away from Mikey. “As for hobbies, I enjoy reading, potion making, studying, and creating things,” she said, folding her ears back. “I don’t do anything special.” She started walking a little faster as if trying to get away from the group.
Mikey blinked looking confused, well, at least she talked to him, it was a start! All he had to do was keep at it! She’d totally be falling for him in no time! He smiled and moved to try and keep up with her.
Dinky sighed and then stopped “Here we are!” She said, pointing to a nicely decorated building “The Settlement Town spa! After we’re done here we’ll have an hour to kill before dinner so we’ll show you guys around. I’m sure Luna will be pleased by that!” She said smiling making her way into the building.
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Once they had made their way into the spa, the group was met by two ponies that could have been mistaken for twins. One was pink with blue hair while the other was color swapped and they both had matching blue eyes and wore white dresses with big smiles on their faces.
“Welcome to Settlement Town Spa!” They said in unison and posing with outstretched arms in a dramatic flair.
They both walked over to the group, the pink with blue hair spoke first “Ah, girls, here for your daily treatments?” She spoke happily.
“Yeah, Aloe, and we have some guest joining us for dinner.” Dinky said gesturing to the boys with a smile, “Luna wants them washed up.” she giggled.
The other pony, presumably Lotus Blossom, stepped forward. “Aww, aren’t they simply adorable? I just adore these cute little freckles!” She said. pinching Mikey’s cheeks and cooing. “But, oh my, look at those shells! They will need a serious polishing! Sister! Let’s get to work!” The two sisters ushered them off. The turtles and Casey protested as they were pushed towards the stallion side of the spa.
Mona sighed. “Well, let’s also get cleaned up while the boys are dealt with.” She said, guiding April towards the girl side, were two more spa ponies were waiting for them.
“I want the lavender wing scrub!” Swifty said, disappearing behind the curtain with Dinky, laughing as she followed close behind.
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“I feel so violated…” Donnie said after having every inch of his body scrubbed down and his shell polished till it shined, even his plastron was buffed and polished.
Mikey chuckled. “Donnie, dude, what are you talking about? That was awesome! My shell has never felt better after that buff and polish!” He said, running a hand over his smooth shell with a smile on his face.
“Why did I have to get bathed as well? Normally when someone says wash up it means clean your face and hands, not throw someone into a tub full of other dudes!” Casey was less than thrilled about being bathed and having tons of girly-smelling soap dumped on him, even his normal clothes were now squeaky clean. “I smell like a perfume shop!” He frowned.
“At least ya still sound like a dude and not like a girl,” Raphael said as Lotus Blossom finished polishing his shell. “This has to be the most embarrassing moment of my life!”
Leonardo started laughing. “Oh man. Raph. just stop talking! You’re killing me! Your voice, it’s just too much!” He laughed so hard he almost fell to the floor. “You really had to say that! You sound like one of those girls on TV, it’s hilarious!”
The others started laughing as well, it was irritating Raph to no end. He turned his head away, seething with anger. He was going to make that little brat pay for this!
“So, why did this happen to Raph anyway?” Mikey asked, cocking his head to the side as he pulled on his training gear, thankfully his normal mask was returned to him. “And how did she even get you to drink a potion anyway?” He asked curiously.
Leo stiffened. “Well Raph was, um, being kind of mean to Swifty, and how she got him… to drink the potion was… eh…” he gulped, how could he say his without destroying Mikey? He wanted to think of something quick without making it sound unbelievable.
“She got thunder thighs to force open my mouth.” Raphael said quickly, messing with Leo was one thing, hurting Mikey was another thing. He looked away and sighed. “I guess I pushed her a bit too far.” He said, calming down a bit. Yeah, maybe he did push her buttons a bit too much.
Leo sighed in relief as Mikey bought the lie with a joyful laugh. “Let’s go, I’m sure the girls are waiting for us.” He said smiling
The boys agreed and left the spa area, Donnie looked up at April who he noticed was wearing a rather appealing outfit, very appealing, his mouth dropped at the sight of her.
“Thanks for the outfit Mona, it’s awesome!” April said, glancing down at herself, the new outfit was rather sleek, a black tube top with a white ruffles on the top and bottom, a sleeveless yellow coat that conformed to her body, with a long black sash wrapped around her waist, a black mini skirt with matching spandex shorts, yellow flared sleeves that hugged her upper arms and black leather fingerless gloves covered her hands. She saw the guys enter the main entrance “Hey, can you believe Mona made this outfit?” She twirled around, showing off the outfit. April noticed how Donnie was staring at her, normally she’d brush it off but now she was really appreciating how the tall turtle was looking at her.
Mona puffed out her chest proudly. “I totally have an eye for dressing up folks, fashion is my horde,” she sighed happily and moved about April, pulling out a needle and thread. “One last detail.” She bent down and grabbed a small portion of her skirt and quickly began doing something.
“I’m hungry…” Swifty said simply, folding her ears down and pulling out a cookie one of her random pockets, which she began munching on.
“Do you do anything other than eat?” Donatello snapped his attention from April looking at the little pegasus with some annoyance.
Swift Heart’s feathers ruffled a little. “I- I can’t help it! I’m a compulsive eater.” She looked away, stuffing the rest of the cookie in her mouth. She didn’t need to explain anything to them! It was her problem that she’d have to deal with after all.
Donnie put a hand under his chin and raised an eyebrow. “So there is something mentally wrong with you?” He asked, only to be punched in the arm by Mikey, who looked rather cross with him.
“There is nothing wrong with her! If she likes to eat then she likes to eat, dude, I can’t believe you’d say something so rude!” Mikey snapped, glaring at Donnie as he defended Swifty. He glanced at Swifty, he had noticed how uncomfortable she had become when Donnie mentioned her eating habits.
Swifty blinked and looked at Michelangelo curiously, wondering why he had come to her defense. “Th- thanks” She mumbled folding ears back.
Casey chuckled. “Lookin’ good, April!” He said, smirking at her, “Mona’s got good taste,” he eyed her up and down but noticed she was paying more attention to Donnie and flinched, he was simply going to let this play out, after all he was human and Donnie… well Donnie wasn’t. April would figure it out soon enough.
“Done!” Mona declared, pulling away, revealing she had sewn a familiar symbol into the skirt. “I saw the symbol on your weapon and thought I’d embroider it on your new skirt,” she said, sounding rather pleased as she allowed the whole group to see it.
“Wow! It’s beautiful!” April said, admiring the new stitch on the skirt. “You’re amazing Mona!” She put her hands on her hips, admiring the Hamato Family crest on her new favorite outfit.
Dinky shook her head with a smile. “Mona is one of the best fashion designers in town, and the only one of us with an actual job.” She chuckled sheepishly, scratching the back of her head.
Leonardo blinked. “But what about all those plants you were growing?” He inquired as Dinky began walking towards the door.
“Oh, those, that’s just a hobby, and Swifty uses a lot of the things I grow to make medicines, herbal teas, and various magical potions like the one she used on your brother Raphael, sorry about that again,” Dinky said as she pushed opened the door and guided everyone out.
“And ones like this!” Swift Heart said, pulling out a vial and handing it to Casey. “For you,” She said simply as Casey took it with varying degrees of caution and an unsure look on his face.
Casey glanced at the vial, it was dark pink, he heard Raph protesting, but he was curious. “Well, bottoms up.” He uncorked the bottle and downed it in one gulp.
“Casey, no!” Raphael shouted in horror as his friend drank it down, why, oh why did he do that! He watched Casey for any sign of well, anything bad happening.
“My mouth feels funny.” Casey commented as he used his tongue to feel around his mouth, moreover, his gums where his teeth were supposed to be missing! “Hey! My teeth are back!” He smiled, showing off his new chompers to the group. Everyone but the three knights were in shock.
Donnie rolled his eyes “Impossible! Magic isn’t real! In fact, I believe that was a regenerative serum, same with Dinky’s ability, it’s all physic kinetic energy that she is able to mentally generate and her horn in simply the outlet in which she focuses those ener… why do I suddenly not feel ground under my feet?” He said, taking a glance at the ground and screamed as he noticed he was floating several feet off the ground.
“Don’t talk about my abilities before you know them, I can do more than shields.” Dinky said, smirking as she began spinning him around. “Levitation, teleportation, transmutations, and other cool things” She chuckled, lowing the dizzy Donnie back to the ground.
Swifty sighed. “Must you play around like that ‘captain’? You can’t expect someone raised in a world of science to simply start believing in magic when it doesn’t exist in this world like it did ours,” she lectured with a blank stare on her face.
The group went quiet as the three girls took the lead and began pointing things out along the way. It was rather lively but still there was a great deal of tension between the two groups, and many questions that were still unanswered.
“You keep mentioning ’your world.’ What do you mean by that?” Leonardo asked, narrowing his eyes. He was itching to know more about these people and why they were here, as peaceful as they seemed, he sincerely hoped they were as they seemed, another enemy was the last thing he and his brothers needed.
Dinky looked at Leo. “We’ll talk about that later, I’m sure Princess Luna will explain that at dinner. I don’t really wanna talk about it.” She said, flattening her ears down as she glanced at the ground.
They all seemed melancholy at the mention of Leo’s question. Each girl remembering something different but equally sad. Dinky forced a smile and looked at the ninjas. “Anyway, let’s head off. Dinner should be soon!” She said, pointing the direction they needed to go.
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Splinter sat across from the two mares that brought him into the castle, they were trying hard to play good hostesses, but Splinter could tell they were nervous, and not because they were hiding anything, but simply nervous about the tense situation.
“Sooo, you’re a rat? Are you a native to earth?” Lyra asked suddenly, only to get elbowed by Bonbon whom looked rather displeased by her wife’s question.
Bonbon smiled tentatively at Splinter. “I’m so sorry about my wife; she can be a bit of an airhead!” She said quickly. “I hope she didn’t offend you!” She bowed her head.
“Do not fret, I have not been offended in any way, I am indeed native to Earth.” Splinter said, smiling as he sipped his tea. “Please, there is no need to be so nervous, we all wish for peace,” he said, looking at the two as they sighed.
“How come your sons are turtles? Was your wife a turtle?” Lyra asked, causing Bonbon groaned again.
“Lyra! Mr. Splinter! I am so sorry! Urg….” Bonbon almost wished to commit an act of domestic violence, she took a deep breath. “Lyra lacks many social graces, please don’t be offended by her.”
Splinter chuckled. “I’m not,” he said simply as he smiled warmly. “I will tell my story later,” he looked away, his wife was human as he had been once, as was his daughter. Miwa is human.
The adults all sat in silence. the air was thick with tension and the smell of juniper berry tea. Splinter was one who welcomed the silence. finding it easier to think about his current situation and the hopeful outcome. He couldn’t bear putting the turtles in further danger, he may have taught them to fight, but it was solely for self-defense, to protect themselves from the upper world. Never did he imagine that the skills he taught them might also be needed to protect them from underground dwellers.
“My youngest, Michelangelo is quite… infatuated with your youngest daughter.” Splinter decided to comment offhandedly, he watched with amusement as the two mares blinked and glanced at each other.
Lyra scratched her head for a moment to think. “I wish him the best of luck, Swifty isn’t the easiest filly to connect with. Luna always seemed to have the magic touch when concerned with her.” She said, looking worried.
“But once you reach her she is the sweetest, most loving filly you could ever hope for,” Bonbon added, looking sad. “I just wish I could understand her better, she never tells us anything, I believe Luna knows more than us” Bonbon sighed as her ears folded down.
“What of your other daughters then?” Splinter asked, trying to get as much information as he could on these girls. These mares were nice enough to tell him, as a father it was important to know what short of girls his boys were hang around with.
“Oh, I adore Dinky! She actually has been looking for her birth mother, Derpy, she is a good friend of ours and we were more than happy to look after Dinky in her absence.” Lyra said, smiling happily. “She’s such a doll! She’s obsessed with this old earth cartoon called Space Heroes! It’s so cute when she starts quoting that Captain Ryan character!”
Bonbon laughed. “And Mona always gives her such a hard time about it!” She smiled cheerfully. “Mona, on the other hand is a spectacular fashion designer! At least twenty percent of Settlement Town wears her designs! I remember when she was younger; I’d threaten to take away her sewing machine if she didn’t get to practice on time!”
They both laughed at the memory. “I still remember the first time Mona got her hands on that sewing machine, Swifty had salvaged it from the junk yard and fixed it all up! It was the best Hearth’s Warming Eve for Mona!” Lyra said, giggling. “Though I admit, Swifty and I didn’t start off on the right hoof.”
“You’re only saying that because she kept taking apart all the toasters you found,” Bonbon said, raising an eyebrow while elbowing her with a chuckle.
Splinter now chuckled. “Donatello used to do the very same thing when he was young, I remember how often I would have to go to the surface just to find a new one each time,” he said fondly, remember his brilliant child’s love of discovery.
And like that the tension melted away as parents shared stories of their children and fond memories.
A maid entered the room and bowed. “Dinner is being served and the children have arrived,” she said before leaving.
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Splinter was sitting on one side of the long table with his sons, April, and Casey, while the ponies were seated on the opposite side. Dinky was levitating a glass of water to her lips and drinking quietly as Mona was sketching something in her notebook, Swifty was reading a book, Lyra was scratching her head and smiling while Bonbon was telling the girls to behave themselves.
Luna entered the room. “Girls, we have guests, we do not read or sketch at the table,” she said, using her magic to levitate the items away and set them to the side. The ponies went silent as the Moon Princess took her seat at the head of the table.
“I believe you’ve all waited long enough, now I will tell you our tale.” Luna began, she glanced around the table. “It all started eleven years-” an obnoxious crunching sound interrupted her, Luna cringed as another loud crunch soon followed. The table all stared at Swifty, who was crunching down on a rather large red apple. “Swifty!”
Swifty blinked. “But I’m hungry,” she said, almost childishly, and cried out as Luna used her magic to throw the apple out the window. “Aww! My apple!” She whined her ears dropping down sadly.
“Now, as I was saying, our story begins eleven years ago,” Luna glanced warningly at Swift Heart, who had somehow gotten her hands on another apple, the filly sheepishly put the apple down. The Princess smiled and continued to speak “We came from another dimension…a planet not so much unlike earth, we called it Equis.”
The Princess sighed, her eyes slid closed as the memories washed over her. “We rarely had wars, we got along with the neighboring countries, and trade was fairly good, our technology-” She was interrupted by Swifty.
“The most advanced thing we had was a steam engine!” She said, earning another warning glare from Luna. Donnie snorted, earning a glare from Splinter.
“If somepony doesn’t wish for extra training tonight they best be silent.” Luna warned her left eyebrow twitching slightly. “But, yes, our technology levels were far below earth, however, we made up for it in magic. Yes, magic. We came from a world where science and magic existed side by side,” she said, clamping her hands together. “In this world myths and legendary monsters roamed the world: manticores, griffons, dragons, and anything you could imagine existed there.”
Sighing Luna continued “When we first arrived it was only the six of us: three little girls and three grown mares. I knew this world would never except us, so I took the little ones under my wings and trained them in the ways of knighthood so that they may be able to protect themselves.”
Luna opened her eyes, the pain and sorrow shining brightly in those aquamarine depths; she then stood up for a moment and began pointing to each girl. “My oldest student, at the age of nineteen, is Mona Lisa, her strength to wield the mighty war hammer is surpassed by none before her. Her fire can melt even the strongest steal. Dinky Doo, daughter of Derpy Brighteyes Hooves, is the second oldest at age seventeen, calm like the ever-flowing river, she is a master of the three prong trident and a water mage, I appointed her captain of the group. And the youngest, at fifteen, is Swift Heart, creative and cunning, she wields the sword and shield, a master potion maker. Together, I believe they will one day be a powerful force to protect this village.”
She sat back down and continued her tale. “Eleven years ago, we were attacked by an unknown enemy, not even our most mightiest magical force could stop it. Equis was lost, the sky turned a poisonous hue and our water turned to acid, my elder sister and I used our combined magic in a desperate act to save the population, we didn’t have time to think, only act.” Luna’s horn lit up as energy gathered around her.
In the center of the table a swirling vortex slowly began to appear, the turtles and humans gasped in shock at what was happening. The vortex opened as dead looking world appeared before them.
“I- I don’t believe it! You actually opened a dimensional portal! With your mind!” Donatello exclaimed, wishing he could examine the portal, already his mind was reeling in shock.
“This is, or was, Equis.” Luna said a single tear slide down her face. “My sister and I opened many doors like this one and teleported the populous of our world across the various universes, I was separated from her during the confusion, I don’t know how many survived but every day I search for other survivors and over the course of the years we’ve been here, our little group of six soon became a village. We are refugees on a strange world, we must hide ourselves.”
The table sat in silence for a moment before Luna spoke again. “That is our story, and this is our home, we only want to be left alone”
Splinter nodded. “I understand,” he said simply, looking at the Equestrians around the table, he saw other Equines that worked as staff for the princess, they were all trying to live a normal life down here, just as he and his family were in the sewers. “Allow me now to share our tale,” and with that a new story was told, one that was familiar to some and new to others. Some things were left out about the turtle’s life, such as enemies and what dangers they were currently diving into.
“So you were once human and they were ordinary turtles? Fascinating, I would have loved to study this ooze that you came into connect with,” Swifty said, looking amazed as she scratched her head. “It reminds me of Griselda the Wise’s runic art of transfiguration. A common runic art used during the first Griffon war with Equestria, the Griffonians would use this art to disguise themselves and install their spies among the ranks of Equin armadas, of course this took place long before the rule of-” Swift Heart’s history lesson was cut short by Dinky using her magic to stuff a large peach in her mouth. Swift simply smiled. “Mmmmm,” she began eating the peach, her lecture clearly forgotten in favor of food.
Dinky giggled. “And that is how you get out a of Swift Heart educational lecture!” She levitated a bunch of plates towards herself and began putting small portions of food onto her plate.
“Hey, Dink! Pass the salad!” Mona said as a bowl of greens was brought her way. The Dragoness took a hefty portion and piled various fruits onto her plate, as well as some oats and hay.
Bonbon chuckled as the daisies and tulips were passed around. “May I please have some grass and mint leaves?” She asked politely as Lyra happily levitated the dishes over to her wife.
The turtles gulped and looked at what their hosts considered ‘food’ and their natural green skin seemed to darken as they watched grass and flowers be consumed by the minute. Some hamburger things were being passed around, the guys nabbed those quickly, April and Casey were looking at the burgers curiously as they took mostly fruit and vegetables they recognized.
Mikey took a bite of the burger only to discover that the burger wasn’t a “burger.” Reacting like any four year old, he spit it out and wiped off his tongue with both hands. His brothers had a similar reaction of disgust of what they had just ingested. “What are these things?!” Mikey asked, holding up the not-burger.
“That’s just a hay burger, it’s made from tofu and hay. It’s Princess Luna’s favorite food,” Dinky said, smiling as she bit into her own hay burger happily. “Is something wrong with it?” She asked cocking her head to the side.
Luna looked at her guests, “Please tell me if there is something I can offer you.” She smiled kindly.
“Try the hay fries, they’re delicious!” Dinky exclaimed, popping a few in her mouth and passing them over to the boys, who looked even greener than before.
“Um…we don’t eat hay,” Donnie said tentatively, glancing at Splinter who had no trouble eating the cheese that, thankfully, had been placed on the table as well as the fruits. Donatello sighed reluctantly and took some the healthy food. He had no problem eating the fruits and veggies, but this was an excessive amount of health junk.
A server brought in a large bowl and placed it by Mona. The dragon glanced at the bowl. “Sweet! Desert!” She reached into the bowl and pulled out a few emeralds, shining brightly. The turtle gang gasped in both shock and horror as Mona threw them into her mouth and loudly crunched down on them.
“I think every dentist in the area just had a heart attack.” Raphael looked at Mona. “Did… you really just eat emeralds?!” He questioned with shock.
Mona swallowed her mouthful of precious gems before looking at Raph. “Yup, gems are like candy to a dragon,” she explained, and ate a few more before offering some to the gang.
Mikey looked rather ill. “I’ve heard of rock candy but that’s ridiculous!” He whispered to Leo, who nodded, somewhat disturbed by everything that was going on.
Luna looked at her guests before coming to a realization. “Ah, I see you’re omnivores.” She stated as the other ponies, save for the dragon looked up at the princess. “I hope you’ll forgive us, we’re herbivorous by nature.”
“Not me! I’m an omnivore as well!” Mona added, looking at the turtles with a smile. “If you’d like, I’m sure I could find some fish or something!”
“That will not be necessary, my sons need to eat more healthier foods.” Splinter said, looking, in particular, at Michelangelo, who was poking at the food on his plate before quickly eating up when he knew Splinter was looking at him. The rat watched as his youngest tried to not gag on the food and sighed, almost embarrassed.
Dinky wanted to speak; she really wanted everyone to get along, for the sake of all the ponies that lived in this settlement. She couldn’t think of which subject to breach in hopes of breaking the wall of ice she felt that was standing between all of them. Everyone was tense for one reason or another she understood this well enough. Master Splinter didn’t want his boys making enemies and the equines also didn’t want any enemies, even if it were only four turtles; however, history proved that the size of the army didn’t matter, four turtles could easily prove deadly, but Luna was always saying never overestimate an enemy, she also said never underestimate an enemy. She felt a headache coming on as she further remembered Luna also saying to never underestimate yourself nor overestimate your own abilities, her head hurt.
The maids and servers suddenly began clearing the table and Dinky realized dinner was over she sighed wishing she had actually said something.
“Girls, we shall now go to the practice arena for evening practice.” Luna stood up and began walking towards the door. “I welcome you and your boys to come and watch” She said softly leaving the room.
Dinky let loose a breath she didn’t know she was holding. “I’ll show you guys the way!” She said happily, following Luna along with the two other girls.
To be continued…..