This is my First fanfic so please be kind.

Set in the 2012 universe

Chapter 1: What are you?

Jade's POV

It feels like any ordinary spring day. The clouds are mostly covering the sun and it looks like it's about to rain again. Yep, just an ordinary day in the UK. My name is Jade and I have medium length, straight, blond hair. I have deep blue eyes and for some strange reason, tiny ears.

"So where to next? Primark, Pound shop, Sainsbury's?" asks my friend Lauren. We thought it would be a nice day to take a trip in to town but the weather had other plans and didn't give us the sunny day it was forecasted to.

Lauren has green eyes and curly browny-blond hair which she always wears up in a bun, like today. Today she is wearing a pair of skinny jeans with a red checkered jacket. On her feet, she had a pair of black flowery trainers. My clothing choice is completely different to hers. I was wearing thick black leggings, light blue denim short and a long sleeved white t-shirt. My favourite jacket was black and had a bright green turtle outline on the back. At the moment, that jacket is tied around my waist because we had just come out of McDonalds and it was very toasty in there.

"I need to go to Primark, I really need more tops." I answer my friend. "Do you need to go anywhere?"

"I still need to go and get those biscuits for my mother. Should I go get them and meet you in Primark seeing that we don't have much time left." Replies Lauren while she is looking down at the clock on her phone. We have been here for 4 hours and would have to leave soon otherwise we would hit some heavy traffic.

Saying that I would see her in a minute, I slowly start my wonder to Primark while Lauren went in the other direction. Walking around so much really hurts your feet and my blue converses did not help at all. Mabey I should get some new shoes as well as some T-shirts?

On my left is a small alleyway. I don't know why I have stopped to look down it but I have. My curiosity gets the better of me and I begin to creep closer to the opening, stopping right at the very edge.

What I see down there really surprises me. Two men, much bulkier then me are throwing tin cans and pipes at something or someone, I cannot see its blocked by some bins. What surprises me even more is that I thought I could hear whimpering. Yep, the whimpering is definitely there. I had to help them! Unfortunately, I have no bravery in me what so ever.

I kept watching trying to find some courage to move and help. The men kept going and even started to kick the mysterious person.

Thankfully after a while, the two men seemed to get bored and left. This was my chance to help. Being extremely careful and cautious, I crept forward to where I could hear the now semi-silent crying coming from. Those men really were brutal. I got to the bins and peer around them, only to see…

O…M…G…

"What is that?" I think to myself. What or whoever that is, is not human.

This creature has scaly green skin which is mostly covered in dirt and an unusual bulge on its back but there is an old tatty blanked covering it. Its hand has 3 finger instead of five like mine. Its feet are the same, 3 toes but much more round. It looks so cold. It is shivering and trying to curl into a small ball to keep warm. Or was it from the pain, those men were not holding back!

Finally finding my courage, I slowly and gently lay my hand on its tiny head. It immediately trembles beneath my touch.

"Shhh, it's alright, I'm not going to hurt you." I whisper to the creature who was still silently sobbing.

After a few seconds, I end up asking, more to myself then the little creature, "What are you?"

"I-I a-a-am a…. t-turtle" It says it in such a small, innocent, quiet voice that I almost miss it. It's, or his, sobbing has now turned into small hiccups but the shivering was getting worse. This poor tiny turtle must be freezing. Since I first saw the men the temperature has dropped dramatically and now I had goose bumps, I can't even begin to imagine how a cold-blooded terrapin in feeling.

"Wow! Do you have a name?" I ask him while I softly run my hand up and down his arm to try and help him warm up, even just a little bit.

"L-L-Leonardo, t-t-that's-s what d-dad calls-s m-me."