Hello, yes I'm back. My muse will not leave me alone and since I am off from work, I thought I would write up the one shot I promised back when I finished 'The Travelers' series. There are many stories I have in my notebook that I have been outlining and I hope to post them at some time but I am very busy and do not want to post one chapter and not be able to get to the story for several months, and although I can continue with this story, it pretty much follows the original plot line of the last two books. So I may try to continue with this, weather I get enough request to or not or I may decide to just let it go. We'll see where things take us. For now, enjoy the story and please R&R. :) Peace.

HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA

He sat in a chair in the outer office looking up every now and then at the clock on the wall. He had been here since 6:30am and it was now going on 7:45. The test he had taken only took him forty minutes to complete and now he sat, just outside the principal's office waiting for the test results to determine whether or not he would be allowed to go onto the twelfth grade or return to the eleventh.

The young turtle sighed dejectedly. So much had happened in the past year and now he had to deal with a new school, a new town and new people. He couldn't understand why his father had decided to do this. It didn't make sense to him but he had no choice, his father had made sure that was something he understood when they first moved back here.

As the voices from the principal's office crescendoed into laughter, he looked toward the clock and sighed again as he mentally played his right hand over the left side of his chest, just below his collar bone where a deep dark bruise was still causing him discomfort. He adjusted his shirt to make sure the bruise was still covered and looked back down at his phone where a picture of him and his mother covered the screen.

'I Miss you so much mom.' He said to himself with a sad sigh as he thought back on all that had happened the last year.

The loud ringing of a bell broke through his thoughts and caused him to jump lightly. He looked over toward the woman who was typing away on her computer, every now and then she would stop and pick up her coffee cup and take a sip but aside from that, she continued to ignore him and type away.

"Is that the bell for first period?" He asked her.

She stopped and looked over toward him. "It's a warning bell." She advised. "Everyone now has thirty minutes before class is to start." She said no more and went back to her typing.

The turtle nodded and looked over at the clock. It was eight in the morning and he was starting to get very tired of waiting. He was just about to question the woman further when the principal's door finally opened and out stepped a brown haired woman in her early forties with thick rimmed glasses. She smiled and nodded at him encouragingly before turning back to another woman who was still inside and sitting at the desk.

"Thank you Linda." The woman said as she made her way over to him. "I'll let him know all the details. See you later."

He heard 'Linda' acknowledge her just as the door closed. The woman walked over to him and handed him a piece of paper. "Here are your test scores Leonardo." She said as he stood and took the paper in hand. "You did very well so you will be going into the twelfth grade." She smiled proudly at him. "I'm sure your father will be happy to hear this."

The turtle, Leonardo, nodded to her as he looked down at his test result. The score showed a 93. "Not bad." He said to her. "Thank you Aunt Irma. I guess I'll be seeing you around the school then."

Irma gave him a smile and placed her hand on his shoulder. "Your mother would definitely be proud of you hon." He smiled back at her and nodded.

"Ahem," A young female voice from behind him had him turning away from his aunt. He smiled nervously at a small, thin, pale girl with dark red lip stick and piercing amber eyes that looked back at him with a hint of mischief. Her hair was short and dyed black on top and blond underneath. "Is this the new student Ms. Langinstein?" She queried as she looked him up and down.

Leonardo's aunt smiled at the young girl and nodded. "Hi Karai," She greeted. "Yes, this is my nephew Leonardo Tartaruga." She told her. "He just moved here from Los Angles California with his father, my brother-in-law." She now turned to him. "Leonardo, this is Karai Tanaka." She waved her hand toward the young girl. "She volunteered to show you around the school and take you to your locker."

"A pleasure." Karai said extending her hand toward him.

"Thanks," Leonardo said and shook her hand.

"Ms. Langinstein," Leonardo looked over at the woman at the desk who was holding out a piece of paper to his aunt. "Here's your nephew's class schedule along with his locker number."

"Wonderful." Irma responded as she took the paper and handed it to her nephew. "I've got to get to the library now Leonardo," She said as she made her way toward the door to the office that led into the hallway. "You have a good first day hon and I'll see you at three o'clock to go home."

"Okay auntie." He said as he picked up his backpack and made his way out the door with Karai following behind. He watched his aunt turn left and make her way toward a large room where he could see large shelves lined with books. 'Library.' He thought to himself. 'Now I know where to find Aunt Irma if I need to.'

"I see your locker is number 328." Karai was telling him as she took the paper out of his hand to get a closer look. "That's on the third floor. Come on, we have twenty minutes before we need to get to class so I can show you where that is."

"Aren't you going to show me where my classes are?" He asked as he followed her up two flights of stairs.

"I need to get to my homeroom and study for my test coming up in first period." She told him. "Don't worry, the school is small and you'll find your way no problem." They stopped on the top landing and the turtle found himself facing a long hallway where several students milled around in front of lockers that lined both sides of the hall. "And there are several people here that can help you find your way." She waved her hand around. "Your locker's down this hall on the left side somewhere." She turned to the right and started down another hallway. "Good luck and welcome to Roosevelt High." She called out as she made her way down the hall.

'Yeah, thanks.' He thought sarcastically.

Leonardo released a long breath and looked down the hallway to where his locker should be. He started walking and looked from one side to the other noting the numbers on the top of each locker. 'Should be in the middle somewhere.' He told himself. After a few more lockers went by, he finally found his locker and, after removing his bag from his shoulder, began to place his things inside.

"Hey, look at the new turtle." He heard a variety of voices whisper. He looked around nervously at the people staring at him. He attempted to ignore them and continue with getting himself settled into his locker.

Not too far away, on the other side of the hall, a small group of three turtles, a large female salamander, and three humans walked over to their lockers. "Whoa," One small turtle with baby blue eyes, breathed out. "Look, another turtle." He pointed across the way to where Leonardo was putting his things in his locker.

"Hey, what do ya know about that." Said a tall dark haired human boy with a gap tooth smile. He clapped his hand on the shoulder of another turtle with green eyes. "Looks like you three aren't the only ones anymore."

"What do you mean by that Casey?" A much taller turtle with a gap in his teeth turned to him. "There are other turtles besides us in the school." He pointed out.

"True but that one over there looks more like you guys then Spike or Slash." A small red haired girl responded.

"We'll introduce ourselves to him later." The taller one said as he turned to his locker and began removing books. "Right now, we need to get to class."

"Yeah, the bells about to ring." The female salamander pointed out. She had just grabbed her books and was turning to leave when she noticed three Oriental youths with purple dragon tattoos coming toward the new turtle. "Oh no," She moaned, "I hope those guys are not about to make trouble for him."

Leonardo had noticed the whispers suddenly quieted down, he looked up from what he was doing and turned to see the three youths coming toward him. They stopped in front of him and one with a shaved goatee stepped up to him. "Your new here aren't ya?" He asked as he leered down at him.

Leonardo looked up at him and, sensing possible trouble; narrowed his eyes and got his guard up. "Ah yeah, I am." He replied. "Is there something you want?" He turned slightly toward his locker and was just about to close the door when the teen suddenly placed his hand against it and shut the door with a loud bang.

The turtle startled and pressed himself against his locker as the three teens got closer to him. "You need to understand something," The first one began. "We're the Purple Dragon and if you wanna go to this school then you need to show some respect when we're around."

Leonardo looked up at them and smirked. "Sorry, did you want me to bow and lick your boots?" He asked in a very sarcastic tone. He looked around and noticed all the students were watching them anxiously, clearly waiting to see what was going to happen.

"We better help before those jackasses do something to him." The small turtle said nervously.

As the three dragons started laughing and pushing the other turtle, the three turtles and Casey began to move toward them when another young human female with blond hair placed a hand on the smaller turtle's shoulder. "Wait a minute," She said, "Look."

They watched curiously as the turtle with the deep blue eyes suddenly began to bow low. They gasped in surprise as the turtle suddenly straighten up and in one swift movement, grabbed the legs of the purple dragon directly in front of him and, as he straighten, brought them up, flipping him on his back while causing him to slam into the other two. Students all around stared in shock as the three purple dragons laid on the floor moaning in pain. Then within seconds of seeing what happened, several students began to laugh while others began to clap.

The green eyed turtle watched the scene with a look of awe on his face. "Now that's what I call impressive." He muttered with a nod and grin.

"I bow to no one." The turtle told the dragons adamantly as he stood over them with his fist raised. "Now if you want respect I suggest you start by showing some first."

"Why you damn freak of nature." The first one said as he got to his feet. "We're gonna make you wish you never came to this school."

"That's enough Fong!" A voice called out.

The three dragons and turtle looked across the hall to see a tall human boy and three turtles walking toward them. "You wanna take him on you're going to have to take us on too." Leonardo recognized the voice as belonging to a short turtle with green eyes. He turned toward the dragons and watched as they sneered down at him.

"This ain't over greenie." The one named Fong told him. Fong nodded to his comrades and the three dragons walked back down the hallway seething in anger at the laughter that followed behind them. Leonardo watched as they took the hallway to the right. After they disappeared, he let out a relieved sigh and turned toward the group.

"Thanks." He said with a smile.

"No problem," The green eyed turtle said. "We mutants gotta stick together."

Leonardo let out a nervous chuckle as he looked shyly away from the group. "Yeah, guess we do." He looked back at them and smiled. "My name's Leonardo Tartaruga, but you can call me Leo." He held his hand out.

"Names Raphael Hamato," The green eyed turtle said as he took his hand and smiled at him. "This is my brother Donatello, my other brother Michelangelo, and our friend Casey Jones." He said as he pointed to the others behind him. He looked back at Leonardo and gave his hand a gentle squeeze as he stared intently into his eyes.

Leo felt a blush rise as he gently took his hand back. "Nice to meet you all." He said looking at each one of them.

"Right back at ya," Michelangelo responded. "And you can call me Mikey," He said as he started back toward his locker.

"And I'm Donnie," The tall gap tooth turtle told him as he started to follow the other turtle. "Let us know if you need anything."

"Actually, there is one thing I do need help with." Leo called after them as he watched them walk toward two girls and a mutant Salamander. At that moment the bell rang and the rest of the students began to disperse and go to their classrooms.

Raph stopped walking and turned toward him. "Yeah?"

"Raphael, we're going to be late." The Salamander said as she took his hand.

Raph turned to look at her. "Hold on Mona." He responded. "We can take a few minutes to help him."

Leo walked up to Raph but addressed the whole group. "Can any of you tell me how to get to Mr. O'Neil's science class?" He asked. "I'm not sure which way to go."

"I can take you." Mikey said as he closed his locker. "That's where I'm off to right now."

Leo smiled gratefully at him. "Great, thanks." He said.

"Right this way." Mikey said with a dramatic bow and a sweep of his hand pointing to the left of the hall. He gave the blond hair girl a quick kiss then started down the hallway. "See you in study hall Renet." He told her as Leo followed behind him.

As Leo walked, he couldn't help but take a quick look back at Raph who was now getting his books out of his locker. He smiled and felt the heat rise in his face as he noticed Raph was still watching him rather intently as he walked away. But he also couldn't help but notice the angry look on Mona's face as she watched the exchange between the two.

"See ya around." Raph called to him as he gave him a wink.

Leo nodded at him then turned back to follow Mikey into a classroom. 'Maybe this last year of school won't be so bad after all.' He thought to himself as he found a seat a few rows away from his new friend.

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So what do you think of the original way they were suppose to meet? Good, bad, don't bother to continue or would you like to see how the story goes. As I stated at the top, I may or may not decide to continue this but I do have the whole story outlined in my notebook. Unfortunately it will take a long while to write up as life is busier then usual. Please R&R. :) Peace.