Element Turtles

Skipping Stones

"Y/n? You in here?" Leo questioned, peeking his head in the dojo, which was empty. Leo huffed in confusion and walked out to the living room, a plate of pizza in his hand.

"Anyone seen Y/n? I saved her a slice of pizza." Leo questioned everyone in the room. Mikey, who was mainly focused on his game shrugged in response, Donnie shook his head as he took long strides to the Lab, so Leo looked to Raph.

"Well?" Leo questioned again, raising his brow.

"She went out." Raph answered simply, turning a page of his comic book.

"Out where?" Leo pressed on, running out of patience.

Raph shrugged.
"She said she was gonna take a walk." He replied, making Leo groan.

"You're all unbelievable. I'm going to look for her." He huffed, putting down the plate of pizza. Raph rolled his eyes and continued to read while Mikey paused his game to gobble up the pizza slice.

Leo ran out and climbed out of the sewers, his eyes darting around as he climbed up to a rooftop, hidden in the shadows as the moon came out from behind the clouds. 

"Now where would Y/n go.." He pondered out loud, thinking back to his many talks with you.

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"Where do you like to go when you want to think?" Leo asked you, turning away from his show, Space Heroes, to look at you on the couch.

"Hmm.. I love the park." You smiled. "My mom used to take me there when I was little."

Leo smiled back.
"That does sound nice, if there isn't any people around."

"It all depends on the place," you informed him, "some places are totally empty."

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"Of course!" Leo grinned, heading to the park.

When he drew near, he started to see the street lamps glow in the night, illuminating the trees and walkways. Leo jumped to a nearby tree and climbed down as quietly as he could, watching as couples walked past, hiding in bushes and behind trees. 

"So many humans.." he whispered, watching as two girls walked past, hand in hand. Leo looked around him, wondering where you could be. 
"It all depends on the place.." he repeated, climbing up a tree. From there, he had a better view, and less of a chance of being seen. He jumped from tree to tree, until a blue light shone up from not too far off. Leo climbed down, his wrapped feet meeting soft green moss on the ground. Looking around, a sudden sense of peace washed over him, stronger than his longest and deepest meditations.
Surrounding him were weeping willows, their long branches brushing the moss covered ground, small pools of water with lilies, snapdragons and violets were everywhere coloring the otherwise green scenery. Leo looked around in awe, not realizing his fingertips were turning back to water, and dew began to spread around him wherever he stepped.

"Wow," he whispered, gently grasping a thin branch of a willow and letting his hand trail down to the end, little droplets of water left behind. He let his hand trail on the trunk, looking all around until he saw a hidden path across from him, with two willows on either side, their branches hiding the path and where it lead. A blue light danced through the tree branches, and Leo couldn't stop himself from moving the willow branches away to reveal the area ahead. To Leo, it seemed to go in slow motion: he saw a pond with the moon and stars reflecting off of it, water lilies and other water related plants surrounding it. Soft green grass joined softer and greener moss on the ground, and there you were, sitting on a bench by the bank of the shimmering pond, skipping smooth, flat stones. He was drawn forward, not knowing why. Usually he would leave you be and wait for your return, but he felt that it was his duty to join you. Strange, right?