Frostfall (Leonardo X Female Reader)

Memories of the Past

"Y/N? Are you listening?"

Donnie's voice snapped you back into reality. You were in his lab with your math textbook on his table and him sitting next to you, his reddish-brown eyes staring back down in yours. Oh right, you needed help with math. It had been a few days since that strange dream of yours - the one where you saw your mother and your father. It was all you could think about.

"Sorry, Don. I've been distracted lately." You apologised, looking down.

"I noticed. What's wrong?" Donnie asked, turning his chair so that he was facing you completely.

"It's just that... I had this really weird dream a few nights ago. I saw... my parents."

"Your parents?"

You nodded. "And I wasn't even born. They kept on talking about their 'child' and ensuring it was okay and I think they meant me." Donnie looks at you with a raised brow and a finger under his chin. He was intrigued by what you were saying.

"Sounds strange indeed. Tell me everything from the very beginning. Give me all the details."

"Uh well okay. They were in a doctor's office. The doctor broke the news to my mom that she had terminal cancer. My dad asked whether their child - me - would have it too and the doctor said that it was a 60% chance. Then the scene changed and they were in a car and mom was crying. She asked dad what they were going to do and dad said he was going to do something he never thought he would. And the next thing I saw was him going through a Kraang portal." Donnie gasped at that. "And he met up with some Kraang subprime I think? He looked different from the other Kraangs - he had some purple mark on his eye and spoke perfect english. And that's it."

You watched Donnie take note of everything you had just said. "Y/N, this sounds serious. Do you remember seeing why your father met with that Kraang?"

"He made a proposition, regarding the perfection of the mutagen."

Donnie paused and briefly licked his lips before speaking again.

"I gotta admit something to you, Y/N. Everytime the Kraang communication orb acts him and I decode everything, there's always one name that constantly pops up: F/N L/N."

"What?"

"I wanted to do more research on why his name was there but I couldn't find anything. But now... based on what you told me, I think it seems clear now." He paused again. "Your father is working with the Kraang."

Your breath hitched and it felt like the world stopped for a moment. You couldn't move, you were too shocked, your heart was pounding and you couldn't think straight. Taking a deep breath in, you calmed your nerves; you didn't really want to transform right now.

"B-But that can't be. He died."

"There's no death certificate nor a found body, Y/N. I looked everywhere for any kind of signs of your father's whereabouts but there's simply nothing. He just vanished. And now it seems clear how; he must've gone to Dimension X."

"I... " You tried to say something but no words came out. "This is..."

Donnie put a hand on your shoulder. "I'm sure there's a reason why he did this. He's a good man, I'm sure of it."

You smiled at him and nodded. "Let's finish this stupid math assignment, yeah?"

"Sure."

Later, you were done with the assignment which didn't take too long since Donnie helped a lot and he's pretty good at explaining things. You thanked him, giving him a gentle hug which he returned. After pulling away, he promised you that he would try and figure out what really happened to your father. You tried to tell him that he didn't have to, considering he had his hands full with creating a retro mutagen for April's father but he reassured you that it was his pleasure to help out his close friend. Man, Donnie was too sweet sometimes. You considered him as a brother - Mikey and Raph as well. Leo was a particular case but that's a paragraph for another time.