“Leo, do you want to give your gift?” April asked him. Leo’s sigh was long and hard as he shook his head. “No, go ahead. I suppose I will simply be the ‘best for last’.” He smirked. “As if! Don’t you know that the dessert is best before the main course? While you’re still hungry?” Mikey taunted. What? Dessert? Hungry?? She whined at him in hopes, making his composure crumble. “O-Oh no, I’m sorry, I used the H word, I shouldn’t have.” Mikey replied. “We better give her her last gifts before she starts trying to eat plastic again.” Don suggested. Okay she distinctively heard the word ‘eat’. But the bag she was handed had nothing to do with ‘eat’. What a shame…

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Mama is the friendliest mama 95% of the time, but don't mess with HER food. It's HERS!

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Mama and the babies are looking fabulous today!

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Mama’s nose twitched. Wait, there was something else at the back of the bag. Plastic forgotten, she quickly grabbed the box of- Chocolates! Oh, she loved food! Chocolate was delicious in every form! Chocolate milk, chocolate pudding, chocolate cake… and of course, chocolate alone was amazing. She bit into the box, trying to open it. Come. On. Open already! She was starving! She hadn’t eaten in… an hour. Or so. Come on! “Wait, Mama, don’t-” But it was too late. She jumped back, staring at the chocolate pieces scattered around the living room. There were some on the table, on the other gifts, on the others, even on the floor… They were everywhere. …Whoops? U-Uh… She didn’t… She didn’t mean for that to happen… Her chocolates… She glanced at the others, her head low but her shoulders eyes. Like a dog caught red handed, she gave them sheepish and remorseful looks, the chocolate box feeling so empty in her hands. She was sorry… “A-A-Aww, don’t look at me like that!” Mikey whined. “I can’t stay mad at you when you look so sad…”

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“And here I thought Mikey was staying here to make sure you get some rest.” He whispered, his voice partially covered by Mikey’s sleeping mumbles. “Well, you know him, no comfortable beds can get the better of him. And by ‘no’, I of course mean ‘all’.” Don replied. Leo shook his head amicably. “He has been working hard on trying to find equipment and toys for them.” He considered. He sat next to them, placing the items aside. “Finding toys for the children isn’t too hard, we’re starting to get a decent collection, but he’s been going around trying to find entertaining items for her, which is much harder to find.” Don hummed. “Yes, he has been telling me about her lingering boredom. I tried showing her some of my equipment, but uh…” He paused to chuckle.” I think sadly my genius might be a little too much for her to understand.” Leo softly laughed.

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It's no fun being pregnant sometimes...

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Mama's babies finally have names! :D

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On one of these evenings, the others loudly cheering woke her up with a twitch and a hiss of pain. She groaned, her hands on her plastron. “Hey Mama, are you asleep?” Mikey asked as he poked his head inside the room. She huffed in answer. What did he want? Couldn’t he see she was in pain and trying to sleep? “Perfect! Guys! She’s awake!” He shouted. She grunted in disapproval while soothing the babies who started tiredly whining. Mikey gave her a sheepish grin. “Whoops. Sorry babies.” He apologized only too late. She purposefully ignored the group of four huddling around the entrance as she picked the now awake baby, soothing him back to sleep with some slow rubs and nuzzles. Luckily, he hadn’t fully woken them up, so she wouldn’t have to deal with a baby who only slept half a night and would be as grouchy as she was. It happened only too often in her life. The others waited impatiently for her to be done before pulling on her shell. She grunted, turning herself a little more in the bed. “Come on, Mama, we wanna show you something.” Mikey insisted. He pulled some more, his feet scraping the blankets. “Nnng… You’re… heavy…” He breathed out. He paused, catching his breath. “Come on, help me out here. You’ll like it, I promise.” He said. “Tsh. Aight, come here.” Raph decided. He turned her to her back, and she glared at him. Rolling his eyes, he simply ignored it, grunting as he pulled her heavy weight with him. She sighed, relenting and placing her head on his shoulder. This better be good. “Well, what do you think?” Mikey asked him as he opened the door of the storage room next to the nest. This was… not a storage room anymore…

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“Uh, maybe you shouldn’t sit so close to her.” The orange one suggested to the humans. “Right, I don’t want to scare her.” The female agreed as she scooted to another chair. “It’s not that, you just don’t want to be in the splash zone.” The purple one replied. “The what?” The male wondered. “You’ll see.” The orange one simply answered. The meal finally ready and fuming, she licked her lips at the smell. It looked like a mix of veggies and meat in a thin transparent sauce of sorts, and there were some dried noodles at the bottom. She didn’t care what it was, she wanted it. The moment she had her plate, she took a big handful of it, stuffing it inside her mouth. She loudly munched on the different ingredients, slurping and gurgling happily. “That’s what we meant.” The orange one concluded as she spilled some sauce around the table. Whoops. “I see. I’m guessing she doesn’t know how to use a fork, huh.” The female replied. “Oh no, she knows.” The purple one disagreed. She was handed one of those forks. Eeeeh, it wasn’t as useful as her hands, but… She took it, lowering her head and using the utensil to slide the food towards her, making the metal scrape against the ceramic of the plate in the process. The others cringed. “Yeah. That.” The orange one said.

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Pregananante.

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Cat ears. She's not a fan unfortunately.

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She grunted as she sat on the bed, sighing as her legs finally gave her respite. The babies cooed as they joined her and the purple one crouched in front of her, massaging her ankles. “Hmm, it seems that knowing when to stop before exacerbating herself is also something she does not know how to do.” He said. “We’ll have to keep a closer eye on her health in the future. Especially in the next few months.” “Well, good thing she doesn’t really need to walk much.” The orange one replied. “I mean, she-” He paused mid sentence when she suddenly tensed, her nose sniffing the air. She could smell someone. Someone who wasn’t one of them. Someone who was a human. There was a human close to the lair, close to the nest. She left a series of growling chirps, warning them of the intruders in the hopes that they would take care of the threats. She couldn’t really do it herself while being pregnant, and she knew that at least some of them knew how to fight. She hoped anyway. “What’s wrong, mama?” The purple one wondered. “Is someone coming?” “I hear them too.” The blue one added, a hand on the handle of his blade. “Wait, is it that time already?” The orange one asked. He jogged to the outside of the nest, looking down towards the first floor. “I think it’s them!”

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The meal went by without a hitch, and she was given a mix of rice, meat and vegetables, as well as a bowl of something they called yogurt. She tasted both. They were both great. …If two were great, would a mix of them be even better? Only one way to find out. “Eeeww…” The orange one cringed as he stared at the blob of sugary yogurt mixing up with some of the rice. What? She’d only done it in a corner, and- Oh, it did taste good! Who would’ve thought! Okay, now the others could comment if they wanted to because now she was mixing the rest of it up together to eat them at once. The orange one made a face, switching to consideration, before taking a bit of her food. Then the cringe returned to his face and he promptly stepped away from the meal. More for her then.

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Snooooooore...

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Mama is stuck with the cone of shame. Poor poor mama.

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“There! All clean!” The orange one exclaimed. “Down you go. You can go play or sleep or whatever, you’re free, little girl! Free!” The baby cooed before squirming towards her brothers. She helped her baby over the edge of the bed, plopping herself in front of the three of them. She poked each of their little beaks, making them giggle. And… one baby… two babies… three babies… … …Cat? Where was the cat? She lifted her head, scanning the room. Cat? Caaaat? A half grunt half chirp escaped her mouth, one she sometimes used to call her family to her. Her three turtle babies responded with rumbles as they glued herself to her, but still no cat. She lifted herself higher, calling again. The male turtles started looking around too. Oh, there it was! Running between the males’ legs and into the room again. “Wha-? Where’d you come from?” The orange one asked. “How’d you get out?? I swear I locked you in with the others earlier! You little scamp.”

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“Are you hungry, mama?” The orange one asked him. Hungry? Definitely. She was starving. Mama? What was that? Oooh, these guys had a room just for food! How convenient. She had a feeling she would be invading that space a lot in the future. One of them placed her baby basket on the table before taking the cat in their arms when it tried leaving. She stopped next to the orange one. He opened the door of a white large thing filled with food and more food. Gosh, there was so much! Everything was chill but not freezing, and she smelled all the different things, closing an eye when the orange one pushed her head out of the way. But it was foooood… She was hungryyyyy… “Hold on…” The orange one giggled. “I know you’re hungry, but I gotta cook ‘em first.” Hungryyyy…

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Snoooooore...

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Mama is enjoying her first mattress. It's hers now, she took it.

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The purple one moved something against the back of her muzzle, a strident noise and some vibrations caused by the item in his hand. He hummed, removing it and fiddling with it before trying again. He repeated the same process a few more times before… …something clicked. He fiddled some more, and she shivered as his finger passed over some skin that shouldn’t be accessible right now. The air felt cold on part of her face… And then the muzzle fell off, landing on her pillow. …! Her muzzle! Ah! She kneeled up, passing her hands over her face in shock. Her skin felt both dry and wrinkly at the same time, the color slightly lighter due to lack of sun exposure. It was tingling her, cooling off in the fresh air. She brushed over her jawline, her cheeks, her mouth, her beak… She could touch her teeth, she would be able to eat normally and lick her babies clean now! She could… She could smell better, without the lingering metallic and leathery addition to it. She could yawn! She could do anything, she could… “There, took me all night, but I finally managed to get it off.” The purple one told her. “What do you thin- Woah!” She jumped at him, wrapping her limbs around him and locking him to the floor. She churred while rubbing her newly freed cheeks all over him. Oh thank you thank you thank you! She was so happy to be free! She never wanted to have a muzzle on her ever again! She would never bite anyone ever again, she promised!

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The red one patted her bicep, and she blinked her eyes back open. She lifted her head, watching them. “Come on mama, we’ll show you our home. Way better than this place. Uh, no offense of course.” The orange one told her. They returned the babies to her, and she wrapped her arms around them, sniffing them just to make extra sure they were fine. They were. Of course they were. “Come on, let’s go home.” The orange one insisted. Home? What about her home? They waved at her, pointing between the babies and the vent. …Babies? Vent? Nooo, the babies were too young to leave… unless… Did… Did they have their own home? Oh… She thought that they were there to join her bale, but actually, they wanted her to join theirs. Or maybe just her babies? No no, her too. They waved some more, standing up and talking about home and other words she couldn’t understand. She looked at the place. This was about as good as she could find in terms of hideout. It was extra safe, extra cozy and extra away from the elements. But it was true that her stomach wouldn’t really let her use that vent much longer. Probably not more than a few weeks at most, even. Did they have better? They did look really healthy and clean, they weren’t sick and wounds had healed quickly and efficiently. Maybe… they would have space for her and her babies? Somewhere safe, where they could roam around and be as loud as they wanted to? Well, she wouldn’t really know until she went and checked it out.

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Blep.

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The mama is tired, let the mama sleep.

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On a dumpster was a container of something fishy. No, but like, literally fishy. It was freshly made and still hot, its fumes evaporating in the air. The small plastic box of food was open, its top under it. Next to it were a few containers of some other type of foods she couldn’t smell from there. This… was unusual… But also… she was starving, and the thought of having an actual meal, something actually warm and fresh to fill her stomach… It was making her drool through her muzzle, her stomach loud and incessant. Foooood… She was juggling between her desperation for sustenance and the precautions about dangers and weird stuff that had kept her and her babies safe until now. As she paced on the edge of the shadows, seeking for any way to grab the meal without stepping into the light, she lifted her head up. She could’ve sworn she heard some soft whispers, but wherever she looked, there was nothing more than buildings and street items. She strained her ears for a few minutes, but there was nothing else. Maybe it was just a rat or something? Finally, her stomach growled loudly enough to decide for her. As carefully as possible, she made her way closer to the meal. She looked all around, making extra sure she was indeed alone and safe. As she quietly walked closer, the smell seemed to hook her and pull her closer. She stopped in front of it.

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“Raph??” He blinked his eyes open. He hadn’t noticed that his body was heavily leaning against the wall now, and he hadn’t been moving in way too many minutes. If Don hadn’t called his name, he wasn’t sure he wouldn’t have passed out right then and there. “Hey.” He responded, the only sound he managed to get out of his mouth. “Don’t ‘hey’ us!” Mikey complained. “We’ve been searching for you all night! What happened?” He quickly made his way to him, checking his wounds. Raph let Don and Leo hold his weight as he was pretty much dragged to the battle shell. The blood loss must finally be getting to him, because he suddenly reopened his eyes inside the van, already on his back and his makeshift bandages removed. “Why’d you try patching your wounds with silk? You know that’s not gonna work.” Mikey asked. “…W’sn’t me…” He slurred in answered. “Well, I can already see we’re gonna need treads and a blood bag.” Mikey listed. “And you are gonna stay in bed until I can say for sure that you’re not gonna pass out again.” He started turning around to gather some materials. Raph grabbed his wrist to stop him. “Wait, Mike, we can’t leave yet.” He told him. “Raph, you’re too severely wounded.” Don argued. “No, listen. I… I saw someone… ‘nother turtle, jus’ like us.” He tried to explain. “She had them babies with her, ‘n she had a cat she was feeding it dead rats, ‘n a muzzle on her face, like a dog. She liked ma bandana…” He listed off.

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*gently holding baby by the scruff of its shell like a mama cat*

Chomp.

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Mama's babies have hatched!

They're already hungry and sleepy.

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She slipped inside, replacing the entrance. She patted her poor empty stomach, making it growl and vibrate through her plastron. She once again wrapped herself around her eggs, hoping that her tiredness wouldn’t make her colder than usual for them. What woke her up wasn’t the morning light or even her empty stomach. No, it was a crackling sound by the side of her head. Soft and hesitant, it was barely audible, even in the relative silence of the place. Confused, she lifted her head, scanning for it. Nothing outside… Oh no! Her eggs were breaking! Her precious little babies… No… She picked up the first piece that had fallen. She tried pushing it back in place, but it only fell inside the egg, disappearing in the blackness. And then the tiniest of three-fingered hands stuck outside, grabbing the edge of the hole. She leaned her head to the floor, her eyes shining with amazement as she watched a tiny beak pushing its way outside and biting onto the shell. Through a lot of effort, it eventually managed to enlarge the hole a bit before pausing to catch its breath. A baby…

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Of Bales and Turtles Chapter 1 is out!

Follow this mama turtle as she tries to take care of her babies in the wild wild world of New York City!

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Woo! The poster for my next future story is here! Let's gooooo!

This story will come out on the 3rd of January on Ao3 and be posted every Saturday.

I can't wait to see you there! 💕

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