K-5 (Full)

The Power Inside Them

In the Crete Fortress, Ariana was sleeping peacefully on her bed inside her bedroom.

"Ariana..." A female voice whispered.

Ariana opened her eyes at once as she got up and looked around every corner of her room, but there was no one there. Then, Ariana went back to sleep.

As Ariana was sleeping, she was having a dream unlike anything she had ever experienced before. She was in a dark purplish, starry outer space room filled with dull violet stars, constellations and various other celestial bodies floated around the circular perimeters of the room.

Suddenly, Ariana could see a feminine figure unraveling from the shadows. It was a tall, beautiful woman with a curvaceous figure speeding forward toward her. The woman's speed slowed down until she stopped right in front of Ariana, who was staring at her with a surprising face. The woman has deep-dark purple skin, bright purple glowing pixie cut hair, and dark purple eyes. She wore a metallic-looking white robe with long sleeves and a hood under a purple robe with a golden stripe design, black circle markings around her eyes, and purple knee-length boots with black soles.

Ariana could feel strange energy beginning to grow inside of her. Energy so powerful, she felt like she was becoming someone better and stronger. She wanted to see the woman's face. She reached out and tried to move the hood, but the woman began to speak before Ariana's hand could touch her.

"Beware of the Aeon crystal, Ariana." The mysterious woman warned. "It's fueled with addictive powers. You must destroy it at any cost."

Ariana gasped sharply as she woke up from her dream in her bedroom and struggled to catch her breath while her purple clover-shaped birthmark was still glowing on her forehead.

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In the Turtles lair, April and Ariana sat on the floor surrounded by lit up candles with a psychic neural transmitter on their heads as Donnie was preparing to examine the girls while Leo, Vee, and Macey was sitting on chairs. April had her arms crossed over her chest while Ariana was feeling slightly uncomfortable.

"Are you sure this is a good idea, Donnie?" Vee asked skeptically.

"Um, yeah. Last time you hooked me up to this thing, it made me blind and mentally connected to a giant fish-bird-worm thing." April retorted.

"It did?" Ariana asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Long story." April said with a smile.

"Don't worry. I've upgraded it since then." Donnie assured. "It's perfectly safe. I promise."

The old stereo radio exploded that made Donnie scream suddenly. Leo and April groaned and Vee and Macey rolled their eyes while Ariana cocked her head with a raised eyebrow.

"Your psychic powers have been expanding rapidly since you were given that Aeon crystal." Donnie explained to April. "It's imperative that I test its limits. For your own sake."

"I have it under control." April assured. "Besides, if it weren't for my powers, we never would have gotten away from Shredder. You saw what I did to that mutated freak."

"That's what worries us." Leo said.

April turned back to look at Leo with a glare.

"I just need to examine your crystal." Donnie said.

Donnie was about to reach out to the Aeon crystal, but April clutched her crystal protectively in her hands.

"No! I'm not taking it off." April exclaimed. "Don't even ask again, Donnie. It's safe as long as I have it."