willow's pov :                                                                                                                                                                           its been a week now since raph's been living with us, to be honest im kinda glad he's loosing up a bit around us. but.... i knew he wasn't really happy , i dont know why tho. maybe... those other turtle cages i saw, could the be his friends ? 

hmm... ( man i say hmm a lot )                                                                                                                                        i was  about to ask raph about it but seeing him getting chased by my black retriever was funny. yeah .. i kinda throw bacon at him & von went crazy , started chasing him around the yard ... lol! watching as this happened , they probably were on their fifth lap of running as i was trying so hard not to laugh . finally raph throw the bacon to the ground & von eat it like a prize !

" so.... i see you met von ? " i spoke with a silly grin on my face , raph...sitting on the ground & out of breath , looked at me then glared as my smile only grew.  "... i hate you " he replied back ,      got i love teasing others with my pets ... good thing im on a farm with tons of them ^W^ .

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"hey raph , you know you can leave if you want ..." i spoke softy, just loud enough for him to hear, he gave me this really surprised look like when i took off his chains. sighing, i walked over to him ... taking out a sheet of paper & taking off his choker temporarily , then putting it back around his neck.  

raph's pov:                                                                                                                                                                                 i was... shocked at what this girl said , not to mention what she just did. looking at the choker i noticed the back had writing.... an address & phone number , an id tag mark ? looking back at her , i was wondering what could be going on inside her head . did she just forget the fact that if a mutant goes out they will be sold as slaves & such ? (possibly dead..)

" what do you mean ?" i replied, my words sounding a lot harsher than i meant to . as our eyes made eye contact , she gave me a sad smile ... ok that's weird. sitting down beside me she hung her head in her arms that wrapped around her legs .  

" i mean ... if a mutant has an ID & an address , you basically have more freedom & you can leave here to go find your friends if you wanted..."  she spoke sadly , not even bothering to lift up her head .  staring at her i was wondering what she was talking about ,  i didn't have any friends. 

" what friends ? " i asked , a bit annoyed at our conversation . she slowly lifted up her head & looked at me with tears in her eyes, her body shook slightly as her breath hiccuped . her face was so sad... " those other mutants... turtles i saw there when i bought you ... " she spoke , her voice trembling as she did. wait... 

" wait ! you saw my brothers !?! "  i shouted out loud , she jumped at my slight raised voice. nodding her head softly she placed it back in her arms, " so my hunch was right ..." she said almost two softly for me to hear. 

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willow's pov :                                                                                                                                                                          so my hunch was right... i thought afterwards, i thought they were friends but ... sigh. looking up at raph with tears in my eyes , i spoke " i didn't know at the time .... " . he stared at me then ... he got anger . " what do you mean you didn't know , you said you had a hunch !?! " he shouted more harshly at me . 

" just because i had a hunch didn't mean i was right ... i don't like to assume things ! " i suddenly snapped at him , wrong move . with tears running down my face , i looked down .... i didn't really know what to say to him . for a long time we sat there in silents til he spoke again . 

" why did you buy me if you didn't even try to buy my brothers ... " he spoke , words like a venomous snake that was ready to attack . taking in a deep breath , i thought of my words. "two reason .... no , more like three...." i began to speak but paused for a sec. 

" one , because the other were already sold . two, you were the only one there that i could buy & three..... " shutting my mouth , i had to choose my next words carefully ... feeling as if i was walking on thin ice.  " three because , if i had known... i would have bought all of you so you could run away together.... the main reason is... " choosing to shut my mouth , i looked away from him . 

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raph's pov :                                                                                                                                                                                i stared at her, eyes cold as the sky " the main reason being...?" my harsh words made her shot a little away . she took a few moments before speaking again , " because im against slavery & ... i wanted a friend not a pet." she said in a saddened tone . what .... pft-!

bursting into sudden laughter , she jumped up from the spot she sat on . once my laughter died down i looked at her " you still bought me ! wanna be friends ? pft hahahaha , what a load of shell ! " i hissed at her . as more tears fled from her eyes , she looked at the ground rather then her own feet . 

" im not a  LIAR !!! " she screamed at me , which-ed caused me to yell back . " yeah right ! " i returned , she started to stomp her foot against the ground . soon after she stopped & we stood there silent once more. 

" this is why i gave you the choice to leave if you hate it here !!! " she screeched ... 

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wonder what would happen next ?