Hi! Congratulations on finishing your finals! 🥳🎉
As for the request, what about Sandro?
In order to remember his parents he decided to meditate as Splinter advised and suddenly he got himself into a 'Shadow Realm' so to speak (I'm guessing it's the one Macaque uses to teleport) and somehow meets Macaque or his clones Rumble and Savage.
While in LMK world, Macaque and others notice his shadow taking odd forms.
And in TMNT world, the whole family is looking for Sandro.
It's not a proper reunion but a hint, haha!
Have a good time of the day!
P.S.: Still trying to write the story I'm working on but I'm on it! You can share your ideas on the reunion with me in direct messages on Tumblr, I'll be happy to help you with the brainstorming!
-Casey.
Hi Casey!
Thanks for helping me out with this one!
Hope you enjoy!
Sandro and Macaque Reunion?
SFW, Platonic, Familial, Some angst, Stone Monkey Reader
LMK/TMNT 2003
The dreams had started becoming more vivid since that weird visit through the dimension doors.
Sandro hadn’t exactly told his brothers about it specifically, but they knew something was wrong.
As much as the monkey loved his brothers, this was something they couldn’t help him with.
His father, however, could at least guide him.
Sandro and Splinter are sitting in a circles of candles. They were getting ready to starts the deep meditation session. Splinter: “Are you ready, my son?” Sandro fidgeted with his fingers a bit before returning a smile. Sandro: “Ready!” Splinter paused. Splinter: “And may I take a guess to why you have decided to take part in this meditation session with me?” Sandro: “You can guess, but I don’t think you’d get it.” Splinter: “Hmm, perhaps it has something to do with you not getting enough sleep.” Sandro tensed as his ears went flat against his skull. He was bluffing, there was no way Master Splinter knew that. Splinter shows him a blurry picture on the T-phone of Sandro in the kitchen. Splinter: “I took this one at 4 in the morning when I tried to get some tea ready for breakfast.” Sandro: “Rats…”
Sandro does explain to his father about having more vivid dreams and thought that meditation could help.
Splinter was more than happy to help his son.
Midway through meditation, the giant rat had to step out of the room to get the pot of tea ready.
Sandro continued to meditate.
That was until he fell into his own shadow and landed in a strange room.
He was in the middle of some sort of circle with strange markings on the ground.
Outside the circle was a very startled looking monkey… a monkey that was kinda like him!
Sandro gripped his aching head while staring at the armored monkey in front of him. Sandro: “Umm, what’s going on?” The monkey chirped loudly before practically sprinting to him. Sandro thought this was about to end up in a fight. He was not expecting the monkey to crush him… in a hug. Sandro: “Okay… this is happening now…” Lian: “Chuan Kaihu… oh thank the stars you’re alright… My little godson has returned…” Sandro: “Godson!? Who?!” Lian chirped as she checked his head and ears. Lian: “You look just like your father. Bit of your mother here and there, but it looks like Mihou won the genetics race.” Sandro: “Father?! Mother?!” Lian: “No, I’m your Godmother.” Sandro: “Godmother!?” Nezha walks into the room. Nezha: “Lian I know we had a difficult discussion about how and when to do the ritual, but we need to be more prepared—” The lotus prince stared in shock at his ‘partner’ sobbing while clutching a young monkey that looked extremely similar to a shadow monkey they knew. Nezha: “You did the ritual!? Are you insane!? That could have cost you your life!” Sandro: “Ritual?! Man, I knew I would die in some weird way, but being sacrificed in a ritual was not on my list.”
It takes an uncomfortable amount of time to explain to ‘Sandro’ what was going on.
It started off poorly with the ‘godmother’ drop that the young monkey refused to believe in.
Though he slowly started believing in ‘Lian’s words after he caught a whiff of her fur.
He smelled exactly like ‘Mangos’ from his dream—
Oh!
Oh!
The poor monkey was not ready for the amount of information that was suddenly tossed at him.
For so long, he had managed to skirt by complicated backstories or mixed family problems thanks to being the ‘outlier’ of the group.
He was found by Splinter with no telling what his life was before and it was fine.
Until now.
Because what do you mean he was didn’t originate from the universe his brothers were from?!
That he originated in this universe and was somehow thrown into a different one?!
He had a real family here that had never stopped looking for him?!
What do you mean that the monkey in front of him really was his godmother, who had just risked her life to perform a risky ritual just to get him home?!
That he had real name his parents picked for him!?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE GUY IN PINK IS THE NEZHA HE READ ABOUT AS BEDTIME STORIES!?
Lian offered as much comfort as she could, but she had started getting very sleepy.
Her strength had been almost completely tapped out, the remaining energy was her stubbornness and refusal to just ‘leave’ her godson without a proper explanation to what was happening.
Nezha notices the monkey’s heavy eyelids and furrows his eyebrows. Nezha: “Lian, your power is almost gone.” Lian stiffened as her tail curled slightly around Sandro’s. He was a bit startled by the action, having never felt this before. …But it felt nice. Lian: “No its not, just a bit tired that’s all.” Sandro shared a look with Nezha. Even he could see how weak she was getting. Nezha: “Lian… he will still be here when you wake up, but you need rest.” Sandro pulled his best puppy dog eyes and looked at his godmother. Sandro: “You can take a nap. I promise not to get into any trouble… Please?” Lian looked conflicted. Nezha landed the final blow. He placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. Nezha: “I swear I will look after him. But you need to go rest before you don’t have enough energy to keep your glamour up.” Lian sighed in defeat. Lian: “Alright, but you call me if anything happens.” She lightly ruffles Sandro’s head before smiling softly. He looked so much like his father and mother. The monkey placed her helmet on and placed a human looking glamour on herself before leaving the room. Sandro blinked. Sandro: “Did… Did she just pull a Mulan?”
Nezha knew that he wouldn’t be able to keep Kaihu/Sandro in the celestial realm.
If word got out that there was another stone monkey around…
As risky as his next plan was, Nezha didn’t see any other good option that wouldn’t freak out the boy.
Sandro and Nezha suddenly teleported to the Noodle Shop, more specifically in MK’s room.
… Which was Nezha’s mistake.
The boys got along way too well and way too fast.
MK: “You’re from another dimension but really from here?! That’s so cool!” Sandro: “And you’re another monkey! Wait what’s that?” Sandor points to the staff sitting on the bed. MK: “Oh that’s Monkey King’s staff—” Sandro: “YOU KNOW THE MONKEY KING!?” MK: “I’m his successor!” Sandro: “That’s so cool! Can I try and lift it?” MK: “You can give it a go.” Nezha: “Kai—I mean Sandro that may not be such a good idea. The staff can only be wielded—” Sandro starts twirling the staff like its nothing. MK: “You can lift the staff!” Sandro: “I can lift the staff!” MK: “Woah! The only other guys I know who can do that is Monkey King and Macaque!” Nezha: “Oh stars there’s two of them…”
Just when Nezha thought his luck couldn’t get any worse, Sandro displayed his powers.
Shadow powers.
Truly like father, like son.
Sudden footsteps alert the three of them.
Sandro jumped into MK’s shadow before the door flew open revealing Mei and a mildly annoyed Red Son.
Apparently, MK had forgotten that there would be a ‘Game Night’ and had come to bring him down.
And by extension, bring Nezha as well.
He pulled MK aside for a moment to make him promise not to reveal Sandro’s presence just yet.
The successor was confused, but seeing Nezha this stressed over something meant it was serious and promised.
During Game Night with most of the Noodle Gang, the prince occasionally kept looking at MK’s shadow for any sign of Sandro.
The occasional green eyes winked at him, letting him know everything was fine.
Sandro did promise to be on his best behavior after all.
A peaceful atmosphere that was quickly shattered by a much larger portal opening up and popping out two celestial apes.
Nezha wanted to scream.
Maybe they wouldn’t notice?
…Oh who was he fooling…
Everyone is chatting and having fun. Meanwhile Nezha is sweating bullets, trying to figure out what he is eventually going to try to explain Sandro without directly exposing Lian. She was almost done with her ‘punishment’, if they figured out she was alive, who knew what kind of trouble that could cause. Meanwhile Sandro was just staring at Macaque in wonder…until the older monkey suddenly turned his way. But there was no way he could have spotted—OH SWEET PIZZA GODS HE WAS PUTTING HIS HAND IN THE SHADOW! MK: “Macaque!? What are you doing!? Get out of there!” Macaque: “There’s someone in there!” MK: “He isn’t there!” Macaque: “Aha! You said he! Get back here!” The shadow monkey was practically digging in MK’s shadow while using his tail to anchor himself with the shadow’s owner. Wukong grabbed Macaque’s waist and tried to pull him out. Wukong: “Macaque! What’s gotten into you!?” Nezha also tried pulling the monkeys out. Nezha: “Stop this! You’re going to hurt him!” Macaque: “I knew I saw someone in there! Now get out of there!” With one final yank Macaque was pulled out of the shadow, gripping a very shocked Sandro. Sandro: “…” MK: “…” Wukong: “…” Macaque: “…” Nezha: “…” Everyone: “…” Sandro flicks his ears and awkwardly waves at the baffled crowd. Sandro: “Hi, I’m Sandro. I think you might be my dad.” THUD! THUD! Wukong and Macaque both fainted on the ground. Mac was still gripping Sandro. Sandro: “OH SWEET SUPREME PIZZA IN THE SKY!” MK: “OH MY GREAT SAGE!” Internal lotus prince screaming in the background.