"Ow...my head..." Clowy murmured as her eyes opened, the back of her head having smashed against the floor when she fainted, rubbing said hurt area which she absently noted was bandaged.
"What happened?" She asked no one in particular, as she was in her room, the room empty besides her.
"You saw Tails and Knuckles looking at you through the window and you fainted." Vector explained as he walked into the room, Espio and Charmy close behind.
"That's right, they saw me transform." Clowy remembered, sitting up slowly with Espio's help. Almost instantly she felt a vision coming on.
I found myself in what looked like an abandoned warehouse, broken wood and glass surrounding me. It was night, the light of the moon coming in through the windows, Sonic and Espio standing a few feet in front of me and facing each other, both in fighting stances. Alexiss and Andrea were also there, Alexiss on my right and Andrea on my left, old crates surrounding us...it was odd, not having Alexiss standing at Andrea's side as she always seemed to do.
"Stop it you two! There's no need to fight!" I yelled, sounding panicked as the two glared daggers at each other.
"Stay out of this Eclipse!" The two yelled at me in unison, not even bothering to look at me.
"You think that just because you met her first that she's instantly yours? That's not the way it works!" Espio yelled at Sonic, confusing me.
"If it wasn't for me you wouldn't know her at all!" Sonic yelled back, obviously forgetting that I was there at all.
"Fine then, Espio. We'll fight for her. You win and you get her, I win and I'll get her." Sonic suggested suddenly, Espio nodding in agreement, Sonic smirking confidently.
"I believe the choice is hers alone, is it not?" Andrea asked angrily.
"No!" Sonic and Espio yelled, glaring at the two girls and completely ignoring me before turning back to look at each other.
"Time to see who deserves her!" Sonic and Espio yelled, lunging at each other.
Who were Espio and Sonic fighting over? Better yet, why was Espio acting like that? Clowy wondered, shaking her head slightly to push the vision back.
"You ok Clowy?" Charmy asked worriedly.
"Yeah, just a vision of the future. I get them when I touch someone or when they touch me. The only thing that stops me from having a vision is my armour." Clowy explained simply, stretching. Clowy looked up, seeing that the Chaotix were staring at her like she was insane. "What?" She asked in confusion.
"How can you say that like its normal? Having visions of the future is NOT normal!" Vector yelled, hurting Clowy's ears.
"That's enough Vector. It's normal to her." Espio said, saving Clowy an explanation.
"I've had them since I can remember so, as Espio said, it's normal to me." Clowy agreed, shaking her head slightly to get the vision out of her head as she stood up.
"Well, looks like it's time to go see Tails and Knuckles." She said, the Chaotix nodding as they followed after her into the room that they'd put Tails.
"Hello Tails." Clowy said as she entered the room, seeing that the young fox was awake. Tails looked at her, his look of shock, confusion and oddly enough horror.
"Wh-who are you?" He yelled, backing up against the backboard of the bed.
"I'm Eclipse the Hedgehog." Clowy answered simply, looking a little confused herself.
"How come you can change into Shadow?" Tails asked next, still sounding panicked. "Because I AM Shadow the Hedgehog as well. I have armour, Chaos Armour, which I sometimes use to protect myself. It makes me look like a male because the Ultimate Life Form wouldn't have been excepted if it wasn't male." Clowy replied, smiling kindly at Tails, calming him quite a lot actually.
"How come we didn't find out about this sooner?" Tails asked curiously.
"Because I used to only let it down from midnight till dawn on the night of a full moon. If I put it up longer then my true body begins to deteriorate. I didn't have it up when I was asleep for 50 years, but it came up as soon as the capsule was activated." She explained, Tails nodding in understanding. "Please don't tell Knuckles, Amy, Omega or Sonic about this, I don't think they'd understand." Clowy said, Tails nodding in agreement.
"But what are you going to tell Knuckles? He saw you put your armour up and down." Tails pointed out.
"I'll just tell him it was a dream." She said simply, turning to leave.
"And please don't tell anyone that I'm Eclipse. I'd like to hide here a little longer." She added before walking out of the room.
"Geez, I can't believe I had such a weird dream." Knuckles said, he and Tails standing outside the Chaotix Detective Agency.
"You and me both." Tails said, looking at Clowy as she smiled.
"We'll see if we can set up a day were we can all go hang out, but we're still quite busy right now." Clowy said, the other Chaotix nodding in agreement.
"Alright, we'll tell Sonic and Amy that." Tails said, Knuckles nodding in agreement.
"Alright, we'll see you later." Charmy said, waving as Tails and Knuckles left.
"...That was close. I almost messed up the future." Clowy whispered to herself after a moment, sighing in relief.
"Well, I've had a long day. I think I'll go back to bed. I hope you guys don't mind having take-out tonight." Clowy said, the others shaking their head.
"It's fine Clowy. You just go get your rest." Vector said, Clowy smiling at him.
"Ok. Thanks guys." She said, walking up the stairs and changing into her nightwear before falling asleep as her head hit the pillow.
A few weeks later.
"Clowy? Are you alright, you seem down today." Vector said, Clowy turning to him before smiling slightly.
"I'm not sad, just...nervous. I have a version at Andrea and Alexiss' house when I was there last...today is the day I'm supposed to tell Rouge, Alexiss and Andrea who I really am..." Clowy explained, trembling slightly. "But I...Ana pulled away before I could see how everyone reacted..." She continued quietly.
"Don't worry Clowy. I'm sure Andrea and Alexiss will understand, even if Rouge doesn't they'll help calm her down." Vector assured her, smiling to help calm her nerves.
"Yeah...well, I have to get going. Rouge is probably at Andrea and Alexiss' for lunch by now, I have to get there before she leaves." Eclipse said, Chaos Controlling away.