They both walked into the house. Sonic and Lucy had just come back from the flower hill, and were ready for something to eat. They walked through the door and found everyone in the kitchen. Cream, Rouge and Blaze were busy cooking, while all the guys and Laura were sat chatting about something. Amy was sat at the table with a calendar, marking various dates.

"We're back" yelled Sonic.

"Oh hi" said Amy. "Lucy?"

"Yes?" said Lucy. She was looking at her feet not paying much attention.

"When's your birthday?"

"23 September. Why do you ask?"

"So I can mark it on our calendar and we can have a party. Silly."

Lucy's ears pricked up, and she looked at Laura with a 'get me out of here' look.

"I don't celebrate my birthday… not anymore…" she said in almost a whisper.

"Why ever not?" asked Sonic.

Lucy looked back at Laura. The cat could see that her friend was having trouble coping with the situation, so she walked over and stood next to her. They started whispering in each others ears.

"Have you told them yet?"

"No"

"I think it would be best if we did"

"So do I. we can't hide it forever."

They both nodded at each other.

"We can tell you if you bring everyone together. That means most of the freedom fighters. But not anyone who we wont ever have contact with again." said Lucy.

Everyone nodded and got back to what they were doing. Sonic however, ran out the door to gather everyone from the freedom fighters.

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"So why don't you celebrate you birthday?" said Amy.

"Well… this isn't just about that… it's about my power to."

"What's you power?" chirped Charmy.

"Well, as Espio knows, I can turn invisible."

"Sweet…" smirked knuckles.

"But she also has another power." Said Laura. Her face was serious, and showed no hint of craziness.

"Which can also be my greatest weakness." Lucy said. "When I get stressed or upset, I can sometimes turn into my super-form. That was all the glowing you saw when I was punching the tree to calm down. Well, I do this without chaos emeralds. So I sometimes can't control it."

"What does this have to do with you not celebrating your birthday?" asked shadow.

"Well, a few years ago, me and Laura did some tests, to see if we could control my power. We only found that if I put my anger towards something else, like punching a tree, it can help to control it. We also found out that there was some kind of demon living inside my soul. This demon can take over my actions when I am in super-form." Lucy gradually started to get quieter and quieter.

Her face remained emotionless, but she allowed a single tear to slip from her eye.

"Its ok, I'll tell the rest." Said Laura, comforting her friend with a pat on the back.

Lucy nodded and gave her a weak smile.

"Anyway" Laura continued. "Me and Lucy knew this guy called cloud. He was a light blue hedgehog. And anyway, us three got into a fight with Eggman. This Eggman guy started to curse Lucy and shout insults at her when we were fighting. Then somehow, the demon came out of Lucy. We thought it was to help but, boy were we wrong! He started fighting me and cloud. All Lucy could do was watch because she was drained from all power."

Every one of the freedom fighters was on the edge of their seats. Waiting for the next plot twist.

"This all happened on Lucy's birthday…"Laura was cut off by Sonic.

"What a crummy birthday."

Laura glared at him and carried on.

"This is the bit that is the hardest for us to say… the demon turned to fire a chaos blast at Lucy… but cloud jumped in front of the chaos blast…and died." Laura said solemnly.

She turned to the purple hedgehog. She was quivering and tears were streaming down her face.

"I k-keep s-seeing him! He's h-haunting me" Lucy managed to stutter.

"I miss him too, but you've got to move on." said Laura.

"I'm trying to" cried Lucy. "I n-need some time a-alone."

Everyone nodded and allowed her to walk out the room.

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Once Lucy had left the room, Laura concluded the conversation.

"Please understand what she's been through. Don't mistreat her. We don't want the demon to get lose again… and I think its best to do what she says… birthday wise."

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I thought I would do another chapter because I was bored. I want reviews! I need more motivation!

I own nothing except Lucy and cloud.

My friend 'laura bren' owns Laura