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Sheriff Fox Episode 70: Fiona's birthday

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After hours riding through the desert, since the village of Wolf Pack, Fiona Fox finally get to the town of Knothole. The young adult fox sighed happily and with a smile in her face, while her horse entering the small old west town. But then, her moment of happiness is replaced by an air of mystery, for some reason, the entire town is deserted; without a single sign of life around

Puzzled and a little worried, Fiona pay attention to her surroundings, nothing seems to be out of place. The buildings are intact, doors and windows are closed without a scratch. Determined to reach the bottom of it, Fiona decided to check out the police station. There, she finds out that the door is locked. This make no sense, her best friend, Barby was supposed to be taking care here, it was then that she realized what day it is: her birthday. She sighed with relief, for a moment she thought everyone was kidnapped or killed by someone; with this information in mind, Fiona climbed on her horse

Fiona ride toward the town hall, it's the biggest building in Knothole, perfect for a big surprise party. She approached the building and got down her horse, she further reinforcing the idea that Sally and the others are planning a surprise party. She can't help but smiles as she walks to the door. The fox stops right outside the door and take a deep breath, she must show a genuinely surprised expression, after all, the goal of a surprise party is surprise someone, in this case, the birthday girl

Fiona opens the door, immediately seeing that the room was dark, but then, the lights turns on. “SURPRISE!” Sally, Barby, Sonic, Tails and almost everyone else on the town shouted for joy. “HAPPY BIRTDAY!”

Fiona was speechless, open mouthed and thrilled like a five years old little girl; she was genuinely surprised. “Happy birthday, Fiona” Sally Acorn approached and hugged her

“Welcome back, Fi” Barby Koala said

“It’s good to have you back” Sonic commented

“So, how was the trip?” Tails asked

“I'll tell everything later” Fiona replied. “Right now, all I want is taste the cake”
“Oh, you will love the cake!” Sally tell as she guide her girlfriend to the cake, while the fox is greeted by the others guests. “Nicole helped do it!”

“Is it poisoned?”

“Fiona!”

“Do we tell her the bad news?” Tails asked

“Better later” Barby told. “Let her enjoy the party”
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A birthday song was sung, the cake was cut and just for fun, Fiona decided to give the first slice to herself. The others took the joke pretty well and even laughed about it, now everyone is eating and chatting with one another

“So, what do you think?” Nicole asked to Fiona while she eat the cake she herself helped make it

“Well, I didn't drop dead yet so yeah, I love it.” Fiona replied, taking the opportunity to make fun

“…good thing I forgot to bring you a gift” Nicole replied cynically

“I'm just joking, Nicole! You shouldn't take everything I say too serious!” Fiona tried to make things right

“I know. I was joking too” Nicole revealed

“Oh…”

“But seriously, I really did forgot to bring you a gift. Sorry” Nicole apologized

“Oh, it’s fine!” Fiona accepted. Nicole smiled and goes away, maybe to get another drink

“Speaking of which, here's mine.” Sally, who was standing next to the fox, picked a really small gift box from the pocket in her vest and give to Fiona

Fiona doesn't waste time, place the cake plate on the table, pick the gift box and open it. “You fixed my badge!” Her gift is a sheriff star, it is as bright and polished that looks new. “How you did?” She asked excited as she attach her sheriff star back to her chest

“You really do look good with this badge” Sally praised her, having a little daydreaming. “Oh, actually…” She snapped out the daydream and got nervous. “…it’s a new one” She revealed

“A new one? What happened to the other?” Fiona asked puzzled

“Look, Fiona, a lot happened this last week, so why don't we talk about it later, okay?” Sally told. “Come on! Have some fun! This is your special day, remember?” She added smiling as she straightens out Fiona's sheriff badge

“And because of this, I decided to come and gifting the brave sheriff” Suddenly, a deep and familiar voice spoke. Sheriff Fiona has no doubt who is behind her

“You really must have quite a nerve to show up your face, right in my birth-?!” When the fox turned around to confront the mafia bear, she came face to face with Nic, her foster sister, free and standing right beside Vito Brown

“Surprise!” Nic said calmly and grinning; she is carrying a medium size gift box under her arm

Fiona is shocked to learn that her sister was released, during the time she was away. Soon, the fox turn her attention to Mayor Sally. “Was this what happened during my absence?” She asked, somewhat mad

“This…and other things” Sally replied, a little embarrassed

Sheriff Fiona turned her attention back to Vito and Nic. “Is that for me?” She asked about the gift box

“But of course! It's your birthday, after all!” Vito confirmed very happy, while Nic hands over the gift to Fiona. The fox pick the gift, rather reluctant and suspicious. “I heard about your spiritual journey to Wolf Pack, so I thought in gives you this” He revealed. Fiona opens the gift box and pulls out a dreamcatcher. “Those dream catchers are perfect to deal with...inner demons” Vito added, clearly referring about Dark Fiona and laughs a little

Fiona's intention was to punch that smile out of the bear's face, but then she felt the gentle touch of Sally in her shoulder, she look at her and the chipmunk nods, telling her to not do. “Thank you for the gift” Fiona said

“You're welcome. Now if you excuse me, I need to leave now” Vito announced. “Miss Mayor” He turned around, along with Nic, and both began to walk away

“Hey, Fi!” Nic stopped and look to Fiona. “Happy Birthday!” She said and returned to walk away with Vito

Then, Fiona let out a big sigh. “Back to the routine”
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The birthday party ended after a few hours, all guests have decided to go home. Those who stay are Sheriff Fiona's closer ones, Mayor Sally, of course, Inspector Barby, Sonic the Hedgehog and Tails. Erma Ermine was in the party as well, but she left a little after the guests started to leave. “Great party, Sal!” Sonic praised

“Yeah, definitely a great way to welcome back our favorite sheriff” Barby added

“Well, after I learn that Fiona didn't have an easy time on Wolf Pack, I knew I had to cheer her up” Sally replied

“Thank you for the party, I really appreciate the gesture” Fiona thanked. “But I bumped into my former friend, who was supposed to be behind bars.” She mentioned, somewhat outraged. “Can someone please tell me what the heck happened during my absence?” She demanded

Sally, Barby, Sonic and Tails look at each other worried. “We wanted to tell you after the party” Tails said

“The party's over. How about starting explaining how my sister, which by the way want me dead, is doing walking around free?” Fiona asked, clearly outraged

“That's the easier thing to explain” Barby started. “Vito paid her bail, now she works for him” She explained. “I’m sorry, Fi”

“Grrrr, damn bear!” Fiona murmured angry. “Next question: what happened to my other badge? The black one”

“That's harder” Sally said. “After your departure, I asked Tails to examine your badge…” She began to explain as she turn around, goes to her office's door and open it; Fiona and the rest follow the chipmunk. “…try to find out why it was black” Sally continued to walk until her desk, while everyone stop, standing in front; she open a drawer and pick up Fiona's old black badge. “Tails, could you take it from here?” Sally asked as she throws the black badge into Tails’ hands, which he managed to catch it

“So, what was it?” Fiona asked

Tails open the back of the black badge and pull out the rock energy fragment that power it up, it was black, just like the badge itself. “This” He showed the black fragment to Fiona. “I decided to open it and found this. When I told the other about it...”

“…we connected the dots and we think your dark transformation is the cause of this” Barby concluded

Fiona is surprised when heard that, but soon connected the dots and realized then that was what happened. “Geez! If I knew this thing would cause so many problems, I would have asked for a cure or something” She commented. “Anything else I need to know?”

“Antoine has sold France's Little Piece to Vito” Sally told

“And that some drunks have been causing some trouble at night” Sonic revealed

“I already arrested fourteen people only this week, all under influence of alcohol” Barby added

“We had to check out the guests in order to see if they brought some kind of alcohol drink into your party” Tails mentioned

Fiona remain in silence, she pick up the black fragment and look closer it. “Have you tried to reverse?” She asked

“I did, but it didn't work.” Tails replied

“Guard it.” Fiona gave the black fragment back to Tails. “We have bigger problems to deal with first.” Sheriff Fiona declared determined
Sheriff Fiona is back to Knothole! But a few things are not right...
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