Ok, um this isn't the alternate ending or Leo's Broken Ankle Adventures, but they are both in progress and I decided to write this idea and post it because it was ready. It was going to be a one shot but now it's going to be a two shot IF you guys like it. If not I'm going to take it down and I won't write the second part. It's up to you!

Disclaimer: No I don't own TMNT, though I am looking forward to the new episode this week!

Leo's POV

I think I was 10 when they first forgot. I never really liked being the center of attention, so I guess I didn't mind that much but it still kind of hurt. It was only my birthday, not even my real one if I'm honest. You see, when we were all six, Mikey was watching this silly TV show and came across the idea of a birthday when one of the characters was celebrating theirs, so he asked Sensei when his birthday was. Sensei didn't really know, so he called all of us into his room and decided that we should all pick one day in the year to be our birthday. Mikey wanted to go first. He picked a day in spring, because he liked the name of the season, May 9. Donnie went next. He choose a day in fall, but only after giving Sensei a very detailed explanation about how the leaves change colors and how cool he thought it was, so he picked November 14. Raph picked a day in summer, no reason why, though now that I think about it the season does match his temper. He picked July 25. That left me. I wasn't really interested in when it happened, but winter seemed like the only choice left and I guess it matched me in a way. I picked January 4.

Master Splinter said all of our choices were fine. He decided that, since it was late April, Mikey would celebrate his birthday but, unlike the rest of us, he would be turning six. That meant that Donnie and Raph were already six and I was seven. I guess I was ok with that, I mean I was already considered the oldest in our family, now it was official and Raph would still be second oldest, Donnie third, and Mikey the youngest. Everything went on as it should have and Mikey had a great birthday party, along with Raph and Donnie. They all wanted loud parties with presents and decorations and Splinter did his best to give them just that. When my birthday came around Master Splinter asked me what I wanted to do. I hadn't really given it much thought. Unlike my brothers I didn't really want all the fuss just over my birthday, all I really wanted was a day of peace and quiet that I could use to train. When you live with three brothers it's hard to get more than three minutes of quite, so I thought it was a good request. Of course my opinion was not welcomed by my brothers. They wanted me to have a big party. They liked being able to stay up later and have fun, so I ended up telling Sensei that a simple party was fine. I ended up helping him with all the decorations like I did for my brothers' parties even though he insisted I didn't need to. It was a fun party, and I enjoyed seeing my brothers so happy. After the party had ended I cleaned up all of the mess left from my brothers, and then snuck into the dojo later in the night to have a peaceful meditation session.

The trend of Sensei and I making decorations and me cleaning up after all the parties continued, and Sensei never had to worry about forgetting Raph, Donnie, or Mikey's birthday. Raph would always get this smug grin on the week of his birthday that always reminded everyone that he was about to turn one year older. Donnie would hang up some pictures of stuff that could be found at the junkyard, and later bought by April, around the lair. Mikey would be super giddy and jump around everywhere, he was the most obvious about reminding everyone. The real challenge for Sensei was trying to remember my birthday. I didn't get excited or smug or post pictures of what I wanted, in fact I really didn't do anything. I didn't even bring it up to my brothers or Sensei unless they asked.

For my eighth and ninth birthday they through me parties and I smiled and laughed at my brother's silly gifts and presents, but I guess Sensei forgot to write my birthday on his calendar for the next year. For my tenth birthday there were no decorations or silly gifts. Nothing that would indicate a birthday party was taking place hung in the lair, and I was actually ok with that. Sure I was a little upset at first, but I ended up just doing as I always did. I trained and I meditated as best I could, studied tactical books and watched my brothers do silly things, I stopped Raph from attacking Mikey, made sure Donnie went to bed on time, everything was normal. The only thing that was different that day is that when I was 'patrolling' the sewers, as well as a ten year old could, I stumbled across a chocolate bar that had fallen through the grate. I picked it up, opened it, and smelt it. It smelled really sweet and it seemed like it hadn't been there long, so I took a small bite. It was the sweetest thing I had ever tasted. I decided to eat one of the squares since they seemed to break off with ease, then I took the rest home and stored it in my secret stash under my bed. I never did tell my brothers about that chocolate

Ever since then I always ate one square of the chocolate on my birthday, which was continually forgotten by my family. I was fine with my own small celebration over the years and no one else really seemed to notice that my birthday was missing, that is until a couple days after Donnie's fifteenth birthday.

Donnie's POV

I was sitting in my lab spinning around in my rolling chair. My birthday was a few days ago, I was officially fifteen! I was so excited, I had gotten all sorts of new parts for projects I've been working on, which I had conveniently placed pictures of in everyone's rooms. I chuckled to myself, I guess it was a trend now. I have to say the best gift I got was from Leo. He got me a brand new chemistry set with all sorts of chemicals I hadn't seen before, and that wasn't even an item I taped to his room. He got me that to though, he got me the chemistry set and the tool box I had wanted. He is the best older brother ever, I'll have to remember that when I get him his present. It's so going to beat the present I got him last year. What did I give him again? Oh I can't remember. I'll have to talk with Raph and Mikey to, he got them awesome gifts as well. Mikey got like, five new videogames that he wanted and Raph got a sia polishing kit, a new punching bag, and a new weight set. They were both so happy. Yah, I'll defiantly have to talk with them about it.

No one's POV

The next day Donnie walked out into the living room and found Mikey playing one of the games that Leo had bought him. He smiled and walked over to him. "Hey Mikey, have you seen Raph?"

"No bro. I think he's in the dojo. Why?"

"I wanted to talk to you guys in my lab, is that cool?"

"Yah sure bro that's fine, just let me finish this level while you go get Raph."

Donnie smiled and went into the dojo, sure enough Raph was there beating away at his punching bag. "Hey Raph, meet me in my lab in five ok?"

"Yah, sure. Whatever Donnie." He said as he continued punching the bag.

Donnie smiled and glanced up at the bedrooms before he kept moving towards his lab. He assumed Leo was up in room, probably reading a tactical book or something. He continued on towards his lab and waited for his brothers. A couple minutes later Mikey and Raph both came in.

"Yo Donnie so what did you need us for?" Mikey said as he hopped up on the counter.

"I wanted to talk with you guys about Leo's birthday."

"Awww yah! When is it bro? I gotta get him an awesome present!"

"I um, I actually don't know. Raph do you know when Leo's birthday is?"

"Na, man now I kinda feel bad." Raph said.

"Well there's only one way to find out! We have to ask!" said Mikey

"But, Mikey then he would know we forgot!" said Donnie

"Well how else are we supposed to figure it out?"

"I don't know but –"

"HEY LEO!" screamed Mikey before Donnie could finish.

Leo rushed down from his room with wide eyes. "What, what's wrong? Is everyone ok?" He said quickly.

"Yah everyone is fine, jeese dude chill out. We just need to ask you something." Mikey smiled

Leo looked around at each of his brothers just in case, then looked back at Mikey, "Ok ask away."

"When's your birthday?"

Leo froze at the question. "What? Why do you want to know?"

Mikey smiled sheepishly "We- um, we forgot. Sorry dude."

Leo blinked at his brother for a moment, not understanding completely. "You've forgotten my birthday for the past five years, what makes now any different?" He said calmly.

The other three brothers looked at Leo with wide eyes. Had they really forgotten there brother's birthday for five years?

"What?! Leo why didn't you say anything?!" Raph said angry, not at Leo but more at himself.

Leo winced, "I just didn't think it was important."

"Not important, dude it's your birthday! It should be like, super important!" Mikey said looking sad.

Leo looked at his brothers. "I just didn't want to make a big deal out of it ok? I don't want a big party or anything." To be honest he really didn't want anything. He's liked the tradition of just doing everything normal and eating that one piece of chocolate. He liked that he didn't have to plan the party and make decorations or clean up anything afterwards. He liked it being a normal day.

"But dude the party is the best part of a birthday! You have to have a party!" Mikey said.

Leo sighed, it was just like when he was little. "Mikey I really don't want a party. I don't want you guys to get me anything or do anything like that ok? I just want it to be a normal day."

Donnie frowned. "Leo can you at least tell us when your birthday is?" he asked he asked hopefully.

Leo sighed. He figured his brothers would forget by the time his birthday came around anyway. "It's January 4 ok. Now can we please just drop it?" He said as he walked out of the lab and towards the dojo.

Donnie sighed and leaned back in his chair. "Five years, how have we forgotten Leo's birthday for the past five years?"

"I don't know, but we're gonna make it up to him. We're gonna give him the best birthday party of his life." Said Raph a bit angrily but determined.

"But Raph he said he didn't want a party, or any presents." Mikey said in hurt puppy kind of way.

"Fearless doesn't know what he wants. He's just saying he doesn't want a party because he doesn't want us to have to do any work for him."

"I don't know Raph, it kind of makes sense that Leo wouldn't want a party." Said Donnie in his thinking voice.

"What? How does that make any sense?"

"Think about it. Leo is the oldest of a family with all boys, and he is constantly having to deal with all the noise and commotion and arguments that happen on a daily basis in the lair. Also, most of the time he is the one having to deal with all of the loud events and arguments. Why would he want to have a loud messy party after he has to deal with us 24/7?"

"He also has to plan all the party stuff and clean up after." Mikey added.

Raph and Donnie looked at Mikey. "What do you mean?" Raph asked.

"I mean that Leo is always the one who makes all the decorations and stuff for all of our parties, and he is always the one to stays up later and cleans up everything after we go to sleep."

"I – I thought Splinter did all that stuff." Said Donnie.

Mikey shook his head. "He did when we were little, but after my ninth birthday I saw Leo cleaning up everything when I came down to steal another piece of cake, which he had already stored in the fridge, so I ran back upstairs before I got caught. Didn't you ever notice that the party was cleaned up like magic the next morning? Splinter would never clean it up, he would leave that for us, so it had to be Leo."

Donnie gaped at Mikey. "I can't believe we let him plan all of our parties and clean up everything, and we never even gave him a party or presents in return. Heck, I bet we don't even know how to plan a party!"

Raph and Mikey both sat in silence for a while, thinking over their brother's words. It was Mikey who spoke first after the pause. "How are we supposed to celebrate his birthday?"

Donnie sat there for a moment in thought. "Well, if you were Leo, what would you like to do on your birthday?"

Raph snorted, "If I were Leo, I'd want some peace and quiet. I'd want to go to a nice peaceful place away from us and meditate or train or do some other nijia stuff. I wouldn't want to plan anything or have to clean up after anybody. Just a nice peaceful day."

"Raph you're a genius!"

"No, that's your nickname!" said Raph.

"No, I mean your idea, its brilliant! That's exactly what Leo would want, and that's what we're gonna give him!"