Hello my fellow readers and friend! I have another chapter here for all of you and it's going to be a good one. Let's go to the reviews!

Flutterlikeanangel: Thanks, I liked the pigeon joke too!

Glimpse: I explained why you are making a speech already. NOW THE STARS IS MINE!

Twilight: No it's mine!

Glimpse: Whatever, we all like the stars! Sonic forgiving Gold is going to be a long and possibly impossible quest, if he ever decides to forgive.

Aura: There is times where Sonic and Gold will have to put aside their differences for the greater good. MORE LIKING THE STARS, YAY! Heh, stars, ironic.

Meteor: Gold can handle a lot of pain at one time because of Eon in his body, but not for long. Thanks, I'm glad you are enjoying!

BADA55: Cute indeed. AHHHHH THE STAREEEEEEE!

Tail: YOU AND YOUR HUGE REVIEWS XD Yay, you're off hiatus! Your characters are awesome, don't degrade them saying they are saying the have little uniqueness, because it's not true! A true OC's uniqueness comes from the author, not the character. But thanks for the compliment!

Capt: Unknown didn't disappear! Isn't the Devil Trigger that blue arm thing in Devil May Cry? I'll have to talk about that with you, cuz I have little knowledge.

Newplayer100: Kinda stubborn but it's more like willingness to fight on.

Alex: SORRY! I'll try not to forget next time!

Werewolf: Why would Pinkie and Unknown shutting up make the story better...that's kinda rude if you ask me. Um...okay, random question that I have no answer for...

Maverick25: Gold can take a lot of punishment due to the Eon inside of him. Eon "liquid" in his blood and the ability to make a Eon "armor" from the Eon around him help him with the durability. I gotta make some kind of Eon Bible to explain some of this stuff, like a theory book.

Okay, let's get it started!

Disclaimer: I do not own anything except Gold, the Eon, the plot, etc. All OCs are owned by their respectful owners.

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Gold the Fox presents...

Eon Chronicles

Darkened Dawn

Chapter 18: Note from the Dead

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It was dead silence in a crowd, all wearing nice clothes for this occasion. Gray clouds were blanketing the sky, but not a single drop of precipitation fell on the ceremony. Most crowd members looked and listened in sadness, some actually sobbing lightly, and a couple who were letting tears flow freely. A stage was in front of them, a casket, a MC. The MC was Unknown of course, being a jack of all trades and just because of complete randomness. He had been the one to finalize Blade and Ensis's marriage, so ministering the funeral was almost necessary. The crowd was full of Mobians from all over Mobius who heard about the death of Tails, all paying their respects.

"We would now like to welcome a friend of ours to talk about Tails, Glimpse the Hedgehog." Unknown said, and then stepping off the podium.

Murmurs and whispers could be heard in the crowd about who was about to go up. Most Mobians on this Mobius had no idea who Glimpse was, being new and all. However, they kept quiet in respect for Tails. Glimpse got up from the front of the crowd where the closest people to Tails were sitting, like Sonic, Gold, the ponies, and the rest of the usual group. He stood on the podium and looked at the waiting crowd before him, with a slight sense of nervousness. He looked to his friends and saw Gold nod very slightly, some reassurance. He started to speak.

"Hello, my name is Glimpse. I know you may not know me very well, and for a good reason. I'm not from this Mobius but a different Mobius, far, far, away. I got here somehow and now am with these good people and you good people. But enough of me, and more of what we are here for." Glimpse said and then flipped a page on his speech.

"I didn't know Tails for a long time like some of these people before you have. I have to say, I'm saddened by not being able to know him more. He knew about machines well as I did, probably the one thing I did know a lot about was machines, and Tails had that passion as well. You may be asking yourselves, why is this nobody hedgehog talking about someone he barely knew for a week. The reason is because I feel everyone's pain. I've lost someone dear to me in my past and when Tails died, I felt like I did then. Helpless, emotionally scarred, and just in shock. My past hasn't been exactly been good, and I've lost many a people to evil, and now I feel like I'm reliving it again with Tails death. The point I'm trying to make is I know how it feels to lose someone. Even if you didn't know him for long, such as I have, you still get that feeling that you lost a family member. Tails was like a family member to all of us, even if you didn't know him, you still feel that pain." Glimpse finished and walked down the stage and sat back down, and Unknown went back up.

"Thank you Glimpse. Next, we have Sonic talking."

Sonic was sitting on the far side of the first row where everyone else was, two seats were empty next to him. He just wanted to be left alone for once. Nonetheless, he got up and went to the podium and spoke.

"Tails...Tails was my brother. Not biologically by a long shot, but to me and to him, we were brothers. It started with him finding my biplane and he fixed it up. I found him doing this and started asking questions. I heard his whole background and story. The kid did not have an easy life. I took him in. Helped him. Fed him when he wanted food. Gave him someone to look up to and someone to love in his horrible childhood. I even took him on some missions with me, and that basically started it. The more and more he grew, the more and more missions and runs I took him to, the more and more we grew as brothers. If you ever had to let a family member go, you know how horrible you feel. That's how I have been feeling for days now. And to say the least, I don't want to feel like this. It isn't what Tails would have wanted. One day he actually made me make a promise to him, that to no matter what, try to stay positive. That was a promise he made me make. And right now, I'm feeling like I'm breaking it. And that's bad, horrible. Because you should never, ever, break a promise to your brother." Sonic stopped and walked away, tears in his eyes.

"And lastly...lastly...we have Gold." Unknown said, getting a little emotional.

Gold came up to the podium like the other two and paused for a moment, trying to not to cry and ruin his voice and not be able to say the speech clearly. He started to talk.

"It would be a lie to say Tails had an easy life. His childhood was horrible for the most part, being called freakshow and other humiliating names. His first crush was taken from him." Gold said that last part with a grain of salt, knowing who took the crush away.

"He had another chance with love, but she too was taken away. This time by his own hand, him basically being forced to do it for the universe. He always has been in the backlight of things, sadly, and sometimes does not get credit where credit is due. But through it all, he tried to keep a spring in his step and a smile on his face. Why, or how, has he went through all this and still wants to be positive? One reason may be the hedgehog who just talked up here and how he impacted and successfully bettered Tails's life. Another reason is because that's what Tails wanted everyone else to do. To stay happy. He wants all to be happy right now. He wants us not to be sad for his death, but to be happy for his life and legacy he left us." Gold said.

In Gold's eyes, a man from the crowd rose up and raised his hand.

"Um, do you have something to say sir?" Gold asked nervously.

"Why didn't you save him?" the man said.

"Excuse...excuse me?" Gold said, sweat forming on his head.

"I asked, Why didn't you save him Gold?" the man said.

Another man stood up and said something, "Did you just let him die?"

A woman stood up as well, "You wanted him to die, didn't you?"

Gold was absolutely silent and frozen in fear at their statements. Continually, people started asking similar questions to him, his fear increasing more and more. Then he heard a quiet chant of his name that was getting louder and louder until he felt a hand on his shoulder. Gold snapped his head at the hand, discovering it to be Unknown's.

"Um, Gold, are you okay? You kinda zoned out there..." Unknown whispered.

Gold looked back to the crowd in front of him. No one was shouting, no one was standing, but just the confused and sad faces of the crowd. Gold shook his head without an audible response and quickly went to sit down. Twilight looked at him with worry, but Gold just kept staring straight ahead at the stage.

"Thank you all for being here, we will now proceed with a procession to the burial site for our friend, Miles 'Tails' Prower." Unknown said, adjourning the funeral.

People got up and started taking candles some helpers were handing out and lighting and started walking out to walk to the burial site. The main group that we know and have been following led the back of the march, the casket being carried behind them. Twilight was still looking and Gold with suspicion and wonder at what made him zone out during his speech. Gold was still staring straight ahead, trying to forget about the vision he saw or why it did appear. He hoped it was his own mind that did that, and not someone else causing it. He didn't notice a Mobian walk sideways into the procession and deliberately walk and bump into Gold. Gold didn't really care right now if someone wanted to be a jerk and bump into him, but he did notice that he stepped on a envelope, the the passer-by must have dropped. He picked it up and looked at it carefully, turning it over. On the non-opening side, was a word, 'Gold', his name. He was about to open it but they arrived at their destination and Gold hid it in his tails. The procession stopped and the ceremony continued, until it was time to lower the casket into the ground. A few words were said and the casket started to lower into the dirt. A child hedgehog, no older than six, came running to the hole and threw a small toy plane into the hole. His mother came quickly and took him away, the child crying as well. Gold teared up seeing the contribution that was made, but was still wondering about the letter. The casket was fully in, and Sonic had the privilege to throw the first batch of dirt into the hole. The crowd dispersed afterward, some in emotional shambles, some just plain bawling after the service. Our main cast was left standing there.

"I would like some time. Alone." Gold said to the people behind him.

Glimpse whispered to everyone present that wasn't Gold and they all walked away, actually about to head back toward Gold's place to give Gold some time. Gold was left standing there, just staring at the hole. He then reached back, still staring, and grabbed the letter from his tails and looked at it. His name written on it, but he could swear it was a handwriting he could recognize. He opened the top of the envelope and was about to pull the letter out of the envelope but stopped suddenly. He closed it for now and put it in his tails, staring at the hole again. He did this for a couple more seconds before violently spinning himself around and shooting a Eon orb into the air behind him. Silence occurred, him now facing away from the hole. He turned quickly again back at the hole and shot another Eon orb, again hitting nothing.

"Oh, you have to be faster than that Gold."

Gold turned around again and started firing orbs, but hit thin air again. He turned to his left and fired, air again. He turned around, now facing right, and fired again. Air, again. He kept turning in different directions, trying to see if he could hit something. He got frustrated and built up Eon pressure in him and released it with a shout, a shockwave emitting from him. It actually hit something in front of him, right at the head of the hole.

"That was such a beautiful service, Gold." And you guessed it, Mephiles said.

Gold fired again at him, and Mephiles disappeared again. Gold sensed behind him and shot behind him without looking, hitting the crystalline hedgehog for once.

"I see you are not as naïve as before when sneaking up on you was easy." Mephiles said behind him and teleported back to the head of the hole in the ground.

"Tell me Gold, how does it feel to lose another loved one?"

Gold yelled and shot a blue laser at Mephiles, Mephiles moving his head a little to the left to dodge.

"That was fun to do, he looked so innocent when I stabbed him."

Gold yelled again in frustration and shot another laser, slightly to the right of Mephiles's leg.

"And that was just my first kill, I can't wait to kill your Twilight."

Gold yelled one last time and shot a laser again. It didn't miss and hit the top of one of Mephiles's crystalline quills, Mephiles flinching a bit at the sudden crystals being blasted off. Gold took the opportunity and shot Mephiles, getting him on the ground and then pinning him to the ground, with Eon right in his face. Gold was about to sink the Eon right into Mephiles, but Mephiles grabbed one of the crystals that Gold shot off of his head, and lunged forward, landing a stab to Gold's stomach.

"Now die like he did." Mephiles said, getting up and pushing Gold to the ground, who had a face of pain and surprise.

Gold started to bleed from the fresh wound, getting a bit on his belly fur and some on his hands from trying to stop the bleeding. He looked up from his wound and saw Mephiles with a much bigger and darker crystal in his hand, ready to stab Gold. Mephiles was about to sink it into Gold but a blue ball came from the side and hit him, the dark crystal falling out of his hand. Sonic, who had been the blue ball, picked up the crystal and threw it at Mephiles, getting it lodged in his arm.

"Would you look at this, Sonic saving Gold. How rich, you idiot hedgehog, he's the one that caused this and couldn't save him?" Mephiles said, basically ignoring the injury.

"No, you caused it." Sonic said seriously.

"Oh well, that's not what I see in you. But believe what you want, the result is the same. I'm going to get rid of this altercation in this arm now, but I'll be back for you all soon." Mephiles said, sinking into the ground in a black hole, with a dark aura surrounding it.

Sonic looked back at Gold, who was bleeding from the wound, and still was bleeding.

"Gold, get up now."

Gold wasn't really worried about the wound but was reading the letter that he had. He accidentally left a bloody thumbprint on it but still could read it easily.

"This letter...it was written by...and it says..." Gold said, getting a bit lightheaded from the loss of blood.

"Gold, stop and get up." Sonic said with little emotion.

But Gold passed out from loss of blood, not dead, just not awake.

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CLIFFHANGAR! WHAT WAS THAT LETTER! YOU WILL KNOW NEXT CHAPTER! Thank you for reading and reviewing, leave a review if you liked, and as always,

EON OUT!