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Glimpse: Yes, it is obvious, isn't it?

Aura: He is a little prick, isn't he?

Infamous fan999: I'm guessing you are BADA on the wrong account. CLIFFHANGERS ATTACK!

Meteor: Yeah he did, but Sonic still doesn't like Gold.

Maverick: Mephiles is sort of a troll sometimes lol.

Newplayer: I think the amount that Sonic cares is smaller than an atom, it's smaller than an electron!

Mathmagician: That would be an awesome plot twist, but alas, it isn't.

Alex: Yay for not forgetting! Again!

Capt: Yeah, definitely hurts. I'll have to do some research later.

Flutter: Sorry if I brought up painful memories!

Werewolf: Breaking the fourth wall is part of Pinkie and Unknown's character, get used to it.

LET'S HURRRY AND START IT!

Disclaimer: I own nothing except Gold, the Eon, the plot, etc. All OCs belong to their respectful owners.

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Gold the Fox presents...

Eon Chronicles

Darkened Dawn

Chapter 19: Hidden Truths

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Rainbow was sitting on the couch in Sonic's house. Everyone else was at Gold's house awaiting his arrival from the cemetery, but she wasn't. She knew Sonic wasn't going to go to his house after the events that have taken place. She also knew that he was going to need comforting after the ceremony, after all, they were hedgefriend and marefriend, or whatever you want to call them. She awaited, patiently for once. After about ten minutes of her sitting there and playing with some of Sonic's knick-knacks and other things, trying to keep herself busy, the front door slammed open. Lightning flashed outside, a storm was slowly moving throughout the day, and it had finally arrived. The flash of light made the sky light up a faint lightning yellow and also lit up the hallway from the door a bit, also producing the ironic crash of thunder. Sonic walked in, soaked head to toe, also carrying the unconscious and injured Gold, who looked even more soaked than Sonic did, his drenched tails were soaking up water like a sponge would. Rainbow noticed his entrance along with the sleeping Gold with him and rushed toward the door in a rainbow blur.

"What happened to you two?" Rainbow asked worried.

"Just get some medical supplies from that right closet please." Sonic said rather coldly, placing the injured fox on his couch.

Rainbow shot around the corner of the hallway to the closet and grabbed the red medical kit from the top shelf and raced back to the couch that Gold was on, which now had Sonic next to on a simple chair. Gold was still unconscious from loosing blood. Rainbow set the box next to him and looked at the small crystal embedded in Gold's stomach area. Sonic cautiously put his hand over the small dark crystal in the fox.

"Sonic, what are you doing?" Rainbow asked, curious on what Sonic was planning to do.

"Quiet, I gotta concentrate." Sonic said, hand hovering over the crystal.

"You aren't planning on just pulling it out, are you?" she asked.

"I am, now can you be quiet for two seconds?" Sonic snapped at her, keeping his gaze on the wound.

Rainbow shut up then, and Sonic put his hand on the crystal in Gold, some blood oozing out from the sudden movement.

"Don't you think you should have taken him to...oh I don't know...THE HOSPITAL!" Rainbow snapped at Sonic, which made him stop.

"I assumed since both of us get into dangerous situations all the time and sometimes get injured, we could handle this on our own." Sonic said, still watching the wound.

"...that's bologna. Tell me the truth." Rainbow said after a moment of thought.

"What do you-"

"I mean that's not the reason you didn't take him to the hospital." she said.

Sonic was silent for a moment, thinking about what she said. It was the truth, there was another reason.

"I didn't want to take him because I didn't want to look bad, alright! There, I said it!" Sonic revealed.

Rainbow went silent, processing what he said, and the rumble of thunder played outside.

"I can understand cockiness, but this is just...conceited! The poor fox is hurt and you are caring more about your self-image!" she snapped at the hedgehog.

"Oh please, you would be caring about yours too! Don't preach to me about cockiness when you are the cockiest person I've met!" Sonic retaliated.

"Are you kidding! I'm way more caring than you will ever be!" she argued back.

"See there you go again! Turning everything into a competition!" Sonic pointed out.

"Is this what Tails would have wanted? You pointing out others flaws while you can't even see you own! Do you think he would want us arguing while his best friend is laying there, injured and bleeding!" she protested against Sonic.

"Don't you ever call Gold his best friend! He doesn't deserve that title for how things have played out! And don't you ever preach to me about Tails! I know what he would have wanted, and I'm going to stick to what I see fit! I don't care who you are, Rainbow Dash, and I don't care what any of the others think or say about what I do! Hell, if I wanted to, I could let Gold just die, right here!"

"Twilight and the others wouldn't let you!"

"I DON'T CARE! I don't care if Gold has Twilight to love, I don't care if he has friends to care about, I don't care! He couldn't save someone close to me, so I won't save him! Now get the hell out of my sight!"

"Sonic, what is-"

"I SAID GET OUT!"

Rainbow got startled by his sudden shout and back up a bit before flying out the open door into the storm outside, tears in her eyes at Sonic's words, and planned to head to the others.

"WHAT ELEMENT OF LOYALTY YOU TURNED OUT TO BE!" Sonic yelled out the door, watching the rainbow blur dart across the sky, heading the direction of Gold's house.

Sonic turned around toward the couch.

"You are a real piece of work, aren't you?"

Yes, that was Gold that said that. Awake but woozy, he was awake.

"Shut it, and brace yourself." Sonic said, moving his hand toward the crystal.

Gold slapped his arm away from him, making Sonic look disgusted at him.

"I don't want to pain by having you help poor old me." Gold said, looking at Sonic with a face that read 'I want to punch you so hard right now'.

"Stop and get ready."

Sonic motioned his hand toward the wound again, but again was slapped away by Gold's hand. Sonic tried again but this time got slapped away and Gold put his other hand on Sonic's face. Gold flashed some Eon deep in his palm, producing a flash in his hand, and blinding Sonic. Sonic yelled from suddenly being blinded and tripped over his chair onto the hard ground. While he was rubbing his eyes and yelling, Gold got up in pain. He gripped the crystal embedded in himself and swiftly pulled it out, emitting a groan from the pain. He grabbed some wrappings from the medical kit and quickly wrapped his abdomen in it, while glaring at Sonic. When the patching was done, he started to walk toward the door but Sonic grabbed his ankle and tried to pull him down. Gold violently shook his leg to loosen the hold and stomped on the hand Sonic was trying to grab him with, Sonic yelling out from his hand being crushed.

"That was for Rainbow." Gold said coldly and sent a glob of spit his way.

Gold went his way out of the house, leaving the door open for dramatic effect. The thunder above him rumbled and the rain poured from the heavens, making everything wet and the sidewalks a dim shine, reflecting some of the surroundings in the puddles forming. Gold took one glance back at the house that he just left and looked back at the sky. He looked back down to the ground with a sigh and bolted toward his house.

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Gold arrived at the door of his house and entered. Glimpse, Aura, Unknown, Blade, Ensis, Xavier, and Nia were sitting in the living room, some of them on the floor due to not enough seating.

"Gold, where have you been?" Aura asked.

"And what the hell happened to you?" Blade asked right after.

"I can explain in a little bit, where is Rainbow?" Gold asked, walking into the room and closing the door, leaving the storm outside.

"Uh, Rainbow?" Aura asked, confused a bit.

"Yeah, Rainbow, the cyan flying pony that can talk with the rainbow mane and tail, yes, I asked for Rainbow." Gold said, with a little sarcasm.

"She got here a couple of seconds before you, looking like she was going to cry. Her and the rest of the ponies are talking in the guest room." Glimpse said, pointing down the hallway with his thumb.

"Alright, I'll be right back."

Gold walked past the whole living room scene and into the hallway. He walked down the long hallway to the room at the end, the guest room. He slowly opened the door with a creak to see the inside scene of the ponies all conversing, also comforting Rainbow, who was facing away from the door, sometimes shivering a bit.

"Gold, what happened to you!" Twilight said worried, also getting the other ponies' attention.

"I'm fine, just a little dizzy. I got attacked at the cemetery, and then got saved by Sonic, and then...I think Rainbow told you the rest." Gold reassured Twilight his safety, and explained briefly.

"Yeah, she did. Those things he said..." Twilight said, looking back at Rainbow.

"I know. Hey, Rainbow?" Gold said to the pegasus.

A sniffle was heard from her as she turned her head slightly toward the fox who said her name.

"Ye...yeah?" she said faintly.

"Are...are you crying?" Gold asked.

"NO! I am not! I'm Rainbow Dash, I don't cry!"

"It's fine if you are, everyone and everyPONY cries."

"...well...I was...a little..." she admitted.

"And that's fine. Now I want to tell you what you just experienced wasn't Sonic. As much as I hate to admit it, that wasn't him. That was another side of Sonic that rarely shows itself. And most of the time it comes out because of me. You can be mad at him, or you can forgive him, that's not my choice to decide. It's yours. Understand?" Gold said, all the Mane 6 staring at him as he made his speech.

"Understood." Rainbow said, wiping away some snot from her crying.

"Good. Now can everypony come into the living room. I got some talking to do." Gold said and left the room, the ponies eventually following.

The living room was pretty packed with the addition of the ponies into the room, but they managed to fit everyone and everypony in by having some ponies sit on the Mobians laps. Sorry Aura, you know what is coming. Applejack had to sit with Aura and Twilight with Gold, and that in itself gave barely even room for everyone. But it worked out.

"Alright, everyone comfy and snug?" Gold joked.

Sounds of approval rang out, with some groans added in from the tightness of the space.

"Good, well, everyone is probably wondering what happened to me. Well, while being alone at the cemetary, I got attacked by you know who. Almost got finished but Sonic came in for the save. And then..." Gold started to explain.

"Speaking of the hedgehog, where is he?" Blade asked.

"He's...keeping to himself right now. Also, another thing to mention is this." Gold said, bringing out the letter from Tails.

"A...letter?" several people said at once.

"Yes, a letter. I got it from someone when they bumped into me during the procession. I'll read it to you." Gold said, opening the letter.

(Pretend Tails is talking while Gold is reading the letter)

Dear Gold,

If you are reading this, then something terrible has happened to me. I've been holding onto this letter ever since the close call in one of the wars we fought against Eggman. I've delivered this to you via an anonymous deliverer. Don't try to track him or her down, it doesn't really matter. Anyway, this letter was made to give you something if you needed it in my absence. Something has probably arisen darker and more evil than we have every fought, you wouldn't be getting this letter if there wasn't. Go to my house to my room and find that picture of us on the dresser. Behind it is a button. Press it. You will find something I have been keeping safe for you for when you needed it. Don't be mad I've been hiding it from you, but I'm sure you won't. Like I said, if you are reading this, I'm probably dead. Don't grieve, don't cry, just do what you do best Gold. Be you.

Your best friend, Tails

Gold put the letter back into its envelope and stared into space.

"Tails, had a letter ready for when he was going to die?" Blade said, slightly surprised.

"Him and Sonic were always getting into dangerous situations that could end in death, he knew it was imminent someday." Aura said.

"Accepting of death, good trait to have." Glimpse added.

"So, I'm guessing we are off to Tails's house?" Unknown said.

"Of course, Gold is already gone silly!" Pinkie said, pointing at the open door with her hoof.

"We better go see what is there." Glimpse said to group and they were off to the house of Tails.

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Gold had already entered the house and started walking toward the hallway. He stepped on a piece of porcelain on the ground, cracking it further. Gold looked back to see the pot that held Tails's rose on the ground shattered into pieces. The rose it was holding was nearby, resting normally on a small pile of dirt. Gold picked up the flower with the dirt it had and placed it on the coffee table in the middle of the room, promising himself to fix it later. He walked into the dark hallway that had no lights on. He flicked a nearby switch and overhead light turned on, illuminating the entire hallway. He walked past the small bathroom Tails had in his house and past the one guest bedroom he had. He peeked into that guest bedroom and saw a few small pictures. That room, it was almost like home. When Gold was up all night working with Tails or just plain hanging out, it wasn't abnormal to find himself sleeping in that guest room the next morning. 'Good times.' Gold thought to himself and moved on. The last door on the left of the hallway was Tails's room. Tails himself rarely went in there, the basement and workshop basically transformed into his place of relaxation and recreation, sometimes crashing in the living room after a long day of working on projects. Anyway, Gold opened the door and saw the room. It was a standard room, the standard size, with a standard bed that had yellow blankets and sheets with a white pillow. A little model airplane was resting on the nightstand, with a alarm clock next to it, not plugged in. At couple feet away from the foot of the bed was a four drawer wooden dresser. And on top of it, a single picture. Gold walked into the room to look at the picture. It was a picture of Gold and Tails standing in front of a new plane Tails had finished with some help from Gold. Both of them were smiling at the picture, reminding Gold of all the good times. Even in the picture, Sonic was way in the background, with a silly expression on his face, basically photobombing the picture. Gold stared at the good memory implanted in the picture frame and wrapped his hand it, feeling the back of it for the button mentioned. He felt a small bump and pressed on it, with a satisfying click telling him the button was pressed. Suddenly the sound of pneumatics came from behind Gold. Tails's bed lifted up vertically into the wall, revealing a hatch that led down into the ground. Gold walked down the metallic stairs into the secret hatch. The room was almost completely white with a white shiny tube in the middle of it. Gold took one step off the stairs and suddenly a beep sounded in the room.

"Target identified as Gold. Welcome Gold." a robot voice sounded.

"Hi." Gold said with a chuckle.

"Like talking to robots?" Glimpse said from behind him, with Aura, Blade and Unknown right with him.

"Yeah, I do." Gold said with some sarcasm.

"Hello Gold." a very familiar voice said.

"Tails?" Gold recognized the voice as his deceased friend.

"Yes Gold, this is my voice. My recorded one, but mine nonetheless." Tails's voice said back.

"How are you answering me right now!" Gold said, turning his head every which way.

"I've made a supercomputer from some gum and paperclips, I can do anything with science, remember?"

"Right, until it blows up." Gold said with a smirk to the invisible voice.

"Well, you know me. Anyway, time to explain why you are here, this is why." Tails's voice said.

The white tube in the middle of the room opened, cutting in half. Now in the middle was a blue sapphire looking shard. It was little longer than someone's forefinger, and looked kinda like the jewels above a Sims character, but blue and almost completely see through. It radiated a blue shine.

"Tails, is that..."

"Yes, it is."

"Can I ask what exactly it is?" Blade said, getting a closer look.

"It's something I have been kept hidden for when Gold needs it. Something that can turn the tables no matter what is attacking us or the people. This is an Eon Shard. It is part of the Eon Master Emerald that was shattered thousands of thousands of years ago. In it, some of the power equaling the power of the Master Emerald, but instead of Chaos, it is Eon. It's yours to use now. It's yours to fight with now. Use it like only you would Gold." Tails's voice explained.

"I could have explained that whole thing myself, but okay." Unknown said with shrugged shoulders as Gold was reaching his hand to the Shard.

He grabbed it and it immediately flashed a bright blue for a couple of seconds in his hand, then went back to a dim blue glow. Gold squeezed the small Eon Shard in his hand, focusing on it.

"Thank you Tails."

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The Eon Shard, a piece of the legendary Eon Master Emerald, or Eon Emerald for short. How will this change anything? How can it be used! What is next for everyone?

Time for you guys to make a difference. It is your choice here. In the chapter, Gold says it is Rainbow's choice to forgive Sonic for snapping at her like that. But actually it is yours!

Rainbow: HEY!

HEY IS FOR...UH...PONIES! Oh wait, you are a pony, crud. It is your decision and both can have an influence on the future. Should Rainbow forgive Sonic with little hesitation or should she not really forgive him just yet? Both choices have consequences and results, so choose!

Anyways, thank you for reading and reviewing, leave a review if you liked, and as always...

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