Hello everyone, I have decided to do a third chapter in a row for Darkened Dawn, I'm having too much fun with it! In other news, 200 REVIEWS! WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO! I can't believe that I have 200 reviews! I remember when 100 seemed impossible! I have thank yous at the bottom, but let's get to the reviews.

Captain: There might be a happy ending to the conflict. You will have to wait and see. I get it how Pinkie defies logic, but I had to put her unconscious for the sake of the story. Or we can just say she randomly fell asleep because she felt like it.

Aura: Maybe...maybe...Glad you liked how I executed it.

Meteor: Sonic wasn't really expecting Aura to see him XD Glimpse didn't shout at the ponies, more or less the entire group. What happens next? Read and find out...

Tail: Too bad it wasn't an...EON SWISS ROLL XD Dark Twilight Sparkle, or in other words, Twilight Darkle. HA PUNS ARE FUN! Review whenever you can.

Glimpse: Yeah, Sonic is really having some issues. I thought you would like that part XD I'm not that much of a genius, lol.

Newplayer100: DRAMATIC GASP! Sonic is kinda coo-coo in the head right now.

Werewolf: True, trouble could be coming. And no, I have never seen it.

Maverick2519: Sonic is kinda going rogue I guess, he still has that hero complex, he just doesn't have a good attitude. I actually regretfully agree with the deadweight sentence, they are kinda being deadweight for the group to care about and targets for Mephiles. I'm gonna try to fix that in the future. Mephiles wants to see Gold suffer before he outright kills him, plus Mephiles usually waits until Gold is alone to attack. And don't reveal it, even if it is obvious, lol.

Mario21275: Kinda used the swiss roll lol. I love me some good cliffhangers XD

Flutterlikeanangel: What suggestion did I take...

BADA55: I think you mean several darkness ponies. I can use that idea somehow.

Alright, a part of this chapter is dedicated in celebration to a friend of mine. He wanted something as a sort of celebration and I'm gonna allow it since I can fit it in. To the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own anything 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 21: The Dark that is the Past

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"She didn't really like you saying they should stay there." Glimpse said.

They were still outside after what happened with Sonic. A little recap from last chapter, the ponies had been sent into the basement of Tails's house to be safe, with Bright and Snow taking first shift. After that happened, most of the crew went their separate ways. Aura and Unknown had carried Sonic back to his house and then split, Unknown, Nia and Xavier going back to their house, slightly saddened by the fact Pinkie wasn't there anymore, and Aura went back to Gold's house. The only people still outside Tails's house was Gold, Glimpse and Blaze.

"I know she didn't but it's for the best. If we have them split apart like before, they are more open. At least if they are all together they can use the Elements to fend off anyone for a bit, and by then the person on shift would be down there or getting help." Gold explained.

"Good point. Now let's see here, how's being a princess on another world like?" Glimpse said, turning to the purple cat with them.

"A pretty pretty little princess!" Gold joked.

"Sometimes I feel like the whole world is on my shoulders." Blaze answered, ignoring Gold.

"I think I know that feeling." Glimpse related to Blaze.

"Hey, me too!" Gold chimed in.

"No, you don't." Blaze and Glimpse said at the same time.

"Gold, you have no idea what having an entire world counting on you is like." Glimpse said bluntly.

"I'm the only Eon Warrior, the world does depend on me!" Gold argued.

"You have Sonic, you have...never mind, but you probably have many other Mobians here that help you defend the world. For me, I was the only one." Glimpse argued against Gold.

"Plenty of incidents on this planet could have destroyed this planet if I wasn't here!" Gold said his comeback.

"Oh what, Eggman? Sonic and company have handled him plenty of times without you."

"I had to defend people from Mephiles."

"Mephiles, sure, he's a problem. But try defending the world from Dark Gaia empowered by the Chaos Emeralds and then come back and tell me that you've felt like the world was literally on your shoulders."

A literal fire sparked between them making both of them jump back and look at Blaze.

"Arguing doesn't make any of your situations any better." Blaze said, looking at Gold and then at Glimpse.

The fox and hedgehog looked at each other and then looked away, slightly ashamed of themselves of their argument.

"Now, when and how am I getting home? Like I said, my world needs me." Blaze said.

"Oh no you don't, you are in this cause as much as everyone else is." Gold said, taking a step forward.

"I have a world depending on my presence. And I got the Sol Emeralds to watch over, I can't stay here." Blaze argued.

"You fought with me and attacked me, and you seem to be good at it. You crash the party, you join the party, like Glimpse here." Gold said, pointing at Glimpse at the end of the sentence.

"Well obviously he is staying here and helping, he has no where else to go!" Blaze argued.

"That's going a bit too far." Glimpse said, crossing his arms and closing his eyes.

"I'm sorry, but it's true. I have a world to go back to and take care of." Blaze kind of apologized.

"You are staying here and helping out a little bit with shifts and if something happens." Gold said, finalizing her stay.

"You know, you are one stubborn fox." Blaze said rather simply.

"Tell me about it." Glimpse said.

"HEY!"

"Sorry, but sometimes you are. Anyway, now what do we do?" Glimpse asked.

"Well, the shifts are based on six-hour shifts and Bright and Snow are guarding now, and next is Blade and Ensis. We might as well go home." Gold figured.

"Well if I'm staying here for a while, where do I go?" Blaze asked.

"Well, I know Blade and Ensis have a spare guest room now that Fluttershy is with everypony else." Gold answered.

"What, you don't want me to stay with you? You scared of a little fire?" Blaze teased Gold.

"No, I'm scared of you leaving hairballs all over my house." Gold said with a smirk.

"...I should set you on fire for saying that to my face." Blaze said with a deadpan expression.

"Gold, it's not like she's a common house cat." Glimpse said, rolling his eyes.

"Oh so you mean I can't throw a ball of yarn and she will chase after it?" Gold said with another smirk. Gold then sniffed the air and smelled something burning. "Do you guys smell that?"

"If you are talking about your tails on fire, then yes." Glimpse said with a chuckle.

Gold looked back and saw one of his tails on fire again and started shouting and panicking, patting the fire down. After it was out, the tip of one of his tails was slightly singed.

"Okay, fool me once, shame on you. Do it twice, shame on me." Gold said with some vinegar toward Blaze.

"I'll do it again if you test me." she warned.

"Do it three times, then you are officially that guy...or girl." Gold said.

"Can we just get a move on and show her where she is staying." Glimpse said.

"As long as she stops putting my tails on fire, then yes. Let's go." Gold said and started to lead the way to Blade and Ensis's place.

They walked with some brief conversation on the way, but mostly Gold and Blaze were talking. Glimpse was mostly silent. The tiny argument he had with Gold had brought up some bad memories of the final moments in his own world. Dark Gaia, and what he had to do, and her...bad memories were resurfacing.

"Hey Glimpse, you alright back there? Getting silent on me." Gold said over his shoulder, him and Blaze were up ahead of Glimpse.

"Yeah, just thinking." Glimpse said, still thinking about it.

But a strange thing happened while he was thinking, a voice that wasn't his own appeared.

Hello there Glimpse, it said.

'Is this my conscience?' Glimpse thought.

Oh no, this isn't your conscience. I hope it isn't anyways, if it is, then something is wrong with you, it said.

'Who am I talking to?' he thought.

Oh Glimpse, you have such a tragic past, it said.

'How do you know about my past?' Glimpse thought.

Oh, I can see into your mind like I can see into that pathetic fox's head, it said.

With the mention of a pathetic fox he knew exactly who the voice was.

'Get the hell out of my mind now!' Glimpse shouted in his mind.

It's quite nice in here, plus I've got great entertainment by means of watching you fail your pathetic planet over and over, it said darkly.

'Get out of my memories.' Glimpse said in his mind.

How about we watch it together, relive the precious moments, it said.

And then a picture popped into Glimpse's mind without him doing it. It was like he was watching a movie in his mind, only he had not been the one to put it in there. The picture started moving, now turning into a movie. It was a movie of Glimpse in his own world, fighting off a squadron of Dark Gaia's minions by himself.

Oh look, how brave you are, the voice said.

In the movie in Glimpse's mind, Glimpse had just ripped off the head of one of the minions with a swift kick to its head.

'You see that? When I find you, that's what I'm going to do to you.' Glimpse said in his mind.

Oh, I'm scared now. Despite you being able to do that, you still failed. I was going to show some more footage to mock you, but let's skip right to the good part, the voice said.

The clip of Glimpse beating on some minions disappeared and a new clip took its place. It showed a magma pit, on one side of it was Glimpse and right in the middle of the pit was Dark Gaia (I believe it's the Final Boss Dark Gaia from Sonic Unleashed from Glimpse's description in his story, correct me if I'm wrong). Glimpse in the clip was now near the entrance with Dark Gaia's hand right behind him. Glimpse knew what was about to happen and tried to close his eyes on the outside world, but the image still played in his mind. Then the sound of a stabbing, like a knife going through a person, resounded in his mind. The image, Dark Gaia stabbing his best friend, Carly, through her chest with its long fingers, Carly saving his life. (if you want more details about this, go check out Glimpse's backstory story, it's way better described than I have it here)

"CARLY!" Glimpse yelled out loud over seeing the image again, getting Gold and Blaze's attention.

"Glimpse, what was that about?" Gold asked in reality but got no answer as Glimpse was deep in his mind because of the memory replaying and the voice in his head.

Oh, that has to hurt, for both of you, the voice said.

"SHUT UP!" Glimpse said aloud again, the rest of the memory still playing in his mind.

"Glimpse, what is wrong with you?" Gold asked another question but got ignored again.

Oh such a wonderful thing for me to watch, to watch you fail and have your friend taken from you. It kinda reminds me of when I took that fox's father away, the voice said evilly in his head.

The memory kept playing, Dark Gaia's hand rising up while Glimpse was holding Carly in his arms. Then in Glimpse's head, another sound was echoed in his head, however, it was a voice.

P-please Glimpse, d-do it f-for me, a female voice said in his head, a voice he recognized as Carly.

And then, she died in your arms. How sad, the voice said in his head.

On the outside world, Glimpse had stopped walking and was holding his head while the memory played in his head. Gold and Blaze were looking back on him, getting a bit worried at his behavior.

"Does this happen often with him?" Blaze asked Gold.

"First time I've seen it, stay cautious." Gold warned Blaze.

'GET OUT! JUST GET OUT!' Glimpse screamed in his head.

Why, it's fun to see you mourn and get hurt emotionally over her and your world, the voice said.

Glimpse thought for a minute before answering the voice in his head.

'I completed her promise to leave the world if something was going to happen. I didn't fail her promise.' Glimpse said in his mind.

One simple promise doesn't mean you didn't fail. Look you are still failing your world, look ahead of you, the voice instructed him.

Glimpse looked ahead of him to where Gold and Blaze were standing but all he saw were two Dark Gaia minions instead of Gold and Blaze. Glimpse lost his temper and fired a Chaos Lance at one of the minions, who was actually Gold. In his eyes, the minion dodged the energy and stood. He fired at the same one, it dodging again. He kept firing and it kept dodging as the voice talked in his mind.

Your world is still failed Glimpse, and you still can't save it, the voice said.

"I can still save it!" Glimpse said out loud, not even caring since the only things near him were two Dark Gaia minions.

So hopeful that you can, when you really can't. It interests me, if you were made to kill, why did you make friends in the first place, the voice asked in his head.

"I wasn't just some weapon! I was her friend!" Glimpse yelled out loud.

Maybe if you stuck to what you were meant to do, she would be saved, the voice said.

"She taught me that I wasn't just some weapon, that I could be something else! She wanted me to do things besides kill!"

Oh Glimpse, it all could have been avoided if you just stayed a weapon. In that retrospect, her death is ALL YOUR FAULT, the voice yelled at the end, shooting some pain into Glimpse's head.

"SHUT UP!" Glimpse yelled, still shooting Chaos at his target, almost not paying attention to where he was aiming, almost like it was automatic.

I shouldn't shut up when it's the truth Glimpse, the voice said darkly.

"It isn't the truth! She sacrificed herself for me!"

...alright Glimpse, if you aren't just a weapon, then WHY ARE YOU ATTACKING YOUR FRIEND!

Glimpse put his full attention back onto what he was shooting at and found something disturbing. It was Gold on one knee, wounded a bit from taking a few hits from Glimpse, it wasn't the minion he thought it was.

"Gold?" Glimpse said, with a calmer voice.

"Yeah, I'm fine, don't ask." Gold said while getting up slowly.

"Did I..."

"Yeah you did, don't worry about me, what's wrong with you?" Gold asked, while getting up rather uneasily.

"There was a voice in my head...and, and, it showed me stuff from my past...and..." Glimpse said, not wanting to remember the moments.

"I'm gonna take a stab into the dark here and guess Mephiles was in your head?"

Glimpse gave a slight nod.

"Yeah, that's happened to me once or twice. Really hurts inside doesn't it?"

Glimpse nodded again.

"What even happened in your past?" Gold asked cautiously.

"I don't want to recall the whole thing again Gold..." Glimpse pleaded.

"I think with you attacking me out of the blue, I deserve to know." Gold said, crossing his arms.

"You really want me to go through it again?"

Gold gave a slight nod, a little hesitant with his nod.

"Fine...remember when I told you my world was destroyed? Well it was destroyed by Dark Gaia, and I was made for the reason to fight against it. Well that's what I was supposed to be. But I met Carly, who was my best friend. She taught me stuff I didn't need to know as a soldier, stuff that normal people would do. She taught me some reading and writing, some other things that have to do with fun, and she really grew on me as a friend. One fateful day, it was time for me to go against Dark Gaia. I fought against it and I almost was finished but Carly...she...she saved my life...and she made me promise to leave that world if something were to happen...and then...and...she died...in my arms..." Glimpse explained, getting a little teary at the end.

"I'm...sorry to hear that..." Blaze said, reminding them she was still there.

"Yeah..." was all Glimpse could say.

Glimpse looked over to Gold and just saw him looking at the ground in a blank stare.

"And...Mephiles, he...made you relive that whole experience..." Gold muttered slightly.

"Pretty much down to the last detail."

Gold was silent but was slowly clenching his fists to a ball until they started shaking from him clenching them.

"Hurt me and my past, I can deal. But hurt my friends, that I can't deal with." Gold said, looking down and said it with clenched teeth.

"Gold?" Glimpse asked.

"I'm...fine. Let's get Blaze to Blade's." Gold said, before walking in the direction of Blade's house, the two others following him.

They walked almost in dead silence to Blade's and they arrived. They explained what was happening to Blade about Blaze, said their good-byes for now and went to Gold's house. With Blaze she was being introduced to the house.

"...and the bathroom is second door on the right, and the kitchen is obviously right there..." Blade said, showing her around.

"Blade, make sure you actually show her where she is staying!" Ensis said in the living room with a giggle afterward.

"Yeah, I know!" Blade said, opening the door to the guest room. "And this is where you are staying. We cleaned it up a bit since Fluttershy liked to have animals in here."

"Great, thanks." Blaze said, stepping into the room.

"No problem, just don't scratch on the curtains." Blade said in the doorway with a smirk.

"You too with the cat jokes!" Blaze said, sitting on the bed slightly aggravated.

"I'm just saying! If you want, I can give you a scratching post..." Blade continued the jokes.

"THAT TEARS IT!" Blaze said annoyed and snapped her fingers and Blade was engulfed in a huge flame that luckily didn't catch anything on fire.

Blade just stood there with crossed arms and shrugged at Blaze, despite being on fire.

"I think a certain cat is angry after having some water on her." Blade said with a smirk in the inferno.

"...this is going to be a loooooong stay."

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Back with Glimpse and Gold, they arrived at Gold's humble abode and opened the door. It was slightly weird for them to not have Twilight to talk to, it was like she was part of the house now that she stayed with them, but now she was gone. Glimpse was hungry from accidentally fighting with Gold and went into the kitchen to get a sandwich. Gold meanwhile went and jumped on the couch, exhaling a breath of relief for being able to lay down and could almost take a nap but he was interrupted by a knock on the door. Gold sighed heavily and got up and opened it and received a surprise he didn't want to see.

"TWILIGHT! I thought Snow and Bright were watching you!" Gold said, slightly annoyed at the two phoenixes for not watching her.

"I can teleport out of there you know." Twilight said, very bluntly in fact.

"You aren't supposed to be here! You need to stay safe with the rest of the ponies! I don't want any of you hurt!" Gold pleaded.

"I can handle myself Gold, the rest of the ponies can too." she said.

"Wait, did something happen to you! Your pink streak is almost black!" Gold said, noticing the pink streak that was normally in her mane and tail was gone.

"I...I...fell into some mud and got dirty! I must have forgot to wash it off!" Twilight lied.

"Well, you should get that washed off before you go back to Tails's house! I don't want you out in the open!" Gold said sternly.

Suddenly, Twilight shot a laser from her horn at Gold's feet, making him jump back in utter surprise.

"I can handle myself I said." and she walked past the confused and shocked fox and went into his room.

Glimpse looked at Gold's shocked face and then back at the door that was in Gold's room where Twilight went and then back to Gold.

"What the hell was that about?" Glimpse asked.

"I have no idea, but do ponies have those times of the month?" Gold slightly joked.

"Funny, but seriously, what was that about?" Glimpse wondered, both of them completely oblivious to what really just walked past them.

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Oh Gold and Glimpse, so oblivious. Obviously I and you guys know what was wrong with that Twilight. Or should I say Twilight Darkle XD And don't believe for a second that she is the only one. The others will start popping up and until then, when will our heroes realize what has happened? I got some awesome plans for the dark ponies. That was a very emotional and somewhat action kinda chapter. But I hope you enjoyed.

ALRIGHT 200 REVIEW THANK YOU TIME! I'm gonna have the Pinkies help me out in this, so here you go! FROM THE DEEPEST PIT OF MY HEART, THANK YOU ALL!

WinterBlaze: Thank you for your awesome reviews and for reading this!

Werewolf: You will always be my first reviewer and I'm very thankful for you reviewing every chapter! Thanks a lot!

Marvelous Magician: Thank you for reading and reviewing!

Pinkie, you next!

Pinkie: Okie dokie lokie!

Pinkie: Maverick2519: You critical and to the point reviews are huge help in Gold fine tuning what he does! Thanks for reviewing with good detail, and thank you for that awesome review you gave a while ago! You deserve a cupcake!

Yes he does! Next!

Flutterlikeanangel: You have been sticking with me for a while now, and I've been sticking with you for a while! I thank you for reading and reviewing a bunch, and I hope your success keeps on growing. Pinkie, next one!

Pinkie: Righty-O! Meteor: Gold has to thank you for putting Gold in your stories, you are an awesome writer! He has enjoyed giving you advice and thanks you for reading and reviewing! We both hope your success grows!

Thank you Pinkie, I'll take it from here!

Alex: You are a good friend of mine and I absolutely love your story and thank you for putting Gold in your story! Thank you for reading and reviewing, sorry if I forget your reviews sometimes, and remember, YOUR BROTHER AINT GOT NOTHING ON SONICXMLP!

Mario21275: Even though Gold didn't make it into your stories, you are still sticking with me, which is awesome! Your reviews make me laugh, like the Eon Swiss Roll XD Thank you for reading and reviewing and I can't wait to see more of your work.

Newplayer100: Your work is awesome and I SUPER DUPER appreciate you accepting Gold into your stories. Your OC is the first to be able to control some Eon force besides Gold, and I'm proud to give you that achievement! Thanks for reading and reviewing, it means a lot!

Tail: I know you, you are that reviewer that leaves hilarious and ABSOLUTELY THE LONGEST reviews, which is a good thing! Your OCs are hilarious in the reviews and you putting in Molestia at one point was annoying but absolutely hilarious! I thank you for letting me use your OCs, and thanks for reading and reviewing!

Captain: I think you know how much I appreciate you. You review everytime and still read even if your OCs aren't a big part of the chapter. You have been reviewing a lot of people on here and we all appreciate you guiding us in the right path! Thank you for all that you have done!

BADA55: My first person to ask about putting an OC in, that is a thing I will never forget! Blade and Ensis in the reviews are always funny and you have given me some awesome ideas that I like using! Thanks BADA also for putting Gold into two of your stories! Thank you for reading and reviewing!

Aura: Aura, you have given so many awesome ideas to all of us and I thank you for that. I thank you so much for putting Gold in Lost Souls, and I can't wait for more of that and Seeds of Insanity! I thank you for letting me use Aura and I thank you for being plain awesome, lol! Thank you for reading and reviewing, and MAY THE POWER OF THE EON BE WITH YOU!

Glimpse: Ah, Glimpse, Glimpse, Glimpse. I have to say honestly, I don't think I would be typing this if it weren't for you. Your stories still inspire me to this day even though I've written a lot. Us two are probably two of the newest writers on here, but we both have been doing really well. You are an awesome friend to me and I thank you for everything you have done, your stories, allowing me to use Glimpse, giving me awesome ideas, and helping me throughout it all. I think the thank you is implied, and all I have left to say is, LET THE GG CONNECTION LIVE FOREVER!

If I missed anyone, IM SOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOS SORRY BUT I GIVE MY BIGGEST THANKS TO YOU! THANK YOU ALL FOR READING AND REVIEWING THIS STORY AND FOR READING AND REVIEWING ME AND FOR STICKING WITH ME TO THE END, LEAVE A REVIEW IF YOU WANT, AND AS ALWAYS, THIS ONE IS FOR ALL OF YOU,

EOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNN OUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!