Chapters The Mane 6 and the Skylanders
At Sweet Apple Acres, Applejack was going out to start harvesting apples with her little sister, Applebloom. As they were on their way to the apple trees, Applebloom had to tell Applejack about the light show. Applebloom asked,
"Did ya see that light show that appeared in the sky, last night?"
Applejack replied to the filly, "Ah saw it, multiple colors appeared from eight symbols, Ah saw two of them beams hit the apple trees. We better see its alright before we harvest apples."
"What if those lights had a creature inside of it?" Applebloom asked frightenly.
"When ah find these creatures, we kick em out if there not nice." answered Applejack.
That was when the two ponies saw something in the trees, it looked like a mechanical dragon, it had mechanical wings and a helmet. One another tree, they saw a small creature with two golden-looking items, it carried on its back. Applejack was about to buck the tree with the dragon on it to get it down until she heard a familar voice and saw Twilight Sparkle coming towards her with Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and a couple of new friends, some she recognized as dragons. Twilight asked,
"Applejack, Are you harvesting apples today?"
"Ah was until Applebloom and Ah spotted these two creatures in the trees."
"Oh, good you found Dro and Trig." said Spyro.
"And Twilight, who are these, folk? The Great Dragon Migration isn't until tommorrow." asked Applejack as she pointed a hoof at the Skylanders.
Twilight introduced Applejack and Applebloom to the Skylanders, and told them about what happened to Spike. Applejack buck the tree silently to wake Drobot and Trigger Happy up, much less make them fall out of the trees. Trigger Happy told them as he was getting up.
"Why is everyone throwing us around like that? Dro, How's your suit, is it holding together?"
Drobot replied in a Booming voice, "Suit's systems are fine, no collateral damage."
Applejack commented, "Landsakes, thats a booming voice y'all got there!"
Trigger Happy asked, "Spyro, Why are we surrounded by talking ponies?"
Spyro replied, "Hold your guns, Trig. They're on our side."
Drobot responded, "Sonic Boom, Nice to see you again."
Sonic Boom replied, "Good to see you again too, Drobot."
Twilight said, "We better get to Fluttershy's cottage, if more Skylanders landed near her cottage. Spyro, any Skylander types you know?"
Spyro replied, "If Fluttershy's cottage is near a forest, Then the Life and Water Skylanders are there."
Applejack added, "There's also an area between Fluttershy's and Sweet Apple Acres, that we saw four brown lights strike."
Spyro remembered, "The Earth Skylanders might be in that area."
Meanwhile on Canterlot Mountain....
"Captain, There are four unknown beings sliding down the mountain!"
Speedster replied, "Good work, Lieutenant."
As Speedster and his Pegasi Guards closed in on the unknowns, one of them looked like it was made from magma. The others were a blind-folded pointy eared creature, a suit of armor with its user as a living flame, and a Phoenix/Dragon hybrid. Captain Speedster said with surprise,
"Please tell me that Philomeena didn't get out and found four friends."
"Captain, They are heading for the gates. We need to warn the Captain of the Guards."
At the City Gates....
"Our Pegasi scouts, led by Captain Speedster spotted you four coming down the mountian. State your Business."
Ignitor replied, "We are just Skylanders looking for the nearest settlement."
The Guard paused and spoke, "Skylanders? Princess Celestia told us to keep an eye out for Skylanders after the discovery in the Canterlot Archives in the Starswirl the Bearded wing, but I..."
Flameslinger finished, "But you never expected for us to come so soon."
Eruptor asked, "Just a discovery in your Archives, made you know of us?"
The Guard replied, "We were told at noon to keep an eye out for any Skylanders, the Unicorn's magic, like mine was updated so we can detect any Skylanders. The Princesses saw you four slam into the mountain last night."
Sunburn asked, "Did they see anyone else come down?"
The Guard answered, "They saw eight symbols, one oddly resembled the star that both my sister and I have as our Cutie Marks. Eight beams seperated into four orbs, the orange one slammed into the mountain, I guess that was you four."
Eruptor informed, "Star on both yours and your sister's flanks? If that star oddly resembles the Star of Magic in Skylands, Then Twilight Sparkle is not close by."
The Guard asked, "How do you know my sister's name?"
Ignitor introduced, "Lets first start with introductions, We are the Fire Skylanders, I am Ignitor, the blob of magma is Eruptor, the blind-folded archer is Flameslinger, the Phoenix/Dragon hybrid is Sunburn."
The Guard introduced himself, "I am Shining Armor, Captain of the Royal Guard, and big brother of Twilight Sparkle, who in fact is Princess Celestia's student, not to mention that I have a dragon brother named..."
"Spike the Dragon." Sunburn finished.
Shining Armor said in shock, "Why are you searching for my sister and my dragon brother?"
Ignitor told Shining Armor a story, "Years ago, Twilight Sparkle was a little filly trying to learn alot about magic. She was accepted into Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns, the only thing, she had to do was use her magic to hatch a dragon. When she nearly gave up, a rainbow shockwave kick-started her magic and hatched the dragon. Far away, in the magical world of Skylands, Master Eon, the Portal Master was looking at Twilight Sparkle's abilities and her skill at hatching the dragon. He was so amazed, he transmitted the Skylanders Element of Magic into Twilight Sparkle and Spike the Dragon. She has the Skylanders Magic Symbol on her flank to prove it, and I suspect that Spike went through his transformation, Spike and Twilight Sparkle are now Skylanders. Right now, Our home is in great danger, The Darkness is upon Skylands and Kaos is out making trouble, We need Twilight Sparkle and Spike the Dragon to come back with us to Skylands and help us defeat Kaos."
Shining Armor was stunned by the sudden turn of events, learning that his sister and his Dragon Brother are now Skylanders, learning of Twilight and Spike's origin of becoming Skylanders. Shining Armor decided one thing.
"I should take you four, to the library where Twilight used to work in. Cadance, Twilight's old foalsitter will be there for refuging any Skylanders."
Ignitor replied, "Thank you, Captain. I thank you for your kind hospitality, we all do."
Shining Armor answered, "Thanks, but please call me, Shining Armor."
At the Earthen area between Sweet Apple Acres and Fluttershy's cottage, Terrafin the Dirt Shark was burrowing all over the place, remembering his time as a lifeguard before taking up boxing. Dino Rang was writing in his journal about what happened when they arrived. Prism Break was posing as an ordinary rock with crystal shards sticking out of it. As for Bash, he was rolling around in a good obstacle course until he landed in front of a group of ponies. He noticed a couple of familiar faces.
"Spyro, Chop Chop, By the rocks, where have you guys been?"
Spyro replied, "We were in the neighborhood ready to gather up the Skylanders because we have to go to the capital city with our pony friends. We've also found our two hidden Skylanders here in Equestria."
Bash called to the remaining Earth Skylanders, "Guys, Spyro is here. We need to go with them."
Terrafin popped out, "Now this should be good."
Dino Rang brought out his boomerangs, "I wonder what we are needed for."
Prism Break broke out of camouflage, "As long as we can find a way back home." Prism Break's appearance got a certain gem-loving unicorn bouncing around the golem, admiring his crystal points. Twilight asked,
"You guys are the Earth Skylanders?"
Bash replied, "Yes, we are and you must be Twilight Sparkle."
Spyro spoke, "Guys, we need to get to Fluttershy's cottage to see if any Skylanders are there."
At Fluttershy's Cottage....
Spyro yelled, "Gill, Slam, Zap, Wham, Stealth Elf, Zook, Camo, Stump Smash, you guys made it!!"
They all turned to the groups attention, they saw Spyro, Cynder, Wrecking Ball, Chop Chop, Hex, Drobot, Sonic Boom, Trigger Happy, Whirlwind, Bash, Terrafin, Dino-Rang, and Prism Break. Fluttershy came to the group and asked,
"Umm..Twilight, why do you have dragons in your group, and why do you have more of these creatures?"
Twilight replied, "I'll explain along the way, you and the rest of the Skylanders follow us to the Library, a chariot is coming to take us to Canterlot."
At the Canterlot Library....
"We'll rest here in Canterlot, as soon as the sun comes up, we go out and explore the city and by the next day we will be on our way to find Twilight Sparkle and Spike the Dragon."
"That won't be necessary, Skylanders. Twilight and Spike are already on their way to Canterlot, along with the rest of your fellow Skylanders." said a voice that caused the Fire Skylanders to turn around and see a Pink Alicorn.
Sunburn asked, "Are you Cadance, our hostess?"
Cadance replied, "Indeed, I am. I always thought that the Skylanders were just myths."
Ignitor replied, "Thats what we thought of Alicorns. They were once native to Skylands...until Kaos imprisoned them in the Outlands."
Cadance said in shock, "Well, Myths meet myths. Who is Chaos?"
Eruptor replied, "Kaos, K-A-O-S, He was the one who exiled us. He destroyed the Core of Light, the very essence of defending Skylands from the Darkness."
Flameslinger continued, "Kaos is an evil Portal Master from the Outlands, he attacked us, destroyed the core, and exiled us while the explosion of the core consumed Master Eon."
Sunburn continued, "Kaos appearred as a giant floating head, but in reality, he's not really that big."
Ignitor finished, "So we need to get back to Skylands and rebuild the Core of Light and defeat Kaos."
Cadance spoke, "Skylanders protect the Core of Light from Kaos. How many Skylanders are there?"
Ignitor replied, "Thirty-Two of us, four to each element, we are the Fire Element, there are Water, Earth, Tech, Life, Undead, Air, and Magic completes our team."
Cadance replied, "Thirty-Two in all, and four to each of the Eight Elements?"
Ignitor finished, "Well, now theres Thirty-Four Skylanders."
Cadance remembered, "Right, Twilight and Spike are Skylanders now."
Ignitor spoke, "As Fire Skylanders, we thank you, Ms. Cadance for your hospitality."
She saw as the Skylanders kneeled down and swore an oath that they thank her for her hospitality. What Cadance knows that the light show, the discovery in the Archives and the Arrival of the Skylanders would mean something to her one day.
Author's Note
Well, Princess Cadance has earned a friendship with the Fire Skylanders because of her hospitality. That friendship will play a vital role in the chapters to come.
As the chariot, carrying the Elements of Harmony and the Skylanders touched down at Canterlot, Spyro was amazed and shocked to see a city on the side of a mountain. The Skylanders were dazzled at the sight of the city until a guard came to them and said,
"Welcome to Canterlot, Skylanders. The Royal Sisters are waiting for you at the castle, The Captain also told me, that four Fire Skylanders arrived and are taking refuge in the Canterlot Library, I advise that you pick them up before meeting the Princesses."
Spyro responded, "We'll go to the Library to pick up the Fire Skylanders. Who's looking after them hoping they won't burn the place?"
The Guard countinued, "Their hostess is an Alicorn named Cadance. Ask for her and she will show you to your fellow Skylanders."
Twilight realized, "Cadance, my old foal-sitter AKA 'The Best Foal-Sitter in the history of Foal-Sitters?'"
The guard turned to Twilight, "The very same, Ms. Twilight Sparkle."
Sparx buzzed around and spoke, "Come on, lets get our Skylanders, then go see the Princesses."
At the Canterlot Library...
Ignitor spoke, "Are you doing this on purpose or on accident?"
Eruptor replied, "Purpose, its always funny to see you scurry around."
Sunburn spoke, "Ha ha, real funny, Eruptor."
Cadance spoke, "Burping fireballs to make us run around isn't funny, Eruptor. Any moment, we would miss and the entire library will burn down."
Ignitor pointed out, "And we all would know whose head its going to be on."
The Arguement with Eruptor was interrupted by the sound of the door opening, when the door opened, Spyro walked in and spoke to Cadance.
"Excuse me, are you Cadance?"
Cadance turned to Spyro and spoke, "You must be here for the Fire Skylanders."
Spyro asked, "Were they a problem?"
Cadance replied, "Ignitor is an honest knight with a soul of fire. Sunburn is like Philomeena, Princess Celestia's pet Phoenix, but he's a male hybrid, Flameslinger is always sitting by himself."
Cynder came in and said, "Well, he is blind-folded."
Ignitor turned to Spyro and called out, "Guys, Spyro's here, we can go now. We'll discuss your pranks later, Eruptor." Ignitor turned to Cadance, "Thank you for your kind hospitality, Cadance."
When the Mane 6 and the Skylanders reached the castle...
"Skylanders, it is good to see that you have arrived." She turned to Twilight, "And I suppose that you had your first encounter with these creatures?"
Twilight answered, "The Purple Dragon and the Black Dragon were discovered by Spike, who is the Purple and Green Dragon you see now. The shockwave from the two exploding orbs must have changed him, gave him a jump-start in growth and gave him wings."
Spyro asked, "Are you two, Princesses Celestia and Luna?"
Princess Luna replied, "We are, young dragon. And judging by the symbols I spotted last night, I had to tell my sister about them. We were curious on the orbs, we went into the Archives to find a Research log written by Starswirl the Bearded, the only Pony ever to set hoof in your world called, "Skylands"
Sparx buzzed towards Luna and asked, "Back up, How does one book tell you about Skylands. I mean, our world was nearly destroyed by a Dragon known as 'Malefor' So Spyro and Cynder, the lovely couple, you see next to each other, defeated Malefor, launched a massive fury wave, and rebuild our world. Some of the lands like Avalar, were rebuild, while others were just floating islands, thus we called our new world, Skylands."
Princess Celestia spoke, "What we read from the book showed Starswirl's thoughts on Skylands, he saw hundreds of Alicorns working with Dragons, and met your Portal Master, Eon. They had a great friendship, Starswirl wrote about Master Eon's info involving the Skylanders arriving in Equestria. There was a phrase that went with it, 'When the Symbols appear, the Skylanders are here."
Gill Grunt spoke, "You are saying that, your sister spotted our symbols, woke you up so you can see them as well, but when all eight fired their beams, you two had to get to the bottom of the eight symbols, Including the Magic Element, which oddly resembles Twilight Sparkle's Cutie Mark."
Princess Luna answered, "Exactly."
Princess Celestia turned to Spike and asked, "Anything strange happened when you got your new form, Spike?"
Spike answered, "I suddenly didn't have an urge to eat gems anymore, like my gem-eating self was expelled from my body after I changed."
The Sun Goddess gave Spike a Sapphire and asked, "If this is true, you should test it on that Sapphire."
Spike tried all he could to chew through the gem, but barely had a crack on it. Suddenly, the Sapphire's energy surged through Spike and a blue breath that looked like it could freeze anypony exhaled from Spike, as for the Sapphire, it still kept its color.
Spike spoke, "I don't know what that was, but it feels like, the power of a thousand suns surged through my body when I felt that gem and what was that ability?"
Celestia answered, "Judging by the frozen stairs to the throne, that was Ice."
Spyro spoke to Spike, "Congratulations Spike, you have just learned the Ice Breath, but it takes time to master."
Luna spoke, "Seeing as Spike is a Purple Dragon, he has the power to wield many abilities."
Chop Chop spoke, "He and Spyro are rare breeds, but I guess Purple Dragons are common around here?"
Celestia said, "There is the Great Dragon Migration happening tommorrow, its where all Dragons fly over Equestria to their Migration Spot, all the way in the Lava Pits."
Spyro spoke, "If its true that Purple Dragons are common here, I better go see for myself. Tommorrow, I'm following that migration."
Celestia asked, "We saw eight symbols in the night sky, but what do they mean?"
Chop Chop answered, "The Skull symbol represents the 'Undead Element' though we are still missing Ghost Roaster."
It was Ignitor's turn, "The Fire symbol represents the 'Fire Element'."
Zook stepped in and spoke, "The Leaf symbol represents the 'Life Element'."
Drobot spoke, "The Gear symbol represent the 'Tech Element', though we are still missing Boomer and Drill Sergeant.
Whirlwind spoke, "The Swirl symbol represents the 'Air Element' though we are still missing Lightning Rod and Warnado."
Gill Grunt spoke, "The Water symbol represents the 'Water Element'."
Terrafin stepped in and said, "The Mountain symbol represents the 'Earth Element'."
Spyro responded, "And Twilight's Cutie Mark represents our 'Magic Element' though we are still missing Double Trouble and Voodood."
Celestia spoke, "Boomer, Drill Sergeant, Lightning Rod, Warnado, Double Trouble, Voodood and Ghost Roaster were found and brought here to await your arrival. We found Ghost Roaster inhabiting a mirror, that my nephew uses."
Spyro face-pawed and said, "Ghost Roaster always goes out of his way to scare people and not eat the living, thats how he became a Skylander."
Princess Luna assured, "You cannot go back to Skylands without a portal, luckily Starswirl wrote the schematics for a portal to Skylands. Our top Unicorns have began construction on the portal as soon as possible."
The Skylanders all said, "Thank you, your Highnesses. The sooner this portal is done, the sooner we can get back to Skylands and teach Kaos, a little lesson."
Terrafin yelled, "That guy still owes me five dollars!!"
The Royal Sisters ended the meeting and the other Skylanders were given to the group. As they boarded the Chariot back to Ponyville, Spyro looked out and saw a silhouette of a Unicorn Stallion wearing Purple Armor instead of the Golden Armor the others use.
Ignitor was remembering how nice their hostess was. The Fire Skylanders grew very close to Cadance and saw her as a friend and ally. Her assistance will prove useful to the Skylanders or the other way around.
Spyro was still thinking about the Dragon Migration and felt an urge to go after the Migration and see what dragons in Equestria are like, are they wisdomatic, are they nice and have elemental abilities like, he and Spike?
There was only one way to find out.
Author's Note
The Skylanders finally met the Royal Sisters and began building a Portal of Power to Skylands. See ya around.
On the Day of the Migration...
"Does Rarity do this often?"
Applejack replied, "Yah have no idea."
Spike looked up at the skies to see the dragons fly overhead, recalling throughout his whole life, he was raised by ponies. He was found by Princess Celestia and hatched by Twilight. Spyro saw the new Skylander in a disadvantage and knew what his problem was. He asked,
"You weren't raised by dragons, were you?"
Spike replied, "I was raised by Ponies, why do you ask?"
Spyro answered, "For me, I was raised by Dragonflies, my adopted parents are called, 'Flash and Nina' Sparx's Parents. Which was odd because I hatched the same day Sparx was born."
Sparx butted in, "Hey, hey, hey, You didn't need to mention that!"
Spike realized, "That means...we are the same."
Spyro recalled, "Raised by Non-Dragons, only to discover that we are dragons because of where we came from."
Spike asked, "You said that you would be following the Migration for Common Purple Dragons."
Spyro replied, "I need to know that if Purple Dragons are common in Equestria, I want to see it for myself."
Whirlwind stepped in "If your following the Migration then I'm with you."
Bash spoke, "Me too."
Camo said, "I'll follow you."
Zap spoke, "I'm coming with you."
Drobot spoke, "I'll follow you to see the Dragons of Equestria."
Cynder spoke, "Then I'm with you."
Spike said, "Lets go."
Sunburn said, "Lets go find the dragons."
Near the Lava Pits....
"Hey, guys. A couple of dragons here and a Phoenix!"
Sunburn called out, "I might look like a Phoenix, but I have a Dragon ancestry, Bub!!"
Bash said, "Dragons that could actually fly, and Spyro, your question had an answer."
Spyro saw a Purple Dragon with Yellow spines and wings, not to mention that some covered his eyes. Spyro said in realization.
"Purple Dragons are common around here."
The Red Dragon said, "So, why do you care if they are common?"
The Purple Teenage Dragon whispered into the Red one's ear and said, "I don't think these guys are from around here."
The Red Dragon asked, "What are your names?"
Spyro responded, "Spyro"
Cynder was next, "Cynder"
Bash rolled around and popped back into his original form, "Bash"
Spike called, "Spike"
Whirlwind soared around and said, "Whirlwind"
Drobot shot lasers out of his eyes, "Drobot"
Camo sprouted an exploding melon. "Camo"
Zap zapped one of the Teenage Dragons, "ZZZZap"
Sunburn blew fire and said, "Sunburn is my name, and Sunburn is my game."
Spyro spoke about where they came from, "All of us come from Ponyville."
What Spyro said made the Teenage Dragons burst into laughter, Spike burped up a letter from Princess Celestia, Spyro quickly read it.
"To all Skylanders, The Work on the Portal is going in great pace, but don't mention what I'm about to say, to Twilight. In the next chapter, We are putting you as honored guests to the Wedding of Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and Guard Captain Shining Armor. Please don't mention the Wedding to Twilight, She won't know how to handle, how her brother is getting married. We are counting on you, Skylanders, and you are counting on us to build that Portal to Skylands. From, Princess Celestia. P.S. Make sure to report if Spike learns any new Elements because he only knows Fire and Ice."
The Red Dragon snatched the letter and read it, but was confused on the introduction and the ending.
"Guys, What are Skylanders? Are they some sort of Pony Warriors?"
The Purple Teenage Dragon shrugged and the Brown Teenage Dragon shrugged and said, "I never heard of these Skylanders."
The Red Dragon countinued, "There's also something about a Portal to Skylands."
Spyro interruptted, "We are the Skylanders, Protectors of Skylands and its magical core."
The Red Dragon laughed, "Look guys, these 'Skylanders' are pen-pals with a Namby, Pamby Pony Princess!!" As soon as he said it, he threw the note into the lava. The Red Dragon countinued to talk with Spyro, "How about we interest you guys in a game?"
Spyro said, "What is this game called?"
The Red Teenage Dragon climbed on top of a pile of Crystals, Gems and Treasure and yelled, "KING OF THE HOARD!!!!!!"
Spyro and the Dragon Skylanders huddled together and layed out their 'King of the Hoard' plan,
"Sunburn, you and Drobot will try to climb to the top and hit the Teenage Dragon from behind. Whirlwind, Bash, you two would climb from the sides and avoid the dragons falling off the top. Camo, Zap, Spike, you three separate to corner the dragon. Cynder and I, would attack from the front. In term, We are attacking from all directions. Ready and..."
All Dragon Skylanders yelled, "BREAK!!" They separated and started to climb to the top of the pile, as their plan worked out nicely. The Skylanders' teamwork knocked the Teenage Dragon off the pile, and all Skylanders stood at the top and yelled,
"KINGS AND QUEENS OF THE HOARD!!!"
Spike felt an energy of solid rock and shockwaves as his body was absorbed by a magical energy from one of the gems in the pile. As soon as the energy faded, Spike let out a green shockwave which blew all of the Dragon Skylanders off the pile. The Teenage Dragons were confused on Spike's ability to absorb magic from gems and other things Dragons from Equestria eat. Spike explained,
"According to Spyro, I'm a Purple Dragon, one who has the power to wield many abilities. Right now, I have Fire, Ice, and a new breath."
Spyro said, "That new breath, you performed is the power of Earth."
The Teenage Dragons shook off what they saw and put the Skylanders through hunting for Phoenix Eggs. Unfortunately, it was something Sunburn didn't enjoy, but he agreed to just follow them.
At a Phoenix Nest...
Sunburn fell in the nest along with Spike, only to find a lone Phoenix Egg, abandoned by its family. The Teenage Dragons wanted Sunburn to eat it, but the Skylanders wanted Sunburn to keep it and raise the chick as his own. Sunburn chose the Skylanders' choice, as soon as Spike and Sunburn came down from the tree. Twilight and her friends appearred. Twilight complimented,
"That was a good choice, keeping the egg and raise the chick as your own. Even though the parents didn't know that the egg was still in the nest when they abandoned it." Twilight turned to Spyro and asked, "How was the dragons?"
Spyro answered, "In my opinion, the dragons here are bad, nothing like the Dragons in Skylands."
At Twilight Sparkle's Library...
"Dear Princess Celestia,
Today we went to see the dragons and Spyro confirmed that, the dragons here are different in Equestria than in Skylands. Today we played a game with the Teenage Dragons called 'King of the Hoard' and after we used our teamwork and most important, our friendship, we won. As soon as we won, Spike has learned a new element called, 'The Earth Element' These are from Spyro's mouth, but I'm writing it down while I look after an abandoned Phoenix Egg, that I took in, because I'm half Phoenix. Spyro also saw that Purple Dragons are common in Equestria, but it doesn't mean Spike is not a rare breed. We didn't tell Twilight about what's happening in the next fic."
Your Faithful Guests of Honor, The Skylanders."
Soon after he was done, the egg hatched and the Phoenix chick peeped to Sunburn, "Daddy"
Spike sent the letter off and whispered the name for the Phoenix Chick. Sunburn listened to Spike and spoke, "Welcome, Peewee. I'm going to teach you what it is to be Pony, Phoenix and Skylander."
Author's Note
I made some of the characters in this chapter break the fourth wall a bit.
CMC Tales of the Skylanders
At Ponyville Elementary...
"Its been known that the Skylanders did a lot for us. The Skylanders never made a story about Equestria, so we better save them the trouble and make a new book."
Luna agreed, "We could even bring it to 'The Equestrian Isles' in Skylands once we complete the Portal."
Ms. Cheerilee, the school teacher spoke, "It would be a nice thing to do for them."
Applebloom said to her friends, "We're gonna make a book about the Skylanders good deeds here in Ponyville."
Scootaloo answered, "You know about Whirlwind's ability, how her Rainbow ability is similar to Rainbow Dash's!?"
Sweetie Belle added, "And what about Chop Chop? He might be undead, and intimidating, but he has a heart underneath his bones."
The three fillies didn't realize that Cheerilee and the Royal Sisters overheard their conversation. Celestia spoke,
"You three know a lot about the Skylanders and their abilities."
The three fillies nodded.
Luna continued for her sister, "And you know because you saw them in when they arrived."
The three fillies nodded again.
Cheerilee concluded, "I guess you have helpers, to help make the story."
The Cutie Mark Crusaders cheered knowing that they are going to help with making the new story of the Skylanders. As soon as the cheering ended, the Roayl Sisters gathered supplies and planning for the new story began.
Princess Celestia, Princess Luna and Ms Cheerilee's class all began writing down plans on what stories of the Skylanders, the CMC remembered. Sweetie Belle remembered,
"I remember when your pet Phoenix escaped to go after Sunburn."
It was right after Ignitor left with the Newly Weds, Princess Celestia was speaking to a young Princess Luna about construction on the Portal of Power halting due to the Changeling Attack. Unknown to Princess Celestia was during the Wedding, Sunburn, a Dragon/Phoenix Hybrid passed by the cage of her pet phoenix, Philomeena. Once the Phoenix spotted the Hybrid, she tried her best to break out of the cage. A few days after the wedding, she broke out and began flying to Ponyville, where she knew Sunburn would be there. Princess Celestia came in and saw the Phoenix cage opened, she searched around the castle, even sent Guards all over Canterlot with no sign of Philomeena. She called to Luna and said,
"Philomeena is gone again, but she wasn't taken this time. She broke out on her own."
Luna replied, "What could cause a Phoenix to break out on her own?"
They thought about it until one final word exploded from their mouth, "Sunburn!"
Celestia said, "Philomeena must've saw Sunburn, and she must've broken out to find him!"
Luna replied, "Looks like she's Lovesick for Sunburn."
Celestia assured, "You stay here and watch over the castle, I got to get to Ponyville and find Sunburn before Philomeena does."
At Ponyville....
"Doing a little Father and Son time eh, Sunburn."
Sunburn replied, "But I don't know how it will effect my duty as a Skylander. I'm not married and I don't have any Guardians to send him to."
Spyro assured, "We need to think of something."
It wasn't until a Chariot carrying Princess Celestia, arrived from Canterlot. She stepped off, escorted by her Royal Guards, led by the replacement Guard Captain Chop Chop. She spotted Sunburn and said,
"Sunburn, meet me at Sugarcube Corner." She soon galloped to Sugarcube Corner and Sunburn asked Spyro, in confusion.
"I don't understand, why would Princess Celestia want me to meet her at Sugarcube Corner?"
Chop Chop budged in, "I was briefly told that it involves you and her Pet Phoenix. That was all she told me."
Chop Chop, Spyro and Sunburn arrive at Sugarcube Corner...
Spyro asked, "Should I wait outside?"
The White Alicorn answered, "This is much your problem as much as his, you can stay."
As Spyro and Sunburn sat, Chop Chop remained at Princess Celestia's side. Princess Celestia discussed,
"Not long ago, I went to feed my pet Phoenix, Philomeena. When I got to where the cage was, she was gone, the cage was busted open. Luna and I concluded that it was Love Sickness for you, Sunburn."
Sunburn explained, "I felt something whoosh over me, when I was picking up my son."
The Sun Goddess replied, "That was Philomeena, she now searches for you, judging by your son, and your single, she wants to be a mother."
Spyro reminded Sunburn, "Didn't you say your parenting might interfere with being a Skylander?"
Sunburn replied, "I did say that. Maybe...I can be able to have a family. And once Kaos is dealt with, I will come back to Philomeena."
Celestia spoke, "Well" Celestia paused. Sunburn replied, "She's right behind me isn't she?"
Celestia corrected, "She's above you."
The Phoenix pounced onto Sunburn, with wings wrapped around his Hybrid body. Celestia asked her Phoenix,
"Are you sure that he is the one for you?"
The Phoenix nodded.
Spyro smiled, "A Phoenix and a Phoenix/Dragon Hybrid. Reminds me of a certain dragon we know of.
The Princess replied, "Indeed it does, Spyro. I also have to tell you that construction on the Portal of Power halted during the Changeling attack, but it will take sometime before we can complete construction and learn how to use it, with Chop Chop's help of course."
Chop Chop spoke, "Its time to return to Canterlot, your Highness. You're going to set the Sun in a few hours and its Day-light savings time."
Celestia turned to Chop Chop, "Indeed it is, Chop Chop. It means my days go shorter and Luna's nights go longer. We've been doing Day-Light savings since we were crowned as Goddesses of the Cosmos above our Planet."
Spyro spoke, "There can't be balance without you and Luna."
Celestia frowned and said, "There was one time that the balance fell out of place....neither Luna or I do not like to talk about it." She turned to her Phoenix, who is still hugging Sunburn, "Philomeena, be back at the Castle after Sundown." The Phoenix nodded as her owner walked out of the bakery and stepped into her Chariot and went back to Canterlot.
*Flashback ends*
The class was finished in drawing a picture of Sunburn with Philomeena hugging him, and another of Guard Captain Chop Chop. Sweetie Belle said to Celestia,
"It was an interesting flashback, your Highness."
The Sun-Goddess replied to the filly, "Its knowing that Philomeena saw Sunburn that counts."
Applebloom asked, "What about when Bash wished to be Pegasus?"
Scootaloo replied, "Sometimes, Bash might be a dragon, but when it comes with his lack to fly, it always goes down the crazy ideas."
In the Gardens of the Canterlot Castle....
"Why are we in the garden early in the morning, Bash? I have patrols to do."
Bash replied, "Chop Chop, We are going to pick flowers for Princess Luna."
Chop Chop asked, "On what occasion?"
Bash said, "Because we done things in the past, but never shown appreciation for Princess Luna. Spyro and Spike picked flowers for Princess Celestia yesterday, why not we pick flowers for her sister, so we show appreciation for both Princesses?"
Chop Chop spoke, "You have a point there."
As the two Skylanders reached the Greenhouse, Bash picked a Moon Flower, that grows in shady areas. Chop Chop picked a beautiful Dark Blue flower, as beautiful as Luna's mane. Bash and Chop Chop were about to leave when they saw an odd shape of an insect inside the house, Bash recognized it and yelled,
"Ch..ch..Changeling!!"
They ran towards the castle as the Changeling chased them. They saw it smash into an odd statue, which had the two Skylanders on edge. Chop Chop stated,
"That statue is the weirdest Statue, I've ever seen."
As they reached where Princess Luna is....
"We got you some flowers from the Greenhouse."
Princess Luna replied, "Thank you, you two. These are beautiful." She checked off her list. "Flowers for the night, check. Now I have to find flowers for the Sun, when my sister raises it."
As soon as she left, Whirlwind came into the room and spoke,
"Hello, Bash."
Bash spoke in depression, "Oh, hello Whirlwind."
Whirlwind held out an armor plate that has two spikes on it. "I made this especially for you." She said as she blushed. Bash tried it on, he kinda admired the armor piece, until Chop Chop pointed out to something.
"Princess Luna forgot her list!"
Bash decided, "I better take the list to Luna." He speeds off losing the armor piece, he grabbed the list and went to find Luna. He found her surrounded by VIPs, construction workers, and Mayor Mare of Ponyville. He decided to roll his way to Luna, give the list to her and roll away, but his plans go wrong when the Skylander accidentily bashed into a Construction worker, almost hit the Mayor of Ponyville, and collided with a pillar. Seeing the humiliation, he dropped the list, curled into a ball and rolled out of the room.
Princess Luna found Bash slumped against the incomplete Portal of Power, she spoke to the Earth Skylander,
"I know you were trying to return something to me. But.."
"But what, I'm clumsy, because I can't see where I'm rolling? I know, this festival is a special time for your sister." Bash interuptted.
"I was not saying that you are clumsy. I was just saying that you might have trouble trying to help. But I think I need your help, I'm planning to oversee the construction at Ponyville, meet me at the chariot in 2 hours." Luna told him.
"I could help somepony there." Bash replied.
Luna spoke, "The Portal of Power won't be completed when we have time. We are still missing one thing to completing the Portal, though Starswirl cyphered it, so his competitors won't discover it."
Bash noted, "Until you and Celestia find out about the final part to completing the Portal, I'll meet you at the chariot in 2 hours."
At the Chariot....
"Princess Luna, Wait!!!" but she didn't turn around.
At the Canterlot Park....
"Bash, I heard you were going to be in Canterlot for a little while. I thought you would be at the festival grounds."
Bash repiled, "I was suppossed to go with Princess Luna, but I missed the chariot. I'm always thinking about my inability to fly." He had an idea, "Twilight, Can you make me into a Pegasus, so I can fly to the Festival Grounds?"
Twilight replied, "I could try, but I never turned a creature into a Pony before." As she said that, Twilight charged her magic towards Bash, and his image went from dragon to pegasus. Unknown to them, that the same Changeling from the garden followed Bash to the park. Seeing Bash's transformation, the Changeling now decided that taking down the Skylander in Pony form is a top priority.
On the trail to the Festival grounds....
"Bash the Pony, Bash can fly now." He looked down at his reflection at a river's surface, and said, "Wowsers, I really am a Pony!" He took another bite out of his apple and tossed it in the river.
At the festival grounds...
"How are the Life Skylanders doing in the decorations?"
Spyro responded, "With Rarity's help, the Life Skylanders would be done in no time, though we are still short one Earth Skylander" Spyro checked his names of Skylanders unaccounted for. "Bash, we're still missing Bash."
Bash galloped near the Festival Grounds and spotted Princess Luna, "There she is!" He cleared his throat and started to practice introducing himself, "Princess Luna, Spyro, Its me, Bash. I'm a Pony now, I'm now a Pony." But his practicing made him bash into a couple of construction workers carrying a bucket of cement. Spyro and Luna noticed the mysterious Pegasus appear out of nowhere, Spyro went to help him out.
Spyro asked, "Who are you?"
Bash wanted to introduce his name, but it was too soon. So he made up a name. "My name is...Crash, and I've been sent from Canterlot. I flew all the way here to help out."
After hiding his real name, Bash helped out with the preparations. He helped his fellow Skylanders, who don't know who he really is, helped out Princess Luna and Spyro in managing the stations, and kept his true identity hidden. Princess Luna offered a ride to Ponyville, but Bash said that he could fly there. He was a little rusty with flight, it was his second attempt anyway.
When he reached Ponyville...
He scurried ahead trying to avoid the Changeling, and soon led it into a Garbage Can. He wasn't looking where he was going and crashed into Sugarcube Corner. Pinkie Pie emerged mentioning her Pinkie Sense going off about something, but when she saw a Pegasus Stallion KO'd at Sugarcube Corner, she know that the doozy was that. Spyro showed up and woke him up,
"Crash, shheesh you scared me, seeing you curl into a ball, and crash into the bakery. Reminds me of a Skylander that still hasn't returned from Canterlot."
Whirlwind came up to Spyro and whispered, "I think Crash is actually Bash."
The Summer Sun Festival....
There were Puppet Shows involving the Skylanders, Storytelling of the Arrival and how they helped the Royal Sisters. There was a Ferris Wheel, with an excellent view of Canterlot. The Wonderbolts performing their routine, and Sonic Boom uses her Sonic Scream to endorse the crowd. There were three Skylanders who were on the lookout for a light brown Pegasus Stallion. Cynder asked,
"Are you sure Bash is around here, Whirlwind?"
Whirlwind replied, "He's got to be, Cynder. Keep looking."
Spyro asked, "What would lower him to do something like that?"
Bash was wandering around the festival and Princess Luna galloped up and spoke, "Crash, are you having a good time."
Bash replied, "Yeah, well..um..There's something I..." He was interuptted by the sound of a young foal slipping off the ferris wheel, seeing this, He sprung into action, curled up into a ball, though its much difficult as a pony, and caught the foal before it hit the ground. He returned the foal to its parents and returned to Princess Luna. She commented, "The only one who does that move is a Skylander named, Bash." Bash ran off, but tripped on cart which caused the animals pulling it go outta control. Luna was trying to stop the cart before her sister gets to the festival. Bash peered out and said to himself,
"This is all my fault, I wish Twilight Sparkle and Princess Celestia were here!"
Princess Celestia appearred and told Bash, "Bash, now is your chance to save the festival."
Bash asked, "But how?"
The Sun Goddess reminded him, "Your Earth Ability. Are you a Pony or a Dragon?"
Bash looked at the Armor piece, stood up and said, "I'm a Dragon!"
The Cart stormed its way towards Bash, Princess Celestia was in the distance and used her magic to turn Bash back into a Dragon. The Animals who were pulling the cart, skidded to a halt when they saw him. Bash proclaimed, "I guess there's one thing a Dragon can do."
Bash placed the Armor piece on his head, and noticed a Unicorn/Dragon Hybrid landing,
"Bash, that was really brave of you!"
Bash nudged Whirlwind, "Whirlwind, I'm never going through a transformation like that again."
Spyro cheered, "You did good. Bash."
Cynder added, "You are a true Earth Skylander."
Luna showed up and said, "Bash, you saved the festival."
Bash asked, "Aren't you guys mad, that I decieved you?"
Spyro answered, "Only a little bit, but you might've had good reasons, and its time for Princess Celestia to share her balance to Equestria, also known as raising the sun!"
Whirlwind spoke to Bash, "I'm so glad, you're back."
Bash assured Whirlwind, "Me too."
As soon as Princess Celestia appearred, she raised the sun and showed her balance to the World. The Summer Sun Festival was a major success, as for the Changeling, it gave up chasing the Skylanders.
As for Bash and Whirlwind, sadily, they broke up after defeating Kaos.
*Flashback ends*
They all looked at a picture of the Sun rising over the festival with the Skylanders in the middle. Applebloom said,
"I'm glad thats over."
Sweetie Belle replied, "Yeah, Bash had good intentions for his decision."
Princess Celestia replied, "It was, but he saw the consequences and decided to change back into a Dragon."
Scootaloo added, "With your help."
Princess Celestia agreed, "Indeed."
Princess Luna remembered, "Remember when the Captain of the Wonderbolts fell in love with Drobot?"
Scootaloo asked, "Captain Spitfire? That Captain of the Wonderbolts?"
Luna replied, "It took her time, but it was worth it for her in the end."
*Flashback to Sweet Apple Acres*
At Cloudsdale....
"If only you were in Cloudsdale."
At that exact moment, a Tech Dragon touched down in Cloudsdale, confused about walking on clouds. He took his first step on the cloud surface, then he started getting used to it. He began to explore the sights, he saw a familar light Blue Pegasus Stallion and spoke in his booming voice,
"Soarin', over here."
Soarin' noticed Drobot and asked, "Skylander, you came to Cloudsdale. First time, right?"
Drobot replied, "Yes, though its strange to walk on clouds. Alicorns in Skylands came up with the Cloud-Walking spell, but I never knew Dragons could walk on clouds. Before I forget, which I never forget, Rainbow Dash came to Sweet Apple Acres this morning, told Applejack about your birthday, and sent me as their delivery dragon." Drobot handed Soarin' the Applepie, and said, "Happy Birthday Soarin'."
Soarin' nodded in reply and flew off. Drobot was at loss when he saw Spitfire sitting by herself, gazing at a toy version of himself. He walked up to the Captain and asked,
"Are you alright?"
Spitfire looked up to see the Skylander talking to her and replied, "I'm fine." She thought to herself, "I can't believe it, A Skylander is talking to me. Its not just any Skylander, its Drobot! The Skylander I love."
Spitfire spoke, "I haven't talked to any Skylanders, but you talked to me."
Drobot replied, "You were in a bad state, so I wanted to comfort you."
Spitfire said in interest, "Not many mares, get on a Skylander's board."
Drobot asked, "Why not we take a flight over Ponyville?"
Spitfire replied, "Lead the way, Drobot."
They took off from Cloudsdale, during their flight, Drobot explained how he made his suit. His story was impressive, his fascination with taking things apart and putting them back together. Spitfire would be surprised if Drobot took apart the Ponyville Train Station and Train, then put it back together. Drobot performed amazing tricks and Air stunts, he explained,
"Most Dragons in Skylands were about competing aerial battles, thats where I came from. Dragons are smart, but not as smart as I am."
Spitfire asked, "Did you know what type of stuff you used to make your suit?"
Drobot answered, "I don't know, there's a 50/50 chance that this is Arkeyan Tech."
Spitfire asked, "What are Arkeyans?"
Drobot repiled, "An ancient civilization that ruled our world, before Malefor started the war."
Spitfire concluded "Those were dark times in Skylands."
Drobot corrected, "Skylands was once a whole Planet, Malefor nearly destroyed it. Spyro and Cynder used a Fury Wave that stopped it from breaking apart, thus creating Skylands. This history lesson was irrelevent, but I can't wait to take you to Skylands once we find out the final piece to power it."
Spitfire added, "I can't even wait to see what Skylands is like. After you're finished dealing with this Kaos."
Drobot assured, "Kaos will get whats coming to him when we arrive."
Spitfire asked, "The Grand Galloping Gala is happening again, so you and the Skylanders can represent yourselves to everypony. Are you coming to the Gala?"
Drobot replied, "It takes a party or a Gala to have Skylanders present themselves, I'll go."
Spitfire hugged Drobot with tears of joy in her eyes. She said, "See you at the Gala, Skylander." and sped back to Cloudsdale.
When Drobot returns to Sweet Apple Acres....
"About to know that we've been invited to the Grand Galloping Gala in Canterlot."
A holographic Ignitor spoke, "Thats what he was going to say. How did you know?"
Drobot replied, "A Pegasus named Spitfire."
Rainbow Dash said in shock and not because of Zap, "You actually met Spitfire?!"
Spike stepped in, "Okay, now is not the time to ask about Drobot's day. We have to prepare for the Gala, seeing that it will go better than it did last time."
Rarity stated, "No Pony Prince for this Earth Skylander."
Pinkie Pie stated hers, "No disasters at this Gala when the Skylanders are around."
Spyro asked Rarity, "What do you mean by 'Pony Prince?' It seems...Awkward."
Rarity told her short story, "Last Gala, I thought I found my 'True Love', but it turns out, he's totally self-centered and used me to attempt to kill Spike."
Ghost Roaster asked, "Is this Pony Prince a Unicorn, white coat and blonde mane, Has a 'Skylanders: Myth or Real' book near his Mirror?"
Rarity answered, "Thats him, but how do you know about a Skylanders book?"
Ghost Roaster said, "Remember when Celestia said that she found me possessing her Nephew's mirror?"
Spyro said, "Yes."
Ghost Roaster finished, "Well, while I was in the Mirror, I saw a Skylanders book that says "Myth or Real" Ghost Roaster face-palmed, "Ok, lets just quick jump to the night of the Gala."
Grand Galloping Gala.....
Spike and Rarity were walking with Spyro and Cynder, who passed the same Stallion, that Ghost Roaster frightened via Mirror. This time, Rarity ignored him and stuck by Spike, Spike was thinking it as a dream come true, the Love of his Life at his side.
Drobot was looking around trying to find Spitfire, the only ponies he saw at the Gala were a Pegasus Aerial team called 'The Wonderbolts' When he started to give up, he heard a familar voice behind him,
"Drobot, I'm glad you made it."
He turned around and saw Spitfire as one of those Pegasi in those flight suits. He asked, "I didn't know that you are part of this team!"
Spitfire apologysed, "I forgot to tell you, that I am the Captain of the Wonderbolts."
Drobot accepted, "Some of us don't know tell anyone our true selves until we show up with our suits on."
Spitfire nudged Drobot's helmet, smiling at each other. They sat at a table and started to chat about what would happen after Skylands is rid of Kaos for good. Spike and Rarity were walking out from looking at the Portal of Power, knowing that they would soon use it to goto Skylands.
Twilight was spotted by her rival, The Great and Powerful Trixie, who was trying to match her powers to Twilight's power, but Trixie bumped into Prince Blueblood, who was frightened by Ghost Roaster, but shook his hoof in a friendly manner, Ghost Roaster's actions made Trixie and Prince Blueblood fall in love, Ghost Roaster saluted the couple.
Bash was wearing his Armor Piece, and danced with Whirlwind, who are very happy together.
Princess Celestia was looking at the Skylanders having fun at the Gala, she used Blueblood's Skylanders: Myth or Real book and discovered a way to decypher the final piece to the puzzle and activating the Portal of Power. Celestia turned to Luna, who held the decyphered schematics and said,
"Activating the Portal of Power requires Unity of all Elemental Skylanders."
Luna replied, "I'll contact Ignitor, and tell him its time, but it will take a few weeks for them to get back."
Spyro and Cynder saw Drobot remove his helmet, and kiss Spitfire. Spyro asked Cynder, "When was the last time, we kissed?"
Cynder replied, "I never thought about it. We have known each other for a long time, but never kissed."
Spyro and Cynder decided that they should kiss, so the two Skylanders did. The Grand Galloping Gala was known by the Skylanders as 'The Best Night Ever.' Thanks to Prism Break's light show.
*Flashback ends*
They all looked at the picture of Spitfire and Drobot nudging, they sighed and fit the last page on the book. It was finished, the book was finished. Princess Celestia said,
"Now we need to get this book to the Skylanders."
Applebloom spotted Spyro, "Look, its Spyro. Come on, lets git it to him."
The Cutie Mark Crusaders carried the book all the way to Spyro, they showed it to him and he asked, "You made a book about us. Thats kind of you, three."
Sweetie Belle replied, "We didn't do this alone, we had help from our class and the Royal Sisters."
Scootaloo added, "We thought about everything you did for us."
At Twilight's Library...
Author's Note
The flashbacks that the CMC had to create a book for the Skylanders. As for the Equestrian Isles, Master Eon gave Starswirl the Bearded a group of isles that he dubbed, 'The Equestrian Isles.' He used it for studies until he decided to leave Skylands and build a portal of power.
Ignitor, the Fire Skylander, a Valiant Knight with a soul of fire saved the Royal Wedding and chose to leave with the Newly Weds. He has shown that the Skylanders will be there, no matter what. These are his stories...
On the Chariot...
In a region of Skylands....
Ignitor replied, "I know, but I should have been more careful."
The Knight Lieutenant countinued, "Maybe this Royal Wedding would cheer you up. Come on, Candle-Stick."
Ignitor asked in annoyance, "Are you going to keep calling me 'Candle-Stick?"
The Knight Lieutenant frightenly, "Sorry, Ignitor."
Wedding Ceremony...
Suddenly, the Window broke to reveal an Ambush of Cyclopes. Ignitor had to spring into action and used his sword to attack the Cyclopes. Ignitor fought the Cyclopes with all his might, but a beast of the Cyclopes attacked him and knocked him into unconsciousness.
Ignitor's Knight-Brothers were overwhelmed by the Cyclopes, they were attacked, killed or injured. The attack went on for hours until the Cyclopes beat a hasty retreat, some of the knight raised their swords thinking that they won. How wrong they would soon be and they would know who to blame it on.
Ignitor woke up with his knights staring angry eyes at him. He was confused until they grabbed him, and took him to the King.
Throne Room...
"What is the meaning of this, your Majesty? We saved the Wedding."
The King turned to Ignitor and spoke, "The Wedding wasn't saved. My Son and his bride were taken by the Cyclopes. The Cyclopes were after them."
Ignitor asked, "Why did you pin this on me, its the Cyclopes you need to be angry at?!"
The King angrily replied, "Because you charged in, not worrying about your assignment! You are unworthy of your Knighthood, you are a Failure!!"
Ignitor yelled, "And you couldn't even do what is best to launch a rescue mission!!"
The King concluded, "They are gone, Ignitor. Soon they would be eaten by the Cyclopes, they are too strong! And for failing to protect the Wedding, you, Ignitor, are now Exiled!!!"
On the trail to the Cyclopes fortress....
"Who are you?"
"I am Eon, the Portal Master and overseer of the 'Core of Light' you, Ignitor are not a failure. You just didn't pay attention to your surroundings, but now, you must rescue the Prince and Princess from the Cyclopes."
"How did you know my name?"
"It is not important, but you have a soul of fire, you can jump out of your armor and use your fire soul as a weapon." said Master Eon.
Ignitor concluded, "This will be my redemption. Thank you, Master Eon."
Ignitor walked the 'Chain of Fortitude' and reached the Cyclopes fortress, he saw a bride and a groom get taken into the Dungeon. Ignitor whispered, "Don't worry, I'm coming."
He wielded his Flame Sword and yelled, "Slash and Burn!!!"
He charged in alone, he battled the Cyclopes, this time, he didn't back down, this time he used his fire soul. He battled the Cyclopes like there's no tomorrow, but he had a priority, rescue the Bride and Groom.
As he reached the Dungeon, Ignitor searched the cells until he found the Bride and Groom, crying and comforting each other. The Groom noticed Ignitor,
"Ignitor, you came!!" He turned to his Bride, "We better not worry now, help has come."
Ignitor released them and said, "The Cyclopes are up ahead, If I cannot defeat them all, run, tell your father, I've redeemed myself. Get behind me."
Ignitor soon escorted the Bride and Groom away from the Cyclopes fortress and escaped using the Chain of Fortitude, They met up with Master Eon again.
At the Chain...
The Groom realized, "You're Master Eon, the Portal Master that appearred after Malefor nearly destroyed the Old World!"
The Bride remembered, "Malefor nearly destroyed the Old World and two dragons called, "Spyro and Cynder" launched a wave that created Skylands."
Master Eon assured, "That is indeed the origin of Skylands."
Ignitor spoke, "I will be a Skylander, after I bring these two back to their Wedding."
Throne Room....
The King asked, "Who gave the order not to harm the Exile?"
The Guard countinued, "The Portal Master Eon."
The King spoke in shock, "Send them in."
After many persuasions by Master Eon, Ignitor was welcomed back as a hero, and now is a Redeemer. So much...he was a Skylander....
Resort....
"Remember how you and Cadance used a merging ability?"
"How we made Ignidance?" Ignitor asked.
Shining Armor replied, "I want to merge my power with yours."
Ignitor set his journal down, "Just say your 'Battle Cry' and the merging begins."
Shining Armor shouted, "CANTERLOT'S GUARDIAN!!"
Ignitor shouted, "SLASH AND BURN!!!"
A Blaze of Blue and Purple flames formed around them, turning the sand below them into glass. As the Flames faded, Shining had blue fires on his coat, and was wearing Ignitor's Armor. The new form shouted,
"FEAR THE INFERNO OF SHINING INFERNO!!"
Cadance appeared and said in shock, "First, Ignitor and I create Ignidance and now you and Ignitor create a new form called, "Shining Inferno."
Shining Inferno responded, "Its odd being a merged Skylander. But we can handle it."
Cadance recieved the message from Princess Celestia, adressed to Ignitor, "Dear Ignitor, We have completed construction of the Portal of Power, but we need Elemental Unity from all of the Eight Elements to power it up. You and the Honeymooners must return to Canterlot and power up the Portal of Power. We used the Schematics, and deciphered the last part, and that's how we knew about the Elemental Unity.
Princess Celestia"
Ignitor spoke, "I understand."
Author's Note
Yeah, I placed the same story into this chapter, but with more detail and in Ignitor's point of view.
The Portal Chamber...
"It takes Unity of all Eight Elements to activate the Portal, or a Fully Realized Portal Master."
Princess Luna countinued for her sister, "It requires all Skylanders of the Eight Elements to activate the Portal. Are you ready?"
All Skylanders nodded, and diverted their power towards the Portal.
Rainbow Dash and the Air Skylanders shouted, "Air!!"
Gill Grunt and the Water Skylanders shouted, "Water!!"
Pinkie Pie and the Tech Skylanders shouted, "Tech!!"
Fluttershy and the Life Skylanders shouted, "Life!!"
Applejack, Rarity and the Earth Skylanders shouted, "Earth!!"
Cynder and the Undead Skylanders shouted, "Undead!!"
Ignitor and the Fire Skylanders shouted, "Fire!!"
Spike, Twilight, Spyro and the Magic Skylanders shouted, "Magic!!"
Their powers flowed in White, Blue, Yellow, Green, Brown, Grey, Red, and Purple beams towards the Portal of Power. As soon as it consumed every Elemental Power, it started to glow, and a Spirit emerged from the Portal of Power. The Skylanders, except for the Mane-6 knew who it was.
"Master Eon!"
The Spirit spoke, "Skylanders, you have done it."
Spyro asked, "But we haven't gotten back to Skylands yet."
Master Eon corrected, "You haven't, but you have build a bridge that Starswirl and I have always dreamed of. The Bridge between Equestria and the World, you and Cynder created."
Twilight said in shock, "How long did you know about us?"
Master Eon replied, "Before news of Spyro, Cynder and Sparx's return and my curiosity got the better of me. You and Spike are gifted, thats why I chose you two to become Skylanders. Spikes transformation was not an accident, it was for a purpose."
Sparx buzzed around the spirit, "You didn't need to mention how you found us!!"
Spike asked, "So, it wasn't an accident? If I woke up on the day the Skylanders arrived, I would still be what I am, now?"
Master Eon replied, "After I examined your Growth Spurt incident, I had placed some of the essence of a good Dragon from Spyro and Cynder into you."
But this conversation was interuppted by a floating head. It said,
"Well, well, well, The Skylanders have found a way back to Skylands, correction, MY Skylands."
Spyro said in anger, "Kaos!"
Kaos noticed, "Oh, Spyro, I didn't seem to recognize you. You might want to know that there is no way to stop me, even if you do, you would face an old friend of yours." Kaos turned away. "Glumshanks, show our friend what he would face if he defeats me." An Image of a Purple Dragon appearred, which Spyro and Cynder recognized. "Malefor. You're planning to free Malefor from the Center of the World?!" Kaos laughed as his head disappeared.
Master Eon assured Spyro, "You are not alone, you have friends and allies that will aid you."
Cynder realized, "All we need now is a Portal Master, we can't go in without a Portal Master to guide us."
Master Eon turned to Celestia and Luna, "Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, Goddesses of the Sun and Moon, I make you, Portal Masters, to guide the Skylanders through Skylands. Will you accept?"
The Sisters looked at each other and nodded at Master Eon.
Princess Celestia spoke, "Spyro and Spike, get to the Portal."
Princess Luna spoke, "Sparx, go with them."
Sparx said in excitement, "All right, the Skylanders are back!!!"
Master Eon turned to Spyro, "As a rare Purple Dragon, you can wield many abilities. You passed on what you know to Spike, but now its time to re-awaken these powers, Fire, Electricity, Ice, and Earth."
He turned to Cynder, "Cynder, while most other dragons can only master a single element, your exposure to the Darkness, has granted you with powers most uncommon, Poison, Fear, Wind, and Shadow."
On an Island thats breaking apart in Skylands...
"Master Eon said, help would come. First, the Core explodes, then I hear voices!!"
All of a sudden, a massive beam of light emerged revealing two Purple Dragons and a Dragonfly. Hugo quickly recognized them.
"Whoa!! Spyro! You've returned!!"
Spyro assured, "I'm not alone Hugo."
Spike added, "He's brought a couple of Skylanders from Equestria, including the two Magic Skylanders."
Sparx added, "Don't forget about the former god of Tall Plains, Sparx."
Hugo calmed down, "Master Eon said, you would return. So he did find another Portal Master."
Spyro corrected, "Make that two Portal Masters, the Royal Sisters of Equestria are now our Portal Masters."
Hugo started to yell, "I know you can hear me, your Highnesses. I am Hugo and we have much to do!"
Sparx asked about the situation, "Seriously, buddy. What is the situation here? Why is everyone evacuating?"
Hugo replied, "I don't know, Sparx. But there are still Mabu villagers trapped inside, you got to help them."
Spike said, "Then we better rescue those villagers."
Hugo quickliy reminded them, "By the way, Spike is it? There's a Balloon, that I arrived in. Piloted by Flynn the Balloonist, he's further up ahead."
Spike replied, "Thanks Hugo."
Back in Equestria...
"So, we have to find out whats causing this island to break apart. And soon find the balloonist, Hugo mentioned."
Spyro replied, "Yeah, we better find Flynn."
Then a voice yelled, "Hey down there! You guys are Skylanders, aren't ya. Flynn the Balloonist, Best Pilot in all of Skylands." He noticed Spyro. "Hey, Spyro you're back!!"
Spyro replied, "Flynn, good to see ya again."
Flynn cut to the chase, "You, Sparx and your friend better come up here. You might wanna see this!"
Sparx told Flynn, "We'll be right there. Spike and Spyro are checking something out on the other side of that ditch." He noticed they weren't there. "Hey, wait for me!!"
Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were watching Spyro and Spike enter an odd gate that had the Magic Symbol on it. Princess Celestia wondered,
"What is that gate?"
Back in Skylands...
"Spyro, Spike, Sparx, This is what I saw before I landed. This Tornado is tearing up the island. Ok, what we need to do is..." Flynn paused and saw a chunk coming towards them. "INCOMING!!!"
Spike and Spyro fell when the chunk hit. Luckily, they landed on solid ground and saw Flynn fly by. Spyro said,
"That was more than I expected. Flynn, pick up Hugo and find another place where we can meet up."
Flynn saluted, "Ok, Spyro. But be careful, you three. That is one mean Tornado!"
The trio met the Mabu, they helped move the Turtle, 'Blobbers' He pointed out that there are 'Monster Gates' in their path. So the trio had to fight the 'Chompies' to open the gate. As soon as the gate opened, they met up with Blobbers, who told them about the Elemental Gates, that can be opened by a Skylander of that type. Spike and Spyro shouted,
"Celestia, Luna, send Gill Grunt and Pinkie Pie!!"
Back in Equestria...
"Skylands is just amazing."
Spyro asked, "Just like Starswirl's notes?"
Spike replied, "Exactly, like his notes."
Back in Skylands...
They followed Blobbers to another gate, he started freaking out,
"The Mabu Royal Palace is gone, and the Royal Family are still trapped behind the gate! Skylanders, you have to save them!!"
Gill Grunt said to Pinkie Pie, "Pinkie Pie, bring out the Party Cannon."
Pinkie brought out her Party Cannon and took out the Chompies, Gill pushed the Turtle making a bridge and used a cannon to blow away the wall, Pinkie Pie grabbed the key and freed the Mabu Royal Family. Gill Grunt shouted,
"Tag us out!!"
Back in Equestria...
Back in Skylands...
"What happened here?"
Hugo answered, "This is what Kaos has done."
Spike remembered, "Kaos said something about freeing Malefor."
Hugo said shocked, "Lets not hope he succeeds. We need to return to the Ruins of the Core of Light."
Flynn spoke, "Yeah, because that Tornado is really on top of us!"
Spike shouted, "Princess Celestia, when we get to the ruins, swap us out for Twilight and Rarity!"
Author's Note
Finally they arrive at Skylands and Kaos reveals a master plan to free Malefor.
At the Core of Light...
Spike walked with Cynder and talked about the last Eternal Source. Spike asked,
"Where are we going to find the Eternal Magic Source?"
Cynder replied, "There's no speculation about the location of the Eternal Magic Source."
Spike asked, "So, its going to be hard to find?"
Cynder replied, "Indeed."
Flynn walked up to the two and said, "Cynder, you know that statue, thats out near the chain?"
Cynder replied, "Yeah, I know about that statue."
Flynn finished, "Well, its moving."
Cynder shouted, "Celestia, Luna, swap me out for Chop Chop!"
Cynder disappeared and Chop Chop soon took her place. The Undead Knight said,
"We better investigate this moving statue."
At the Statue...
Chop Chop recognized, "Wait, you're an Arkeyan!?"
Spike asked, "What are the Arkeyans?"
The Statue spoke, "Before I cut to the story, I am called, 'The Weapons Master' and the Arkeyans once ruled all of the Old World. We were the first to fall to Malefor's Armies, and our Machines entombed. You seek something from me."
Spike spoke, "We need to find the Eternal Magic Source."
The Weapons Master spoke, "To obtain the Eternal Source of Magic, you need to prove yourselves. Then you can obtain the very essence of magic first, 'The Quiksilver.' The Quiksilver Vault is across the Chain of Fortitude, and you can go there if you like."
Chop Chop nodded, "Lets get the Quiksilver."
At the Quiksilver Vault...
"Here you are, Skylanders. This is the chambers, where we kept the very essence of magic, 'The Quiksilver.' Like I said before, you have to prove yourselves trustworthy, by fighting through the Arkeyan defenses. Soon, you will obtain the Quiksilver."
Spike asked, "How long did you hold out until Malefor conquered your people?"
The Weapons Master remembered, "For so long, we held our ground against our ruthless mercenary foe. But we were betrayed, Arkeyans were possessed by Malefor's dark influence, we used the Eternal Source of Magic to seal Malefor in Convexity, never to return. But his second-in-command, Gaul has Malefor's ruthlessness. Gaul's forces hunted us down, but some of us hid. But there were too few of us, we knew that the Arkeyan Age was over."
Chop Chop asked, "Why do I remember seeing Malefor being thrown into Convexity?"
The Weapons Master replied, "We used our Arkeyan Elites, undead warriors to merge with the Eternal Source of Magic. Some were destroyed, while few were rendered paralyzed, you were among those paralyzed, Chop Chop. You said that you would sacrifice yourself to stop Malefor."
Chop Chop realized, "I did. But Kaos plans to ressurect Malefor, if we don't get the Eternal Magic Source...he might succeed."
Spike spoke, "Where do we find the Quiksilver? Time is against us."
The hologram assured, "The Quiksilver Vault is passed a closed gate, that requires a key. You need to get the key and pass the gate."
As soon as the Skylanders performed this task and reached a clearing that shows many chains attatched to a central chamber. The Weapons Master appeared and said,
"The Quiksilver Vault is locked tight. The only way to obtain it is to align the three energy beams with the three seals above the Quiksilver to release it."
Spike shouted, "Celestia, swap me out for Twilight!"
Spike disappeared and Twilight took his place. Twilight was in shock knowing about obtaining the essence of Magic in Skylands. One of the pieces needed for the Eternal Magic Source to power up the Core of Light.
Chop Chop spoke, "We better align the three laser beams to the central chamber and get the Quiksilver."
Twilight and Chop Chop used the teleporters to each of the isles, and alignned the three energy beams with the three seals above the Quiksilver. They rode the chain down to the central chamber, fought a whole load of enemies and reached the jar, holding the very essence of Magic in Skylands. The Weapons Master appearred,
"What we pass on to you, the very essence of magic, the Quiksilver."
Twilight said, "This is the very essence of Magic! We could use it for the Core of Light!"
Chop Chop replied, "The Arkeyans benefit this gift being used to build the Core of Light." He turned to the Weapons Master. "Thank you, Weapons Master."
At the Core of Light....
Chop Chop was swapped out for Rarity, and Twilight was swapped out for Spike. But they were unsure, what to do now, so they decided to talk to the Weapons Master. As they approached the Arkeyan, Spike asked,
"We need to find the Eternal Magic Source."
The Weapons Master replied, "Traverse the Chain of Fortitude to the final resting place of our War Machines, we tried to use against Malefor, there is a vault deep within the facility, the Eternal Magic Source lies in the vault."
"Then we better get to that Armory and find the Eternal Magic Source. But most of all, I'm not alone."
"We are never going alone, Spike. We fought side-by-side against Malefor. Now you and Rarity are fighting side-by-side with the other Skylanders to prevent Malefor from returning."
Rarity stepped in, "Where ever you go, I'm with you, Spike."
Spike flared his wings, "Then let us go, Ladies first."
Rarity stepped onto the Chain of Fortitude, then Spike stepped on. They began their journey to the Armory, where the Eternal Magic Source lies.
On the Chain of Fortitude...
"Spike, I want to ask you something."
Spike asked, "Whats on your mind?"
Rarity explained, "About all the Stallions, that I thought could be my True Love. Most of the Stallions only wanted my help, but others were arrogant. But, you...are differant, though you are not a Stallion."
Spike began, "I'm differant because I care about you, Rarity. Its not because, I'm a Skylander, its because I always cared about you since the day we first met. But when I heard that you liked Prince Blueblood, I decided to let you go. But soon there was my time with the Soul Gem Omnitrix and how Blueblood froze you solid when you warned me. When Blueblood froze you, I snapped and became Sonic Boom. Then came my Negative Growth Spurt, when we were falling together. What we both experienced came to the arrival of the Skylanders, when I was exposed to a Positive Growth Spurt, I gained the ability to harness energy from a gem, but lost my appetite for them. But I still accompany you on your Gem Hunts along with Bash and Terrafin."
Rarity spoke, "About the aftermath of your Negative Growth Spurt, you said that you always had a crush on me before I cut you off and smiled. I did not know at the time though, but I have been focused on being known by all of Equestria. When Sweetie Belle and I met Hex and Chop Chop, and they mentioned you..I cared about you as well. When I saw the new you with your wings and your zig-zag horns, I thought the Spikey-Wikey, I knew was gone forever."
Spike assured Rarity, "I might look differant, but I'm still the same Spikey-Wikey on the inside. I know I can draw energy from Gems, but I can control it. Remember, when I gave you the Fire Ruby?"
Rarity remembered, "That Fire Ruby was in the shape of a heart. Why do you ask?"
Spike replied, "When I found that Fire Ruby, I thought it would be my dinner. But when you noticed it, I had a feeling that the Fire Ruby would be more to you instead of me plus, I was giving you something that I described because of its shape." Spike paused for a moment before continuing. "My Heart."
Rarity smiled, "It was very generous of you and it was amazing. Your Heart would be a great way to describe the Fire Ruby."
At the Armory...
Rarity found transportation to the vault where the Eternal Magic Source was held, an Arkeyan Battle Robot. They guided the robot, shot down the flyers and punched platforms and Automatons, even faced a Battle Robot.
They came to the Vault and saw a sphere of Purple Energy beneath a sheild, The Weapons Master appearred,
"Behold, the Eternal Magic Source. The Sheild was to keep our enemies from getting to it. Now you must deactivate the sheild by deactivating the generators. But first you need to end the security lock-down, there is a keycard on the lower level. After the lock-down has ended, deactivate the generators and you will obtain the Eternal Magic Source."
Spike and Rarity went down to the lower level and grabbed the key-card, went up to the upper level and placed it in the security terminal. Well, an Air Elemental Gate caught the duo's attention, Spike hollered,
"Celestia, Luna, Swap me out for Rainbow Dash!!"
In a flash of light, Spike disapppeared and Rainbow Dash took his place. Using her Air Ability, Rainbow Dash opened the way and flew into a gust of wind, teleporting them to the other side.
Rainbow Dash and Rarity worked together to solve the puzzle and soon found a present that had a hat in it.
As soon as they were finished, Rainbow Dash was swapped out for Spike. Spike and Rarity coutinued to shut down the generators powering the shield. As soon as the last generator was shut down, the shield was disabled and the Eternal Magic Source was revealed.
In Equestria..
Celestia replied, "We did what we had to do, Master Eon. Skylands is saved, not because of my sister and I. But the Skylanders are very responsible for saving Skylands."
Luna finished, "Skylands is at peace now, because of the Skylanders."
Back in Skylands...
"Whats the matter, Glumshanks?"
The troll was about to speak, when a flash of light blinded them both. Kaos yelled,
"Hey, what the? Are you kidding me!?!?" He tried to find his butler in the light, "Glumshanks?" Glumshanks asked, "Master?" Kaos asked. "Glumshanks?" Glumshanks replied, "Master?" They bumped into each other, and Kaos yelled,
"Get us out of here, Glumshanks. TO THE OUTLANDS!!!"
As their castle pulled away, Kaos cried,
"My Darkness, My Beautiful Darkness!!" He now assured himself, "But I have enough to start the Ressurection Ritual!! I'm not beaten YET!!!"
At the Core of Light...
Flynn was cheering, "Wahoo, we won. And everything is back to normal." He held up two thumbs up, "BOOM!"
Cali said, "I still don't think, we're done."
Flynn guessed, "I guess we haven't had our date yet." He did the same thing again. "DOUBLE BOOM!!!"
Hugo told Flynn, "Cali is right, I feel it too."
Spike added, "So do I. Kaos has acquired enough Darkness to ressurect Malefor."
General Robot came up and said, "I have the intel on the enemy's home base."
Hugo read it, "These are the coordinates to Kaos' lair in the Outlands! General Robot, I could kiss you!"
The Military Robot said, "At Ease, Soldier."
Hugo got back on track, "Anyway, with these coordinates, Spike, Rarity and the rest of the Skylanders could launch a final attack!"
Rarity asked, "How do we get to the Outlands?"
Hugo replied, "Why...The Core of Light!" Hugo now turned serious. "Are you ready to take on the Evil Kaos in his lair and rid Skylands of him, once and for all?"
Spike and Rarity looked at each other, nod and turned towards Hugo. Spike said,
"Its time to end this."
Author's Note
The touchy conversation between Spike and Rarity was about the events that transpired before the events of this fic.
In the Canterlot Castle, Portal Chamber...
The Skylanders and a pony audience watched the Skylanders quest to obtain the Eternal Magic Source. When one Undead Skylander decided to share something to the other two Undead and an Earth Skylander. Ghost Roaster asked,
"Do you wanna know how I came to that large mirror?"
Hex replied, "We need an explanation on how you came to Ponyville with us, when you ended up in Canterlot."
Chop Chop spoke, "We need to know how you got to Canterlot before us."
Ghost Roaster said, "Its a Funny Story."
Terrafin spoke, "This will be good."
Flashback to Ghost Roaster's story.
When Ghost Roaster landed in Ponyville, he quickily followed the tracks, up a mountain to the city of Canterlot. He was trying to find a safe spot for a ghost to hide in. The first place to look was an open window in the castle. He slipped in, nearly awoken a Pony by the name of, 'Prince Blueblood' he quickily found a good place to stay..a mirror. As he settled in, he said,
"Sure is roomy in this mirror."
Then he slept in the mirror until the morning or at least afternoon. He was awoken by the sound of a regal voice, and Ghost Roaster hates regal voices. This one sounded male as he looked out of the mirror, he saw Prince Blueblood, with two candles around the mirror. Ghost Roaster now felt mischievous, so he took a reflective form of Prince Blueblood. Ghost Roaster heard him say,
"You are fabulous."
Ghost Roaster smiled and said, "Sure am, fabulous."
This freaked the stallion out, Blueblood thought that he was hearing things, thinking that he reflection did not speak back. He forgot all about it and discussed about one thing that made Ghost Roaster furious.
"Aunt Celestia's guards have taken in these odd creatures. I think they are called...Airlanders, I don't see what is special about them. Its like Celestia and Luna have taken in lowly commoners as their own, This is a Palace and I'm starting to live in a Zoo full of freaky creatures, even that machine and how its speaks."
Blueblood started imitating a robotic voice. "Licensed to Drill." He returned to his regal voice, "Celestia should know that this is a palace, not a Zoo! Now Cadance is caring for four Fire freaks over at the Library, that Phoenix-Dragon, Living Flame in a suit of armor, a Magma Blob, and a Blind-folded Pointy Eared creature?! Canterlot has been turned into a Zoo!"
Hearing this, Ghost Roaster decided to reveal himself by not camouflaging himself in the mirror for Blueblood to see. As Blueblood turned toward the mirror, he saw a Skull face and said,
"Ughh, My Beautiful face is ruined!"
Ghost Roaster stepped out of the mirror, "Its not your face, kid. Heres Ghostie!!!!"
Prince Blueblood ran screaming, "SOS, SOS My mirror is possessed, My Mirror is Possessed!!!"
Goast Roaster became an Ectoplasmic skull, "I better find this Princess Celestia."
Back to the Present....
Ghost Roaster smiled, "And thats how I caught up with the rest of the Skylanders living in the castle. I was mad when he talked poorly about the Fire Skylanders, heh, Hex gave Ignitor that cursed Armor in the first place."
Hex whispered, "Its best, you don't notice it, while he's here."
Terrafin spoke, "We don't want any past grudges against one another."
Ghost Roaster apologyzed, "Sorry, I hope he didn't hear that."
Author's Note
This is a short chapter from when the Skylanders were acting as observers until they are called. This mostly involves Ghost Roaster scaring the Regal voice out of Prince Blueballs.....I mean Blueblood.
Confrontation and Assignment
In the Lair of Kaos....
"You ready for this?"
Rarity answered, "I'm ready."
Spike said, "Lets find Kaos and finish this."
Equestria...
"My sister and I sensed that the Evil King Sombra of the Crystal Empire might return and attack us. Its too dangerous to halt right now, a group of six should go and investigate."
Cynder asked, "There's four of us, who's going with us?"
Princess Luna replied, "Shining Armor and Princess Cadance are going with you."
Ignitor spoke, "We better investigate the Crystal Empire, before this goes bad."
Lair of Kaos, dungeon...
"Did you hear something?"
Rarity replied, "It came from one of those cells."
As the duo found the source which frightened them at first, but amazed and astonished them. In the Cell, were a group of Alicorns, some were from Skylands while the shocking thing was, others came from Equestria. One of the Alicorns said,
"Wait, You're from Equestria. A Purple Dragon from Equestria and a Unicorn from Equestria, they came to free us!" The Alicorn paused, "You are trying to free us, right?"
Spike freezed the lock and broke it with his tail, "Thats one reason we're here."
One Alicorn with a Reddish-Brown mane said, "Thank you, we are in your debt. You must be looking for Kaos."
Rarity asked, "Where do we find him?"
The Alicorn replied, "His Quarters, up the stairs to the right."
Rarity spoke, "Thank you." She turned toward the door, "Our Portal Masters are watching, you can shout and bring you back to Equestria. If you are from Skylands, there's a portal created by the Core of Light outside this evil place, you can use it to transport yourselves to the ruins."
Crystal Empire...
As the heroes travelled to the gate,
Cadance saw a crystal statue, that looked like a Gremlin wink at her.
Shining Armor saw a big Crystal Statue that looked like it stood on one wheel and a mechanic,
Spyro saw three Crystal Statues in the Shape of a tree, and a Mushroom and an Ice Warrior,
Ignitor spotted three Crystal Statues, a large magma creature, a small magma dog, and a huge whale-like creature with an anchor,
Cynder saw five Crystal Statues in the shape of an Elf that rides a skeleton Ostrich, a Genie with Swords, a Suit of Armor with an Eyeball on top, and a Wasp Warrior.
Drobot saw a Crystal Statue in the shape of a Rock Warrior. The Sight of those Statues caused Cadance to talk about one statue,
"Isn't it weird, that the Gremlin statue just winked at me?"
All of a sudden, the statues shattered revealing what was inside, the massive tree kneeled down and said,
"You don't believe us as Statues, do ya?"
Shining Armor cried out in surprise, "Their huge!!" The huge figure with one wheel said,
"Yeah, thats Ridiculous."
Cadance asked, "Who are you guys?"
The tree responded, "I'm Tree Rex, and I'm a Giant, there is one of each of us in each of the Eight Elements."
The Robot spoke, "I'm Bouncer!"
The Whale creature spoke, "I'm Thumpback!"
The Genie spoke, "I'm Ninjini!"
The Large Magma creature spoke, "I'm Hot Head!"
The Eyeball in armor introduced, "I'm Eye Brawl!"
The Wasp introduced, "I'm Swarm!"
The Rock warrior spoke, "And I'm Crusher!"
Spyro said, "Welcome to the Party!"
Cynder went next, "The Giants are here!"
Drobot said, "How about that!"
Ignitor spoke, "Incredible!"
Cadance said, "Whoa."
Shining Armor yelled, "I did not see that one coming!"
Tree Rex sensed something behind the Gate, "Sombra!"
Spyro assumed, "Well, party's over."
Shining Armor spoke, "Not good."
Bouncer said, "No Sweat, we got your backs. Besides, its the Crystal Ponies we have to free."
Hot Head spoke to a blue Gremlin, "Ready for this, Pop Fizz?"
Pop Fizz drank his soda, "Always ready! Sombra is going to get whats coming to him. Try to enslave Crystal Ponies, you get a motion in the Potion."
Tree Rex finished, "Besides, We protect them and they love us."
Lair of Kaos, Kaos' Quarters...
"The Dark Master Returns."
Spike and Rarity appearred from the door and Spike said,
"We're too Late!!"
Kaos noticed them, "Persistant Skylanders aren't you. This is where it really ends for you and your Portal Masters."
Rarity was not one for battle, but she can make an acception, "Bring it!"
Kaos smiled in an Evil way and boarded his hoverthrone revealing to them, the very minion responsible for destroying the Core of Light, The Hydra.
The Hydra is a combination of four Elements, Water, Life, Undead, and Fire. When Kaos landed to launch its attacks, it gave Spike and Rarity an open window to attack Kaos directly.
After many attacks, The Hydra hit Spike, and what flowed through the Dragon was now a Dark-Purple Magic, Spike's Purple scales changed to Black, his horns, frills and wings became silver as well.
The Hydra also had an effect on Rarity, her White coat turned Blue, her Purple Mane turned Gold and had Powers unlike her Earth abilities.
Dark Spike and Legendary Rarity looked at each other and nodded, Dark Spike said, "Lets take out the trash."
Legendary Rarity agreed, "Gems or no Gems, that is the Question."
After several attacks by the New Dark Spike and Legendary Rarity, Kaos' craft was down and his Hydra destroyed, Kaos said,
"You might've defeated me, but my Colleague in the Radiant Isles will finish what we both started!!"
Spike, now back to normal asked, "What Colleague? What is the Radiant Isles? What are you talking about?"
Kaos realized, "You thought I, Kaos, started this alone? No, My Colleague and I planned to bring about the Return of Malefor. And when he uses his Dark Mirror, Malefor will make his first appearance at the Radiant Isles!!" Kaos' craft explodes and he wakes up in his portal chamber, saying 'Fear my Giant Floating Head.'
At the Core of Light...
"Hey, cool your jets, Small fry, we Heard ENOUGH outta you!"
Cali agreed, "Finally, something we can agree on. You know, you're ok, when your not putting your foot in your mouth."
Kaos threatened Eon to send him back to the Outlands, but Eon has something special in mind for him, the Princesses agreed with his idea.
With Hugo typing in the coordinates, he sent Kaos, not to Equestria, but a strange world known as Earth, where he was chewed by a dog and set up in stores.
Spike, along with Rarity, Applejack, Twilight, Chop Chop, Sunburn, Camo, and Zap cheered after seeing Kaos fly off to Earth. The most shocking thing that happened to Spike is that Rarity kissed him. Spike, stunned by the kiss, fell to the ground while all the others laughed at his funniness.
Equestria....
Celestia assured the spirit, "When we find out the identity of Kaos' colleague, We will call the Skylanders to action."
Luna finished, "And find a way to defeat him, thats what Skylanders do."
Eon said, "Very well." He turned to the crowd, "Ponies of Equestria, I, Eon will show you your neighboring world, Skylands."
One at a time, each pony stepped on to the Portal of Power and were transported to the Core of Light. The Princesses finally made the dream of Starswirl the Bearded and Eon the Portal Master come true. They were visited by a very familiar Alicorn.
"Mother, you've returned!!" said Celestia.
"I've missed you so much." said their mother.
"Where have you been all of our lives?" asked Luna.
"I was trapped in the Outlands, but your sister's adopted Son and his friend, Rarity saved me and all the other Alicorns from Skylands and Equestria." replied their mother.
They were happy to see their mother again. As the family hugged, the Skylanders were happy on reuniting a family again, everypony and every Skylander were happy except for Bash.
On the balcony...
Canterlot Train Station...
"Stop, are you Friend or Foe?" Bash didn't say anything and countinued walking towards her. She lost her patience waiting for a response, so she blasted Bash off of the city with her tail.
As Bash fell, he had a lovestruck look in his eyes and said, "I'm in Love!!" He rolled down the mountain and followed the tracks back up to the city.
Crystal Empire...
"How did you? I thought you were Statues!?!?" he asked.
Tree Rex spoke, "Well, you though wrong."
Spyro said, "Skylanders, To battle!"
Sombra held up a sign, "Mommy!"
(Two hours later)
Sombra was being held upside down by Bouncer, Spyro said, "Don't worry, we'll get you healed up...As LONG AS YOU DON'T ATTACK CANTERLOT, or ENSLAVE THE CRYSTAL PONIES or WE WILL BE BACK!! DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?"
Sombra said, "You win, Skylanders."
Portal Chamber..
"Didn't I just blow you off the cliff?"
Bash said, "Look, I know we got off on the wrong way. My name is Bash."
The Gem Dragon replied, "My name is Flashwing, what do you want Bash."
Bash replied, "When I first saw you, You made me feel like I want to fly even more now.
Flashwing said, "Is that so?"
Bash replied, "I have an inability to fly until I saw you, I didn't soar, but my heart did."
Flashwing asked, "Are you saying?"
Bash nodded. Flashwing was a little confused by Bash's emotion towards her, so she smiled and nudged Bash.
Author's Note
Bronies, Pegasisters and Portal Masters everywhere, I present to you the chapter where the Giants are discovered. I hope you've read this far, but everything has turned out all right.
As peace returned to Skylands, the Ponies were given tours of Skylands by the Alicorns of Skylands and Flynn the Balloonist. All Skylanders were presented with medals of bravery, but to the Skylanders, the true heroes were the ones who guided them. The Bridge between magical Worlds were complete, and everything was back to normal. Except, one Water Skylander felt that he's been working too hard and decided to take a day-off.
Gill Grunt decided to find someplace to spend his day-off in Ponyville. Rarity suggested going to the Ponyville Spa. He might not be female, but if that place has water, then it will be alright. When he arrived at the Spa, he met two mares who were really interested in him, REALLY interested in him.
As he and Rarity entered the Spa, he was still thinking to himself, "Why am I doing this?" until he snapped out by Rarity. Gill Grunt saw many familiar faces around that place, he saw Applejack and Dino-Rang lounging in a mud bath, Dino-Rang wrote in his journal while he was in there, he spotted the ice warrior, Chill in a seaweed wrap, Zap lounging around in a tub of water, Cali and Stealth Elf stepping into a sauna, all the things he's thinking of and thought that Spa's were just for females and he wondered where most of the Skylanders were. Gill Grunt said,
"I guess they are now for Skylanders. And Zap is have a good time."
Zap noticed, "Yo, Gill! These two mares, Aloe and Lotus, they are a natural with their jobs! Its like I'm a prince again!"
Chill said, "Zap, you're still a Prince."
The Pink and Blue Earth Pony Mare known as Aloe laughed, "Your former royalty was an amazing story, Zap."
Zap replied, "Yeah, My parents cut me off after I got my..." He twitched, "Zapping ability."
Aloe's Twin, a Blue and Pink Earth Pony Mare, Lotus noticed Gill Grunt and Rarity, "Ms. Rarity, a pleasure to see you again. Trying to freshen up for your Special Magic Skylander?"
Rarity said, "Yes and Gill Grunt has taken a day-off."
Gill Grunt pulled out his Harpoon Gun, "Any idea where I can set my things?"
Lotus replied, "Set them on the Blue Table, we sorted out everything for Skylanders. Even for a handsome Gillman like you."
Gill thought, "Is it me or did she call me handsome?"
Gill Grunt set his Harpoon Gun down on the Blue table along with his Water pack. His day-off begins and he has two beautiful mares who make him happy...reminds him of his late Girlfriend. He has sad memories, the day he lost her, he promised himself that he would find her, but he never found her. It was Aloe and Lotus, who healed his wounds in his heart. When they massaged the Skylander, it was like being touched by the hooves of an Angel, when he lounged with his good friend, Zap saw happiness in Gill's eyes as he stared at the two mares. Zap suspects,
"I suspect you're developing a little crush on the Twins, aren't ya?"
"What am I suppossed to do now? Kaos is history, we are no longer needed instead of protecting Skylands and the Core of Light."
The water they were in suddenly began to bubble, Gill asked, "Was that you?"
The Water Dragon replied, "I didn't do that."
A small aligator popped out with goggles and a snorkel, Gill recognized him, "Gummy, are you and Pinkie Pie snorkeling here again?
Wham Shell popped out and said, "Nope, since Pinkie Pie is hanging with Boomer, and Trigger Happy, I decided to hang with Gummy."
Applejack asked from the mud bath, "So where is Pinkie Pie?"
Dino-Rang said, "I hope she doesn't get her hooves on a Gas Oven, those things can blow up nicely." He now focused on the mud bath, "Terrafin would've reminded him on why he's a Dirt Shark with this. But too bad, that dude is wrestling Iron Will the Minotaur to prove who is stronger."
After extensive hours of chatting with his friends, night came and it was time for Gill Grunt to leave. As he was about to pick up his Water pack and Harpoon gun, he was approached by the Spa Twins, Aloe asked,
"Are you leaving so soon?"
"I have to, the place is closed." answered Gill Grunt.
Lotus asked, "What to stay with us tonight, Gill?"
Gill paused and said, "Well, maybe one night here won't kill me. Besides, you gave Slam Bam a haircut."
Gill Grunt decided to tell them something, "I've been so nice to you two, because...I care about you girls. Ever since I lost my Girlfriend...I felt that someday I would find her. Now I know the day would never come, which left me heartbroken, I always fought my enemies with a broken heart. Until I met you two, it felt like...Love."
Gill Grunt suddenly flashed back to the day, he lost his girlfriend.
Flashback...
"Lily, Come on, we got to go!"
Lily nodded, "We have to get away from them!"
As the couple fled from the Pirates, they felt that their pursuers won't give up. They were soon ambushed by Pirate Harpoonists, Gill quickily caught a harpoon and hurled it back, Lily swam for her life as Gill held them off. But fearing for Gill's safety, she decided to drag him away from the fight, and bring him to shore. She spoke,
"Gill, there's no way to escape them, unless...one of us goes with them."
Gill Grunt said, "No, I'm not letting you do this, we can still get away from the Pirates." Lily handed him her bracelet, made of Seashells.
"You can't control where the current goes or where the wind blows. But Its my choice, Gill, but if I don't make it...I will always be with you."
Gill Grunt replied, "No, you can't!"
Lily assured, "I love you, but I know you. I don't want you to have me as an anchor when I'm not around. Promise me, that you won't make me your anchor."
Gill sadily said, "No, Lil. Don't..." Lily swam away and into the Pirate Trap, Gill Grunt collapsed to his knees and said,
"I will find you, Lil. I promise.." He soon saw a Harpoon Gun wash up on shore, and a Water Pack as well. He decided to take matters into his own fins and rescue Lily, but never found her.
Flashback ends...
Gill Grunt continued, "She sacrificed herself, so I could get away. But in my heart, I know she was still alive, but now...I'll never find her." He looked at the bracelet on his left arm, "This bracelet is all I have left of her."
Aloe replied sadily, "Thats sad, your own girlfriend giving herself to ruffians, so you can escape.
Lotus was crying as well, "How could she do that?"
Gill replied, "Because, she loved me."
The Twins stopped crying and said to the Water Skylander, "We...also have to confess something. When we first saw you enter with Ms Rarity, we were in awe by your handsomeness, you were so loving. We always love you, Gill Grunt."
Gill Grunt and the Spa Twins had a large embrace, until Gill Grunt lost his balance and fell on his back, near the sauna door. He suddenly said,
"Well, this isn't awkward."
Aloe and Lotus told him, "We want you, to be with us tonight."
Gill answered, "I'm going to be with you two tonight."
Outside of the Spa, The Dragon Skylanders were wandering Ponyville, Spyro said,
"Quiet night in Ponyville. Right guys?"
Drobot replied, "Yeah."
Sunburn, who was carrying his Phoenix son, joined, "At least, I can spend time with my son since Kaos is dealt with."
Whirlwind replied, "I suspect that the former Prince Zap had a nice time at the spa."
Zap replied, "I was a Prince until I got my Zapping ability, now I just live on my own."
Cynder said, "At least, the Giants have been getting along with the others. Since we took care of Sombra."
Camo replied, "I still can't believe you found those guys!"
Bash replied, "Even some new friends if duty calls, and we discover the identity of Kaos' colleague."
Flashwing asked, "Bash, what do you and the Skylanders do here if you are not in Skylands?"
Bash replied, "Well, we help out Twilight and her friends. Discover what makes us more than teammates."
Flashwing asked, "Are there any dragons around here?"
The Rock Dragon said, "Yeah, we joined a migration and didn't turn out so well. The bright side is Sunburn's adopted son, Peewee."
Spyro said, "We might've got off a bad start, but that Red Dragon was trouble."
The Gem Dragoness said, "Don't look now, but those dragons you were talking about are hiding in those bushes."
At that moment, three dragons emerged from the bush. There was a Red Dragon, a Dark Purple Dragon and a Brown Dragon, they all had a shocked glance at the Skylanders. The Brown one said,
"So, Garble, we found the Skylander Dragons, and it seems that they have a new one."
The Red Dragon known as Garble said, "We meet again, Skylanders."
Sunburn shook his head, "Not you again."
Garble replied, "Nice to see you, too."
Bash readied, "Try to attack us, or else."
Garble held up his claws, "We don't want to attack. We heard about your amazing feats in your world. We were on our way here to find you."
Spyro replied, "And you got us right where you wanted?"
Garble replied, "We just want to apologyse for what we did to you."
Cynder asked, "You decide to apologyse to us?"
Garble continued, "After what we did, we just want your forgiveness."
Spike soon touched down, "How do we know you won't break your apology?"
Garble asked, "What do you mean?"
Whirlwind said, "If you apologyse to a Skylander, you make sure you don't do it again."
Garble replied, "You have our word, Skylanders."
Somewhere in the Radiant Isles...
"Ahh, Kaos completed his spell, but I still lay dormant within the Core of the World."
The Head spoke, "Dark Master Malefor, I, Hektore, cooperated with Kaos. It was our plan to bring you back."
Malefor noticed, "Hektore, I need the last piece to freeing me." Hektore knew this would be bad. "I need the Elemental powers of the Skylanders! I need you to lure the Skylanders to the Radiant Isles, attempt to stop them, but if they succeed in rescuing the Seekers, face them in a final confrontation, which will have you absorb their powers."
Hektore asked, "How do I transfer the powers to you?"
The Mirror struck Hektore's eyes and soon he had two White glowing eyes, that glow Dark Purple if a power is absorbed. The head replied,
"Thank you, Master."
Author's Note
So this is a more random chapter for the fic because I got bored.
The Cakes are going out again and wanted to ask Pinkie Pie to foal-sit for them, but Pinkie Pie is off at Dragon's Peak with Sunburn, Philomeena, Peewee, Spyro, and Cynder. So the only one they could ask is Trigger Happy, he has a schedule, so he could write down his plans. He looked at it,
"Hmm, today is Tuesday, so my 'No-Guns Day' is Friday, and Thursday, I have to be at the Flower Shop to help out Zook and Camo. So, I'm free tonight."
Mr Cake said in relief, "Make sure they don't get into any trouble."
Trig said, "How bad could a couple of foals be?" He ran with the Unicorn foal, Pumpkin Cake, but stopped as he saw a Pegasus foal, Pound Cake pound the block tower and was about to pound the rest until he was catched by Mrs Cake,
"Uh, uh, uh, Pound Cake, No Pounding things." The foal smiled in agreement. Trigger Happy knew exactly, that he's going to be responsible for these two.
But as soon as the Cakes left, the foals started to cry, but Trigger Happy had to do something because he's the one responsible, he decided to put on a show. Because he's good at making accents like his Russian Accent, he decided to tell about the origin of Skylands.
"A long time ago, an Evil Dragon named Malefor tried to take over the old world, he lead attacks, laid siege on the islands, even attacked the Dragon City Warfang. But along came two Dragons, who teamed up to fight Malefor as one. Spyro and Cynder attacked Malefor at his lair, but the creature he sent, completed its circle. The World broke apart, but after the defeat of Malefor, Spyro and Cynder, used a massive fury wave to stop the world from breaking apart. The world was nothing but floating islands now, except Avalar, which became the hub of the new world known as 'Skylands.' The End "
After all of his effort, the foals continued to cry, so he took the foals into their room, and took out a couple of stuffed animals and gave it to the twins. Pumpkin Cake started to happily chew on a rubber chicken until Trig noticed, Pound Cake was missing.
"Oh no, Mr and Mrs Cake will kill me, if anything happens to Pound Cake!" He began his search, "Pound Cake?" He searched the hallway, "Pound Cake, where are you?" Trig walked back into the room, where he left Pumpkin Cake until he noticed a giggling sound, scared by what is happening, he looked up and saw the shadow of a Pegasus foal on the ceiling, he gasped,
"You can fly, for somepony your age!?"
He decided to put everything away and find a way to catch Pound Cake until he noticed that one of his coins was being pulled away from him, he said in shock,
"Pumpkin Cake, you can use magic!?"
He managed to grab his coins and jump up to grab Pound Cake, he grabbed him and said,
"Gotcha!" But that foal was strong, "I think?" The Foal pulled the Gremlin out to the hallway, down the stairs, through the kitchen, smashing into everything, he even said,
"I'm not letting go, I am responsible!!" The foal began dragging him up the stairs, through the hallway and back into the foal's room. After letting go, he saw Pumpkin Cake use her magic to levitate herself, causing her to fly. Trigger Happy thought of throwing in the towel, but he's still responsible. He chased the foals high, low, near and far, until he finally caged them in their crib and taped it down. He said,
"How do you like them cakes?" His satisfaction was shattered when Pumpkin walked through and Pound lifted the crib. Trigger Happy was so full of grief from those foals, he threw down his guns and started to cry. The twins saw the sadness in the Tech Skylander's eyes and they had to do something. The Twins walked up to Trig and brought him his guns, Trig smiled after seeing what they were doing for him. They suddenly got tired and Trig put the twins to bed, after that he cleaned up the mess and passed out on the floor, only to be awakened by Mr. and Mrs. Cake returning home. Mr. Cake asked,
"So, how did it go?"
Trigger Happy replied, "All great, the twins are really good when I got to know them better."
Mrs. Cake asked, "Were there any problems?"
Trig replied, "Only minor, but nothing large."
Mr. Cake asked, "Maybe you and Pinkie could foal-sit these two, together?"
Trig thought about until he heard the sleeping foals say his name, Pound Cake said, "Trigger"then Pumpkin Cake said, "Happy"
Then the foals said another name, Pound spoke "Pinkie" and Pumpkin spoke, "Pie"
Trigger Happy looked at Mr. Cake, "You have a deal."
While Trigger Happy was sleeping over at the Library, he brought out a piece of Paper and a Quill,
"Dear Princess Celestia,
Usually, I like to shoot things, but when it comes to foal-sitting, I could really get use to foal-sitting as my Day-Job. But I also like to remember one thing, I might be a Skylander, but trying out new things would make you experience it more in the future.
Your Tech Skylander, Trigger Happy."
(Epilogue and preview for the next chapter)
Meanwhile, Pop Fizz decided to make the Skylanders serum because of his job as an alchemist. After he was done he needed somepony to test it on, the only pony hangs with Drobot and he's on an occasional delivery run and won't be back until morning.
"Sheesh, Gill Grunt hangs with the Spa Twins, Zook works at a Flower shop, whats next, Drobot's Marefriend asks about where he is?"
At the right moment, Captain Spitfire entered the barn, and asked,
"Have you seen Drobot? I need to ask him something."
Pop Fizz noticed the mare, "Oh yeah, he's taken a part-time job as a Mail-Carrier, we are just sitting idle, waiting to be called back into action." He was interested in her name, "Spitfire, your name sounds like it could be the name for a Fire Skylander."
The Wonderbolt realised, "You're the Gremlin Alchemist, that was found near the Crystal Empire along with the Giants!" She looked at the Purple potion, "Whats that?"
Pop Fizz picked it up, "This is the Skylanders Serum, I made. I know that Portal Masters make this stuff, but I plan ahead. Your name and your mane looks like you can possess fire."
The Wonderbolt asked, "Can one be a Wonderbolt and a Skylander at the same time?"
Pop Fizz replied, "Do you want to be the first?"
Spitfire said, "Here it goes."
Pop Fizz had Spitfire drink the Skylanders Serum, once the vial was empty, Spitfire felt a burst a heat in her wings, her eyes started to flare and her mane was actual fire. She asked,
"Did it work?"
Pop Fizz yelled, "Wowsers, Spitfire, you are now a Fire Skylander!!"
As the flames in her mane died down, she asked, "Could this interfere in my duty as a Wonderbolt Captain?"
The Alchemist replied, "No, Skylanders learn how tame their abilities, so it won't interfere."
Spitfire said, "I can't wait until Drobot comes back tommorow morning." She realized, "I've got drills tommorrow morning, I got to get home, Thanks Pop Fizz!"
Pop Fizz said to himself once Spitfire left, "She's also the first female Fire Skylander." Until he was punched by Slam Bam,
"What was that for?"
The four-armed yeti responded, "Initiating a new Skylander without our permission."
Author's Note
The chapter that shows that even a Skylander can have a problem with foal-sitting and guess what? Trigger Happy has a schedule now.
In the Portal Chamber, Princesses Celestia and Luna decided to speak with the Portal Master, Eon and ask about the identity of Kaos' colleague. As they approached the Portal of Power, Master Eon's spirit head emerges from the Portal,
"Your Highnesses, I was just about to call you over."
The Sun-Goddess asked, "You were expecting us to come here?"
The head replied, "Yes, your Highness." Master Eon began, "We have recently discovered the identity of Kaos' colleague from the Core of Light, and his location."
Princess Luna asked, "Where is his colleague?"
Master Eon replied, "On the Radiant Isles, lands of the Mystic Seekers. Just West of the Equestrian Isles."
The Moon Goddess spoke, "Its not on our charts, Its like Kaos' colleague is using Dark Magic to somehow hide its location."
Master Eon assured, "Do not fear, Princess Luna. There is a Portal to the Radiant Isles, that I have already activated. You got my help into getting to the Radiant Isles, but the rest is up to you two Portal Masters and the Skylanders."
The Sisters bowed, "Thank you, Master Eon. We would never forget this, and our gift as Portal Masters."
Master Eon smiled, "It was Cynder, who remembered about finding a Portal Master during Kaos' occupation of Skylands."
The Sisters rose up and decided to send a letter to every Skylander and tell them that they are called into action once again.
At the Ponyville Flower Shop, Zook and Trigger Happy were helping Camo in placing flowers into the flowerpots until Camo burped out a letter. The Skylanders looked at the letter, nodded, clocked out, and went to the Train Station.
At the Carosuel Boutique, Whirlwind, Chop Chop, and Sonic Boom were helping Rarity with her dresses until Whirlwind's horn erupted a message, they nodded and sped towards the Train Station.
At Sweet Apple Acres, Drobot was getting more Apple pies for another routine delivery run as he saw Spitfire soaring in the skies with actual fire in her mane and tail. Drobot realized,
"Pop Fizz."
Pop Fizz appeared from the Barn with a mark on his face after he was punched by Slam Bam,
"Oh no, I'm dead this time."
Applejack was bucking Appletrees, so she could harvest them while Rainbow Dash was napping over the Acres. Drobot whacked Pop Fizz with his wing as Slam Bam appeared,
"Pop Fizz acted stupid, but hey, you Marefriend is now..hotter."
Drobot replied, "You're right, Sl..." Drobot was interuptted as he burped up a message from the Royal Sisters,
"Skylanders, stop what you are doing and those can walk, get to the Train Station!"
Spitfire landed, "Why are we doing that?"
Drobot looked at his Marefriend, "We are being called into action in the Radiant Isles."
Pop Fizz, still clutching his arm, "You guys go ahead, The Radiant Isles are too intense for me."
At Fluttershy's cottage, Stump Smash, Stealth Elf, Zap, Wham-Shell and Prism Break were helping Fluttershy with her animals and Prism Break even made her animals go 'oooh, aahhhh' with his beam show. Until Zap burped out a message,
"Guys, its time to go back into action."
They all put the animals away and journeyed towards the Train Station.
Terrafin was havin a wrestling match with Iron Will the Minotaur, which has lasted for five days. Ignitor, Boomer, Pinkie Pie, Spyro, Cynder, Spike, Hex, Bash, Dino-Rang who was still writing in his journal, and Twilight were all watching astonishment on how long these guys can go at it. Iron Will tried to put Terrafin in a head-lock, but the Dirt Shark turned the tables on the Minotaur by doing a back-flip and pulling the Minotaur down, head first.
Terrafin emerged victorious and said, "And that is how you do it." Until his 'servant' Drill Sergeant appearred and said,
"Master, Master, a message from the sisters!"
Terrafin, who was still annoyed that Drill Sergeant called him, 'Master' decided to read the letter and call out to Spyro,
"Spyro, we have to rally the others, that the messages were not sent to!"
Spyro replied, "Well, the Skylanders are back in action."
As soon as all the Skylanders were assembled, they went to the Train Station, or if they were Flyers, they flew to Canterlot and assembled in the Portal Chamber. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were at the Portal of Power, when they saw the Skylanders enter. Princess Celestia started,
"Skylanders, it is good that you have recieved our messages. You all want to know why you are here."
Spyro spoke, "It has something to do with the Radiant Isles, right?"
The Sun Goddess replied, "Yes, Spyro, it does. Master Eon has found the location of the Radiant Isles and the identity of Kaos' colleague."
Terrafin asked, "What's the name of his colleague?"
Princess Luna spoke, "He's a floating head from the Outlands, known as Hektore. He enslaved the Mystic Seekers of the Radiant Isles to build something called, 'The Dark Mirror.' Hektore used the Mirror to remove the Radiant Isles from our charts, keeping the power for himself."
Twilight finished, "So you want us to go to the Radiant Isles, stop Hektore and destroy the Dark Mirror?"
Princess Celestia nodded and said, "There is a Mystic Seeker named 'Fargus' he wants us to meet him in person, but Hektore might notice our presence and have us captured, and with that Mirror, we have no idea how powerful he is."
Twilight stepped in, "I'll go in and meet Fargus."
Spike stepped in, "Be careful, Twilight."
Rainbow Dash said, "If you see Hektore, tell him that the Skylanders are coming!"
Spyro said, "Lets stop Hektore before he uses his powers to free Malefor."
Princess Celestia spoke, "Then it is settled, Twilight, get to the Portal and meet with Fargus."
As Twilight stepped into the Portal, she felt herself in an aura of magic and reappeared near two figures.
One almost looked like Starswirl the Bearded and the other was smaller. The big one was holding some sort of staff with a gem in it. She had to ask the big one,
"Um, Hello, Are you Fargus?"
The Seeker got her attention and replied, "Yes, and you must be the Skylander from our neighboring world of Equestria. I am Fargus and this is my son, Wendel, we were hoping that we would meet your Portal Masters."
Twilight said, "Well, to avoid capture from Hektore, I voulenteered to make the journey to meet you."
Fargus understood until they heard a strange sound from nowhere, Wendel recognized,
"Its Hektore, we can't stay here!"
Fargus told his son, "Wendel, you have to guide the Portal Masters when they get here."
Wendel said in shock, "I thought you would do it?!"
Fargus replied, "No, the duty falls upon the last 'Free' Seeker, which is you."
Soon there was a loud voice, "FARGUS!!!" Soon there were dark clouds and a floating head with horns appeared, Twilight said in her mind,
"I'm guessing thats Hektore!"
Fargus ran in yelling, "Go, Wendel, guide the Portal Masters!!" Hektore fired lasers from his eyes and hit the staff, Fargus was weilding. There was an explosion which made Wendel yell,
"Father!!" When the dust cleared, Fargus and Hektore were nowhere in sight. Wendel noticed his father's staff, as he picked it up, Twilight said,
"I'm sorry, Wendel."
Wendel replied, "We need to get back to the sanctuary, its the only place, that Hektore can't find us. We could also summon your Portal Masters, so they could guide you." He slammed the staff down, "By my Father, we will stop Hektore!" Twilght shouted,
"Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, when I get to the Sanctuary, Wendel, Fargus' son wants you to come to the Radiant Isles Sanctuary, its the only place, Hektore can't find us in."
Wendel replied, "But, if they are to guide you and the other Skylanders, you are not going to go alone. I can use a Radiance Crystal to send in a partner, but I only have one, yours."
Twilght asked, "Why am I being stored in a Crystal?"
Wendel replied, "Its the only way that your Princesses can summon Skylanders here, so they won't have to call them to the Portal every minute. The Mini Portal at the Sanctuary activated mysteriously, it could also be used as an Entrance for the Princesses."
Twilight asked, "How do I find the Radiance Crystal?"
The Apprentice replied, "Its over there somewhere, but be careful. Everytime you obtain a Radiance Crystal, Hektore will sense it and will start chasing you done. Most of our adventurers got captured by Hektore when they obtained the Crystal."
Twilight said, "You better get back to the Sanctuary and prep the Mini-Portal for the Royal Sisters' arrival."
As Wendel left, Twilight started to explore throughout the Radiant Isles as she searched for the Radiance Crystal, that Wendel needed, so she won't be alone. She searched through the castles until she came across a gem of a shining green color, she got close to it and the gem was stuck to her like glue. She said,
"My guess is, that is the Radiance Crystal."
But her curiousity was halted when she spotted a Dark Portal open with Hektore appearing from it. The Head said,
"Ahh, That fool Fargus works with a Unicorn, and you have obtained a Radiance Crystal. But like those who have attempted, you will never get away."
Twilight saw Hektore coming straight towards her, "Time to go!"
The Unicorn ran across the obstacles of the Isles, used her Magic to deal with the enemies in her way, ran across a fallen pillar with Hektore in pursuit, and as soon as she came to the Exit Portal, She cried out to Hektore,
"By the way, The Skylanders are coming!"
Hektore said in shock, "Skylanders! Here in the Radiant Isles!?!" His focused was lost as Twilight jumped into the portal.
In Hektore's lair, Hektore circled around the Dark Mirror hoping for a response from Malefor. Until a pair of yellow eyes appeared in the Mirror,
"Hektore, I assume that the Skylanders are here?"
Hektore replied, "Just as you planned, Master. But they have some unusual allies, I tried to chase down a Unicorn, who claims to be a Skylander. But I don't believe it."
Malefor responded, "The Skylanders initiated new members from the neighboring world of Equestria, they build the bridge between the two worlds. As soon as you absorb the Elemental powers from one Skylander of each element, I would be free."
Hektore stated, "But they are too fast, I can't possibly keep up with them."
Malefor sighed, "You know about the Elemental Gates?"
Hektore replied, "Yes, they are used by Skylanders linked to one of the eight Elements."
The eyes glew, "When they leave an Elemental gate, they leave some of the Elemental essense behind. You can chase the Skylanders if you must, but get near an Elemental Gate after a Skylander uses it. You can absorb the essense and transfer it to me."
Hektore's eye stones glew white, "Yes, Master."
Princess Celestia and Princess Luna heard Twilight's call to step into the Portal of Power. Celestia went first, Luna went second and soon enough, the Royal Sisters were in the Radiant Isles, but unfortunately, their beauty made Wendel drop his father's staff and himself. It took a while before Twilight could finally wake Wendel up, Twilight tried levitating a bucket of water and then pouring on his face, she tried to shake him to wake him, there is one more thing to prove, when Celestia and Luna approached the unconscious Apprentice, he instantly woke up.
"I'm awake, I'm awake."
He now picked up his father's staff and said, "Now that we have another Radiance Crystal, I could use it to summon a second Skylander into this Crystal. But I need your help to make it happen."
Princess Celestia and Princess Luna looked at what Skylanders they could choose, so they chose Rainbow Dash.
"Rainbow Dash, head for the Portal." said Celestia.
The Mini-Portal of Power showed a holographic Rainbow Dash as Princess Luna linked the Mini-Portal with Wendel's staff, Rainbow Dash's image disappeared from the Mini-Portal and into the Crystal. After it was finished, Wendel tossed the Crystal to Twilight and says,
"If you want to switch to your friend, Rainbow Dash, say, 'Swap' and Rainbow Dash will take your place."
Twilight yelled, "Swap!" In a flash of light, Twilight disappeared and Rainbow Dash was holding the Crystal in her mouth, she spat it out, and as it floated around her, she asked,
"Why was I conceived in a Crystal!?"
Wendel replied, "Long story."
Author's Note
So they discovered the identity of Kaos' Colleague and now they have to stop Hektore before he uses the Dark Mirror to free Malefor.
As soon as they realized how summoning Skylanders works until they stop Hektore, Rainbow Dash tossed Twilight's crystal to Wendel, who cast the magic spell. Princess Celestia checked her selection for which Skylander to send, until she eyed a Dragon/Unicorn Hybrid,
"Whirlwind, you going with Rainbow Dash."
A holographic Whirlwind appeared on the portal as Princess Luna powered the Mini-Portal and connected it with Wendel's staff. In a few minutes, Whirlwind disappeared, Wendel tossed the Crystal back to Rainbow Dash, and Luna asked,
"We have to rescue the Mystic Seekers. Where are they?"
Wendel stuttered at Luna's question and soon said, "Well, there's Beaufort, he's somewhere in the Brighthold Battlements, next there is Tizwing, he's somewhere in Rivenrock Caverns, the third Seeker is Esmerelle, she's somewhere in Whitefall Summits, the Fourth Seeker, Humfry is in the Faylair Jungle, But I have no idea where my father is. My father and the other four Seekers are the only ones that could power the Shattering Sigil."
Rainbow Dash asked, "The Shattering What?"
Wendel repeated, "The Shattering Sigil is the image that is on top of the Sanctuary. My Father developed the Sigil, and it was supposed to be used as a weapon to destroy the Dark Mirror."
Rainbow Dash replied, "If that Sigil could help us destroy that mirror and keep Hektore from ressurecting Malefor, I could do this with both wings tied behind my back!"
Wendel got out a rope, but Rainbow Dash replied, "I didn't mean literally!" She facehooved and said, "Swap" And Whirlwind took her place. Princess Celestia recalled,
"All the other areas can't be opened until we have enough Radiance Crystals. The only area available is the Brighthold Battlements."
Princess Luna finished, "If Rainbow Dash and Whirlwind find enough Radiance Crystals, their energy would open the other areas."
Wendel added, "You need to open the other areas once the Crystals' energy is transfered to the Sanctuary."
Princess Celestia turned to Whirlwind, "You and Rainbow Dash better get going. We'll stay here and find anything more on the Shattering Sigil and the Dark Mirror. You need to work your way through the battlements and find Beaufort, so he can power his part of the Sigil."
Whirlwind nodded, "I understand your highnesses, keep an eye out if we have enough Radiance crystals to open another area."
Luna replied, "We'll know, but remember the word to have Rainbow Dash take your place."
Whirlwind replied, "I will."
With that, Whirlwind jumped into the portal leading to the Battlements. She appeared at a Proving Ground and was soon attacked by Cyclopses. Whirlwind used her Rainbow ability and Storm clouds to set them up as airborne mines. Whirlwind collected these little vials and felt stronger by the minute, so she knew it was time for her friend to play,
"Swap!"
Rainbow Dash took Whirlwind's place and used her ability to create a Rainbow Ring and hurled at her attackers, she collected more of those vials. But now Hektore was coming,
"Oh great, and there's no exit. Maybe I should defeat more of these creeps or collect more of those vials, an exit should appear."
Rainbow Dash did both and soon an exit portal appeared just before Hektore nearly catched her, but she made it through in time.
Rainbow Dash and Whirlwind returned to the Sanctuary to ask Wendel about those little vials. Rainbow Dash asked,
"What are these things? Everytime we pick one up, our power increases."
Wendel replied, "These are Radiance Energy, these can be used to revive defeated Skylanders or using Magic items." He turned towards the gate, "There is also Elemental gates, these are connected to Skylanders of one of the 8 Elements and there is a Life and Water Gate in the Flooded Viaducts of the Battlements. This is my only hint about the Elemental Gates, the rest is up to you."
Rainbow Dash now requested to swap out for some other Skylanders, The Royal Sisters were doing the same routine as before, Celestia selected a Skylander, Luna connected the Mini-Portal with Wendel's staff and a new Skylander appears.
At the Flooded Viaducts, Fluttershy and Gill Grunt were popping balloons with his harpoon, Fluttershy was staring down the chompies into falling over and finding the Water and Life Elemental Gates, but what they didn't know is that when Hektore comes after them, he absorbs their essence from the gates, if they been in there before.
After Drobot and the new Fire Skylander, Spitfire rescued the Seeker known as Beaufort, in the Dream Gardens, they returned to the Sanctuary to find that Beaufort powered his part of the Shattering Sigil. He even got the chance to introduce himself to the Skylanders and the Royal Sisters.
"My name is Beaufort, Archivist and Mystic Seeker of the Radiant Isles. I never thought the day would come when I would be rescued by a Portal Master, or in this case, two Portal Masters...from Equestria. Now this is just rare."
Princess Celestia introduced herself, "I'm Princess Celestia, Goddess of the Sun and Co-ruler of Equestria." Princess Luna went next, "I'm Princess Luna, Goddess of the Moon, and Co-ruler of Equestria. We are also Portal Masters, hand-picked by Eon himself."
The Archivist was intrigued, "Fascinating, when this is all over, I heard of a reigion just East of the Radiant Isles called, 'The Equestrian Isles' is that true?"
Princess Celestia replied, "With the Bridge between our worlds connected, that rumor is real."
Beaufort was excited, "The Equestrian Isles are real, and once this is over, we could visit the Isles."
Drobot replied, "Well, you're here, your part of the Sigil is powered up and another area is opened."
Spitfire noticed, "The Holiday season is near, so after this, maybe we can invite you guys to a Christmas party."
Beaufort replied, "The other Seekers will like that."
Princess Celestia said, "We will save the Radiant Isles and then we will prep for our Christmas Party."
Drobot and Spitfire entered Rivenrock Cavern, entered Elemental gates of their Element, got chased by Hektore on some occasions and rescued Tizwing.
Rarity and Fluttershy entered the Whitefall Summits and rescued the Seeker, Esmerelle.
Applejack and Camo entered the Faylair Jungle and rescued the Seeker, Humfry.
Chop Chop and Ignitor journeyed to the Galecrack Ruins to rescue the final seeker, soon they discovered that the final Seeker is Fargus. They were shocked on discovering that he's still alive. But after they rescued Fargus, Hektore appeared right in front of them and took him away. Ignitor told his Undead companion,
"We better get back to the Sanctuary and tell Wendel and the Princesses about this."
Chop Chop nods, "Good idea."
As the duo returned to the Sanctuary, they went to Wendel and the Princesses, Ignitor spoke,
"Fargus was there."
Wendel asked, "My Father is alive!?"
Chop Chop replied, "He's alive, but Hektore got to him before us."
Celestia realized, "You have your Father's staff, you can power his part of the Shattering Sigil."
Wendel asked, "Take my Father's place?"
Luna replied, "Without Fargus, its up to you. Besides, you are the last 'Free' Seeker."
Wendel frightenly said, "But I haven't completed my Seeker Training!"
Celestia assured the Apprentice, "We have faith in you, Wendel."
Luna continued, "By your Father, We have faith in you."
Wendel said, "Ok, I will try. By my Father, we will destroy the Dark Mirror."
Celestia requested, "We want to switch Skylanders."
Wendel replied, "Ok, You might want to switch up to others before the confrontation."
Chop Chop tossed Ignitor's crystal to Wendel, Celestia chose Spyro, while Luna linked the portal to Wendel's staff, and Spyro appeared in the Crystal. Spyro tossed Chop Chop's crystal to Wendel, but this time, Luna chose Spike and Celestia linked the Portal with Wendel's staff and Spike appeared in the Crystal.
At the Dark Mirror, Hektore was floating around knowing that the only Element he's missing is Magic,
"Malefor's return is depending on that last element, but no Magic Gates were opened by any Skylanders."
But Hektore knew that they were coming along with two Magic Skylanders, Malefor's return is coming.
Author's Note
Okay, so I have a lot of explaining to do. The whole Christmas Party thing happened back in December when I created it. When I add this to the site, I just want you to keep an open mind. Besides, I'm missing one of the new Skylanders, like Flashwing, Sprocket, Chill, Fright Rider, Pop Fizz, Shroomboom, and Hot Dog.
Spyro warped his way to the Dark Mirror, where he was confronted by Hektore.
"Spyro...just the dragon, I was looking for."
Spyro asked, "You knew we were coming?"
Hektore laughed, "Don't think I don't know about your Equestrian Allies. I know much about them since their arrival."
Spike appeared beside Spyro, "From who?"
Hektore smiled evily, "Why, the Dark Mirror. Soon to be a portal for the Dark Master."
Spike growled, "We won't allow you to ressurect Malefor!"
Spike's image disappeared and Spyro faced Hektore face-to-face, Spyro fought against a big Troll warrior and fired a rocket at Hektore. Once Hektore was down, Spyro yelled,
"Swap!"
Spike took Spyro's place and started attacking Hektore while he was down, he used an Earth Shot to do serious damage. Hektore got up and went out of range, Spike had to jump on the moving platforms and collect Radiants, until Hektore gets his focus back. Hektore refocused and said,
"Well, my yeti will freeze you nicely, have at you!"
Spike replied, "We'll see about that."
Spike saw a yeti with Troll gunman around it. Spike used his Fire Breath to heat things up a notch, and then meleed the yeti and fired a rocket at Hektore, KO'ing him, but not quite out of the fight.
Back in Equestria, it wasn't just the other Skylanders and Pony bystanders, who was watching the action, it was also the Skylanders dragon friends from the Migration, the lead dragon Garble yelled,
"Come on, Spike, show that head who's boss!!"
The brown Dragon saw Spike switch to Spyro, "Man, that guy looks just like you."
The Dark Violet Dragon responded, "Actually, his color is purple, I have a Dark Violet color. But still, he does look just like me."
Garble said, "I can't wait to see that place in person."
The Brown dragon responded, "Just hope I don't barf because of the floating islands."
In the Sanctuary, Wendel and the other Seekers gathered near the Shattering Sigil. Wendel used his Father's Staff and noticed when Spyro was about to fire the rocket, he noticed Hektore's eyes glowing yellow, he remembered about what his father told him about the Legend of Malefor, the Dark Dragon. He tried to communicate,
"NO, SPYRO, DON'T!!!
But it was too late, Spyro fired the rocket, with both the Magic , he and Spike attained, it struck Hektore and the Dark Mirror began to glow a Dark color. Wendel threw the staff into the area where the Dark Mirror is and Spyro grabbed it.
On the path to the Mirror, Spyro was running along the moving platforms with Hektore in pursuit, He decided,
"Swap!"
Spike took his place and reached the Dark Mirror and activated the beacon, allowing Wendel and the Seekers to use the Shattering Sigil. The Sigil fired a green beam directly at the Dark Mirror, as it started to crack, Hektore yelled,
"No, NO!!!!" The Mirror exploded, and Hektore, angry with all of this proclaimed, "Do you really think, I can be stopped that easily?" Hektore began to draw Dark Red energy, "You will....wait..whats happening?" Hektore screams as he explodes, and Spyro and Spike are sent back to the Sanctuary.
Wendel was shaking off the experiance when he saw a familar figure step out of the transporter.
"Father!" He walked up to Fargus and said, "The Darkness has receeded, is the Mirror destroyed?"
Fargus replied, "Yes and so is Hektore. You have proven yourself, as one of the Mystic Seekers." Fargus handed Wendel his staff. Wendel knew exactly, that he's become a seeker. He turned to Spyro and said,
"Spyro, you have no idea what you've done."
Spyro replied gazing at the Mirror's remains, "Hektore's eyestones and Dark Mirror...Their Malefors."
Wendel replied, "Carved from the same Crystal core, you sealed Malefor in. In destroying it, you've broken that seal..." Spyro finished, "And set Malefor free." He soon realized, "For some reason, he doesn't scare me anymore!"
Wendel turned toward the Princesses, "You will forever be part of the Radiant Isles, Your Highnesses. Your bravery and courage will be remembered because of you and the Skylanders."
Princesses Celestia and Luna nodded in acknowledgement, Celestia said, "We can bring you to the Equestrian Isles, if you want to see them."
Wendel replied, "It will be an honor."
As the balloon, pulled by Whirlwind and Rainbow Dash left for the Equestrian Isles, Hex caught something near where the Dark Mirror was, a scar in the shape of a Dragon.
"Malefor! He is gone."
Spyro replied, "Not for long, I imagine we'll be seeing him again soon."
Twilight asked, "And When we do..."
Spyro finished, "We'll find a way to defeat him. Thats what Skylanders do."
They defeated Hektore and destroyed the Dark Mirror, only allowing Malefor to return. But it will be a while before he can gather strength to strike back.
The Skylanders took the Mystic Seekers for a tour around the Equestrian Isles, build much like Equestria. Each Isle has a city, near the outskirts of a big city would be a small town, there are Dragon messengers, who would deliver mail on-time. The Capital City of Starswirl, named after the first Pony ever to set hoof in Skylands, was ruled by Princesses Celestia and Luna's mother, but everypony calls her, "Queen Fausticorn."
Everypony around the Isles were getting ready for the Christmas party, so the Skylanders are going to present themselves and be the best they can be.
Author's Note
Whoa, Hektore tricked Spyro and Spike into freeing Malefor from the Crystal core. I can hardly believe it when I wrote it. In case you haven't noticed, those lines when Wendel said that in destroying the crystals, the seal was broken and Malefor was set free, it was based off of Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows when Makuta was set free. Anyway, enjoy the next chapter, I hope you are finding the story enjoyable.
The Skylanders and their friends are journeying to the Equestrian Isles to attend a Christmas Party. They were pumped and ready to party after all that work from protecting the Core of Light to their Day-jobs in Equestria, Ignitor and Chop Chop had their Armors painted Red and Green, The Dragon Skylanders had a huge role in preparations, and Flashwing was going to experiance a celebration.
Its not just the party, they also have to keep an lookout for Malefor if he plans to attack. Its been years since Malefor struck back, because Malefor's troops tried to drain Hex's powers so he can return, which was foiled by Spyro and Cynder, released from a Crystal Prison. They rescued Hex and brought her to Eon, thats where she recovered and became a Skylander. Now Malefor is back, but he hasn't struck since he returned. Spyro realized,
"I hardly believe Malefor could make his move on Christmas Eve."
Bash replied, "If he shows up, we'll be ready."
Flashwing spoke, "I hope those crystals, Prism Break, Rarity and I provided, will help with the party."
Bash said to the Gem Dragon, "I know they will benefit with those Crystals, especially yours."
As Flynn's new Airship docked at the Equestrian Isles Air station, he yelled,
"Now Docking with Equestrian Isles International Airport!"
Spike said, "This is our stop."
As the Skylanders departed, they saw the sight of a large Red Dragon, they remember as Flavius, a Green Dragon, they remember as King Ramses and surprisingly, they brought one more Dragon, that resembles Flavius, but smaller. Spyro told the others,
"We better talk to Flavius and Ramses about their third guest."
Drobot said, "We need to announce the start of the party with our Portal Masters and Queen Fausticorn."
Twilight remembered, "Good idea." She looked at the Giants, "Are you guys ready to start the party?"
Bouncer bumped his fists, "Lets do this!"
Tree Rex spoke, "Heh, the party doesn't start without our say-so."
Hot Head replied, "Lets go to the capital!"
Terrafin spoke, "Lets get this party started!"
Unknown to the Skylanders, that back in Equestria, the Evil King Sombra, who thought was defeated by the Giants, still wants his revenge on the Skylanders and the Giants. He was soon contacted by a pair of yellow eyes, demanding him to go to the Equestrian Isles and destroy the Skylanders.
When they reached Starswirl, they were met by a couple of Royal Guards, who were looking for them.
"Skylanders, Queen Fausticorn ordered us to bring you to her when you arrived."
Spyro replied, "A personal escort?"
Tree Rex said, "This should be good."
When they reached the palace, Queen Fausticorn, the Royal Sisters and Eon's Spirit were waiting for them. Spyro spoke,
"We're here, and we better not keep the party-goers waiting."
Queen Fausticorn replied, "Its best not to keep them waiting."
Princesses Celestia and Luna ordered the Skylanders to form into the eight elements. The Giants went last, so they could make room. As soon as it was settled, Fausticorn stepped onto the platform and spoke to the crowd, along with Eon's spirit.
"Greetings all inhabitants of Skylands and Equestria, I welcome you, to the Equestrian Isles. We invited you tonight to join me, my daughters, the Bearers of the Elements of Harmony and the Skylanders to the first ever, Equestrian Isles Christmas Party. Master Eon, would please."
Master Eon spoke, "It is my pleasure to welcome the Royal Sisters of Equestria, Celestia and Luna." Celestia and Luna stepped onto the platform, and Eon continued, "The Elements of Harmony, who were chosen to become Skylanders, and all Skylanders of the eight elements of Skylands." The Skylanders stepped onto the platform and began waving at the crowd as they cheered. Queen Fausticorn spoke,
"Let the Party begin!" Everyone cheered at her announcement, and they all began to party.
After the annoucement, Spyro and the Skylanders walked up to Flavius, Ramses and the third dragon and asked,
"Flavius, King Ramses, who's the little dragon?"
Flavius stepped in, "I forgot to tell you, Skylanders. This is my son, Flame and don't let his name fool you."
Twilight said, "You didn't mention this before."
Flavius replied, "Well, there was the incident with Vathek, but I didn't I have time to explain."
Rainbow Dash looked a Flavius, then at Flame and said, "Well, he does look like a small version of you."
Ramses replied, "As loyal as Flavius is, he has to look after his son. But when I no longer need the Dragon Throne, I know a dragon I could pass it to, and he would pass the Throne to his offspring."
Flame looked up at Ramses, "Of course. I won't let you or my father down."
Flavius told his son, "But your training will wait. We have to socalize at this party."
Flame said, "Then lets go, Dad."
Tree Rex went over to another island along with Bouncer and Ninjini. They felt at peace with the party going on, but something else troubled them, Tree Rex stated,
"I get the feeling that Sombra would strike back at us."
Bouncer spoke, "Well, we dealt with him before and we can do it again."
Ninjini spoke, "Since Malefor is free, he might contact Sombra."
Tree Rex spoke, "What could go wrong?"
At that moment, a pair of green and red eyes appeared over them. Tree Rex face-palmed,
"I just had to say that!"
Back to where the other Skylanders are, Gill Grunt pointed out,
"Is it me or do those clouds look super evil?"
Spyro looked closer and saw the eyes, "Its Sombra!" He turned towards Gill, "We gotta warn the Princesses and get the Skylanders together." Spyro and Gill Grunt ran through Starswirl to reach the palace, he spotted the Royal family and said,
"Sombra is back! Now he wants to destroy Skylands!"
Queen Fausticorn and her daughters saw the glowing eyes, she turned to Celestia and Luna, "There is a force that compells him to attack." The two Princesses/Portal Masters turned their attention to the Skylanders,
"There is a Dark force controlling him and compelling him to attack." Spyro realized, "There's only one dragon I know who can do that."
The other Skylanders angrily said, "Malefor!"
The Dark eyes started to glow yellow and King Sombra physically appeared. He yelled, "All inhabitants of the Equestrian Isles, Kneel before your new Ruler!!" One pony stood up, "We will never kneel before you!"
The Dark Unicorn snickered, "You have some nerve not kneeling before your new ruler and advisor for the new ruler of Skylands! My master, Malefor will rid Skylands of the Skylanders, once the Equestrian Isles is mine."
The pony replied, "They fought villians like you before. They can do it again."
Sombra laughed, forcing his energy towards his horn, "You have bad luck." He fired a beam towards the pony, but his target was swept away by a gust of air. This gust of air came from a bipedal Hawk-like creature wearing strange armor, while holding an air gun. He spoke with a Scottish accent,
"You know, the last time I saw somepony nearly get blasted, I saved them."
Sombra recognized, "Ah, Jet-Vac, the only Skylander that escaped capture. How was your days wandering Equestria all by yourself."
Jet-Vac spoke, "When I arrived here via portal, I heard that you were attempting your no-good tricks. I also heard that Malefor is back in the neighborhood. So I came to stop you and Malefor" Jet-Vac started to glow, "Lightcore style!!"
Tree Rex came up, "Jet-Vac, your here!!"
Jet-Vac replied, "We'll talk later, lets deal with Misty Eyes."
Sombra angrily said, "Thats why I tried to imprison you!"
Soon, The Royal Family and the other Skylanders arrived to find Tree Rex and Jet-Vac fighting King Sombra. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna yelled,
"Skylanders, assist them!"
Spyro jumped into the battlefield, Flameslinger got to an elevated position where he could take a shot at Sombra, Stealth Elf and Chop Chop went to fight Sombra head-on, while Hex and Ignitor use their powers to attack Sombra, Ignitor would also attack him head-on. The Flying Skylanders will call down precise air strikes while the Giants get the party-goers to Starswirl for shelter, and then go back to assist.
But the battle went short when two more figures appeared, Ramses, Flavius and Flame recognize one of them as Vathek, and the Royal Sisters recognize the other as the God of Chaos, Discord. Vathek sneered,
"Ssssoo, that Dark Dragon Malefor decided to free me! If he wants us to ally with Ssssombra, then we are with him!"
Ramses spoke, "Vathek, You escaped from your prison!?"
The Wyvern replied, "Thanksssss to Malefor."
Flavius asked pointing at Discord, "And why have you allied with that freak? He looks ridiculous"
Discord angrily spoke to the Dragon Knight, "I look awesome, I tell you, so do not insult me and my chaos!!" Discord reached for the Dragon Knight until his lion paw caught on fire. "Yeouch!! My hand is burning!!"
Flavius looked at his son, who had an angry look on his face. Flame spoke, "Don't you ever try to grab my dad! Do I make myself clear, Goat-Face!?
The Draconequis didn't respond as Flame let out another breath of Fire at Discord. Though his lion paw was severely burned, he tried to swipe the small Red Dragon with his talon, but was swiped away by Spike.
"You know, the last time I saw you, you were just a statue again. Now you came to Skylands to serve your master."
Discord tried to disharmonize Spike, but Pinkie Pie used her party cannon to knock the Draconequis away from Spike, while Trigger Happy used his mini-gun and fired gold coins at him. Pinkie spoke,
"Pinkie Pie Style!"
Trig went next, "No Gold No Glory!"
Spyro called out to Flameslinger, "Do you have a clear shot at him?!"
The Elf Archer readied his arrow and said, "I got him." He fired his arrow at Sombra, who caught it in mid-air, he still didn't understand why Flameslinger was still smiling until the arrow exploded, flinging Sombra and Vathek towards Discord and knocking him down like a bowling pin. Discord saw Slam Bam slam the ground and charge towards him, Discord shouted,
"Enough!! All of you are beneath me! I am a God, you four-armed yeti and I will not be bullied by.." His demand was cut short when Slam Bam grabbed Discord and smashed him around, even used Discord as a jump rope. He finally smashed him to the ground and walked away saying, "Puny God"
The Skylanders formed up and fired a beam of light towards the Darkness, as it receeded, the only thing that remained was the beautiful night sky. Princess Luna looked up and said,
"The only beauty that comes to Skylands is keeping the evil Darkness away.."
Hugo finished, "And making way for the beautiful night sky."
Jet-Vac spoke, "We are not finished yet."
As the three villians pulled themselves near a wall, they were surrounded by the Skylanders, with Flameslinger pointing three arrows at them. Vathek negotiated,
"If it makessss you feeeelll better."
Discord finished, "We would like to have a drink now."
The Skylanders chuckled and soon enough, Sombra had a muzzle on him and a magic inhibitor. Vathek had his wings cuffed and his mouth muzzled, Flame spoke,
"One more thing.." Flame smacked the Undead Dragon with his tail saying, "That was for my Dad!"
Spike replied, "Remind me not to get on his bad side."
Sparx buzzed, "Okay."
Discord was sealed back into stone, and sent with a couple of guards to return him to the gardens.
Jet-Vac said, "Now that they are taken care of, I should introduce myself." So Jet-Vac told the Skylanders his story on how he escaped Sombra from imprisoning him. He got reacquainted with Twilight and her friends. He also passed his lightcore ability to a chosen Skylander and Pony, well for the Earth and Magic Element, Prism Break, Applejack, Rarity, Pop Fizz, Twilight and Spike got the lightcore ability.
Eruptor and Spitfire got the Lightcore ability for the Fire Element.
Drobot and Pinkie Pie became Lightcore for Tech.
Chill became Lightcore for Water.
Shroomboom and Fluttershy became Lightcore for Life.
Hex became Lightcore for Undead.
Rainbow Dash became Lightcore for Air.
As the Party went on, they were having a great time because they stopped three villians from taking over the Equestrian Isles, and met a new Skylander, that had a Lightcore ability. All Skylanders were given their Christmas presents from Queen Fausticorn, even the Portal Masters/Royal Sisters got their present. Drobot was pulled away by Spitfire,
"Spitfire, there's got to be a better way to get my attention."
Spitfire smiled, "Merry Christmas or as we call it 'Hearth's Warming Eve', Drobot."
Drobot looked up, "Say, isn't that Mistletoe?" Spitfire nodded, she grabbed the Tech Dragon and started kissing him. Pop Fizz chuckled while Bouncer said,
"Looks like Drobot got the best Christmas gift of all this year."
Crusher pointed, "Looks like Trigger Happy got the same." He saw Pinkie Pie kissing Trigger Happy under the Mistletoe. Spike was soon pulled away by Rarity, and was kissed by her, under the Mistletoe.
(From Spartan545 and Skylander545, "I wish all of you Bronies and Portal Masters, a very Merry Christmas)
Tree Rex started to sing 'Have a Holly Jolly Christmas' as the song was playing.
Author's Note
I know its a little early for a holiday party. But the thing is, I created this long before I signed up for this site, so please go easy on the rookie. By the way, I've introduced Jet-Vac into the fray and the Lightcore powers.
After Earth (The events of a three way crossover involving Gill Grunt, Wham Shell, and Zap), it was Hearts and Hooves day in Equestria. Everypony and EverySkylander found their very special somepony or Skylander. All except the unfortunate pilot, Flynn, He has been trying all day to woo Cali. But he seems to fail in all sorts of ways. On the first attempt he was kicked into a trash can. On his second attempt, he was kicked face-first into the Apple Family's barn and bucked in the face by Big Macintosh because Flynn interupted his make-out session with Cheerilee. On his third attempt, He was placed on peg and Cali kicked him all the way to Canterlot.
After coming back from Canterlot, Flynn decided to use his brain this time. "Hmmm...How am I suppossed to woo Cali when everything ends up with me being kicked into something?" He accidently ran into Twilight and Pop Fizz, who had a signet ring saying that they are a couple.
Flynn replied in an embarrassing tone, "Yeah, I did." Flynn remembered that Pop Fizz is an Alchemist, and some of Twilight's books has an Alchemy section. "So, can you guys help me out with wooing Cali?"
Twilight said, "Well, I can but I don't know if I can handle this."
Pop Fizz replied, "Sometimes I think that this won't end well."
The Pilot said, "All I need is a Love Potion, a romantic picnic and some flowers."
Twilight, Pop Fizz and Flynn assembled the picnic at the Gazeebo. They had the food ready and everything will go fine since Pop Fizz and Twilight made Cali's side have the Love Potion. As soon as Cali arrived, she was in a puzzled mood when she saw Flynn. She said to herself,
"I better play along until the right moment Flynn screws up, I'll kick him into the Everfree Forest."
Cali sat down as Flynn began to talk on how pretty Cali looked. Cali pretended to be interested until she took a bite out of her meal, which turned out to be a cheese sandwich with flaming hot peppers. Her mouth was burning until Spyro walked by and saw Cali's mouth burning. He grabbed her drink and made her drink it down, he asked, "Cali, are you all right?" Cali let out a heart-shaped bubble that popped at Spyro's nose. She said in a very loving tone, "I am now, thanks to you."
Spyro replied, "I got to go meet Cynder, Bash and Flashwing at Sugarcube corner. I'll see you around. Happy Hearts and Hooves day."
Spyro spread his wings and flew to Sugarcube Corner and said, "That was weird. It almost felt like...No, there's no way Cali would be interested in me. I already have Cynder." Spyro landed at Sugarcube corner where he met up with Cynder, Bash and Flashwing. As they went inside the bakery, they ran into Stealth Elf and Chop Chop, giving their cards to each other as they blushed. They saw Pinkie Pie and Trigger Happy, Spyro called,
"Pinks, Trig!"
Trigger Happy said, "Spyro, Cynder!" Pinkie Pie finished, "Bash, Flashwing, you guys made it!"
Flashwing asked, "For what?" Trig answered, "Our big Hearts and Hooves Special, today."
Bash asked, "Hearts and Hooves special?" Pinkie Pie said, "We are making heart shaped pasteries for Hearts and Hooves day, we do this every year!" Pinkie noticed, "Spyro, you got something on you."
Spyro asked, "What do you mean?" Spyro's question was answered when Cali pounced on him and hugged him, "Spyro, I missed you so much my hunky Purple Dragon!"
Cynder asked, "Hunky Purple Dragon?!"
Spyro asked, "I just helped you out with keeping your mouth from burning and now you're all over me? What gives!?" Lucky for Spyro, Ignitor pulled Cali off of him so he could get up. Spyro said, "I'm going to step outside and talk some sense into Flynn." Spyro walked out while Cali was trying to reach for him.
Spyro knocked on Flynn's treehouse door, "Flynn, I know you're in there!" But the door opened revealing a note saying, "Gone to Twilight's for a book that has an antidote. From the Best Pilot in all of Skylands....BOOM!!"
Spyro angrily said, "I'm going to talk some sense into that guy...even if I have to beat it out of him!" Spyro heard Cali's voice, "Where are you My Hunky Purple Dragon!?" Spyro spread his wings, "NOT HERE!!!" and flew away.
Flynn, Twilight and Pop Fizz were going through book after book, more faster since Spike went on a date with Rarity. Flynn asked, "Did you find anything!?"
Twilight asked, "Not yet, I haven't found any book on an antidote!"
Pop Fizz said looking at the same book where the Love Potion recipe was concocted, "Um...The Antidote is in this book." He began to read, "If they one that the drinker saw the first time he or she drank it, doesn't look into their eyes for at least thirty minutes, the potion will wear off."
Flynn said, "Well this could be easy enough." He put up his thumbs, "BOOM!" His relief was shattered when the door opened and a very angry Spyro walked in. Spyro asked, "Why is Cali interested in me!?"
Pop Fizz said, "Well, we made a Love Potion to make Cali fall for Flynn, but you got in the way when you made her drink it to cool her mouth off. Now we need to keep her from looking in your eyes for thirty minutes."
At Sweet Apple Acres, Applejack and Terrafin, who are a Hearts and Hooves couple were meeting Spyro, who was disguised with a mustache and Cynder to discuss their plan to keep Cali away from Spyro. Bouncer and Ninjini, who are a Hearts and Hooves couple decided that they have Spyro wear a blindfold so that Cali won't look into his eyes if she sees him.
Back at the Library, Twilight, Pop Fizz and Flynn were trying to find a way to stall Cali in the next thirty minutes. Twilight decided, "To the Library Basement!"
Twilight, Pop Fizz and Flynn were standing by two levers as Twilight said, "Pull the Lever, Flynn!"
Flynn pulled the lever and a big jar came down on top of the Unicorn which made both the pilot and the alchemist jump. Flynn said in surprise, "That happened before to Cali on my first attempt." Twilight said from the jar, "Other lever, maybe." Flynn pulled it and were in a train cart like on a roller coaster. The intercom said,
"Get ready, this the most wildest ride west of the Everfree!" The train began to move as Flynn put his hands in the air and cheered happily.
When they reached a loop, the cart just stopped, the intercom said, "We are experiencing technical difficulties. The ride will continue in a few moments."
Flynn decided to ask, "What's the point of this roller coaster?"
Twilight replied, "I thought it might be fun."
Pop Fizz said, "Same here." As the ride continued again, they finally stopped at the Library's basement. The three tried to find ways to stall Cali in thirty minutes. Pop Fizz said,
"Well, she has the hots for Spyro, thanks to the potion. What if we tell Cali that Spyro is really interested in her and wants to meet her somewhere. But when Cali gets there, it will be Flynn waiting for her."
Flynn asked, "And how am I suppossed to have her think that Spyro is on his way?"
Twilight finished, "Because when Spyro does show up, it will be in thirty minutes and the potion will wear off! Pop Fizz you are a genius!" Twilight kissed the Gremlin.
Back at Sweet Apple Acres, Ninjini and Bouncer kept a close eye on Spyro, who was checking his surroundings for any sign of Cali and a place to hide. Until Eye Brawl came up with a message to Spyro about their plan. Spyro was relieved when he read the plan to go to Sugarcube corner in thirty minutes. The Purple Dragon will be accompanied by the Giants, blocking his face from seeing Cali, which was a good thing too. If Cali saw him clear in the eyes they would have to start over.
Now they began the walk to Sugarcube Corner, when they came across Camo, who has a scared look on his face. Spyro asked,
"Are you going over to Fluttershy's?" The Plant Dragon nodded and replied, "I just hope I can pull this off."
Applejack assured Camo, "You can do about anything. Ya just have ta goto her."
Camo replied, "Thanks."
Terrafin said, "Try not to tell her that fast."
After talking with Camo, they proceeded on to their destination. But on their way to Sugarcube Corner for Spyro's 'date' with Cali, they passed by Chill who was gazing at Ignitor, it almost seems that she's smitten for him. When they saw that, the group thought to themselves, 'Maybe Fire and Ice make a good combination.'
Meanwhile at Sugarcube Corner, Twilight Pop Fizz and Flynn were trying all they can to stall Cali while she was waiting for Spyro. Flynn asked, "How much time do we have?"
Twilight looked at the clock, "10 minutes and the spell would be broken."
Cali asked, "I can't wait to see my hunky Purple Dragon!!"
8 minutes later...
Spyro and the gang arrives at Sugarcube Corner, Spyro turned around so Cali wouldn't look into his eyes. As the group huddled up and began to discuss what to do in the next 2 minutes, they were interrupted by a certain voice, "Spyro!!!" Everyskylander except Spyro turned around to see Cali burst from the building and begin charging towards the group. The two Giants and the three Skylanders crowded around Spyro as he looked at the clock,
"Guys, we have one more minute!!" They had a scared look on their faces as their love poisoned friend charges through their blockade and pounces onto Spyro. Spyro was lucky that he had his back turned and his eyes closed. Cali was desperate to see Spyro's eyes that she squeezed him until his eyes opened. Until the clock dinged, Cali's heavy hugs stopped, Spyro opened his eyes and hoped for Cali to be normal. When he looked into her eyes, he saw no sign of the potion, knowing that they succeeded. Cali asked,
"Did I just plow through your friends?"
Spyro replied, "Yeah."
Cali asked, "Am I embracing you?"
Spyro replied, "And can you let go of me?" Cali released the dragon as he explained what went on. He discussed Flynn's scheme and the outcome of it. When Cali heard this, she became furious with Flynn.
"So you attempted to make a love potion to easily win me over?!"
Flynn replied, "Yes, but it was Twilight and Pop Fizz who helped."
Cali readied her kicking leg when Flynn said, "Not again. Go ahead, kick me into the Everfree forest as punishment." Cali thought about what he was saying and eased off her kicking leg and said, "Since it is Hearts and Hooves day, I'll make you my very special someone."
Flynn got up and thought she was joking. The Pilot asked, "You really mean it?" Cali nodded in reply and said, "Just with out your 'Boom' catchphrase' ok?" Flynn replied, "Deal!"
Spyro looked at the Hearts and Hooves couple and said, "Alls well and ends well." Cynder came up and said, "Now what about our date?" The Dragon realized, "Oh yeah our date!"
Meanwhile, Ignitor was gazing out on the horizon and wondered when will it be the time to discover more about Malefor's whereabouts and what will he do next. Until he saw a Narwhal zip right passed him. He readied his sword and found out that it was just Chill. Ignitor asked,
"Is there something you want to ask?"
Chill replied, "You know its the day where we need a very special someone, right?"
Ignitor replied, "I know, but there might be no one for me."
Chill placed her freezing hands on Ignitor's shoulder, "You know how powerful Fire and Ice can be...when they are one?"
Ignitor asked, "Do you want to be my very special someone?"
Chill nodded as she hugged Ignitor, because they are Fire and Ice they cannot be affected by each other.
Lets check on our good friend, Camo...
Camo arrived at Fluttershy's cottage and discovered a note on the door, he read,
"If you are Camo, come in and walk up to my bedroom." He did as the note asked, he walked into her cottage, avoided her jealous bunny, Angel, and walked up the stairs into her bedroom. When he went into her bedroom, he found Fluttershy with a seductive look on her face lying on the bed. She said, "So are you going to be my very special Skylander or not. If you want to, then come to me." Camo, shocked by what he saw, sprouted a rose and went to Fluttershy. Then Camo's first Hearts and Hooves day became a very special one. (camera zooms out to reveal Jet-Vac narrating)
Jet-Vac noticed, "Hello! well I must be going." The Air Skylander looked at the window and said, "How'd they get so small?" He joyfully laughed as he walked into the sunset with Flitter following him. It turns out Jet-Vac and Flitter are a Hearts and Hooves couple. He said to Flitter, "How about we take a vacation?"
The Pegasus said, "How about Hawaii on Earth?"
Jet-Vac replied, "Good choice, I love Hawaii. It gives us time to calm down after those other events there."
That was the Skylanders first Hearts and Hooves day.
Author's Note
Okay, so that's the Hearts and Hooves special for the Skylanders. Up next goes into Skylanders Giants.
Somewhere in a Toy Store on Earth, there were a lot of toys on shelves or in display cases. But a specific toy started to glow red as it came to life, that toy for we all know is Kaos. Kaos looked around and noticed, "How did I get here?" He paced around and remembered, "Wait, It was Eon and those miserable Skylanders....and their pathetic Ponies!!" He decided to plan his next idea, "Step 1: After taking over Skylands, I will goto Equestria and DESTROY THEM!!" He saw a Television turn on and saw a familiar face,
"Glumshanks!"
His butler replied, "Lord Kaos, it seems your on some planet called, Earth. Its the homeworld of the humans." Kaos asked, "So what has happened since I was gone?" Glumshanks replied,
"Well, Malefor has returned, there was a Christmas party in the Equestrian Isles..." Kaos interrupted, "Are you saying that....Malefor is back!?" The troll replied, "Well, yes he's back."
Kaos was shocked knowing that his joint plan with Hektore to free Malefor has succeeded. Since Kaos didn't see a portal around the store he asked, "Can you ask Malefor to send me back?"
Glumshanks said, "Why do you think you moved in the first place?"
Kaos guessed, "Because I'm a Portal Master."
Glumshanks face-palmed, "It was Malefor who released you from your statue form."
Kaos didn't have time to argue with his butler until he was consumed by a yellow light and disappeared back to Skylands.
In the Equestria Portal Chamber, Princesses and Portal Masters, Celestia and Luna were speaking with Master Eon about something very important. Eon's spirit head spoke,
"I need to tell you about the Giants. You must know that the Giants faced off against Malefor's armies before being sent to Equestria."
Princess Luna asked, "Why are the Giants so important?
Master Eon replied, "Because the Giants were the First Skylanders, back during the time of Malefor's conflict."
Princess Celestia asked in surprise, "They are the very first Skylanders?"
Master Eon said to the Sisters, "You need to call the Giants here, and the Portal of Power is being set to Malefor's conflict that nearly destroyed the world. The most notable event that involved the Giants was when the peaceful Mabu were enslaved by Gaul's Arkeyan forces. The Iron Rule of Gaul's Arkeyans will give rise to the Skylanders, trained by the Free Arkeyans who soon became the first Portal Masters."
The Royal Sisters called the Giants to the Portal Chamber where they would wait to be called to the Portal of Power. As soon as the Giants came to the Chamber, Master Eon said, "Now call two of the Giants to the Portal of Power." Princess Celestia called Tree Rex to the Portal while Princess Luna called Swarm to the Portal.
During Malefor's Conflict, the Mabu slaves were forced to work for Gaul's Arkeyans. They build monuments, war machines and were always punished if they rebelled. Thats when Tree Rex and Swarm appeared in a flash of light. They wandered the mining grounds for any sign of the Mabu slaves until they saw a Mabu being attacked by Bone Chompies. The two Giants defeated the Chompies and the Mabu led the Giants into the mines.
The Mines were full of Mabu slaves being forced to work for Gaul's Arkeyan Empire. A Stone Golem, who was in the mines introduced himself, "My name is Gigantus and I want to help, too. You two should follow me." Gigantus began to lift a boulder, "Its good to be Giant because you can do this." The Golem threw the boulder and walked to an ledge, "Here's another cool thing Giants can do. In someplaces...Geronimo!" Gigantus jumped off the ledge and through the cracked floor at the bottom. Tree Rex and Swarm did the exact same thing, and entered a Chompy Pit.
They fought through the Chompies and opened a Life gate. As soon as they exited the mines, they spoke to the Mabu, Norticus and pointed to the giant robot, "Ok, you two. Thats the Arkeyan Conquertron and believe me, he isn't a friendly guy."
Tree Rex saw the Conquetron's platform being held over a pit, he said, "Maybe we can pull out those chains holding him up and you guys would be free."
Norticus said, "You're the Giants and this is a time of war." He mumbled to himself, "I should've went to Warfang."
Tree Rex and Swarm went over to the first chain holding up the Conquertron and struck at it. Which got the Arkeyan's attention, "Anything that interrupts my ability to conquer you, this is not good." Swarm broke the chain which made the Arkeyan Conquertron say to them, "You have trespassed on the site of our glorious temples. Return to your post at once and continue serving your Arkeyan Masters." The Giants ignored the Conquertron's orders and continued towards the other three chains while battling the Apes and the Arkeyan guards. While on their way to a bounce pad, they saw a big Ape with a spirit gem as a sledgehammer surrounded by Arkeyan guards as his back-up. The ape said,
"Well, Tree Rex, we nabbed your Free Arkeyan buddies, but eight of you managed to escape our clutches....until now!"
Tree Rex and Swarm fought the Big Ape and his soldiers, Tree Rex used his Photosynthesis cannon on the Ape while Swarm used his swarms to take down the Arkeyan soldiers. Both Giants fused their powers and forced it on the Ape and soon it was defeated. They used the bounce pad and waved to the Mabu slaves until the Conquertron slammed his fist on the slaves and said,
"Interacting with others is prohibited." The Giants destroyed the second chain holding up the Conquertron, "Uh oh, Losing balance!" The Conquertron fell on its platform as it was nearly knocked out. But the robot slammed his arm on the cliff, but he failed to pull it out, "Uh oh, My stablizers seem inoperable." But he got it free and turned his attenion to the Giants who were at the final chain. He fired his laser eyes and said,
"Initiating...getting angry sequence." But when he saw that they were not getting hit, he said, "Initiating....getting REALLY ANGRY sequence."
The Giants avoided his lasers and destroyed the final chain holding the Conquertron up. The Conquertron lost balance and said, "Falling Sequence started." He broke off his platform into the pit, "AAHHHHH!!!!"
After defeating the Conquertron, the Mabu slaves fled back to their village, some even fled to Warfang, the Dragon City. Norticus said, "We are finally free, and if we keep this up we can be rid of Gaul's Arkeyans and change the tide of the war in our favor. That ape said something about capturing the Free Arkeyans, so you need to find them."
After Tree Rex and Swarm returned from their little flashback to the war, Master Eon spoke to the sisters. "You see, your highnesses. That was only the beginning for Gaul's Arkeyans has already spread far and wide except for Dragon City." The Portal showed an image of an army of robots and apes. "To truly stop them, after the Giants rescued the Free Arkeyans, they had to face the Robot king and remove the source of his power. The Iron Fist of Arkus." It soon showed the Giants appear ready for battle, The Arkeyan King ordered to attack. The Giants fought through the Arkeyans like they were nothing, and soon they faced the King, slamming the Iron Fist against a wall. Tree Rex delievered the final blow to the head and defeated the Arkeyan King.
"Without the Fist of Arkus or a king to command them, the evil robot leigon fell silent. But this victory came without a price." It showed the Iron Fist of Arkus using its power to sweep the Giants away from their world. "The Iron Fist used its power and swept the Giants from our world and into Equestria, where they have guarded the Crystal Empire ever since." The Flashback was over and Eon continued, "I believe that both Skylanders and the Giants are going to be needed very soon. Something bad is going on in Skylands, something evil."
At the Core of Light, Flynn was showing Cali his new airship called, 'Dread-Yacht.' Cali didn't want to know where he got that trash heap of a ship. Hugo came running toward them and discussed something, "Something is really stirring on the edges of Skylands!" Just as Hugo began to explain, two flashs of light came down in the shape of a life Giant and a regular Equestrian Magic Skylander. Hugo was surprised, "Whoa, Twilight, you came here in the nick of time."
Twilight asked, "What seems to be the trouble in Skylands?"
The Scholar replied, "Thats the thing, we don't know whats going on in Skylands...but there's an old hermit who lives in the Outlands, who saw something happen before his eyes."
Tree Rex said, "If you find this Hermit, we can find out whats going on."
Hugo asked, "I guess the Princesses are going back to guiding you through your adventures now." He looked at Tree Rex, "And its good to have the Giants back."
Flynn got aboard the Dread-Yacht and said, "Time for the heroes to go back to action. And when I mean hero, I mean me."
Twilight facehooved, "Very self-centered, Flynn. Very Self-centered." As they left the Core of Light with Hugo waving good luck, Twilight spoke to Tree Rex, "If this hermit knows about what he saw, then we should get there immediately." Tree Rex said, "We better and hope we're lucky that this thing doesn't fall apart on us like it nearly did when we went to that Christmas Party."
The Dread-Yacht docked at a repair yard where ship parts are bought and repaired onto any junked ships. Twilight and Tree Rex went on to the island and found a record player,
"A record player? Is that what Flynn needs for his junkyard of a ship?"
Tree Rex replied, "I get the feeling that it takes more than a record player to fix that ship. But he's not telling us everything." They took the part back to the ship where Twilight and Tree Rex were switched with Spyro and Ninjini.
Flynn took them to the other side of the island because Flynn was restricted of going ashore. Not a lot of people like Flynn that much. They ran into their friend, Auric, who made an agreement with Spyro and the other Skylanders to set up a little shop on the Dread-Yacht. They found the ship parts they needed to repair the ship and journeyed to where the hermit lived.
Author's Note
So finally, Kaos is up to no good again. The Skylanders are back in action and the Giants are going to battle.
The Dread-Yacht soon arrives at the location of the hermit, though it seemed strange that a hermit would live in a town. So Spyro and Ninjini went into town and found that strange Mabu kid who was at the Core of Light during Kaos' madness. Quigley found a grove just above them, but a Life Giant or Skylander will have to access it. Before the two Skylanders went to the Life Area, they went passed an Undead Area and shouted,
"Princesses, Swap us out for Eye-Brawl and Fluttershy!" Spyro and Ninjini disappeared, and Eye-Brawl and Fluttershy took their place. Eye-Brawl accessed the Undead zone and found a powerful hat, Fluttershy said,
"Hats might be the must have fashion in Skylands."
Eye-Brawl replied, "Hats really are the must have fashion." Fluttershy started looking scared when she saw a ghost in the Undead Area. She spoke, "H...hello?"
The ghost said, "Ahhhh, an Equestrian Skylander..I would chhhhaaallenge you to a game of Skystones."
Eye-Brawl said, "But we don't know how to play Skystones."
The ghost replied, "Then come back later once you've learned how to play."
The Skylanders left the Undead Zone and arrived at the Life Zone, they found Quigley who said, "Hah, I beat you here. And I already named it 'Quigley Grotto' I heard that there is a powerful hat somewhere in here."
Fluttershy said, "B...but, it wasn't a race. We found this Life Grotto and decided to explore it."
Eye-Brawl said, "We are just going to find that hat you mentioned." Eye-Brawl and Fluttershy journeyed to the other side of the Grotto, Fluttershy extended a bridge that could only be extended by a Life Skylander. Until they were ambushed by three Dark Stealth Elves, Eye-Brawl and Fluttershy readied themselves for battle. Eye-Brawl's eye de-tatched and fired a laser at one Dark Stealth Elf, Fluttershy used her stampede to run over Dark Stealth Elves 2 and 3, Eye-Brawl's headless body continuously punched the Stealth Elves that Fluttershy used her stampede on and defeated both of them.
After they solved the puzzle of the Life Grotto, they obtained the hat and left the Grotto, they switched to Spyro and Rainbow Dash and were ambushed by a bunch of evil Drow. The leader is a Goliath Drow who wears a Viking helmet.
"Well, well, lookit what we have here. Two Skylanders. Are you two lost or something? WRONG ANSWER, GUYS!" He introduced himself, "I'm Brock! And you're in BROCK'S TOWN now!"
Rainbow Dash sarcastically asked, "Brock's Town? I thought this was Rumbletown?"
Brock said, "Same Differance, Pegasus!" He gestured to his fighters, "Boys, lets give these Skylanders a warm welcome."
Spyro used his Dive attack to take out a couple of Brock's fighters while Rainbow Dash used her Rainbow Ring to take out the second wave. Both of them combined their powers and fired a Rainbow Ring of Fire to take out the third wave. Rainbow Dash used Spyro as a flamethrower and took down the Drow Archers that were on the high ground. Brock got their attention, "Think you can beat Brock that easy? WRONG!!!! Brock's holding all the cards! And Brock knows WHO you're looking for! If you want that crazy old hermit, come get him!!" Brock fled near the arena where he sent all of his fighters to stop them, Spyro turned to Rainbow Dash,
"You and Applejack can handle Brock, but if you see an obstacle or an Elemental gate, just request a switch." He shouted, "Celestia, Luna, Swap me out for Applejack!" Spyro disappeared and Applejack took his place, Rainbow Dash told her friend, "We're going to fight in an arena to get that hermit!"
Applejack replied, "Then lets take that Drow by the ears and flip him over!" The two friends are going to have an amazing time at Brock's Arena. After they explored through the Rumbletown, found some interesting hats and tresures, they finally caught up to Brock,
"Think you can follow Brock that easy? WRONG!!!" The Goliath Drow slammed the bridge and made it collapse.
AJ and RD continued to follow an alternate route to the arena, they found a Giant challenge and AJ was swapped with Bouncer to lift the wooden pieces. and clear the way. After that Bouncer was swapped back with Applejack and continued her and Rainbow Dash's journey to the arena. They finally came to the arena where the found Brock as the Arena Master. Brock gazed at the two ponies and said to his audience,
"Pipe down, all of yas. Brock promised ya entertainment-and here it is: Two Equestrian Skylanders! Ready to fight in the arena!! Are you not entertained?" The Crowd cheered and Brock continued, "Good Answer! And don't forget the crazy old hermit, Brock used as bait!" The two ponies looked at the jail cell holding the hermit as he said, "Ehhh..hullo there?"
Applejack replied, "Howdy."
Rainbow Dash spoke, "Hey, how is it going?"
Brock stood on top of his post and yelled, "Now, let MAAAKE with the MAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY-HEEEEMMMMMMMMMM!!!"
After Brock said it, Round 1 has begun. AJ and RD stood back to back, Rainbow asked, "Ready Applejack?"
Applejack replied, "Lets get to it, RD!" And the battle has begun. After three rounds in the arena, Brock saw that those two ponies defeated all of his gladiators as half of the crowd chanted,
"APPLEJACK, APPLEJACK!" The other half chanted, "RAINBOW DASH, RAINBOW DASH!!"
Brock annouced, "Ooohhh, it appears these Skylanders have defeated all of our gladiators....Except BROCK!!!" Brock jumped into the arena to fight the duo. Applejack saw Brock get into the arena, she turned to Rainbow and said,
"Lets get back to it, RD!"
The Elements of Honesty and Loyalty fought Brock and his Life Spell Punks who seem to heal him if he takes too much damage. After so many hits on Brock, the Goliath Drow finally went down for the count. Applejack and Rainbow Dash hoof-bumped because of their victory. Their defeated opponent said to them, "Brock just wanted to be liked. Thought that you two would make the crowd happy. Was that wrong?"
Applejack said, "Well if ya wanted us to make the crowd happy so ya can be liked. All ya'll had to do was ask."
Brock replied, "I don't think it is." The Drow collapsed and fell unconscious, Rainbow Dash said, "What a Drama-King."
The Hermit came out of his cell and said, "WRONG ANSWER!!" He kicked Brock while he was down and then met the two at the center of the arena. He said,
"I tell you - it was the clouds who sold me out - cuz of what I saw. You two don't look much like clouds, but you can never tell. Clouds are crafty. Name's Ermit. Thanks, whoever you two are. Er, You don't happen to have a way off this island, do you?"
Rainbow Dash said, "We'll signal Flynn to pick us up. And I don't think it was the clouds that sold you out. Because if it was clouds, its because I would be moving them back where we come from."
Applejack noticed Brock get up, "Have ya come to turn over a new leaf?"
Brock said, "Yeah and Brock wants you and your Skylander companions to join the arena club. You can battle here in this arena and you can get paid if you win."
Rainbow Dash said, "You mean we can actually fight in the arena and get paid?"
Brock replied, "Why do ya think I wanted you in the arena so badly?"
Applejack spoke, "Its a deal then."
Brock decided, "How about if Brock tags along and arranges arena battles from your ship?"
Applejack said, "Terrafin is gonna love this."
Author's Note
So here's a battle friendship moment with Rainbow Dash and Applejack. Since Skylanders Swap Force is going to be released in the coming months, the next chapter will focus on the first eight Swap Force characters
While the Skylanders are away in Skylands, the Cutie Mark Crusaders were just lying all bored in their clubhouse. They were always trying to find out new ideas to get their Cutie Marks until Scootaloo sees something glowing outside the clubhouse. Scootaloo said, "Girls, I saw something outside. It didn't look like a Pony or a Skylander."
Sweetie Belle replied, "We better check it out." Applebloom nodded, "Its best we find out now rather than later."
The CMC went outside and found lying against the staircase was a bottom of a statue standing on a water pedestal. The statue itself had tentacles and and empty space for the upper half.
Scootaloo said, "Where did this come from?"
Applebloom noticed, "The upper part is missing."
Sweetie Belle picked up the statue, "Then we better go find it."
The fillies each gathered one saddlebag and Applebloom placed the bottom part of the tentcale statue in her bag. They both separated and searched throughout Ponyville, Sweet Apple Acres and Whitetail wood for any sign of the upper half.
Sweetie Belle was near Carosuel Boutique when she found a bottom half of something robotic and what looked like a living bomb both standing on tech pedastals. She picked both of them up, but unlike the bottom part, the living time bomb was fully assembled.
Applebloom found the upper halves of the tentcale creature and something robotic. But that wasn't all, she also discovered a fully assembled statue with roller blades....saw blades. Applebloom also discovered an upper and lower half of a Skunk-type creature, and the upper half of an Ice Skater.
Scootaloo was on her scooter looking for the other halves or anything else until she discovered something incredible near the Library. It was an upper half of a Fire Knight type creature, a bottom half of an Ice skater, the upper and lower halfs of a creature that floats, and a bottom half to the Fire Knight.
After they finished their search, they met up back at the clubhouse where they layed out what they found. Sweetie Belle went first.
"I found a bottom of something that looks robotic and a full statue that looks like a living time bomb." Scootaloo went next.
"I found the upper and lower halves of a creature that floats, the upper and lower halves of a Fire Knight thats similar to Ignitor, but different. I also found a bottom half of an Ice Skater." Applebloom went last.
"I found all of the rest. At least, I think its the rest." The CMC dumped their findings onto the floor and began assembling the statues. They were mixing and matching the pieces and soon enough, they matched every half into six individual statues. But thats when something weird happened, the statues even the non-swappable ones began to move.
The Pedastels shattered and the creatures grew until they were the size of a fully grown pony. But soon after they stopped growing, they collapsed of exhaustion. The CMC were in total shock that the statues that they found have grown into strange creatures. But their big discovery did not go unnoticed when the three fillies were snatched by the Changelings.
As one of the Changelings attempted to get away with Sweetie Belle, a bomb was hurled at her captor knocking the filly out of its reach. She got up and saw the Fire Knight holding a bomb, and the squid-faced pirate said, "Wash Zone and Blast Buckler." They both said, "GO!!" Instantily their upper sections swapped and gained a very great power. Sweetie Belle was amazed by how powerful the 'Swap Force' as she calls them, can fight. But the other Changelings got away with Scootaloo and Applebloom.
Sweetie Belle went up to the Swap Force and introduced, "Hi, my name is Sweetie Belle. But who are you?"
The Octopus pirate introduced, "I'm Wash Buckler."
The Fire-Bomber introduced, "I'm Blast-Zone."
The Ice Skater introduced, "I'm Freeze Blade."
The Robot introduced, "I'm Magna Charge."
The Skunk creature introduced, "I'm Stink Bomb."
The floating creature introduced, "And I'm Night Shift."
Sweetie Belle asked, "Who are these two?"
The blader introduced, "I'm Roller Brawl."
The time bomb introduced, "And I'm Countdown."
Wash Buckler said, "We need to get your friends back. Do you know where these 'Changelings' hide?"
Sweetie Belle replied, "They hide in the hives in the Badlands, passed the Everfree forest."
Blast Zone said, "You should come with us."
Sweetie Belle asked, "I don't even know what you guys are."
Blast Zone said, "We're Skylanders." Sweetie's eyes widen knowing that her and her friends awakened the Skylanders Swap Force.
On the journey to the Changeling Hive, Sweetie Belle and the Swap Force overcame tremendous obsticales like mountains, lava pits, and some dragons that didn't appreciate wandering ponies, but the Swap Force was always there to back her up. She saw Night Shift and Freeze Blade swap to Freeze Shift and Night Blade. She saw Wash Buckler and Stink Bomb swap into Stink Buckler and Wash Bomb. When they finally came to the badlands, they saw a cave in front of them. Blast Zone asked,
"Is this where they come from?"
Sweetie Belle replied, "Yes, and if I'm right....Scootaloo and Applebloom are in there as well. I always get scared when I think about Changelings."
Wash Buckler put his hand on the young filly, "We all get scared sometime, and soon after it all comes to pass. We find out how brave we are."
Sweetie Belle smiled, "I just want to make sure that they are ok."
Stink Bomb assured, "Fear not, for we are going in."
Sweetie Belle and the Swap Force entered the Changeling hive in hopes to find Scootaloo and Applebloom. They walked through each corridor in the Hive, but found no sign of Applebloom and Scootaloo until they were ambushed by a Changeling Swarm. Sweetie Belle and the Skylanders stood back to back against the swarm. Wash Buckler went first when he used his tentcales to whack any Changelings in his path, he used his cutlass to cut down the bugs so they wouldn't get captured. Blast Zone was holding a music box as he turned it on to play the Swap Force's favorite song.
"Hang on."
Freeze Blade zipped through the Changelings, freezing them while Magna Charge used his magnetic head to hurl the frozen Changelings across the hives. Countdown used his rockets and his own head as weapons. But as the charge went on, they soon found themselves in the throne room. Sweetie Belle and the Skylanders saw Queen Chrysalis standing over a dead carcus of a cat. Night Shift said, "You....killed a cat!?"
Chrysalis turned around and saw them, "And I thought that the Skylanders at the wedding were the only ones. But it seems there is more."
Sweetie Belle spoke from Freeze Blade's back, "Where is Scootaloo and Applebloom?" The Changeling Queen turned to the frightened fillies staring at the dead cat. "They had a love for a cat and as soon as I fed off of it. I killed the cat in front of them."
Wash Buckler said, "That just sick as sick could be."
The Queen laughed and said, "I would be able to strike on Canterlot again."
Roller Brawl face-palmed, "Magna Charge, would you please?" Magna Charge used his magnet head and pulled Applebloom and Scootaloo towards them, hitting Chrysalis in the process. Countdown said, "Keep out of kidnapping." The CMC and the Skylanders left the hive.
(While the CMC and the Swap Force return to Ponyville, lets see how the other Skylanders are faring)
At the top of Drll-X's Big Rig, Crusher and Rarity were confronted by Drill-X himself, he sang,
"Its the end of the track, Skylanders.
This Drillbot is on the scene.
I'll knock you forward and back with a robo attack.
Because you're messing with the wrong machine."
Rarity said to Crusher, "He really does sing." Crusher nodded and grasped his hammer as they moved to cover as Drill-X's drill sent out a shockwave. When the shockwaves ended, they hammered and blasted at the drill. After so many attacks, Drill-X sang,
"You don't stand a chance, Skylanders.
Even though you won that round.
But my power won't drop
And the drillin' won't stop
Until the City of Arkus is found."
"Hold up, Time out, Skylanders.
There's something up with my drill.
But you better watch out.
You'll be down for the count.
When I show you my smashing skills."
Drill-X began to spread his drill apart to smash the Skylanders. But that also rendered his drill parts vulnerable. Crusher and Rarity attacked the drill parts and finished him off. Drill-X sang,
"What did you do, Skylanders?
You just won the final round.
I can't keep the beat.
And I'm feelin' defeat.
And my systems are all shutting down."
Author's Note
So I put the Cutie Mark Crusaders in some part of this chapter by discovering the Swap Force. The next chapter will take place in a major revelation after defeating Kaos.
Scootaloo was enjoying herself on her scooter as she rides through Ponyville. When she was in the air for a short time, she saw Rainbow Dash, Whirlwind and Blast Zone. Rainbow Dash said, "Not bad, kid."
Whirlwind smiled at the filly, "You might just catch the gust of flight one day."
Blast Zone spoke, "You will have a good nature of flight one day."
Scootaloo squeaked to herself that her three biggest fliers appreciate her...especially Whirlwind and Rainbow Dash. She was hoping that Whirlwind and Rainbow Dash would take her under their wings and be her big sisters.
Applebloom was going on a camping trip with Applejack and the Swap Force. Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo wanted to join because for Sweetie Belle, Chop Chop was going to be there. And for Scootaloo, Whirlwind and Rainbow Dash are going to be there as well.
At Carosuel Boutique...
Rarity agreed in defeat, "All right, but I'm going to need a camping outfit and pack my things."
Sweetie Belle said, "Thanks Flashwing. Why are coming with us when you don't care about beauty like Rarity?"
Flashwing replied, "My beauty is eternal, even when in nature."
Applebloom and Scootaloo appeared, and the earth pony filly said, "Is Bash coming too?"
The Gem Dragon replied, "If I go, then he goes too."
As they met up with Applejack and the Swap Force, Flashwing noticed Rarity's large cargo and face-clawed, "Do you really have to carry that much of a load?"
Rarity pointed a hoof at the gem dragon, "Well I don't see you being prepared for any horrible things that is out there."
Flashwing began to get mad as her crystals turned Jade, "We'll see about that when we are in the arena." The Unicorn said with a same angry expression, "Oh yeah?"
Suddenly Bash appeared and said, "Okay, break it up, break it up. We don't want any arguments when on are way to the Rainbow falls." Flashwing calmed down as her crystals returned to normal, "Thanks Bash, I never should of done that."
Bash said, "We'll save the arena for another time." Bash glared at Rarity, "Next time, don't carry a big load."
Applejack replied, "Since we got that arguement over with. Lets go."
The Ponies and the Skylanders journeyed to the first campsite where they found out that Master Eon was waiting for them. The Alicorn Portal Master said, "I was wondering when you would arrive."
Night Shift said, "Master Eon? I thought you would be in Canterlot?"
Eon replied, "I was, but Thumpback came to me and told me of a new threat to Skylands and even Equestria."
Rainbow Dash said, "We can tell scary stories tonight, not in the middle of the day." After setting up camp, Flashwing was a little annoyed of Rarity's tent, so she decided to make herself a crystal tent so Rarity could be jealous...which it worked.
Bash build a tent made of a rocks that he found and forged with his roll ability.
The Swap Force built their tent while they were listening to music. The CMC knows that the song they are playing is their favorite song. After they set up their tents, Master Eon wanted to tell the CMC something important,
"I've done my research and discovered that there are 16 Swap Force Skylanders. The ones you already found are the first 6. The Search for the Swap Force is only just beginning."
Sweetie Belle said, "When are we going to find the last 10?"
Eon replied, "Time will tell when it is time."
Master Eon now began to tell them why he was here, "I came here to tell you that there is a new threat lurking in Skylands and might've made its way into Equestria."
The Alicorn opened an image of the new threat, "Behold, The Phantom Tide, The most fearsome ship in all of Skylands. Its captained by the most fearsome Giant pirate in Skylands....Captain Frightbeard." The image showed a fearsome pirate that sent shivers down the CMC's spines, well Scootaloo was trying to hide her fear. Applebloom and Sweetie Belle screamed as Frightbeard's ship ate an island.
Chop Chop asked, "What do you know about Captain Frightbeard?"
Eon replied, "When Malefor began his conflict, he hired a couple of pirates and Mercenaries. Frightbeard had a Giant Pirate Fleet in his command. But if Frightbeard releases his fleet on Skylands....he would devastate everything. But there are rumors of Frightbeard being sighted in Equestria. But no pony is entirely sure."
As everypony and skylander went to bed, Scootaloo was freaked out over the story of Captain Frightbeard. But she hoped it would blow past her as she drifted away in a deep sleep. But when she woke up, she heard large footsteps. The campsite had an unexpected visitor, when Scootaloo came out to investigate, she saw a giant pirate with a peg leg, a cannon and two horns on his head. He spotted the filly and said,
"Aye, me first catch of the day, a pegasus filly for me brig." As he tried to grab her, she fled to get away from him. Scootaloo heard the pirate, "Ye cannot outrun Frightbeard, ya scallywag!"
As Scootaloo ran back into the tent, passing Princess Luna who as usual goes into other ponies dreams, to warn Rainbow and Whirlwind, but all that appeared in the sleeping bags was Captain Frightbeard!
Scootaloo screamed as she awoken from her nightmare. Now her biggest fear is Captain Frightbeard himself. But she was also afraid to admit that she's scared to Rainbow Dash and Whirlwind.
The next morning, the campers pulled up camp and continued their journey to the Rainbow Falls, but Scootaloo was trying to keep up with the rest and not fall asleep. She was acting really strange to the Skylanders and decided to scout out ahead. She took her scooter and went ahead in the forest. But she fell asleep and went through some weird obstacles before landing in the bushes to be woken up by an argument between Rarity and Flashwing.
"You are supposed to be a beauty dragon and you don't take precautions." said Rarity.
"As I said, even camping I don't take a heavy load with me like I'm going to a fashion show." replied Flashwing.
"When we get into the arena, I'm going to take a chisel to those Crystal Wings of yours!" growled Rarity. Flashwing's crystals starting turning Jade, "You take my crystals and I would blow you and your cargo off the cliff!"
Sweetie Belle stood in the way, "Flashwing, You're turning Jade again, calm down." As Jade Flashwing gazed at the unicorn filly, she sighed as she turned back to normal Flashwing, "Thank you, Sweetie Belle."
Chop Chop spoke to the filly, "Your act of wisdom is ever growing." Wash Buckler pointed at the bushes, "Isn't that Scootaloo down there."
Whirlwind plucked the Pegasus filly from the bush and woke her up. "Napping on the trail I see."
Scoots smiled, "No, I wasn't."
When they reached their next destination, Applejack decided to move them into a nearby cave. But the sight of the cave frightened Scootaloo, but she did volunteer to get the firewood. But she was scared to leave the wagon, but she charged in, grabbed the branches and ran back. But as soon as she set the branches into the firepit, Blast Zone used his jet boots to start the fire which surprised the filly.
Night Shift sad, "Next time, warn us when you are about to do that!"
Rainbow Dash had to ask, "When are we actually going to face this Captain Frightbeard?"
Applejack spoke, "I dunno, but from what Eon said, Frightbeard must be a bad seed in Skylands." The mentioning of Captain Frightbeard caused Scootaloo to sit very close to Rainbow Dash and Whirlwind. Whirlwind told a Frightbeard Story,
"It was during Malefor's conflict when most of his victims would never be seen again. There are three signs that signal the approach of Captain Frightbeard. First, there would be heavy footsteps closing in on the victim. Second, The birds will fly away from the trees and finally, Captain Frightbeard arrives at the spot of his victims and they were never heard from again."
The Ponies and Skylanders were frightened at the story until Scootaloo mentioned a campfire song because they didn't want to sleep. At that moment, Wash Buckler came in with a radio. He set it down and pushed play, he began to dance as Blast Zone came in and did the robot. They soon swapped into Blast Buckler and as Blast Buckler exits the stage, Freeze Blade came in and was swapped around with differant parts. As the Swap Force were doing their thing, the ponies and the Skylanders started to fall asleep. As the Swap Force finished, Magna Charge said, "Well done, guys." and the high-fived each other.
As they were all ready to get some shut eye, Flashwing saw Rarity's fancy tent and called to Bash, "How about we both make a tent together?"
Bash said, "Lets do this." Bash dove into the floor and pulled out a large chunk of rock. He forged it in the shape of a big tent while Flashwing made the architecture by adding a Crystal Power to the tent. Rarity looked out her tent and made an angry glare at Flashwing. Bash faceclawed and was hoping that Rarity's and Flashwing's argument would end or else he has to put matters into his own claws.
Scootaloo was still having trouble sleeping because if she does, she would run into Captain Frightbeard again. But sleep already took a hold of her and she close her eyes. When she opened them, she was in the forest and was being pursued by Frightbeard, she felt the heavy steps and saw the birds fly from the trees. She had to make sure that he doesn't get her. But she fell down a hill and there was nowhere to run, she was surrounded when Frightbeard showed himself. But Frightbeard instantly turned into Princess Luna,
"I know what your biggest fear is, Scootaloo. But you can't seem to face it." Scootaloo guessed, "Captain Frightbeard?" The Princess of the Night shook her head no, Scootaloo admitted,
"Ok, I'm afraid to admit to my friends that I'm scared."
Princess Luna spoke, "When you awaken, your fear would still exist until you have the courage to face it."
The Pegasus filly awakened, grabbed her scooter and ran off into the forest. She was trying to get away of what it seemed like Captian Frightbeard, but it was just the Swap Force sleeping with their radio on. She was going too fast and nearly fell off a cliff until she was grabbed by a cyan claw and hoof, she realized that it was Whirlwind and Rainbow Dash. After they set down on an island in the middle of the lake, Whirlwind asked,
"What were you thinking about wandering off in the middle of the night?"
Rainbow Dash said, "We deserve an explanation." Scootaloo looked up at the moon and saw Princess Luna's shadow saying, "Now is the time to face your fear Scootaloo." Scootaloo looked at the Pegasus and Unicorn/Dragon hybrid,
"Well, I thought I could be brave so you two could take me under your wings, teach me everything you know and be like my big sisters. But ever since those Frightbeard stories, I got scared."
Whirlwind said, "Scootaloo, there is a time and place to be scared sometimes. Rainbow and I were scared when Eon told us about Frightbeard. But we both knew that someday we would face him."
Rainbow Dash joined as her's and Whirlwind's wings wrapped around the filly, "If your looking for somepony or skylander to take you under their wing, we can do that." The trio hugged until they went back to the campsite.
The next day, the group arrived at the Rainbow Falls as Whirlwind's Rainbows went beserk as she shot harmless Rainbows into the skies. Bash managed to end Rarity and Flashwing's argument by saying that they are both acting dumb and should make-up and be friends again. Scootaloo was now happy with Whirlwind and Rainbow Dash. Now everytime she would goto sleep and encounter Frightbeard, Whirlwind and Rainbow Dash would be at her side to defeat him. Princess Luna was very proud of Scootaloo standing up to her fears. The Princess of the night also knows that Whirlwind would soon begin her journey to find the Chronicler, Ignitus. Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo would make excellent compainions for her journey.
Author's Note
So, a young filly tries to impress the two most incredible flyers in Equestria. But now, Whirlwind's journey to find the Chronicler is now going to begin. Next chapter shows a big Revelation.
Whirlwind has decided to take the Oracle's advice and journey to Avalar and find the Chronicler. As she packed the things she needs for her trip, Rainbow Dash asked, "Why are going to find this Chronicler anyway?"
The hybrid turned to the pegasus, "I need to find out who I am and where I really come from."
Rainbow replied, "Don't you already know where you come from?"
Whirlwind said, "But this place is all too familiar, like I was here before our arrival and it doesn't mean Spike turned into me during the Gala before we arrived."
Rainbow Dash said, "If you are going to find yourself, then I'm coming with you." Suddenly, Scootaloo popped out of Whirlwind's bag, "So am I." Whirlwind was thinking that it must be hers alone, but its best if somepony goes with her. She smiled, "Okay, we'll find the Chronicler together."
As the trio arrived at the Portal Chamber to find Master Eon teaching Celestia and Luna the way of transporting someone to somewhere throughout Skylands. Eon saw the three and asked, "Is there something we can do?"
Whirlwind replied, "We need to get to Avalar."
The Alicorn Portal Master replied, "Avalar?"
Rainbow Dash spoke, "Whirlwind is trying to search for an Ancient Dragon called..."
"The Chronicler." Interrupted Princess Luna.
Luna continued, "I've heard about this Chronicler, he is said to chronicle many triumphs and failures of any age."
Princess Celestia replied, "The Chronicler himself is known to live on an island near the outskirts of Avalar."
Whirlwind asked, "Can you send us to Avalar?" Princess Celestia nodded and hoped that hers and Luna's training pays off.
The Portal of Power glowed to show an image of a valley with a river and waterfalls. There is also a settlement inhabited by Cheetahs, Whirlwind pointed, "We have a friend at that village. Send us there."
The Royal Sisters activated the Portal and the trio stepped on. In a flash of light, Whirlwind, Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo disappeared.
As they reappeared, they were in the center of the Cheetah Village. They approached Chief Prowlus, Whirlwind asked, "Chief Prowlus, We need to speak with Hunter."
The Village Chief spoke, "Hunter went down-stream to search for a Sorceress this morning and didn't come back."
Rainbow Dash said, "Hunter's the friend you were talking about?"
Whirlwind replied, "He's a good archer and an excellent tracker. Not to mention, Spyro trusts him."
Chief Prowlus pointed, "Hunter was tracking the Sorceress near the Supply Cave, I suggest you start there."
The trio left the village and began to head for the Supply Cave to find either Hunter or the Sorceress he was tracking. They glided along the river while carrying Scootaloo to reach the cave. Scootaloo asked, "Is this where you once lived? Avalar, I mean."
Whirlwind replied, "Avalar is my home, Scootaloo. But I don't even know if I was born here."
Rainbow Dash replied, "When we find this Chronicler, then we can find out."
As soon as they arrived at the supply cave, they began searching for Hunter. But what they didn't notice was an old enemy from Malefor's army, a Grublin Fly. The creature noticed the trio and began to sneak its way to them.
On the other end, a hooded creature began to make its way towards the trio as well. When it snapped a branch, grabbing their attention, it hid. Whirlwind could've sworn that someone was following them.
Then a burst of green magic zoomed passed them and struck the Grublin as an arrow finished it off. The trio saw the source of the magic flee, but Rainbow Dash fired a Rainbow Ring to trap it. When they reached the source and removed the hood, Whirlwind was shocked to realize that the attacker is a female rabbit Sorceress, someone who Whirlwind recognized by name,
"Bianca?"
The Sorceress replied, "Whirlwind?"
Scootaloo asked, "You two know each other?"
Bianca replied, "We've known each other since we met in the lost Dragon and Unicorn nation. I was an apprentice to a much more evil sorceress who planned on destroying the Unicorns and Dragons for Immortality. I warned Whirlwind about her plans and helped stop my former teacher from committing genocide."
Rainbow Dash asked, "Where's Hunter?" Until a voice spoke as a cheetah dropped from the tree, "I'm right here. And I see that we both managed to take down the Grublin that attempted to sneak up behind you three." The trio looked at where the archer pointed as the charred body of the Grublin was shown before bursting into gems. The filly in the group was amazed while Dash was shocked that it attempted to sneak attack them. Whirlwind understood Hunter and Bianca's reason and now decided to explain why they are here,
"We need to get to the White Isle."
Hunter replied, "There is an airship station in Warfang. We'll take you three to the Forbidden Tunnel, it leads straight to the Dragon City. But once we get you to the Airship, we won't be accompanying you to the White Isle."
Whirlwind nodded, "I understand."
Once they reached the far end of the valley where the entrance to the Forbidden Tunnel was located. Hunter and Bianca stood at the entrance and opened it. Scootaloo asked as the cave seemed to frighten her a bit, "Do we really have to go in there?"
Bianca replied, "If we move quickily, we should be able to reach the Dragon City by Day-break."
After a long trek to the tunnel, Hunter felt the ground and said, "We are close."
Rainbow Dash spoke, "About time we reached the Dragon City!"
Scootaloo asked, "What's so special about this place?"
Bianca replied, "The Dragon City was built by the Moles to honor their friendship with the Dragons. The city is now a reminder of what happened during the war."
Scootaloo was shocked, "Moles making friends with Dragons? Now I've seen everything." The group entered the city and noticed a squadron of dragons flying around, from the big dragons to the little hatchlings, statues of dragons that may have been from ages ago, most likely dating back to the founding of the city. They saw the docked airship near the gates. Whirlwind turned to the Archer and the Sorceress, "This is where we part ways. We like to thank you for getting us to the Dragon City."
Bianca replied, "It is what friends are for."
As the trio boarded the Airship, they waved bye to their friends. They now set off for the White Isle. Well the ship was going to pass over the Isle, so they have no choice but to jump ship as it reaches the Island.
It was a couple days from when they departed that they reached the White Isle. Just as they planned, they jumped ship and free-fell to the island.
While Whirlwind was in freefall, she had Scootaloo on her back as she felt a Rainbow Energy build up around her horn and soon around herself and the filly. It was when her speed reach its peak that the hybrid sped forward in an impressive speed as she left an explosion of rainbows behind her. Rainbow Dash was shocked when she saw Whirlwind create a Sonic Rainboom, she sped to the landing zone to ask Whirlwind about it.
As they landed at the Courtyard of an observatory, Scootaloo said, "You've just performed a Sonic Rainboom with me on your back! That was awesome!"
Whirlwind rubbed her wing on her head, "It was nothing."
Scootaloo asked, "You call performing an amazing feat that has not been seen since Rainbow Dash, nothing?"
Whirlwind replied, "My mother taught be how to harness Rainbow energy during my isolation, she too possessed Rainbow energy."
Rainbow Dash asked, "But you had your wings against your side and you were falling fast. Why didn't you open them?"
Whirlwind replied, "A little trick taught by my father."
After their conversation, they entered the celestial caves of the White Isle and continued to find the Chronicler's chamber, they seemed to noticed a frozen bandicoot beneath the floor, passed through a chamber that possessed challenges for a Purple Dragon and entered what looked like a library, but bigger and had an hourglass in the center of the room. Rainbow Dash was thinking that if Twilight was here, she would be having a field day. The trio explored around the room until they saw a book floating by itself to a Dragon wearing a chronicler outfit. The dragon said,
"I see Octavius managed to tell you about me. I am very pleased with him."
Whirlwind said in surprise, "The Chronicler!"
The Chronicler replied, "There is no need to call me that, for it is just a title. My real name is Ignitus, the Fire Guardian or at least, I used to be." He turned his attention to the trio, "I know why you are here, Whirlwind. You hope to uncover your past and you shall." The book moved towards Whirlwind as Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo saw it open, "This is your family story as well as your birth." Ignitus began to narrate...
"Though there had been many tales of dragons throughout the ages, none are more astonishing as a hybrid such as yourself. This tale began a long time ago in Equestria, there was a blue dragon, born and raised in Equestria, shunned by the dragons due to his unique feathered wings. The dragon was raised by a researcher at a well.-known school in the capital city. It was there that his name would go from a unique dragon to one of the most memorable celebrities ever to grace the skies. He never bothered for the attention since he was doing what he loves the most, but his attention caught the eyes of a young unicorn mare, who was the sister of the dragon's pegasus schoolmate. After meeting each other at the Grand Galloping Gala, the two felt a spark deep within their heart - True Love at First Sight. Although they had support from the dragon's friends of their love, her parents didn't like the dragon due to personal vendettas and arranged her marriage to an ever-so hoity toity stallion. This was around the time Starswirl discovered Skylands and many researchers were sent there, Faust included."
A picture of a Pegasus stallion with a Rainbow mane appeared, Rainbow Dash said, "That's my Dad!"
Ignitus continued, "After the dragon met with a saddened mare, the brother and his marefriend began to explain to the parents that the Unicorn's love for the dragon was too great to be separated, but they didn't listen."
There was an image of a pink Pegasus mare with a blue mane, Rainbow Dash said, "Thats my Mom's old look!"
"So while the mare stayed with the dragon at his house, the brother and his girlfriend went directly to Faust and explained their situation. Faust understood their intention since no pony should suffer being torn away from the one you love. In a act of sympathy, she took the Unicorn mare and the Dragon to Skylands to be married where they have lived in Avalar as their new home."
An image appeared to show a hybrid hatchling in the forehooves of the mother in at Ponyville Hospital as the proud parents introduced their daughter to the smiling Pegasus couple as they did the same with their own daughter before the new family returned to Skylands, Ignitus said,
"And there's little Whirlwind." The hybrid smiled at that picture of her and her family together.
Rainbow Dash surprised as she began to put the pieces together, "M-My Dad had a sister...and if the unicorn is his sister and she's Whirlwind's mom? That means..."
Ignitus finished, "You parents wanted to make sure that your Father's sister was happy, they also kept their involvement and your Aunt and Uncle a secret. But now that you both are here and seeing this story before your very eyes, it means that your family secret is revealed. Rainbow Dash, meet your cousin, Whirlwind." Shocked by all of this, Rainbow Dash and Whirlwind said, simultaneously,
"COUSINS!?!?!?"
Scootaloo said, "That means, you are both awesome in the same way." The pegasus filly was bouncing around in excitement. The two cousins were now in a shock to discover their family secret. Ignitus said,
"You two cannot see your relation as an anchor, but as a reminder of the bond you two share. You both possess the Rainbow ability, you both can summon Tempest clouds and you both can perform the Sonic Rainboom." Rainbow Dash said, "Thank you, Ignitus for...I don't know letting us know that we are cousins."
As the trio returned to Equestria, not before releasing a previously frozen bandicoot, Whirlwind was introduced to Rainbow Dash's father and Rainbow Dash's mother. They were happy to see their niece for the very first time.
Whirlwind was reunited with her Unicorn mother, Spectra and her Dragon father, Storm Breaker. Rainbow Dash's father was also reunited with his sister again.
As for Scootaloo, she started a combined fan club for Whirlwind and Rainbow Dash called the 'Whirlwind and Rainbow Dash Fan Club' the members wore the Rainbow manes to signify Rainbow Dash and this time, they wore pointy ears to signify Whirlwind.
The other Skylanders see the cousins fly around Cloudsdale together and even collapse on a cloud laughing about. They all smiled to see them happy because after everything that she went through during her upbringing - Whirlwind has a family who loves her.
Author's Note
So there it is, Whirlwind and Rainbow Dash are revealed to be cousins. The frozen bandicoot was a reference to the frozen Crash Bandicoot in Spyro: The Eternal Night.
Princess Celestia and Princess Luna looked over at the various Soul Gems of each Skylander Variant from Dark Spyro to Alicorn Twilight. Each Variant possessed an amazing ability and feeling, but they don't know how to use it in battle. So they decided to call the Skylanders to Canterlot, so they could train their variants.
At the Ponyville Flower Shop, Trigger Happy was helping out Zook with the flowers until a courier came around with a message to the Skylanders. Trig looked at the message and told Zook, "We need to find the others and head to Canterlot." Zook and Trig clocked out and ran to find the others.
At the Carosuel Boutique, Chop Chop stood in embarrasment because he was being used as a mannequin for more bipedal dresses. Rarity was about to knit the dress that she made the Undead Knight wear until Zook and Trig showed up. Zook said,
"We have an urgent message from the Princesses. We need to goto Canterlot at once."
Chop Chop gladly slipped out of the dress and Rarity closed her shop and went with Zook and Trig to find the others.
At Sweet Apple Acres, Terrafin punched an Apple tree lightly and stepped aside as the apples began falling down. Applejack was helping Terrafin with the harvesting, while Tree Rex helped raise a barn.
Bouncer helped move a boudler that appeared during the Running of the Leaves. It was easy for him to move it because he's a Giant. They were about to move on until the other Skylanders showed up with a message. They stopped what they were doing and began to make haste to the train station after they found the rest.
As they made their way to Canterlot Castle, Spyro had to ask, "I wonder why the Princesses would want to see us?"
Pop Fizz said, "I don't know."
Twilight replied, "Then we better see what they want us for."
But as they entered the castle, the Skylanders will have to be given a new assignment. They went into the throne room and saw the Royal Sisters with the Soul Gems all lined up.
Spyro asked, "Your Highnesses, you called us here on a moments notice. But why?"
Princess Celestia answered, "We have observed the various Soul Gems that you have obtained and my sister and I have decided to release your variants into your custody."
Princess Luna continued, "Each Skylander Variant would be released from their Soul Gem to the original Skylander of that variant."
The Princess of the Night turned to the other Soul Gems, "But as smart as they are, they are very unstable on using their powers. We need the original Skylanders of each Variant to train them and control their abilities."
Tree Rex said, "Wait, back-up, Are you saying we have to teach our variants to control their abilities so they won't blow themselves up?" The Princesses nodded at the Life Giant and he continued, "We won't want to have any craters here."
The Princesses placed each Soul Gem on the Portal of Power and soon each variant appeared starting with Alicorn Twilight,
"Magic at the Ready!"
She jumped of the Portal and each variant appeared after her. Thats when everypony and Skylander came face to face with their variants. But as each variant appeared, their unstable powers were going on the rise. But the Original Skylanders implemented an ability cooler to stop their unstable powers. Twilight put her hoof around Alicorn Twilight as she cooled down,
"Don't worry, Alicorn Twilight, We can help you and the other Skylander Variants control your powers."
Alicorn Twilight replied, "Yes, Its possible because the only variants to have their powers tamed were Dark Spyro, Dark Spike and Legendary Rarity."
Spike replied, "Yes, Its because I became Dark Spyro during the Discord Incident and Rarity and I became Dark Spike and Legendary Rarity when Kaos' Hydra struck at us." Spike wondered, "But how could I unleash my Legendary form?"
Alicorn Twilight replied, "It will come in time, Spike."
Pop Fizz said to his variant, Punch Pop Fizz, "Whoa, you're red!"
Punch Pop Fizz replied, "And you're blue!"
Whirlwind met her variant, Polar Whirlwind, "You're as white as the clouds."
Polar Whirlwind replied, "And as white as the snow."
As soon as the Skylanders and their Variants took their leave, Master Eon appeared between the Princesses. The Alicorn Portal Master said,
"It was a very wise choice to release the variants and give them a chance to learn from their originals."
Princess Celestia turned to the light-blue Alicorn, "They are the Skylander variants and they are a piece of the originals. But, my son, Spike now wants to find his Legendary variant, just like he found his Dark variant and controlled him."
Eon replied, "Then we better hope that they train them well. There is another reason why I've returned." He paused before responding, "Malefor has shown himself, the Dark Master has appeared in Equestria, but we don't know where."
Princess Celestia replied cautiously, "We better send word, from here to the Crystal Empire to keep on a lookout for Malefor in case he appears."
As the Skylanders returned to Ponyville with their variants, they began to train their variants in battle and in friendship. Twilight taught her Alicorn variant the meaning of friendship and being a Skylander.
Ignitor, Chill, Chop Chop and Stealth Elf were teaching their Legendary Variants about combat with their weapons and their abilities.
Bash was training his Legendary Variant while Flashwing is trying to decide on separating Jade Flashwing from herself.
Tree Rex, Bouncer, Ninjini, and Crusher were training Gnarly Tree Rex, Legendary Bouncer, Scarlet Ninjini, and Granite Crusher.
Trigger Happy's training of Legendary Trigger Happy started and finished quickily because they both like shooting things.
Spike recieved a letter from Princess Celestia in a writing that was only meant for him, a motherly writing.
"To my son, Spike, I want to know how the variants are doing under the Original's teachings. If they are accurate, we could use them for a good battle before we place them back in their Soul Gems. Master Eon came to us after you left to give us grave news, but I won't discuss this to you, not when the other Skylanders are not present. Please, I want your report on the variants. I know about the search for your Legendary Variant, but like the Electricity ability, it will come in time. Love, Mom."
Spike began to tear up about Celestia raising him as her son, but his touchy memory moment halted when he saw a P.S. "P.S. I know the other ponies excluding Cadance, Luna, and Twilight don't know that you are my secret son. But if you can fulfill the destiny of a Purple Dragon, I would have to reveal the secret."
Spike began to think about everything that the letter said to him and got out a paper and a quill and began writing,"Dear Mom, I'm happy to report that the Variants' training is going along quite nicely. All Skylander Variants are being trained by the originals and are improving their abilities quite well. And I'm happy to report that sometimes a Skylander Variant might be differant, but if you offer them your friendship starting with the original, you can discover a whole new Skylander inside of them. But someday, I would find my Legendary variant and someday, I would train him. But the Variants are all well and are practicing strong. Your Secret Son, Spike."
After training was completed with the Variants, the originals decided to take the variants on a daytime stroll through the park and have a picnic with Rainbow Dash and Whirlwind's family. The variants wanted to have a little bit of freetime since their training is complete.
Rainbow Dash and Whirlwind were best friends when they first met, but now they became very best cousins since their visit to Ignitus. The picnic is a family reunion for Rainbow Dash and Whirlwind. But as the variants were about to settle down for the picnic, a dark crystal appeared with the image of glowing yellow eyes. It had a voice in a very evil tone,
""Ponies of Equestria, congratulations, you shall be the first to witness the birth of a new Crystal Empire and the defeat of your kind." Spyro recognized the voice, "Malefor!" The image changed to Malefor controlling the Crystal Empire and fusing Crystal Ponies with Dark Magic.
Twilight said, "What is he doing?"
Malefor spoke, "The Crystal Ponies have begun being integrated with Dark Magic, once it is complete, the Crystal Empire will spread across Equis in a torrent of chaos, there will be no escape!"
Flynn landed the 'Dread-Yacht' and said, "Wowsers, did you guys see that message!?"
Legendary Jet-Vac replied, "Malefor has taken over the Crystal Empire and I think he's allied himself with Sombra."
Tree Rex spoke, "We have to stop them, but we can't kill any Crystal Ponies."
Spike said, "I bet Princess Cadance has a way to defeat the Crystal Ponies without killing them."
Flynn replied, "Then we better fly to Canterlot."
As the Skylanders arrived at Canterlot, they were met by Shining Armor, "You guys got that messsage?" The Skylanders nodded, "We did, but it looks like the city is in chaos because of Malefor's message."
Spike said, "We need to find Princess Cadance, we have to get to the Crystal Empire and stop Malefor without killing any Crystal Ponies."
Shining Armor lowered his head, "I knew it would have to come to the artifact."
Spyro asked, "What artifact?"
Bouncer remembered, "The Crystal Heart!"
The Skylanders were led into the throne room where they found all three Princesses and Cadance was levitating a chest with the insignia of the Crystal Empire on it. Cadance turned to the approaching Skylanders, "I knew that it wouldn't be long before the Crystal Empire was threatened again. I took precautions on securing the Crystal Heart, so I brought it back with me when I returned."
Crusher spoke, "We need the Crystal Heart to stop Malefor and Sombra."
Cadance replied, "Usually the Giants could handle it, but its allegiance has changed and has fallen on a Purple Dragon." She used her magic to find the dragon that the artifact chose, Spike's arua was glowing in multiple colors, "The Crystal Heart has chosen you, Spike." After she opened the chest, the Crystal Heart moved on its own and onto Spike's wings as his wings became a blue color.
Spike said, "This is what the Crystal Heart can do?"
Cadance replied, "I don't know its effect on a Purple Dragon, but there is always a special connection between crystals and your kind. Your kind can draw strength from them, so I guess the Crystal Heart gave your wings strength."
Spike asked, "How does this defeat the Dark Crystal Ponies without killing them?"
Cadance replied, "The Crystal Heart is now your breath, it is your wing strength and your combat skill. A single hit from your breath or if you hit the Dark Crystal Pony with your wings or your melee, Malefor's dark infuence will abandon the Crystal Pony, freeing him or her in the process."
Princess Celestia spoke, "The Elements of Harmony should go with you to the Crystal Empire. They will help you in some way. But I don't know if Malefor can resist them, but there is always a connection between the Elements and their bearers. The Element of Generousity is giving out a dark shadow, its bearer has been turned by Malefor."
Spyro realized, "Rarity was kidnapped by Malefor?"
Spike said, "Malefor might've converted Rarity, but the real her is still inside."
Celestia replied, "That's what the Soul Gem Omnitrix is for, Rarity's dark form could make a good variant when the time comes."
Spike replied, "I'll think about it. Come on, Skylanders, we've got an Empire to save." As the Skylanders left in the Dread-Yacht, the Princesses looked out on the horizon as Princess Luna spoke,
"May Mother look after you."
Princess Celestia finished, "May she look after us all."
Author's Note
So, there's a cliffhanger here. Malefor has struck and Rarity has been turned by Malefor. The Battle of the Crystal Empire awaits.
As Malefor's new army began to grow, Sombra looked over at the army of Dark Crystal Ponies, "How does this help us?"
The Dragon spoke to the Dark Unicorn, "Our army will spread across the world and consume anything in their path. Unlike trying to ressurect the Destroyer and the Golems of the Deep, this new army will be a new Great Cleansing."
Sombra asked, "And what of our new monster?" Malefor looked at the Crystal tower where his new monster lives in solitude, "She will be the first to witness this army. Besides, the Skylanders are already on their way right now."
Sombra said evily, "Its time for our payback from the Equestrian Isles."
Malefor replied, "Patience Sombra, those Skylanders took out a lot of our allies, they tried to interfere with my return."
On board the Dread-Yacht, the Skylanders gathered in the Rec room where they played Skystones with their old friend, Dreadbeard. The other Skylanders were talking with their Variants about the upcoming battle. But Spike was concerned about Rarity and what she has become because of Malefor.
Flynn came into the room to introduce their new teammate. "Guys, I would to introduce you to Tessa, she's an adventurer, but she wants to help out with stopping Malefor." Tessa decided to speak for herself,
"I'll handle this. I have some experiance with Malefor's army back home, but nothing like this." She gestured Dreadbeard to clear the table so Cali can set out the map of the Crystal Empire. Tessa decided to brief,
"Malefor and Sombra's forces have set up prison camps to keep the Crystal Ponies there until they are ready to turn them. Reaching the Camps would be easy since our friend, Hunter scouted the area. There are Grublins guarding the captive Crystal Ponies, but we can have the Giants go in and take out the Grublins. Spike will search for any Crystal Ponies that were turned and use his Crystal Heart to free them of Malefor's influence. Once the Crystal Ponies are free, the Swap Force would handle the Grublins while the Giants escort the Crystal Ponies to the ship. But we really need to get up to the top of the Crystal Tower to reach Malefor and Sombra."
Twilight replied, "Thats why we brought the Elements of Harmony. We could use them to defeat Malefor and Sombra."
Spyro interrupted, "It takes alot more than the Elements of Harmony to take down Malefor. Cynder and I fought him before and we inprisioned him in the first place. It took all of our powers combined to stop him."
Cynder spoke, "There is also a matter with Rarity, she has become Malefor's monster, we can't let her suffer the same fate that I went through."
Alicorn Twilight replied, "We are all aware of your past, Cynder. But we trust you, no doubt about that." Alicorn Twilight changed the subject, "Back to the matter of getting to the tower. Its best that one lone Skylander goes to the tower to face Malefor and Sombra."
That's when a realization struck Spike, "Its practically a one way trip, but I'll volunteer." Everypony and Skylander paused until Princess Cadance came into the Rec room, "Spike does have a point."
Flynn jumped, "Wowsers, next time, warn me before you appear out of nowhere!"
Cadance continued, "When I foalsat for Twilight, my real assignment was to look after Spike. Everytime he would have trouble sleeping, I would take him over to me, but I always felt a really powerful aura surging inside of him. I still feel that aura inside of him."
Spike asked, "Are you saying that I'm supposed to..you know, fufill my destiny as a Purple Dragon?"
Spyro spoke, "Cynder and I have faced Malefor before. But now its your time to shine. You are the second Purple Dragon born 4 years after me, when its usually 200 years. Now you need to confront Malefor."
Spike closed his eyes and thought of the monster that Rarity has become until he opened his eyes, "Once we rescue the Crystal Ponies and get them to safety, we'll head for the tower, that's when Alicorn Twilight will suit me up."
Cadance turned to Spike, "Before we reach our destination, I suppose I could teach you on how to use the Crystal Heart that dwells within you. Follow me to the Main Deck."
Spike followed the Princess of Love to the Main Deck and stood by her as she used her magic to spring up a Crystal Dummy with indication that it hs been possessed by Dark Magic.
"The Crystal Heart granted you an unlimited amount of Magical energy including a breath that frees a Crystal Pony from Dark Magic. Use your Crystal Breath on this dummy to test it." Spike unleashed his new breath on the dummy as the dark magic from the dummy faded away.
Soon enough a squad of dummies appeared and Spike used his new breath to relinquish the dark magic away from the dummies. After he defeated all of the dummies with his breath, Cadance complemented,
"The Crystal Heart has given you an unlimited power for your breath, but now lets test out your melee combat."
Spike whipped his tail at one dummy and then slashed his claws at another. When a medium size dummy appeared, he used a combo attack with both his tail and his claws to defeat it. After he defeated the dummies with his melee attacks, Cadance spoke,
"Perhaps Princess Celestia was right about you when she sent me to look after you when you were young." Spike returned to her and she continued,
"The Crystal Heart has granted you a special Fury attack, the full power of it will bring light back the Crystal Empire. But you have to perform a minor Crystal Fury that could free the big dummies from the dark influence."
Spike was in position as the smaller dummies popped up. After Spike used a lot of his Crystal Melee and Crystal Breath attacks, the bigger dummies appeared as his eyes started to glow a clear white color. The Dragon levitated himself as he closed his eyes and build up his Crystal Heart Fury combined with his Lightcore powers. Spike opened his eyes and pressed his claws forward as his wings spread out. A shockwave of clear magical energy erupted as the dragon performed the minor Crystal Fury while his teacher erected a magic barrier to protect herself from being caught in the shockwave. Cadance lowered the barrier as Spike lowered himself back to the deck,
"Well done, Spike. Now the Battle of the Crystal Empire awaits."
The Giants infiltrated the Crystal Empire as soon as the ship landed, they entered through the sewer system and used their senses to locate a prison camp and map it out. It wasn't time for a direct assault on the Crystal Empire. Its just a simple task to map out the prison camps, Spike also went with the Giants to sneak up on Dark Crystal Ponies, pull them into the sewer and free them of Malefor's grip. Spike is the only dragon that can free a Crystal Pony from Malefor's grip because he possesses the Crystal Heart.
As soon as Celestia's sun rises on the horizon, it was time to begin the attack. All prison camps were mapped out, all Dark Crystal Ponies were found and freed. The Giants appeared from the sewers along with Spike and the Swap Force to free the captive Crystal Ponies and escort them to the ship. Unknown to the Skylanders, a mysterious cloaked figure was watching them, the figure is a female and wore a purple and blue cloak with the Magic medallion on her chest. She watched as the Giants and the Swap Force freed the Crystal Ponies and brought them back to the ship. The figure said,
"Hmmm...Those Skylanders won't have enough time to free the Crystal Ponies before Malefor and Sombra notice. I must get to the other camps, free the Crystal Ponies and escort them to the Giants, but I have to keep myself out of sight from the Giants."
At the other camps, the Giants and the Swap Force freed the Crystal Ponies and escorted them back to the ship. But even the Giants and Swap Force knew that they need to hurry before Sombra and Malefor show up. Thats when Wash Shift noticed a couple of Crystal Ponies running towards them, saying something about a mysterious cloaked female that freed them.
After getting all of the Crystal Ponies to the ship, it was tiefor the direct assault on the Crystal Tower, which was being guarded by Grublins. The variants went in first as Punch Pop Fizz used his beast form to slash away at the Grublins, Legenary Slam Bam bashed two Grublins together as he said,
"Alicorn Twilight, bring out the magic!" He hurled it to Alicorn Twilight as she blasted it with her magic, "Way ahead of you."
Legendary Trigger Happy appeared as he said, "Here comes Legendary Trigger Happy." He booped a Grublin Troll, "In the face!"
Legendary Chill eyed a group of Grublins, "Narwhal Time!" She summoned her narwhal as it plowed over the Grublin group.
Legendarys Chop Chop and Stealth Elf used their combined strength to take down a huge Grublin Hero Orc.
Legendary Jet-Vac used his vaccum gun to suck up the Grublin Wyverns.
Legendary Rarity gestured to Dark Spike, "Lets take down these ruffians."
Dark Spike replied, "Way ahead of you."
The Giant Variants even bagged a few kills on a couple of Grublins, even the Grublin Trolls.
After fighting through the Grublins to the tower, the original Skylanders arrived at the tower to prepare Spike for the final confrontation. Alicorn Twilight said to Spike, "Make them last and let you know that we will always be there for you."
Spike replied, "I understand." The bearers of the Elements of Harmony placed the Element trinkets onto Spike and soon something amazing happened.
The Elements began to levitate around Spike, Honesty and Laughter connected with Spike's back legs, Loyalty and Kindness connected with Spike's forelegs, Generousity placed itself around Spike's neck and Magic placed itself on Spike's head.
Spike said, "If they can help me out, I'll make sure I'll have the power to defeat Malefor."
Rainbow Dash said, "If you find Rarity, change her back and send her down the tower before you perform the Crystal Fury, okay?" Spike nodded as he started his ascent up the tower. As the other Skylanders began to defend the tower to give Spike some time.
Spike began moving up the stairs to the top of the tower where he will find Malefor and Sombra. He has to make it to the top to face them and fulfill his destiny. As he moved up the tower he began to use the Elements of Harmony to communicate with the three Princesses and soon, three holographic versions of Princess Celestia, Princess Luna and Princess Cadance appeared. Spike said,
"I'm going up to find Malefor and Sombra. But I feel a little bit scared right now."
The holographic Celestia replied, "Everypony has to be scared sometime. But the only thing to be scared of, is not trying at all."
Spike asked Princess Luna, "Did you ever encounter anypony who was scared, while you were in their dreams?"
The holographic Luna replied, "I encountered Scootaloo, who was scared to admit that she was scared, but when she was in the presence of Rainbow Dash and Whirlwind, I told her that it is time to admit that she is scared."
Spike asked Princess Cadance, "I know that you were scared when you were captured and Impersonated during your Wedding, but you were heart-broken and scared, right?"
The holographic Cadance replied, "I was indeed, scared, but I put that fear aside and wanted to press on through to your brother. It was Ignitor that brought us back together, he possesses loyalty. He helped me through the conflict when we became Ignidance, but when his armor fell off of me with no movement, both Shining and I were scared that he didn't make it. It was a right time to be scared of losing a friend. But you can be scared sometimes."
The holographic Celestia continued,"But you have to fight Malefor and Sombra to face your fear."
The holographic Luna finished, "You also have to fight Rarity to face that fear."
The holographic Cadance added, "Spike, you still have the Soul Gem Omnitrix. All you have to do is point it at Rarity and it could conceal her Dark form in a Soul Gem and can contain it."
Spike looked at his left foreleg wear the watch was and remembered it. He said, "Thank you for this advice." The holograms faded away and Spike continued his ascent.
The Purple Dragon reached the final staircase before the final confrontation. He took a deep breath and felt a magical energy surge through him as he said,
"I'm ready for this."
As he reached the top of the tower, he came face-to-face with Malefor and Sombra. Malefor looked at the dragon and said,
"At long last, our guest has arrived. Please come in. Such determination to get here, it seems we share more qualities, besides our color."
Spike said, "No, I'm nothing like you!"
Sombra asked, "Do you think so?" The unicorn laughed, "We'll get to that."
Spike asked, "Where is Rarity?"
Malefor replied, "She is right behind you." Spike turned around, only to get whacked by a hoof. When he got up, he saw Rarity's dark form, Nightmare Rarity. Spike yelled,
"Rarity, No!"
Sombra said, "You are a fool to come to the tower alone. You've always been alone."
Malefor continued, "And here you are, trying so desperately to save this miserable world, refusing to accept the true role of the Purple Dragon."
Nightmare Rarity blasted him into a wall as Malefor continued, "There had been many Purple Dragons before me, it has been the duty of our predecessors to bring about 'The Great Cleansing.' This is the true nature of our kind, your destiny is to destroy the world." Spike got up after he got hit by another blast from Nightmare Rarity and said,
"No, I don't believe that! Your plans have already failed!"
Sombra laughed, "Thats why we created Nightmare Rarity, she can create a shadow among this world and plunge it into an Eternal Night. My Master's quest will come to full completion."
Spike saw as Nightmare Rarity came closer to him as she fired another blast, but he blocked it with his wing. Nightmare Rarity said, "Fight back!"
As he kept deflecting Nightmare Rarity's attacks with his wings, he remembered the Soul Gem Omnitrix, Master Eon's gift to Spike. Nightmare Rarity asked, "Why won't you fight back?"
Spike replied, "Because I was left with nothing to fight for." Spike's answer caught the Nightmare Unicorn offguard as she began to turn normal as the essence of Nightmare Rarity was trapped in a Soul Gem created by the watch.
Rarity said as she smiled, "There is always something."
Spike replied, "You need to get to the other Skylanders, they are at the bottom of the tower."
Rarity said, "Take them down, Spikey Wikey." She kissed Spike on the cheek and fled. This aggrivated Malefor and Sombra, the dark dragon said,
"You made your choice and you shall suffer the same fate!" The Dark Unicorn said, "Prepare to Die!!"
Spike got into his battle stance as his two foes charged at him, Spike dodged their elemental attacks, used his Crystal Melee on Malefor and used his Crystal Breath on Sombra. Spike charged forward, avoiding the duo's attacks, and made a ground pound on Malefor. He used a tail swipe attack on Sombra which knocked him to the ground, but soon after his attack, the Elements of Harmony began to glow.
The Elements of Harmony began expanding all over Spike's body, Loyalty, Kindness, Honesty and Laughter became armored pieces that expanded from his legs to his claws, Generousity expanded as a full armored suit from his neck to his tail, and Magic became a Draconic helmet that folds on and off because of a telepathic connection with Spike's horns. Thats not the only thing that happened, Spike's horns, spines, and tail tip turned from green to yellow.
Malefor and Sombra began to attack again but Spike dodged them and used a massive tail strike on them. It was time for Spike to perform the Crystal Fury, as soon as Spike started the Crystal Fury, Malefor looked at Sombra,
"You have failed, I will find another way." Malefor disappeared in a portal as Sombra looked as the Fury was on top of him and destroyed him.
The Skylanders looked at the tower as darkness was turning back to light. The Crystal Empire was saved, but they are wondering what happened to Spike.
Spike woke up in a twilight zone where it was uncommon to him. He looked around and said, "Hello, anypony here?" He looked around, but he saw nopony around until he was approached by a very familiar pony, Princess Celestia. He asked,
"How am I here? How are you here?"
Celestia replied, "You did it. You've defeated Malefor and Sombra."
Spike asked, "But why am I here?"
His mother replied, "I used my magic to transport your soul here, so I can speak with you personally."
Spike asked, "But what about my body?"
Celestia replied, "Its still on top of the tower, though when you return to it, you would be unconscious."
Spike began to ask, "The Elements of Harmony turned from jewelery into an armored suit. It looked like it's supposed to be used by Dragons."
Celestia replied, "When your Grandmother made the Elements of Harmony, she wondered if a rare breed of dragons would join forces with us. She improved them to work with one dragon if the Element Bearers were defeated...a Purple Dragon."
She began showing the memories of Spike and herself caring for Spike when he was an egg. Spike saw his own life story before his very eyes and the origin of the Harmonic Armor.
Celestia spoke, "Since you fulfilled your destiny as a Purple Dragon, I believe its time to reveal you as my son."
Spike replied, "There is no hiding me from nobility anymore."
Princess Celestia hugged her son and said, "The Crystal Empire needs to see their Crystal Savior, you should return to your body."
Spike teared up, "I will..Mom." After Celestia vanished, Spike exited the Twilight Zone and entered a state of unconsciousness.
As the other Skylanders and their friends looked at the tower hoping to see Spike, they did see something falling from the tower. Flynn pulled out his Spyglass and saw in shock,
"Its Spike, but...he's not moving!!!"
He was hoping that one of the Skylanders would spring into action and save Spike until Princess Cadance swooped in and caught Spike. She carried the dragon to the ground and set him beside the other Skylanders lying on his side. Cadance used her magic to open the helmet blocking the dragon's face. But when it opened she said in shock,
"I....I can't believe it!" The other Skylanders saw what Cadance was surprised about. It was Spike's blue face and yellow horns. But he was still unconscious, Gnarly Tree Rex decided to roar in his face, which instantly woke him up. Spike looked around and asked,
"Please tell me, that no one kissed me?"
Cadance answered, "We won."
Alicorn Twilight said, "And you finally found your Legendary variant."
Spike replied, "Way to go, guys.....Wait..I found my Legendary Variant?"
Cadance gave Spike a mirror to examine his face and soon he discovered that his face is blue and his horns are yellow, he looked over at the exposed spines and they are yellow as well. Cadance managed to take the Crystal Heart itself out of Spike's wings and they were yellow. The Skylanders saw that their Equestrian Skylander found his Legendary variant. Princess Cadance saw the Crystal Ponies gather around Spike, staring at him in awe, she said,
"They are now seeing you as a Crystal Savior because you saved the Crystal Empire." Spike used the watch on himself to conceal his Legendary variant in a Soul Gem.
Spike replied, "I am the Crystal Savior, but when we return home, I wouldn't want to be late for the victory party, I am Princess Celestia's son after all."
Twilight replied, "We know, but the others back home don't."
Spitfire asked, "If you are Celestia's son, would that technically make you.."
Drobot finished, "A prince?"
Spike nodded at his friends' question, "Its complicated, if anypony found out that I was Celestia's secret son, I would be seen as a weakness. She sent me to Twilight to keep me safe. I fulfilled my destiny as Purple Dragon and thats what would break the secrecy."
As soon as the Crystal Empire was rebuilt, the Dread-Yacht went back to Canterlot to tell Princesses Celestia and Luna the news about Spike and his final charge against Malefor and Sombra. It was excellent that Sombra was destroyed, but it was troubling that Malefor escaped back into Skylands. But the battle did drain half of his power and wouldn't be a threat until he plans to strike back.
As for Spike, Princess Celestia annouced to her subjects that Spike is her son. That got some surprised looks on everyponies faces as they found out that the Sun-Goddess has a Dragon son and she kept him secret until now. But there were no negative outcomes to neither Celestia nor Spike. Celestia decided that Spike deserved a coronation since he was already her son. At the end of the Victory party, everypony now knows the name, Prince Spike the Dragon, Celestia's son.
The Skylander Variants decided to return to their Soul Gems and rest, but Master Eon developed a way for the variants to interact with one another and still move around. He created a Variant world where the variants can move around, talk and interact. Its only accessable via Arch Portal. The Portal had the name on it to know where anypony and any Skylander were going. This proved that the Variants can be useful in and out of a fight.
As for Nightmare Rarity, the Soul Gem that contained her allowed her to tame her Nightmare powers turning her into a good Nightmare Rarity. In the Variant World, Nightmare Rarity began a relationship with Dark Spike, while Legendary Spike and Legendary Rarity began their relationship.
As for ruling the Variant World, The Variants voted and realized that Alicorn Twilight and Punch Pop Fizz are planning to get married. The Variants agreed that Alicorn Twilight and Punch Pop Fizz should rule jointly.
Author's Note
So there it is, Spike has found his Legendary Variant and defeated Malefor and Sombra. Malefor escaped back into Skylands where he would plan another strike on them. Spike's secret relation to the Royal Family is revealed and a portal to the Variant World is built.
After the big victory at the Crystal Empire, the Skylanders rejoyced on how they managed to work as a team and cleared a way for Spike to make his final charge against Malefor and Sombra. The Equestrian Skylanders and the Variants rejoyced that it was a major victory and the first battle with the Variants at their side. The revelation of Spike being Celestia's son and his Coronation was sign of shock for the 'Elite' of Canterlot, but a sign of happiness for the rest of Canterlot and the Skylanders.
When the Skylanders went back to Ponyville, the water giant, Thumpback was near the swimming hole when he paused because he was having a vision. In his vision, he saw Captian Frightbeard pulling his own sword out of a treasure chest releasing as Thumpback could tell, is his entire Pirate Fleet. He saw himself facing Frightbeard in a final showdown aboard the Phantom Tide before their weapons clashed, he snapped out of his vision.
His vision also gave him a warning, that Frightbeard would be on the move soon. But where is he going, why was his sword stabbed in the chest, who built the chest? He had to tell Master Eon and the Princesses about it, but he had to inform the rest of the Skylanders about his vision. Luckliy, Spyro went up to Thumpback,
"Thumpback, We got a message from Princess Celestia. She wants us in Canterlot immediatily."
Thumpback replied, "Its Captain Frightbeard, he's on the move."
Spyro said, "It could be Frightbeard, but the other Skylanders are waiting for us at the train station. Flynn couldn't fly us there because he doesn't seem to be available."
The Skylanders soon arrived at Canterlot where they marched through the city to get to the castle. When they reached the Throne Room, they saw Master Eon, Princesses Celestia and Luna, and the Skylander Variants right by the Arch-Portal to the Variant World and the Portal of Power. Master Eon noticed,
"There you are, sorry to call you here, just a day after the celebration. But there is an increase in pirate activity in Skylands."
Princess Celestia continued, "And to put matters worse, Flynn was just captured by pirates. We want you to go to Skylands, rescue Flynn and find out why he was captured in the first place."
Princess Luna added, "We have to go through the whole procedure of capturing a Skylander into a crystal, so we are going with you." She turned to Eon, "If thats ok with you?"
Master Eon replied, "You have done this before and you should do it again. I'll stay here and notify any Skylander that has to goto the Portal. You should pick two Skylanders to go with you to meet with Hugo."
The Royal Sisters picked the two Skylanders they wanted and they chose Tree Rex and Spitfire. They stepped onto the Portal of Power and were sent to the exact spot where Hugo is supposed to meet them.
When they arrived in Skylands, the sisters met Hugo standing by a strange machine. Hugo said,
"Oh good, you're here. I've been putting together the Portal-Tron 3000 to capture Skylanders into two crystals. You saw this happen in the Radiant Isles."
Princess Celestia replied, "We did see how this technique was able to place two Skylanders into two crystals, but the only time we could change them is if we talk to Wendel."
Hugo replied, "This is the same as Wendel's spell, but the spell is merged with the machine. But who should be contained in a crystal?"
Spitfire stepped forward, "I will."
After she stepped forward, she broke down into a vapor and merged with Crystal as it began to glow red. After the merging was complete, Hugo tossed the crystal to Princess Luna, she turned to Tree Rex and asked,
"You remember the word to have Spitfire take your place?" Tree Rex nodded as Luna turned her attention back to Hugo,
"We heard that Flynn got captured by Pirates and is being held here."
Hugo pointed, "I saw Flynn in that cage right over there, but I couldn't get to him because of the pirates and...I'm not such a good fighter."
Tree Rex said, "The Dread-Yacht must be docked near the cage when the pirates captured Flynn, you should go wait on the ship and we'll meet you there once we free Flynn."
After Hugo and the Princesses left, Tree Rex journeyed into Pirate Territory to rescue Flynn, he even remembered that he can't go at it alone. After he battled through the pirates to get to Flynn's cage, he was wondering how the pirates are so well organized when they are usually scattered, fighting each other? Something evil was definitily at work and he's going to ask Thumpback about it later.
Back in Equestria, Master Eon was waiting until the Royal Sisters send a signal through the Mini-Portal that was added to Flynn's ship. Until a royal guard who was escorting a mysterious cloaked female said,
"Master Eon, I found this one at the gates, she requested an audience with you." The light-blue Alicorn looked at the cloaked female and recognized her by name,
"Star Strike, it has been a long time."
Star Strike replied, "You certainly look differant than when I last saw you, Master Eon."
Eon turned to the guard, "You did a good thing on escorting her here. You may return to your patrol." The guard nodded as he exited the Portal Chamber. Master Eon asked,
"But, you were with the other Swap Force, how did you break free of your statue form?"
Star Strike replied, "When I landed in the Crystal Empire, Malefor had it under siege, dark magic reflected off of me and the good magic seeped inside which freed me. After seeing the Grublins around, I began hiding from enemy patrols and attacked only if necessary. I helped the Giants liberate the Crystal Ponies from the Prison Camps in secret, before the battle."
She paused a moment, "But after the battle, I began sensing more Swap Force Skylanders that are still frozen, and I know that you asked three fillies to find them."
Master Eon spoke, "You better go to Ponyville and find Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle and Applebloom. If you wish to join them on their search for the Swap Force, the choice is up to you."
Star Strike answered, "I will help those three find the Swap Force. But I'll have to bring a message to them when I arrive." Master Eon wrote a message for the CMC and handed it to Star Strike. Star Strike casted a teleportation spell and disappeared. Master Eon was soon asked by Twilight,
"She helped us rescue the Crystal Ponies?" Master Eon spoke to the Unicorn, "She did, she's a bright Skylander because she cares about helping others and finding the Swap Force. The path she chose proves it, I suppose that path you chose and the separation of Alicorn Twilight from you gave your variant life, and now she and Pop Fizz's variant rule the Variant World, side-by-side."
Twilight replied, "Every good choice has a good outcome, I hope Star Strike would help the three fillies on their search for the Swap Force."
Back in Skylands, Tree Rex used all his might to break through anything. After seeing that he should let his pegasus partner fight, he yelled,
"Swap!"
Tree Rex disappeared and Spitfire took his place. The Pegasus mare used here fire abiliies and her Ring of Fire that occurs when she swings her tail. She blazed through the pirates like they were nothing and reached Flynn's cage. After defeating every pirate near the cage, she freed Flynn, he said,
"Well, if it isn't Spitfire, I guess you and the other Skylanders arrived when you heard of my imprisionment."
Spitfire face-hooved, "Lets talk abut why you were captured after we get to the ship."
Flynn realized, "Well, I'll meet you on the ship."
After Spitfire reached the Dread-Yacht, they took off and Hugo started to ask,
"Why were you captured in the first place?"
Flynn replied, "Those pirates couldn't stand losing, but I got this awsome cake recipe!" He held out a piece of paper with a map drawn from mustard and Hugo looked at it,
"This isn't a recipe, Flynn, its a map."
Princess Celestia noticed something on the other side, "Who is that?"
Flynn said as Hugo flipped it over, "Hey, thats the guy that stole my map!"
Hugo had a frightened expression on his face, "That is Captain Frightbeard, the most vicious pirate in all of Skylands. He terrorized the old world during Malefor's Conflict, along with his Pirate Fleet. But the Free Arkeyans sealed Frightbeard and his fleet away in the Chest of Exile."
Princess Luna said, "Then its a clue to the Chest of Exile."
Hugo turned to the group, "This is bad, if he is back, then that means he is trying to free his fleet."
Princess Celestia asked, "But, the Arkeyans left clues to the Chest of Exile's exact location, the first clue on that mustard map is on the Tiki Islands."
Hugo replied, "You are right, your Highness. Flynn, set a course for the Tiki Islands!!"
Author's Note
So the Skylanders are going hunting for Captain Frightbeard. It was Thumpback who sensed that Frightbeard is on the move. The next chapter will put more into Star Strike's point of view in helping the CMC.
As Star Strike teleported to Ponyville Elementary where the CMC were just being dismissed from their class for Summer Break. The three fillies began to exit the school as Applebloom said,
"Well, at least we'll be able to hang out with the Skylanders for the summer."
Sweetie Belle said, "But the Skylanders are working just a day after Spike's Coronation."
Scootaloo guessed, "Probably going after that mean pirate, Captain Frightbeard."
They soon turned their attention to the Skylander in front of them and Star Strike asked,
"Are you three, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle and Applebloom, the ones on the hunt for the Swap Force?" The fillies nodded as the Skylander continued, "My name is Star Strike, I'm a Magic Skylander that assisted the Swap Force before being sent to Equestria."
Sweetie Belle asked, "How do you know our names?" Star Strike handed them a note written by Master Eon as they read,
"Dear Sweetie Belle, Applebloom and Scootaloo You have already met Star Strike and now is the time to find the rest of the Swap Force that she senses. Star Strike will be your guide to finding and restoring the Swap Force. You should keep on the lookout for any frozen Core Skylanders. But unlike Star Strike, the other Core Skylanders would not be free until the Swap Force Skylanders that she senses are found. Yours sincerely, Master Eon."
After reading the message, the CMC decided that their search for the Swap Force has now begun. Now Sweetie Belle decided to ask their new guide,
"Are there any Swap Force Skylanders close by?"
Star Strike's eyes began to glow, "I sense two Swap Force Skylanders along with a Core Skylander somewhere in the Everfree Forest in an Ancient Castle."
Scootaloo asked, "But the Everfree Forest is dangerous, especially at night."
Star Strike smiled under her hood, "Don't worry, I'll protect you from harm."
Applebloom informed, "But since we are going into the Everfree, we might want to stop by Zecora's hut, she's Zebra herbalist in the Everfree forest and stops by the town to buy herbs or harvest them in the forest."
Star Strike replied, "If any of us get hurt while traversing the forest, she might be able to help us out."
As the group began to enter the Everfree Forest, Star Strike's eyes began to glow as she said,
"There is a Core Skylander close by!"
Applebloom asked, "Are you sure?"
Star Strike replied, "Its not something that I can forget."
Sweetie Belle pointed, "I think I see it over there!" The group moved to where Sweetie Belle pointed and spotted a Core Skylander of a mysterious Undead creature wielding a scythe. This Skylander was standing on a Skull Pedestal, this was someone Star Strike recognized as she said,
"Grim Creeper, you will be free soon." She placed Grim Creeper into Sweetie Belle's saddlebag and the group continued through the Everfree Forest.
As they continued on their journey to the old castle, they came across a very familiar pony, it was Zecora the herbalist. They greeted their friend as she spoke in rhymes discussing her not-so treacherous journey back to her hut until she came across a bottom half and top half of some dragon-like creature until Star Strike's eyes lit up again. The mentioning of the bottom and top halves of a Dragon-like creature got the group's attention. Scootaloo asked,
"Can we take a look at what you found?" The Zebra nodded as she reached into her bag and pulled out the two halves of the dragon-like creature. After they saw the fire pedestal on the bottom half, Scootaloo told Zecora,
"You found a Swap Force Skylander during your traditional visit to search for herbs."
Zecora replied in rhymes saying that she found it lying near the Northern edge of the Everfree near Whitetail wood. The group explained their journey to the old castle to recover the Swap Force Skylanders that Star Strike senses. Zecora understood why the CMC need to find the Swap Force and restore them. Zecora gave them the frozen Swap Force Skylander as a gift in hopes that they will restore it. Zecora gave Star Strike some herbal healing remedies, so if they hurt, it could heal them.
After talking with Zecora, the group continued their journey to the old castle. Star Strike saw Applebloom lagging behind, so she went to the filly and asked,
"Is everything all right?"
Applebloom replied, "Mostly the Everfree Forest is forbidden because it is too dangerous."
Star Strike spoke, "I know that most of the dangerous beasts seem to live in this forest, but I'll protect you and your friends. That's what a Skylander does."
Applebloom asked, "We were told by Master Eon to find the frozen Swap Force along with the frozen Core Skylanders."
Sweetie Belle wondered, "Speaking of Skylanders, I wonder what they are up to in Skylands."
Meanwhile in Skylands, the tag-team of Thumpback and Dark Spike journeyed through the Tiki Islands and discovered the location of a map piece. Unfortunately, its being held by a very familiar pirate that Thumpback recognizes.
"Squidbeard, Fightbeard's second lieutenant as I remember."
Squidbeard replied, "Well, well, well, Thumpback the treacherous pirate deserter. Frightbeard had a feeling that we would see you again."
Thumpback spoke, "I'm no traitor, Squidbeard, but I did desert because I was pulled overboard by the Leviathan Crab before you joined Malefor. I was adventurous, not in the mood for piracy."
Squidbeard shrugged, "Either way, ye still deserted us. As a traitor, you shall pay with ye life."
Thumpback smiled, "But, I'm not alone this time...me hardy." He looked up, "SWAP!!" Thumpback disappeared and Dark Spike took his place. Squidbeard was mad as he said,
"Lets get them, me hardies. We bring the deserter to Frightbeard as soon as this is done!"
Dark Spike said, "Whoa, I guess this is going to be harder than it looks." Dark Spike jumped into battle as he battled Squidbeard's thugs. He even gave Thumpback a turn at facing Squidbeard himself.
Back in the Everfree Forest, the group finally arrived at their destination. The Ancient Castle of the Sisters was where Nightmare Moon was defeated, the Elements of Harmony have found their bearers and it was when they came into first contact with a Skylander who was guarding the castle. Star Strike placed her hand on the castle ground as she closed her eyes,
"There was the essence of an Air Skylander guarding the castle awaiting the arrival of the element bearers. The Skylander became guardian of this castle until.." She senses another, "A dark alicorn came to the castle a battled the skylander. He was knocked unconscious by the alicorn and six mares became the new bearers of the Elements of Harmony ultimately defeating the alicorn and freeing a Princess possessed by the dark alicorn."
Sweetie Belle replied, "Rarity told me about the guardian, his name is Jet-Vac. He is the first Skylander ever encountered."
Star Strike smiled, "Then he was very fortunate to have met them." She began to sense another essence, "Master Eon was here, a year ago. The Mane-6 returned to this castle along with the Purple Dragon."
Applebloom realized, "Applejack told me about returning to the castle to meet Master Eon to remove the Soul Gem Omnitrix from Spike's wrist."
Star Strike replied, "A lot of events have happened during the long times of my imprisonment before the Battle of the Crystal Empire."
Scootaloo asked, "You were in the Battle of the Crystal Empire?"
Star Strike replied as her eyes began to glow again, "I'll explain later. We have to find the rest of the Swap Force." They began searching the castle for any sign of the Swap Force Skylanders that Star Strike sensed. They searched the throne where Nightmare Moon stood in her final stand, until Sweetie Belle came across the tornado half of a Swap Force Skylander, while Applebloom came across the top half of a chicken.
Scootaloo came across a bottom half of a snake creature near the Element pedestals while Star Strike came across the top half of a snake creature that she recognizes. They also discovered two core Skylanders both of which Star Strike recognizes as she said their names,
"Pop Thorn, Riptide, it will be glad to see you again."
Sweetie Belle spoke, "We found what you sensed, we should head to the clubhouse."
Star Strike replied, "Its best that we leave this forest. If I sense a Swap Force Skylander, I'll let you know."
Scootaloo asked, "I wonder what the Skylanders are up to?"
In a Swamp in Skylands, Thumpback and Whirlwind bounced to a platform where an undead Pirate, Rustbeard was waiting for them.
"Sorry, deserter, but the clue is in another castle. Frightbeard became really angry of your interference."
Thumpback crossed his arms, "And he sends you rather than bringing himself forward."
Rustbeard spoke, "He knows ye have the clues, but our mates have raided ye ship and took them back."
Thumpback replied, "You dirty, rusty, bad breath, no good, rear end smelling, dog breathed sea dog!"
Rustbeard laughed, "And now ye here to meet your fate, but Frightbeard wants ye alive so you are coming with me." As Rustbeard tried to grab him, Thumpback grabbed Rustbeard's arm and swung his anchor at him. Thumpback said,
"You will not take me to Frightbeard because I would rather have Frightbeard show himself." Thumpback prepared himself for combat until he heard Princess Celestia's voice in his head,
"Rustbeard is telling the truth, we found the pirates getting away with the clues. But you must fight Rustbeard's bad breath and defeat him."
Thumpback began fighting Rustbeard's thugs as they appeared. He used his anchor and his water abilities to defeat them until Rustbeard jumped from the platform. Thumpback decided to send Whirlwind in,
"SWAP!"
Whirlwind took his place as she dodged Rustbeard's attacks and his electric shockwave. Whirlwind was a lot faster than Rustbeard anticipated and a lot stronger. Whirlwind used her Rainbow Singularity to attack Rustbeard until he was finally defeated. Thumpback appeared right next to Whirlwind as he towered over the defeated pirate.
"Sorry, Rustbeard. But your pride is in another castle."
Whirlwind said, "If the pirates took the clues, they have them at their fortress."
"You're right, Whirlwind. We got to get back to the Dread-Yacht."
Back in Equestria, Star Strike and the CMC arrived at the clubhouse until Star Strike began to sense one more Swap Force Skylander. The CMC followed her underneath the clubhouse and found two halves of an Owl creature. After retrieving it, they went back inside and dumped their findings on the floor. Star Strike said,
"We better restore them."
Sweetie Belle replied, "We should."
Applebloom spoke, "We found them."
Scootaloo finished, "And we restore them."
Star Strike and the CMC began mixing and matching the Swap Force Skylanders with every top and bottom until they found a match. They mixed and matched the Swap Force for a couple minutes until the last Swap Force Skylander was matched perfectly and the Swap Force and the core Skylanders began to glow.
Star Strike stood back along with the fillies as the Skylanders they found began to grow and the pedestals shattered. Every Skylander they found began to move their arms and get a good look at their surroundings. They noticed Star Strike standing in front of the three fillies as she said,
"Fire Kraken, Hoot Loop, Free Ranger, Rattle Shake, stand down, they are not your enemies. They found you and freed you along with Pop Thorn, Riptide, and Grim Creeper."
Rattle Shake spoke to the CMC, "Then you three have our eternal gratitude for freeing us."
Free Ranger asked, "Where's Wash Buckler and the others?"
Star Strike replied, "They are in Canterlot as observers so they can watch their fellow Skylanders in action."
Fire Kraken asked, "This place has a Portal of Power?"
Star Strike replied, "It does."
Hoot Loop asked, "Can we go to Canterlot?"
Star Strike spoke, "Yes we can." She turned to the CMC, "Stay close to me when I teleport us to Canterlot." As she used her magic in a teleportation spell, she felt the three fillies hugging her cloak. She did tell them to stay close to her. Star Strike used her magic to form around the Swap Force and the Core Skylanders and in a flash of light, they all disappeared.
Author's Note
The CMC's search for the Swap Force with Star Strike had interesting results. They found a couple more Swap Force Skylanders and there are only a few more left. Hope you enjoyed it.
After infiltrating the Pirate Fortress and getting back the clues to the Chest of Exile, The Skylanders now began setting a course for the Chest's location. Princess Luna saw Thumpback looking straight ahead on the horizon, she asked,
"What's wrong, Thumpback?"
Thumpback turned to the Princess of the Night and replied, "I knew that this would happen, I just never expected Frightbeard to make his move so soon."
Princess Luna spoke, "I'm starting to think that you have a past with Frightbeard."
Thumpback replied, "I knew that Frightbeard was the saltiest of all the seadogs back when I was once a member of his crew. He and his crew called me a traitor and a deserter for abandoning ship, but in truth, I was pulled overboard by the Leviathan Crab."
Luna asked, "I can see now why you wanted to leave Frightbeard's ship."
Thumpback laughed, "It turned out to be my lucky break because Frightbeard and his fleet were banished into the Chest of Exile."
Princess Celestia overheard their conversation, "I still don't understand. If Frightbeard was imprisoned in the Chest of Exile...how did he escape?" Thumpback and the Royal Sisters began to overlook ideas on how Frightbeard escaped from the Chest of Exile until their eyes widen in shock and one name came out of their mouths,
"Malefor!"
Thumpback continued, "I should've known, Malefor would free Frightbeard from the Chest of Exile. He is the only dragon that has that kind of power."
Princess Celestia stated, "If Frightbeard frees his fleet, they could go to Malefor..."
Princess Luna finished, "And build a new army!" It wasn't until they got a message from Master Eon on the Mini-Portal,
"You have done well, your Highnesses and I'm sure you know what could happen if Frightbeard releases his fleet?"
Princess Luna replied, "We know all too well about Frightbeard's intension on devastating Skylands and building Malefor's new army."
Master Eon nodded as he said, "Behold."
The Portal showed an image of Frightbeard climbing to the Chest of Exile as he said,
"Aye, it was long ago, when them blasted rust buckets locked me away in that cursed realm of nothingness. But as I reclaim me giant sword and unleash me giant pirate fleet, I will plunder Skylands, right down to their blasted skivvies!!" Frightbeard fired a cannon from his hat and laughed in his evil pirate laugh as he pulled his sword from the Chest of Exile. Once he pulled his sword out from the chest, it opened up revealing and releasing Frightbeard's fleet. He smiled as he said, "Aye, welcome back, me plundering pirates."
The releasing of Frightbeard's fleet has created a maelstrom as his ships were flying all around The Phantom Tide. The Dread-Yacht arrived at the maelstrom as it was occurring and Flynn said,
"I guess were a little late for the party."
Cali spoke, "Hurry, Flynn, we got to get the Skylanders to that chest, with luck, they could be able to stop it."
Hugo added, "As long as we don't get smashed to pieces." Until he was frightened by a sheep which hit the window. Flynn spoke, "Don't worry, as long as I have my legendary pilot skills." Flynn pulled a lever which fired a harpoon at a nearby island that served as an anchor. Cali looked at the rope that connects to the island,
"That will do, now the rest is up to the Skylanders."
In the Equestrian Portal Chamber, Master Eon was looking at Thumpback's progress to reach the Phantom Tide and confront Frightbeard until Star Strike, the CMC and the Swap Force Skylanders that they found, appeared in the Portal Chamber. Master Eon noticed Star Strike had the CMC hugging her as they reappeared, he put that aside and said,
"Star Strike, you have managed to find most of the Swap Force and the Core Skylanders, but its not over yet."
Star Strike replied, "I understand Master Eon. We need to find a few more, but I don't sense anymore Swap Force Skylanders."
The Alicorn spoke, "Only time will tell." Master Eon turned his attention back to the Portal of Power and saw Thumpback facing Frightbeard.
On board The Phantom Tide stood the most fearsome pirate, Frightbeard and the Water Giant, Thumpback coming face-to-face, the pirate grinned,
"Aye, you given me crew quite the chase. And now you are here to walk the plank, traitor."
Thumpback replied, "You know what I think, I think you've gone way too far. You might've freed your fleet, but I can still stop you."
Frightbeard spoke, "Ye can return with me and be a member of me crew again. Imagine an island worth of treasure, ye can be very rich."
Thumpback brought out his anchor, "You think me an idiot? I have no quarrel with a pirate like you! I would rather walk the plank than be a member of your crew again."
Frightbeard said sinisterly, "Methinks that you can stop me, but ye would not dodge me magic sword." He turned to his pirates, "Go get 'em, boys. The first one who brings me Thumpback's head will get an island full of treasure!"
Thumpback readied his anchor as Frightbeard sent out his goons to fight him, they might've been formidable, but they were no match for Thumpback's anchor and belly flop. The sight of Thumpback defeating Frightbeard's goons agitated the fearsome pirate and decided,
"Ye imbeciles, I'll deal with him myself!"
Thumpback joked, "Your move." Frightbeard snickered, "Ye cannot match against me magic sword. But lets see how well you handle these attacks."
Frightbeard began to move forward while slashing his sword side to side, leaving trail marks on the deck. Thumpback began moving backwards as Frightbeard came closer until the pirate was in position, Thumpback struck with his anchor. Frightbeard deflected the anchor as the pirate slashed at Thumpback, but was deflected by his adversary's anchor. Thumpback and Frightbeard moved in a circle like a fencing match, each time they would move, they would move in the direction away from the opponent. Thumpback saw an opportunity and struck Frightbeard off guard, Frightbeard retaliated with a Fire Slash, but missed as Thumpback stepped out of the way.
Frightbeard used his Sword's Earth ability to drop boulders on top of Thumpback, but it was all shot down when Thumpback used his belly slide and chomped at Frightbeard. Thumpback decided to end the fight by wrapping his chain around Frightbeard and dis-arm him of his sword. Thumpback was now holding Frightbeard's sword in his hand, he looked at the Chest of Exile and said,
"I think this should go back to where it belongs." Thumpback threw the sword to the Chest of Exile, used his anchor as a grappling hook and flung it at the Dread-Yacht. As he left the Phantom Tide, Frightbeard's sword flew through the air and landed into the Chest, Frightbeard yelled,
"Noooooo!!!" As the 'lock' was being restored, Frightbeard, The Phantom Tide and the pirate fleet were all sucked by in the Chest, not before Frightbeard swore,
"AHH, Curse ye, ye meddling fool. Mark me words, Thumpback, ye haven't seen the last of Frightbeard!!!!"
As the maelstrom created from the chest diminished, Flynn was telling Cali how he was the one to defeat Frightbeard until she mentioned the Skylanders. Flynn was hit with a book that came with Thumpback who was climbing the hull of the ship. He said,
"This cookbook came from one of Frightbeard's ships. Flynn, how about you go grocery shopping for our Victory Desert while the Royal Sisters and I deliver a report to Master Eon."
Flynn replied, "I'm already setting a course for the Desert Island!" He paused for a moment and then he said, "CAKE!!"
When Thumpback and the Royal Sisters returned to Equestria, they were introduced to the newly found Swap Force Skylanders, Free Ranger, Rattle Shake, Fire Kraken and Hoot Loop. The Core Skylanders, even Star Strike introduced themselves as they had a Skylander Reunion. Master Eon had an announcement to make,
"During our free time, the Swap Force and I built a portal, similar to the portal to the Variant World, but this portal leads to other universes, mostly alternate universes. But its still in the Prototype stage."
The Skylanders understand how important this 'Multiverse Portal is and is in the experimental stage, but Eon unveiled the portal before Flynn came through the Portal of Power with the Skylanders' very big Victory desert, "Did anyone order a huge Pirate Cake?!"
Eon chuckled, "Well, everything is done today, let us eat...but the size of that cake...we could share it with the rest of the city. Where did you find this recipe?"
Flynn replied, "In this cookbook that Thumpback recovered from one of Frightbeard's ships."
Later that night, most of Canterlot was having an amazing pirate desert.
Author's Note
So it was a confrontation between Thumpback and Frightbeard, I read Thumpback's Back story and it told how he was a member of Frightbeard's crew, it mentioned 'The Phantom Tide' Frightbeard's Ship. But as for that portal, I'm going to add in a new 'Multiverse' Chapter that would involve Spike jumping through the portal to find what was stolen.
(SPOILER ALERT!!!)
It has been one week since Frightbeard's defeat, and Princess Celestia worries for the safety of the Variants' Soul Gems. The Sun-Goddess always kept the Variants' Soul Gems in a storage compartment underneath the Portal of Power, thanks to Master Eon's magical shield he placed around them, they have been perfectly safe from accidently being transported to Skylands when the Portal is used. Princess Celestia had to tell her now coroneted Dragon son, Spike about them because that's why she brought him to Canterlot. She opened the compartment and told Spike,
"These are the Variants' Soul Gems that we concealed the Skylander Variants. But since Eon made the Portal to the Variant World, they might've been useless until Luna and I found out that these Soul Gems are the source of each Variant's power. But if they are stolen, the Skylander Variant would lose its powers that it obtains from the Soul Gem."
Spike replied, "You did the right thing on protecting the Soul Gems, Mom. Its good that the other Soul Gems are inside the Soul Gem Omnitrix that's attached to my wrist."
Celestia turned toward Spike, "Spike, I've watched you grow from a hatchling to a dragon in a very long time. It was 5 years since I protected you as an egg until Twilight hatched you. Now I see you all grown up and now taken the responsibility as both a Skylander and Equestria's Prince. I hope your biological parents are proud."
Spike replied, "Master Eon told me that my original parents were slaughtered by the remains of Malefor's army after the war all those years ago. But Eon rescued my egg, told Faust to bring me here and she gave my egg to you."
Celestia smiled, "You have come a long way, you faced a lot of danger, but defeated Malefor back at the Crystal Empire."
Spike nodded, "I did and that was done with. I'm happy for you to be my mother." Spike and Celestia had a mother/son hug that was interrupted when Spike looked at the Soul Gems,
"Mom, one of the Soul Gems are gone!" They looked at the empty gem port until a voice said,
"Sorry, if I interrupted this mother/son moment, but I'll be taking this Soul Gem out of this universe."
They looked toward the Multiverse Portal and saw a yellow unicorn mare with a red and yellow striped mane and tail. Her cutie mark was the shape of a sun and it looked to be setting. She had the Soul Gem in her magic and placed it in a saddlebag, she was carrying. Spike yelled,
"Give that back!" The unicorn replied, "You want it, come and get it." She turned to the portal, "See ya, Suckers!" She entered the Portal into the Multiverse, but not before she was hit by an Earth shot from Spike which knocked the Soul Gem out of her saddlebag and into the portal and Spike asked,
"Who is she?"
Celestia replied, "That was Sunset Shimmer, she was a former student of mine, who started her studies long before Twilight. She didn't get what she wanted and became cruel and dishonest. She abandoned her studies and pursued her own path. But I never expected her to steal a Skylander Variant's Soul Gem."
At that moment, Alicorn Twilight appeared from the Variant World portal and said,
"Spike, you are needed in the Variant World."
Spike asked, "What's wrong?"
Twilight's Alicorn Variant replied, "Its...Legendary Spike." Spike turned to Celestia and calmly said, "Tell Master Eon to assemble the Skylanders here. I need to see what's wrong with Legendary Spike." Spike followed Alicorn Twilight through the Variant World portal and reappeared in the Variant World.
The Variant World was on a whole different planet that is between Skylands and Equestria, the capital city of Skytropolis had a couple of pony merchants from Equestria and Mabu tourists from Skylands. They all stood in attention when Alicorn Twilight walked through the city until they met with Punch Pop Fizz, Alicorn Twilight's husband. Spike asked,
"Wait, so you two got married?"
Punch Pop Fizz replied, "Yes, we did. But there is no time of discussing this, Legendary Spike was moved to Skytropolis Hospital, Legendary Rarity, Dark Spike and Nightmare Rarity are all there to see him."
So Spike followed Alicorn Twilight and Punch Pop Fizz to Skytropolis Hospital to see Legendary Spike.
When they arrived at the hospital, the Mabu at the front desk said,
"You're here for Legendary Spike?" Alicorn Twilight replied, "Yes, we are. Spike is here to check on his Legendary Variant."
The Mabu replied, "He is on the 4th floor, Room 4B. I suppose you already told Spike of who is already in there with his Legendary Variant?" Punch Pop Fizz replied, "We already told him, so he could know who to talk to."
Spike, Alicorn Twilight and Punch Pop Fizz went up the elevator to the 4th floor and went to Room 4B, where they found a sad Legendary Rarity, and two concerned Dark Spike and Nightmare Rarity. Dark Spike noticed,
"Spike, You've finally made it." He turned to Alicorn Twilight, "You filled him in on the news?" Alicorn Twilight replied, "Not fully, I've just told him that we need him here. But.."
Spike said, "Its ok, Ali. I can take it from here." He looked a Legendary Rarity, who was sad that her lover is on the hospital bed, "What exactly happened?"
Legendary Rarity replied, "I'm not sure. Earlier today, he was helping Nightmare Rarity and I with a couple of gems and soon enough, his wings stiffened and passed out."
Nightmare Rarity noticed, "His color, whats happening to his color?" They saw Legendary Spike's blue color turning to a more darker shade of blue. Spike realized,
"I think I know what has happened to him." Alicorn Twilight asked, "What do think happened?" Spike looked at every variant,
"Legendary Spike is losing his powers, he obtains from his Soul Gem"
Legendary Rarity asked, "How do you know this?"
Spike replied, "My mother, Princess Celestia showed every one of your Soul Gems until a Unicorn mare, Sunset Shimmer stole one of them and fled through the portal, not until a shot her with an Earth shot, it knocked the Soul Gem out of her grasp, but its lost somewhere in the Multiverse. Now I found out who's Soul Gem it was, It must be my responsibility to get it back to Equestria."
After Spike returned to Equestria and brought most of the Skylander Variants, the rest of the Skylanders were already assembled. Master Eon asked,
"It was Legendary Spike's Soul Gem that was stolen. I assure you know that after visiting him." Spike nodded, "I know, but now I must go through the Multiverse Portal and find it."
Eon replied, "Before you go, you need to take this." The Alicorn gave him a watch similar to the Soul Gem Omnitrix, but this one is different. Spike recognized it, "A Portaltrix?"
Eon replied, "Celestia, Luna and I have improved it to open a dimensional gate if you land in an alternate dimension that is somewhat dangerous. Keep it with you at all times. Once you find out the location of the Soul Gem, the watch will send a signal and we will send a team to find you. The signal will also react if you go down and are captured in the dimension the Soul Gem is located."
Spike nodded, "Thank you, Master Eon. I've got a Soul Gem to locate." Spike turned toward the Multiverse Portal and jumped into it.
As he travelled through the Multiverse with his wings spread, he saw various areas, universes and alternate dimensions. He steered with his wings so he could go to his first destination. He saw a gate to his first destination and entered the gate and passed out from exhaustion.
"Mr. Dragon, are you all right?" Spike heard a frightened male voice with a hint of shy in it. That personality instantly reminded him of Fluttershy. Until he heard another male voice,
"That's what caused my tail to twitch." The voice had a hyperactive personality to it, that would remind him of Pinkie Pie and Trigger Happy.
He heard a male voice with a smart and intellectual personality, same as both Twilight and Alicorn Twilight, "A dragon appeared from a portal. I wonder where it came from." It then said as if it were talking to someone else, "Barb, There's a male dragon lying on the floor and I believe it came from a portal I managed to create!"
Spike soon heard a female voice in where he was, though he was still unconscious, he could still here this new voice who had a personality such as his own, "Whoa, a dragon, and he has wings!" The voice 'Barb' paused and said, "Dusk, he is wearing a necklace and two strange watches on his left foreleg."
Spike began to regain consciousness as he open his eyes a little, a more Regal male voice, that would've reminded him of his pain in the flank Unicorn cousin, but added more generosity to it, which brought more Rarity to his mind, "Dusk, he's waking up!"
Spike closed his eyes slightly and opened them fully only to find himself in the Golden Oaks Library surrounded by six Stallions and a baby Dragoness. Spike shouted,
"Holy smokes!" Which caught the group's attention as he panted. The Purple Stallion, Dusk Shine said,
"Hi, My name is Dusk Shine, Student of Lord Solaris and owner of this library." Spike introduced himself, "My name is Spike, Spike the Dragon."
A stallion version of Applejack shook his claw, "Well, howdy, Spike, Ah'm Applejack." Spike replied, "Yes, I know you live in Sweet Apple Acres with your family. But don't look at me like I've been watching you." His stomach growled, "Is there an Apple around?"
The baby Dragoness asked, "Why, don't you eat gems?" She handed him a Sapphire gem, Spike did nothing as the gem's energy seeped as a vapor and surge into him, he said, "I advise you to move away from the stairs." The Dragoness asked, "Why?" Spike fired his Ice Beam at the stairs leading up to the bedroom as he remembers and told the dragoness that dodged it, "That's why."
Dusk asked, "You can use Magic?" Spike shrugged, "Its not magic as it may look, but...its mostly an ability that my kind can perform." He eyed the other stallions in the room and asked,
"Who are they? I know Applejack's name, but the others are more different."
Dusk introduced, "The Pink one is Bubble Berry, he throws the most craziest parties. The yellow Pegasus is Butterscotch, he is scared of dragons, but had the courage to asked you. The White one is Elusive, he runs Carousel Boutique and makes clothes so all of Equestria can know who made them. The Blue one is Rainbow Blitz, Fastest in Equestria."
Spike asked, "I know somepony with the name 'Rainbow Blitz' He helped Spectra and Storm Breaker get together." He paused, "Wait...Equestria, Carousel Boutique, Scared of Dragons?" He checked his Portaltrix and its results were, 'Rule 63 Equestria.'
Spike looked in shock as he ended up in a gender-swapped universe, Dusk asked, "Is there anything wrong?"
Spike showed them the Portaltrix and the name for their universe. Dusk asked, "Rule 63?" Spike replied, "Its a term for a gender-swapped universe. I come from a universe where I have become a defender of a nearby world called , 'Skylands' These defenders are called, 'Skylanders' and your mare self, Twilight Sparkle and I are one of them. I'm actually the male dragon of your dragoness assistant, Barb. But now I came throughout the Multiverse to find something that was stolen."
Dusk asked, "So what was stolen?" Spike replied, "A Soul Gem, its the source of a Skylander's power. I need to find it, but its nice meeting you all." Spike used the Portaltrix to open a dimensional gate as the Stallion six and Barb waved bye. Dusk said,
"Good luck on your journey." Spike nodded as he entered the gate as it closed behind him.
Spike journeyed through the Multiverse again trying to find the Universe, that the Soul Gem might be in. He journeyed through until he came to an exit point and ended up in an abandoned Ponyville.
As the gate closed behind him, he wandered the empty streets of Ponyville in search for a signal for the Soul Gem's location. He was soon approached by a squad of Royal Guards, but unlike the guards he is used to see, these guards looked more dark than light. Its because of the black armor they are wearing. Spike asked,
"Um, its a bit early for a patrol, don't you think?" The guard Commander replied, "Silence, Dragon! By order of Princess Twilight Sparkle, you are under arrest!"
Spike asked, "Princess Twilight? Under arrest? What is going on?"
The Commander replied, "Her royal highness will decide your fate!"
Spike replied, "Decide my fate? I'm here for my own reason!"
The Commander yelled, "Silence! Lieutenant, take him into custody." The commander turned as he saw his lieutenant down on the ground unconscious until a pony jumped down from the rooftop and landed on another soldier. The Commander yelled, "Its the Resistance!!"
Spike froze the Commander with his Ice breath saying, "You talk too much." After helping this 'Resistance' fight off the guards, he was approached by Alternate Rainbow Dash, she asked,
"You pick a wrong time to just appear in Equestria when a war is going on. But who are you?"
Spike replied, "My name is Spike. But what is this war, you mentioned."
Rainbow Dash spoke, "Right after Twilight was coroneted as a Princess, she abused her position and became Supreme Ruler of Equestria. Princess Celestia, Princess Luna and Princess Cadance escaped and now staged the 'Free Equestria' Resistance against Twilight. But everyday we get pushed back, killed or captured, Princess Celestia felt bad about making Twilight a Princess when she should've realized that she was not ready. Her dragon son, Spike, the same name you have comforts her all the time. She wishes for none of it to happen."
Spike asked, "Can you take me to them?" Rainbow nodded as she turned to the others, "Send a message to the Princesses. Tell them we have a VIP that they need to meet."
When Rainbow Dash led Spike to the Resistance base, which is an underground bunker underneath Sweet Apple Acres with Ponyville acting as the Decoy Base. The Resistance converted the outhouse into an elevator to the base. After entering the base, Spike was led through the interior of the base and into the Princess' chambers where he saw his family from this universe and himself from this universe...still a baby dragon. Spike went up and asked,
"Princesses Celestia, Luna and Cadance?" The princesses and Spike from this universe turned to his attention as he continued,
"My name is Spike the Dragon, I am a Rare Purple Dragon that might help you end this conflict."
Princess Luna asked, "And why would a dragon help us end this conflict?"
Spike replied, "Its a long story, but I would not bore you with the details."
Princess Cadance asked, "Why are you a Rare Purple Dragon?" Princess Celestia realized the truth about the dragon that stands before them,
"You are not from around here. You are from....an Alternate Universe." Spike from this universe asked, "You are me from another universe?"
Spike replied, "Indeed, I am. But I will help you end this conflict. I would like to go speak with Princess Twilight myself and justify her position."
Alternate Applejack approached, "You can't. Twilight uses her own guards to keep us from Canterlot. We can't even break through that line, we'll be slaughtered and the Resistance is finished."
Spike showed his Portaltrix, "That's why I have this. Its made in my universe, its original design was tell the user which place he or she is in. It was modified to open a dimensional gate, but I'm not leaving until this conflict ends. But it could be used to teleport us to Canterlot in this universe."
Alternate Rarity approached Spike, "We have been defeating the guards for their armor for the past week to infiltrate Canterlot. But with you here, we could move on with the plan."
Spike realized, "I can teleport us to a back-alley in Canterlot and you can escort me to the castle as a prisoner. It will mark the same patrol that attempted to arrest me."
Celestia replied, "For my son from another universe, that seems very strategic."
Spike from this universe asked, "When do we move?" Spike replied, "Twilight expects that patrol at the castle in two hours."
Two hours later, Spike and the Resistance disguised as guards teleported to the back-alley's of Canterlot. They had Spike's wings tied as they walked him through the city, Spike looked around,
"Look at this place, Canterlot is nothing but a shell of its former self." Alternate Rainbow Dash whispered, "Twilight has dismantled this place. I hope your plan succeeds."
Spike and his 'escort' walked through the city until they came to the castle where a guard said,
"There you are, Princess Twilight would've disintegrated you if you didn't return." Alternate Rainbow Dash said in a strong guard voice, "We've arrested this dragon for trespassing through Ponyville and we believed he may be working for the Resistance."
The guard replied, "Take the dragon to Princess Twilight so she can judge him." He looked at Spike, "Hope she makes you rot in the dungeon."
Spike shrugged as his horns grew cool with ice, "She tries it and she would be trying to wiggle herself out of an ice block."
The Guard replied, "You should check your tongue when you meet her."
Spike was taken into the castle and saw various paintings stating Twilight's rise to power and the Rise of the Resistance. The rise started from her coronation to her abusing her power as a Princess, which began to have the three Princesses form the Resistance. Alternate Applejack asked,
"What should be the signal?" Spike smiled as he replied, "Skylanders, To battle." Alternate Rainbow asked, "What kind of signal is that? Spike replied, "Its from my universe."
They entered the Throne Room and found Princess Twilight sitting on the throne with an evil look on her face as she said,
"Well, well, well, I finally have a guest in my castle. Please come in." She stepped off her throne, "You have such determination to get here, but seeing as you came with a patrol of my guards, you might've been so formidable."
Spike replied, "Did I seem to ruin your fun?"
Princess Twilight replied, "Oh no, you didn't. It seems that you have made a good impression of yourself since it took this patrol a long time to get you."
Spike laughed, "I guess they didn't underestimate a Purple Dragon. Even after I surrendered because they won this round."
Princess Twilight snickered, "But we still win the war when we find the Resistance."
Spike smiled, "Not when I'm around." He asked, "And Twilight, ever heard of the Trojan Horse?"
Princess Twilight asked, "What?" Spike broke the rope tying his wings and yelled, "Skylanders, To Battle!!"
Princess Twilight was shocked to see that the Resistance used deception by using her own guard's armors as a cover. The Guards that brought Spike in, were members of the Resistance in disguise. As all of Twilight's guards got into position, Spike said as he got out of his battle stance,
"You are using your own puppets to fight us? Look at them, you are using them for your own selfish needs. These Guards are supposed to guard the freedom of Equestria, not you. Haven't your friendship reports taught you anything?" He turned to the guards, "Can't you all see that."
One guard said, "He's right, that doesn't make any sense."
Another said, "But then what should we do?"
Spike replied, "Join us, be free of her tyranny...and that is an order."
After hearing this, Twilight's guards smiled peacefully, threw down their weapons and joined the Resistance, Princess Twilight yelled, "Traitors!!"
Spike corrected, "You cannot betray someone you're enslaved to. I learned this lesson well." Princess Twilight angrily yelled,
"Fine, I will deal with you and only you...myself!" As Twilight began to attack, Spike was struck by a flash of light and felt the energy of his elemental powers and soon enough, his eyes began to glow as the Harmonic Armor formed around him. He looked at himself and said,
"I guess the Harmonic Armor exists in this universe." Princess Twilight attacked, but Spike dodged it and fired a Harmonic breath which hit Twilight's wings. As he hit them, the wings began to crack as Princess Twilight said,
"No!! My wings!! You'll pay for that, Dragon!!" Before Twilight could attack, Spike grabbed her right fore hoof and said,
"I don't think so, and the name is Spike." Spike fired his Harmonic Breath at Twilight's wings which ultimately destroyed them. The Harmonic Armor broke off of Spike and returned to their original Elements of Harmony state. Spike looked down at Alternate Twilight and asked,
"Twilight, are you all right?" Alternate Twilight woke up, "I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me." The three Alicorn Princesses appeared as Celestia said,
"I'm sorry, too, Twilight. I've never should made you a Princess. We should thank our friend from another universe for this victory."
Spike opened a dimensional gate, "Speaking of universe, I need to continue on with my journey. Bye!"
Spike flew through the Multiverse and searched every universe he could find and every rule...well number 34 gave him nightmares. After he travelled all over the Multiverse, he said,
"I've travelled to every universe and there is no sign of Legendary Spike's Soul Gem." He noticed one universe, he didn't explore. "If I find a signal for Legendary Spike's Soul Gem it would be a miracle and a hoot." He flew through the portal unknowingly that he would end up in a universe that he would find something he never expected...Earth.
(Just something to compare this next scene with)
In the Equestria Girls Universe, EQG Twilight was looking around a forest, trying to keep a lookout for her Crown of Magic until she saw something emerge from a portal that wasn't similar to one that brought her and her friends to Earth. What came out of the Portal was a gem, she picked it up as the portal closed. It looked small, but there was a powerful energy inside of it. EQG Twilight carried it to a stone slab to examine it and wondered,
"What was that portal that brought it here? Where did it come from?"
Her questions were interrupted when as shield grabbed the gem and bashed her to the ground, revealing a monstrous creature. It looked like a skeleton of some kind, but it looked more plant-like. It had a sword attached to its right arm until another creature wielding an axe appeared behind EQG Twilight. The Shield Creature shot a black arrow at the Axe creature, but it caught the arrow and prepared to fire it back. The Shield creature raised the gem high so the Axe creature would not get it until a small fly-like creature grabbed the gem as the Axe Creature shot a black arrow at it causing it to drop the gem in EQG Twilight's hands and all three creatures had their sights on her.
She got up and backed away from the creatures until she fell down a hole, tumbling around until she finally stopped. She looked around and she was in the lower part of the forest, she picked the gem up and began to wonder again,
"Why are these creatures after this gem? Does it have special properties to it?"
As she was wondering, a massive four-legged, plant like creature appeared from the shadows, she turned around and was horrified by its size. During her frightened state, she dropped the gem, allowing the creature to grab it. It was soon interrupted by a big dragon-like creature that came out of the ground as it attempted to grab the gem as they were both interrupted by a massive creature holding a club. It whacked EQG Twilight to a cliff's edge as she held on for dear life. The creatures were battling it out for the gem until the arrow fired by the creature holding the club dropped the gem on the edge where all three creatures were coming towards her location.
That all changed when another portal opened and a battle occurred, and the dying sounds of all three creatures were heard. She tried to hang on, but she was losing her grip. As she felt her hands slipping, it felt like she failed her assignment to find the crown. When she finally released her grip, a purple claw grabbed her hand and a voice said,
"Hang on, Twilight. I got you!" The voice that pulled her up came from something she would never think of rescuing her, a dragon. She looked behind the dragon and saw the charred body of the four-legged creature, the frozen body of the creature holding a club and the twitching body of the dragon-like creature, she asked,
"How do you know my name and did you do all of this?"
There was no answer from the dragon as he passed out from exhaustion. She looked at the Dragon and noticed his purple and green color and his accessories. She decided,
"I got to get him indoors before those creatures from before find us." She looked at the gem on the cliff, "I better take that, too." She reached over and safely picked up the gem from the cliff. After that she put the gem in her bag, and carried the unconscious dragon back to her friends for treatment.
Spike felt the good sign of comfort from the nice leather couch, he was resting on. His time of travelling through dimensions. Even saving the dimensions, he thought he earned a rest until he opened his eyes to white face and purple hair. He easily recognized this as the EQG Rarity, she said,
"Twilight, he's awake!" Spike saw the EQG Twilight approach him along with the rest of the EQG Mane 6. EQG Twilight said, "You saved my life on the cliff. But I asked you two questions before you passed out."
Spike replied, "You wanted to know how I know your name and did I kill those two Grublins and that Wyvern. The answer is yes, that I killed them."
EQG Twilight asked, "But how did you know my name?"
Spike replied, "My name is Spike the Dragon."
EQG Rainbow Dash said, "Horseapples, You can't be Spike. Spike turned into a dog when we arrived."
Spike muttered to himself as he saw Dog Spike, "This is what I look like in this universe, unbelievable."
EQG Fluttershy asked, "But if you are Spike, why are you here?"
Spike replied, "I am here looking for the Soul Gem and I must find it before Sunset Shimmer."
EQG Twilight asked, "Why?"
Spike ejected himself into their minds, "Where I'm from, Equestria is connected to different worlds, there is the Variant World and there is Skylands. This bridge between worlds was because of the portals. As for Skylanders like myself, we defended Skylands and Equestria, until Sunset Shimmer attempted to steal the source of my Legendary Variant's power, his Soul Gem and now he is losing his power. I've travelled throughout the Multiverse to find it, and I was led here." Spike ejected his consciousness from their minds as they all began to breathe in shock. EQG Twilight stuttered,
"You're....you're....from another universe?!"
EQG Applejack said, "Well, Ah'll be."
Spike said, "I need to find the Soul Gem."
EQG Twilight calmed herself and said, "I found the gem after it dropped from a portal that brought you here. That's when those...Grublins attacked me. Is this the Soul Gem you were talking about?"
Spike looked at the Soul Gem and realized, "Yes, that is Legendary Spike's Soul Gem, he would be very grateful that you found it." Then he thought about the strange appearance of Grublins in this Universe until he realized, "Sunset Shimmer must be working for Malefor if you were attacked by Grublins."
EQG Pinkie Pie asked, "Who's Malefor?" That's when Spike told the Legend of Malefor, his dark deeds, his armies, his diabolical scheme, even the Battle of the Crystal Empire. The Equestria Girls learned an important lesson from Spike when he told them the story until the Portaltrix beeped. EQG Twilight asked,
"Whats going on with your watch?" Spike replied, "Its sending a signal, the others will be here."
EQG Rainbow Dash asked, "Others?"
Back in Equestria, Master Eon, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna assembled a team of Skylanders and Variants to retrieve the Soul Gem from where the watch sent the signal. But the portal will not open at the signal spot. Master Eon said to the Swap Force,
"You will act as scouts to scout out the neighborhood near the forest." The Swap Force nodded as they entered the portal, "While your team will appear in the forest. You know your objectives, Find Spike and retrieve Legendary Spike's Soul Gem."
Drobot said, "I am ready." Princess Celestia said, "We are counting on you, Skylanders."
The team journeyed through the portal as Dark Spike checked his Portaltrix for ETA to destination. Dark Spike said,
"ETA to destination in 5 minutes." The team travelled through the Multiverse to their destination where Spike's Portaltrix sent the signal. Dark Spike counted down, "Reaching destination in three, two, one." They saw the exit portal as Dark Spike finished, "Destination reached."
They reappeared in the forest just away from a neighborhood. Alicorn Twilight spread her wings and went to the cliff. Dark Spike spoke,
"There seems to be no sign of life in this forest." Alicorn Twilight looked over the cliff and a bunch of Wyverns surprised her,
"Whoa! What's that!" Dark Spike ordered, "Battle formation, now," The team formed in a circle as they used their powers on the attacking Wyverns. Drobot yelled, "Lets get them!" He fired his lasers at their attackers until Spyro pursued a Wyvern, "I got this one!"
Polar Whirlwind said, "Off you go, creep." She and Dark Spike were pushed over the cliff by a Wyvern, "Whoa!" Alicorn Twilight managed to mount the Wyvern,
"I'll handle this one!" Drobot and Punch Pop Fizz looked over the cliff as Drobot yelled, "Guys, are you all right? Report back." It wasn't until a Grublin Troll appeared behind them, Punch Pop Fizz yelled,
"Holy.......A Grublin Troll!" Drobot warned, "Watch out, he's hard!" The Troll smashed them over the cliff as Spyro used his Fireball on the creature and said,
"Smash this, Troll."
As they fell, Drobot began to say, "Dark Spike, this is Drobot, what is your status!?" Dark Spike replied from his comm, "I'm all right, Polar Whirlwind and I managed to escape the fall. But we need you at the bottom of the cliff. Contact the Princesses to send in Legendary Rarity and Nightmare Rarity."
Drobot did as Dark Spike needed him to do and assembled their team along with Legendary Rarity and Nightmare Rarity. Dark Spike said,
"We arrived here during the night and we've encountered a group of Grublins and Wyverns. Which means that we have a lot on our hands and hooves. The Swap Force finished scouting and returned to Equestria, now its up to us to find Spike and retrieve the Soul Gem. If you see humanized versions of the Mane 6, leave them be."
When the morning came, EQG Twilight spoke with the EQG Luna, who is vice-principal of the high school, about the events that transpired that night. EQG Luna said,
"Spike from another universe?" EQG Twilight replied, "That's what he said when he ejected his consciousness into our minds, so we saw the universe he came from."
EQG Luna said, "Interesting, his use for creating a dimensional gate has the entire possibility of creating a portable portal system, but now is not the time to talk about it. I would come over tonight to see this 'Skylander Spike.' If he mentioned to you that others were coming, they might want to take the Soul Gem back with them. We need to make sure that they succeed."
EQG Twilight asked, "Do you think that the crown theft and the Soul Gem theft are connected?"
EQG Luna replied, "I don't know, but I believe something bad would happen if Sunset Shimmer gets her hands on both of them."
After School, EQG Twilight and her friends arrived at their house to see something really strange. Spike was sitting with his wings spread out which caused some of the objects around him to float around, specifically the Soul Gem and the necklace he wore around his neck. As everything began to return to their original positions, the Soul Gem and Spike's necklace dropped to the couch where he was sitting. EQG Twilight asked as she picked up the necklace,
"What is the necklace for?" Spike opened his eyes, "It was a coronation gift after I became a Prince of Equestria."
EQG Rainbow Dash asked, "Wait, you are a prince of Equestria?" Spike replied as the girls sat near him, "After the Battle of the Crystal Empire, Princess Celestia announced that I was her son. They soon threw a Victory Party and a Coronation for officially seeing me as a prince. The Victory Party is for all Skylanders and myself for our bravery in stopping Malefor and Sombra. Celestia, Luna and Cadance presented me with this necklace as a symbol of seeing me as a prince."
EQG Twilight asked, "What was that thing you were doing?"
Spike replied, "I was going through my thoughts and seeing if any Skylanders arrived here." EQG Luna arrived and said,
"So, you were meditating on the whereabouts of your companions." Spike turned around and saw EQG Luna and said, "Whoa, I didn't see you come in." EQG Luna replied, "I ran into a group of dragons mixed with an Alicorn, two Unicorns and a red Gremlin. I sometimes think that they were following me."
Spike realized, "Its the Skylanders, they've must have responded to the signal that was sent by the Portaltrix." Until the doorbell rang and EQG Rainbow Dash went to the door ad opened it to Punch Pop Fizz as he said,
"Is this the Equestria Girls Residence?" Spike turned around and said, "Punch Pop Fizz, you finally made it." The red gremlin said, "Spike, its incredible to see you here." He turned away from the door, "Guy, we found Spike." He turned towards EQG Rainbow Dash, "Can we come in?" She replied, "If he knows you, then its fine by me."
After the team entered the house and sat down in the middle of the floor, Legendary Rarity asked, "Did you find his Soul Gem?" Spike held up Legendary Spike's Soul Gem as Legendary Rarity smiled. Spike said to his friends, "There is still a matter of Sunset Shimmer. When I arrived, I saved EQG Twilight from Grublins and falling off a cliff. I came to a conclusion that Sunset Shimmer might be working for Malefor."
Alicorn Twilight replied, "Then that would be a problem." Spike spoke, "All that matters now is getting this Soul Gem back to Equestria."
EQG Twilight asked, "But, if Sunset Shimmer wanted that Soul Gem, she might've wanted the Crown of Magic." Drobot responded, "A perfect way to bring two universes together. She would steal a Soul Gem to lure out a Skylander. I've already found out your Crown of Magic's location. The coordinates to the Crown's location were imprinted on the Soul Gem Omnitrix when Spike arrived."
Spike realized, "Of course, anything that belongs to an Element of Harmony...is their own personal Soul Gem. I learned this when I battled Discord as Dark Spyro."
EQG Rainbow Dash said, "Well, fire it up." Spike touched the activation dial and a holographic image of the earth appeared, "The code...the code imprinted on the watch indicates that EQG Twilight's Crown of Magic is 2 miles from here and closing." The hologram disappeared as Polar Whirlwind said, "I believe Sunset Shimmer and her Grublins would be ready to mobilize."
EQG Fluttershy said, "Well, I turned the crown in to Principal Celestia to keep it safe."
Spike asked, "The EQG version of my mom is here?" The door opened and revealed the EQG Celestia, she didn't notice the Skylanders until she turned her attention to them. She asked,
"Why is there a lot of strange and familiar faces with you?" Spike walked to EQG Celestia and said, "I know you need an explanation, but my name is Spike and my friends and I are from another universe."
After retelling EQG Celestia his journey through the Multiverse, his home universe and his duty as a Skylander and a Prince, he ended it with keeping Legendary Spike's Soul Gem safe until they can contact Master Eon. EQG Celestia said,
"You were traveling through universes and ended up here?" Spike nodded as she continued, "And your two watches have their own special properties like a storage unit and a dimensional gate creator?"
Spike asked, "Ever heard of the Multiverse Theory?"
She replied, "No, and I believe that the theory now exist judging by your presence."
Somewhere in the forest, Sunset Shimmer was walking through it as she came to a dark crystal and said,
"Malefor, I request your presence." The crystal sparked and Malefor stepped through it, he said, "Ahhh, Sunset Shimmer, my apprentice. You know why I called you to steal the Soul Gem?"
Sunset Shimmer replied, "To lure out a Skylander in hopes of defeating one."
Malefor spoke, "As for the Crown of Magic, your intensions of creating an army of teenagers would lead to a Great Cleansing of this universe's Equestria. An army of Grublins and Teenagers under our command would cleanse our intended targets throughout the Multiverse. But the Crown of Magic has fallen into custody of that wretched Principal Celestia, she has encountered the Skylanders and that dragon, Spike."
Sunset Shimmer asked, "Should I go after the Soul Gem or the Crown?"
The Dragon replied,"Go after the crown. After you used its magical proportions for your army, you will grab the Soul Gem."
At a big night at high school, Spike asked EQG Twilight, "So, you're going to compete for the title of Princess of the Fall Formal for the Crown of Magic."
EQG Twilight replied, "That's right and after this we can all go home."
Punch Pop Fizz and Alicorn Twilight replied, "We'll keep an eye out for Sunset Shimmer, she might also want the Soul Gem, so Legendary Rarity and Nightmare Rarity will guard him, Spyro and Dark Spike will be on over watch, while Drobot blends in as a DJ."
During the competition, Sunset Shimmer intended to humiliate EQG Twilight and frame her for ruining the dance decorations, until Punch Pop Fizz along with Sunset Shimmer's Ex-Boyfriend, Flash Sentry proved EQG Twilight's innocence. After EQG Twilight won the Formal and was presented with the crown, Punch Pop Fizz cheered,
"Shake and Break!"
Until after the formal, Sunset Shimmer was so mad, she captured Dog Spike which was foiled thanks to Spike's Electricity breath. Sunset Shimmer said to EQG Twilight,
"Give me the crown or I will destroy the Portal to your Equestria!" EQG Twilight refused as Spike said, "You can destroy the portal because they can still get back to their Equestria because I can create a portal to their Equestria."
Sunset Shimmer ordered a henchman of hers, Spike's old friend Snips to attack EQG Twilight, Spike blocked him with a tail swipe, but the impact knocked the crown out of EQG Twilight's hands. Spike also lost Legendary Spike's Soul Gem, which was lying right next to the Crown as Sunset Shimmer approached them,
"At last, the Crown of Magic and the Soul Gem are mine!"
She placed the crown on her head which transformed her into a demonic creature. Her army of Grublins emerged from the ground as she held the Soul Gem, Spike got on his Portaltrix and said,
"Master Eon, come in. I repeat, Master Eon, Mom, Aunt Luna, Sunset Shimmer has the Soul Gem and she has an army of Grublins at her disposal, send every Skylander!" The Portaltrix reported back in Eon's voice,
"Do not fear Spike, The others are on their way."
The Demonic Sunset Shimmer laughed, "Now I would start with my army for this Universe's Equestria's Great Cleansing." She destroyed part of the School and hypnotized the students into serving her. Until a large portal opened and soon, every Skylander and Equestrian Skylander arrived, responding to Spike's signal. The creature said,
"So, you called your Skylanders here to help you. Even your Giants and Swap Force Skylanders. But now its game over for you now, every teenager will submit to Malefor and he will cleanse the Variant World."
Spike replied, "Not when we are around, Skylanders, CHARGE!!!"
The Battle began as every skylander clashed with the Grublin Army as Spike attempted to obtain the Soul Gem. The Giants beat down the Trolls and Hero Orcs, while the Swap Force played around with the Orcs and beaten them down with the Swapabilities. Sunset Shimmer fired a fire blast at the Giants which knocked them backwards, but Tree Rex went down as he limped to EQG Twilight as she said in shock,
"Tree Rex, your legs!" She saw the Giant's legs get blown off when the fireball impacted the ground. The Giant began to move by using his hands to drag himself, she yelled,
"Spyro!"
She watched in sad eyes as Tree Rex continued to move toward her. She saw the extent of his injury, she began to tell the giant, "I'm not going to leave you like this." Tree Rex reached into his Woodpecker buddy's nest and pulled out something familiar to EQG Twilight, A Crown of Magic. As he gave it to her, he said,
"Twilight planned to give it to you if this would happen. You need to gather your friends, help Spike defeat Sunset Shimmer. Get to the high school." Spyro and the rest of the Giants arrived as he said,
"Bouncer, tether him. His Photosynthesis Cannon can still fire." Ninjini looked at EQG Twilight, "Get you and your friends to the school. We'll cover you as best we can."
Spike pursued Sunset Shimmer to the roof of the damaged school until they faced each other face to face in a final showdown. Spike dodged Sunset Shimmer's fire attacks as he used his Ice Breath to put a little chill on the Demonic creature. She hurled a piece of the school at Spike which he cut down using his Earth Breath. Spike used an Earth Fury attack to hit Sunset Shimmer with falling boulders. His attack succeeded as the Fury attack hurt Sunset Shimmer, she chuckled as she said,
"You don't think you could defeat me yourself. Most Purple Dragons fight the enemy alone." EQG Twilight ran right beside Spike along with the rest of the EQG Mane 6,
"He's not alone. And lucky for me, Tree Rex let me borrow Skylander Twilight's Crown of Magic because she allowed it." Spike nodded as he spread is wings while the Equestria Girls spread their arms and said,
"Friendship is Magic!" They became their Harmonic forms as Spike said,
"Harmonic Power!" He soon became armored in his Harmonic Armor as EQG Twilight said, "That's astonishing!" Spike only nodded as they finished,
"Friends together, Friendship Forever!"
After they generated their magic into Spike, he unleashed a Harmonic Fury, which defeated Sunset Shimmer and exorcised her of that possession. Spike obtained Legendary Spike's Soul Gem and EQG Twilight obtained her Crown of Magic. They cheered until a dark hand grabbed the defeated Sunset Shimmer and disappeared with her. Spike recognized it,
"Unlike all of the others that served Malefor, Sunset Shimmer must be special to him. Its the first time I ever seen Malefor show much compassion to save her. But why?"
After the battle was over and the teenagers were free, the Skylanders were thanked by most of the teenagers because of their bravery. The Skylanders helped repair the school, Tree Rex's legs grew back, thanks to Whirlwind and Polar Whirlwind's healing rainbows, Camo's growth and Fluttershy's bandages and soon enough it was time to go home. The Skylanders waved by the EQG Mane 6 and Spike opened a dimensional gate back to their universe. EQG Twilight said,
"Well, there was no outcomes of their visit." Her statement changed when Dog Spike changed into a human teenager. EQG Twilight said, "I stand corrected."
As the Skylanders returned to their universe, Spike placed Legendary Spike's Soul Gem into the slot in the storage compartment, it generated enough magic to seep to the Variant World, and Legendary Spike emerged from the portal. He had signs that his powers were returning, Legendary Rarity hugged her lover. Legendary Spike said,
"I guess I should thank you for restoring my powers. I am in your debt."
Spike replied, "Its what a Skylander does."
Princess Celestia asked, "You mentioned Malefor saving Sunset Shimmer after you defeated her. Do you know why he would do this?"
Spike replied, "I don't know, but I plan to find out later."
Master Eon spoke, "We will find out why Malefor saved her, another time."
Princess Luna replied, "You stopped Sunset Shimmer and saved Legendary Spike. I bet the Equestria Girls would remember you and the Skylanders."
Spike chuckled, "I guess so."
Author's Note
So, that's the Multiverse Chapter, It showed Spike's journey through the Multiverse as he ended up in different dimensions, but the Alicorn Twilight corruption is an example of some of the Universe's that he would visit.
I placed in some Bionicle references hidden within the chapter, you think you can find them or better yet, compare EQG Twilight's Grublin encounter with the Bionicle: Creeps from the Deep video on YouTube.
By the way, do you know why Malefor would save Sunset Shimmer if she was just his apprentice? The next chapter will talk more about Whirlwind's story. See ya around the Multiverse.
One night in Equestria, Whirlwind was foalsitting the CMC until it was time for them to go to bed. Applebloom asked, "Do we have to go to bed so soon?"
Whirlwind replied, "In Avalar, early to bed, early to catch the cloud or is it the sheep?"
Sweetie Belle asked, "Can you tell us a bedtime story?"
Scootaloo requested, "Can you tell us the story on how you met Bianca and you saved the Dragons and Unicorns?"
Whirlwind replied, "You have been waiting patiently." She narrated, "Well, it all started when the Dragon Eggs and the Unicorn Foals were stolen in the dead of night."
Before the theft of the Dragon Eggs and Unicorn Foals, the Dragons and Unicorns called upon two independent delegates, Spectra and Storm Breaker. When the theft occurred, Storm Breaker saw the sorceress and shocked her, but it was too late to save the egg from going into the hole.
Meanwhile, the sorceress walked up to her queen and said, "We managed to capture the eggs and foals, your Highness, every last one."
The queen said, "Excellent, maybe you are something useful after all. Now, go guard the tunnels, stop anyone from coming through!" The sorceress went back unknowing that they were being watched by a fairy.
While the Dragons and the Unicorns were trying to recover from the theft, a fairy popped out of the hole. The Elder Dragon asked, "Where are the Eggs? The Unicorns are also wondering about their Foals, where are they?"
The Fairy replied, "The holes came from a combined Dragon and Unicorn nation. We found most of the Eggs and the Foals, but they were too heavy to carry back."
Storm Breaker asked in shock, "A Combined Nation?" The Elder replied,
"The Forgotten Nation." He turned to Storm Breaker, "Storm Breaker, where is your daughter? We might need her help because this involves the Unicorns as much as Dragons."
Storm Breaker replied, "She is always practicing her abilities. If Whirlwind succeeds, Dragons and Unicorns should treat her as an equal." The Elder nodded, "I'll assemble a summit here. I would also tell the Unicorns to send a delegate for the summit."
Whirlwind was meditating underneath the Tempest clouds as her abilities began to charge up and fire a double rainbow. She opened her eyes and saw her parents approach, she asked,
"Mother, Father, It seems you need my help?"
Spectra replied, "Actually its the Dragons and Unicorns that need your help. We need to meet them back at the theft site with you along with us."
When they returned to the theft site, The Elder Dragon was waiting for them along with the Unicorn delegate. They were also accompanied by a Cheetah Archer and a White and blue Dragonfly. The Elder noticed,
"It is about time, you arrived." Whirlwind asked, "There was a theft of the Dragon Eggs and Unicorn Foals?"
The Unicorn delegate said, "Yes, and they were taken to the Forgotten Nation." He gestured to the Archer and Dragonfly, "We want you to take Hunter and Cloudy to find the eggs and foals."
Hunter said, "We have no time to waste, so we should move quickly." He got into the hole with no trouble at all. Cloudy buzzed up to Whirlwind,
"I'll be accompanying you through your assignment. I might get into some hard to reach places to find eggs and foals." Whirlwind nodded, "I'll be looking forward to it."
The Elder finished, "Find the eggs and the foals and bring them back, Whirlwind. All of us are depending on you." Whirlwind replied, "I'll do my best." The hybrid jumped into the hole where she would face many dangers in the Forgotten Nation.
After Whirlwind emerged from the hole and met Hunter, he said, "I am going to scout around and find any traps waiting for us."
Whirlwind replied, "Cloudy and I will search for any eggs and foals."
As Hunter took off, Whirlwind began her journey throughout the Forgotten Nation, which was kind of a Paradise because they entered Sunrise Spring. They wandered near the cliffs as Whirlwind jumped each step, she came close to a portal until she saw a stream of Rainbow Energy coming towards her. As the stream hit the ground to cause an explosion, it revealed a sorceress from her father's description. She stared at Whirlwind,
"So, you're the one they sent to rescue the eggs and the foals?" She laughed, "How sad. Look here, you strange dragon, if you know what's good for you, you should crawl back through that hole you came through."
Whirlwind replied, "If YOU know what's good for you, you should think twice before threatening me. Those eggs and those foals belong to their parents, and we will find them."
The sorceress threatened, "Those eggs and those foals belong to us now, and I've hidden them in places, you will never find in a thousand years."
Whirlwind retaliated, "Then what is that on the cliff? Oh yes, its a dragon egg." Cloudy pointed to a cradle, "And what is this?" The Dragonfly looked into the cradle, "Oh yes, its a Unicorn foal."
The sorceress threatened again, "Even if you found those, our expertly trained armies will dispose of you and get them back." Whirlwind gestured her wing to the downed trolls she killed to get there.
Whirlwind pointed a claw at her, "Do us a favor and stay out of our way."
The sorceress disappeared in anger as Cloudy said, "Did you threaten others when you were young?" Whirlwind shook her head, "I lived in isolation, but I threatened her to show that we mean business."
Whirlwind narrated her journeys to the Cutie Mark Crusaders and her rescue of Sheila the Kangaroo after paying off a Bear with a bag of gems. After being freed and landing a good kick which sent the bear flying, she was amazed to see that Whirlwind is a hybrid. She explained to her that dragons and unicorns once lived together in this nation until they left along with the magic in this nation, which explains the inactive portals. After Sheila helped Whirlwind find the eggs and the foals in her home, Sheila said that she would be available at any portal that has her face on the sign next to it. She went to the part where she encountered Bianca again, but this time, Hunter followed Whirlwind along.
Whirlwind and Hunter were on their way to check out the portal that just recently opened. The Archer lost his footing and tripped, earning a slight giggle which caught Whirlwind's attention, she remembered the sorceress's name this time,
"Look out, Hunter. Its the scary sorceress, Bianca."
Bianca angrily said, "I've warned you, this place isn't safe for small strange dragons and......Pussy Cats." Hunter stayed silent.
Whirlwind replied, "Thanks for the advice, but we are more than capable."
Bianca used a spell, "Are you capable for this?!" She flung a ball of light which caused an explosion, but luckily, Hunter and Whirlwind dodged it. The Hybrid had an angry glare in her eyes as her Rainbow energy began to charge. Bianca got the signal to run, but Whirlwind charged after her and used her Double Rainbow on her as a warning,
"Come back when you've got the gust to attack again, okay?" Hunter replied, "Whirlwind, is it me or does it feel like that she is being used?"
Whirlwind replied, "I don't know, but I felt something in her speech. I feel like your suspicion might be correct."
The portal led to a molten crater in a place called the 'Tiki Lodge' almost knowing that there are eggs and foals in this place. Whirlwind used her abilities to knock down trolls and surprisingly discover that the trolls weren't alone, they had some friends with them called 'Rhynocs.' After defeating one of them, she said,
"These Rhynocs are artificially created....by magic."
Cloudy replied, "That sorceress, Bianca didn't do anything to create these."
Whirlwind replied, "I think her mentor is responsible for these Rhynocs."
After they rescued a Unicorn Foal and found the exit portal, they were soon drawn to two portals, one was closed with the sign of a penguin on the side and the other was closed with a very familiar bear with a bag of gems. Whirlwind said,
"Moneybags, I had a feeling, I'd find you here."
Moneybags replied, "Whirlwind, I happen to see four thieves run into this door. They paid me to guard it, but I will gladly open the door to their hideout....for a small fee." Whirlwind and Cloudy had an agitated look on their faces as they paid that greedy bear 300 gems to open the door.
Whirlwind found most of the eggs and the foals, Hunter found an egg and a foal in the Mushroom Speedway, where he used a plane, he found, though unfamiliar with the controls because he never flown a plane and used his bow and arrow to clear the course of Sheep Saucers. He found an egg and a foal when Whirlwind followed him by gliding. Some other areas were some places that they cannot reach, so they moved on, knowing that they will be back. Hunter spoke to Whirlwind,
"I'm going to Midday Gardens to find any eggs and foals. Head for the balloon as soon as you are ready." As Hunter left, Whirlwind saw a sign with Cloudy on it, she told her dragonfly companion,
"A fairy wants your help in a matter that only involves you. But we need to come back later." Cloudy replied, "Lets set off for Midday Gardens."
Meanwhile, Bianca told her mentor, The Sorceress about Whirlwind, Hunter and Cloudy, though it didn't impress the Sorceress to know that there is a rescue team out to take back the eggs and the foals. She asked,
"Listen to me, you insolent girl. Why haven't you disposed of that infernal Dragon?"
Bianca replied, "I tried to scare her off, your Highness. But, she's just not afraid of anything, she threatened me to stay out of her way, she hit me with a powerful rainbow attack, and she uses a Tempest cloud power. All in all, she is just not afraid of anything."
The Sorceress asked, "Not afraid, NOT AFRAID!? Why have I been training you all these years?! USE. SOME. MAGIC!!" She tossed Bianca a book, "Here's a Spell Book, whip up a monster and eliminate her."
Bianca asked, "Kill her?" The Sorceress yelled, "I don't know what you do! As long as you get rid of her!" Bianca opened the book, "Okay, let's see what we got here..."She noticed a spell and figured, "This ought to do it."
Near the throne, a caged penguin that was guarded by both Rhynocs and Trolls spoke, "You can't keep me caged up in here forever!" His guards laughed at the penguin's confidence until he started to beg, "You there, get me out of here! This is unacceptable!"
Bianca told a rhynoc who was playing with a living plant, "You. Come here." The rhynoc got up and approached the sorceress' apprentice. With the wave of her wand, she turned the Rhynoc into a small rabbit fodder which the penguin noticed, "Oh my."
Bianca soon turned the fodder into a giant toad-like creature with bunny ears. The penguin's confusion was soon turned to shock, "What the devil?"
Bianca applied the finishing touch to the monster by removing the bunny ears as the creature was now ready to take on this intruding dragon.
Whirlwind narrated her tag-team with Sheila the Kangaroo as they battled Buzz, the toad-like creature that Bianca created. She discussed the battle tactics that Sheila laid out before the battle. The hybrid discussed about knocking Buzz into the lava as Sheila ground-pounds him. Scootaloo laughed,
"I guess he got what he deserved."
Whirlwind replied, "That's not all, we also got the egg and the foal, he was guarding."
Sweetie Belle asked, "Then you made your way to Midday Gardens after the battle?"
Whirlwind replied, "When I arrived at Midday Gardens, it was good news."
Applebloom said, "What happened next?"
When Whirlwind arrived at Midday Gardens, she was confronted by Bianca, who wasn't too happy about what happened.
"Okay, you strange dragon. You managed to survive longer than I expected."
Whirlwind replied, "Well, that's a first to see you surprised."
Bianca replied, "But you don't have the slightest idea of what sort of dangers lie ahead of you. I suggest, you grab your cat friend and whatever eggs and foals you found, and hightail it back home while you still can."
Whirlwind said, "You expect me to abandon both my kind and fail? No, I won't turn my tail on the Dragons and Unicorns."
Bianca asked shockingly, "Are you..."
Whirlwind finished, "A Unicorn/Dragon Hybrid? Yes, I am. I suggest that you hightail it back to your mentor and tell her that I'm not leaving. I'm telling this for YOUR own good."
Bianca disappeared as Whirlwind and Cloudy chuckled until they found Hunter near the base of an inactive portal. Hunter looked at the approaching duo,
"Whirlwind, Cloudy, the fairy, Zoe told me about hitting that target to open the portal. I had my thoughts on using a combination attack with my arrows enhanced with a Rainbow explosive that would blow on impact." He looked at the target and then back at Whirlwind, "Do you have any knowledge on weapon enchantments?"
Whirlwind replied, "I know how to enchant a weapon, even an arrow." Whirlwind enchanted Hunter's arrows with a Rainbow explosive as he shot one towards the target. The target exploded in rainbows as the arrow impacted it. Hunter sheathed his bow and realized,
"I guess Zoe wasn't lying when she said that the target can activate the portal." He looked over to another portal passed a temple and said, "I'll be at that portal that's near the waterfall."
Whirlwind and Cloudy went over to the temple and discovered that irritating Moneybags and his new captive, a penguin with rocket launchers. She paid that greedy bear 1000 gems to free him which ended with a rocket to Moneybags' face.
After freeing Sgt. James Byrd, who was confused about Whirlwind's presence since he thought dragons and unicorns were rumored to be extinct ever since the war. Whirlwind stated that they were slightly exaggerated and just wanted a little peace and quiet. After helping him with the situation at his base, she met Hunter by a ladder that had an inactive portal on top. Whirlwind said,
"Blast, that portal is inactive. But I suspect that you didn't want me to see an inactive portal."
Hunter replied, "It may be a useless question but do you remember know how to climb ladders?" Whirlwind spoke, "I could just jump and climb with my claws."
Hunter went back to the portal with the target, "Meet me at that portal as soon you are ready to set off for that realm." Whirlwind remembered a whirligig near the balloon when they rescued Sgt. Byrd, "We need some help with that whirligig."
After finding the eggs and the foals in some of the areas, they saw Bianca practicing a spell on a living flytrap. The group kept a quiet when they saw her, Cloudy let out a slight giggle. Bianca turned the plant to an apple, much to her dismay as she flipped through her book and used another spell to turn the apple into a small rabbit and turned it into a monster rabbit, it went berserk as Hunter said,
"We should help her...even though she nearly toasted us."
Whirlwind replied, "We should help her out on this one." The monster rabbit ate Bianca as Whirlwind and Hunter charged in. Whirlwind and Hunter used a side head-butt and a kick to cause the rabbit to upchuck Bianca while Hunter used his explosive arrows on the monster to finish it off.
Bianca sighed and said, "Thanks."
Hunter replied, "It was our pleasure."
Whirlwind spoke, "Lucky for you, that we were around."
Bianca replied, "I can look after myself."
Whirlwind face-winged, "After you were eaten by a monster? Sure you can."
Bianca asked, "Would you like me to show you?" She used a spell which only summoned a butterfly for Cloudy to eat, she complimented, "Thanks for the snack. But I've seen Whirlwind's powers."
Whirlwind performed a Rainbow Singularity which created a rainbow black hole and a link of tempest clouds with rainbows bursting from them. Whirlwind spoke, "You'll try harder next time."
Bianca said, "I'll deal with you later." She walked away as Hunter said,
"We should keep an eye on her."
Whirlwind and Hunter separated again to search for more eggs and foals in the other areas. Whirlwind went to Spooky Swamp and saw that the lanterns were not lit. She remembered that she could only shoot rainbows and summon Tempest Clouds. That's when the tempest cloud idea hit her, she spoke to Cloudy,
"Can you locate the other Lanterns, I have an idea." Cloudy saluted, "Okay, Whirlwind."
She sped off to locate the other lanterns as Whirlwind used her tempest clouds on the first lantern. The lightning from the tempest cloud hit the candle and soon enough there was a spark and a fire from the candle ignited. She soon went to find Cloudy and light any remaining lanterns that Cloudy finds. During her search for Cloudy, she ran into that greedy bear, Moneybags again. After paying him to open a door, she found Cloudy right near the last lantern, they heard the sound of a door opening on the other end. Whirlwind talked to one of the Haiku speaking fireflies and found an egg and a foal, after that, an exit portal appeared.
The hybrid and the dragonfly went to the other end of the house and found another haiku speaking firefly. Whirlwind asked, "Before me and my friend go inside this house, who lives in it?
The firefly spoke in haiku,
"A creepy wizard lives inside, but hates the light. He has awoken."
Cloudy replied, "So, there is a sleepy head inside the house." The firefly spoke,
"He swore to destroy whoever lights the tea lamps. Better you than me."
Whirlwind and Cloudy went inside the house and saw the wizard. He was very angry that the tea lamps were lit. He stared at the Whirlwind and realized,
"You are the one who lit those tea lamps."
Whirlwind spoke, "And I believe you have something that belongs to both my kind."
The Wizard gave an angry glare, "Foolish, hybrid. The Sorceress told me about you and your quest to steal back the eggs and the foals. I will not give these two up. You will face my wrath for lighting those tea lamps!"
The Wizard threw a bomb at Whirlwind, but she managed to avoid it and charge it back at the wizard. After he shook off the explosion from his own bomb, he summoned a bunch of gators to kill Whirlwind. But Cloudy, sneezed and the gators were blown away by her sneeze. Whirlwind looked at her, "Cloudy, we'll discuss that later."
The Wizard hurled another bomb at Whirlwind until Cloudy sneezed again, blowing the bomb back at the wizard. Seeing as that his own bomb was being turned against him, he held up a sign saying,
'I hate my job.'
The bomb exploded, knocking him off of his post. Whirlwind stood over him as he said,
"All right, you win this round. But the Sorceress will know about this and will summon another monster to kill you."
Whirlwind replied, "In the meantime, I'll be taking the hatchling and the foal."
After returning to Midday Gardens, Cloudy asked, "Remember that sign, we saw back at Sunrise Spring?"
Whirlwind replied, "Yes, you think the fairy might need your help now?"
Cloudy replied, "I know that she needs my help now."
Whirlwind said, "Lets head for Sunrise Spring, we might even head back to Molten Crater and have Sgt. Byrd do his mission there."
After returning to Sunrise Spring, they came to the dragonfly sign to find the fairy, Zoe. She said,
"Whirlwind, I found an egg and a foal, but only Cloudy can be able to reach them."
Whirlwind asked, "Where are they?" The fairy replied, "There is a small hole that leads to a Crawdad Farm. I can take her there if she is ready."
Cloudy spoke, "I'm ready as I can be. We said that we would find the eggs and the foals and we can't give up."
Whirlwind said, "Lets split up, I'll head for Molten Crater while you go to the Crawdad Farm." Cloudy agreed, "That way, we would have all the eggs and foals from all the areas in Sunrise Spring."
Whirlwind told the CMC about Cloudy's adventure through the Crawdad Farm and her own task of making sure that all of the eggs and foals were safe in Molten Crater. Scootaloo asked,
"You had to split up from Cloudy to go to Molten Crater?"
Whirlwind replied, "I had to see that Sgt. James Byrd completed his mission there."
Sweetie Belle asked, "Did you get the Whirligig built yet?"
The hybrid chuckled, "Well, to your surprise, I arrived at Sunrise Spring in the Whirligig. After Cloudy and I completed our assignments, we quickly made haste to Evening Lake to meet up with Hunter."
The Sorceress was really angry with Bianca because of Whirlwind's persistence to leave.
"You bumbling, idiotic, worthless fool! I asked you to carry out one simple task and you fail me. I should've known better than to rely on a child."
Bianca said, "But..." The Sorceress interrupted her, "Don't worry about it. I will deal with them now."
Bianca replied, "These eggs and foals can't be worth all this trouble."
The Sorceress spoke, "Without the Dragons and Unicorns, the magic in this nation will wither away. Without magic, I'll die...and so will your ever so slim chance of becoming a SORCERESS!"
She grabbed her egg staff and turned to the Rhynocs and Trolls guarding a caged yeti. "Now, watch how a real sorceress dispatches her enemies!" The yeti shouted, "Release me from this cage you murderous miscreants!" She ignored the yeti and asked one of the Rhynoc guards, "How would you like some Dragon hybrid for lunch?" The Rhynoc nodded his head and stepped forward as she turned him into a large Rhynoc monster.
Whirlwind arrived at an arena with a Rhynoc monster in the center of the arena. She met Sgt. Byrd as she asked,
"What is that?"
The penguin replied, "That is the Sorceress' monster, Spike."
Whirlwind asked, "How did you know that the Sorceress would attack me?" Sgt. Byrd replied, "My tactical instincts told me the Sorceress would attack you here, so I flew in to help out."
Whirlwind asked, "Does your rockets affect it?" Sgt. Byrd replied, "Sadly, they don't affect this creature, but I can assist you by dropping ammunition that could augment your powers greatly, keep in mind that these are prototypes. Now get in there and fight the good fight!"
Whirlwind began fighting the monster with explosive lava balls that can be blown at the creature, thanks to Cloudy. After several hits, Sgt. Byrd dropped a red prototype ammo, Whirlwind obtained it and felt hot as a hot summer day, when she got close to the creature, she had to let it out through her horn in Rainbow fire.
After attacking the creature with it, Sgt. Byrd dropped a blue prototype ammo and Whirlwind grabbed it. She felt a mega charge in her tempest cloud power, and whipped her feathery wings forward, hitting the creature with a mega tempest power. She began calling in her mega tempest power on the creature and after many attacks, the creature spun, fell down and went poof. Whirlwind rescued the egg and the foal that he was guarding and made haste to Evening Lake.
At Evening Lake, Hunter was sitting with his legs crossed and thought about the many challenges that he went through, in one speedway, he had to strap on a jet-pack and use his bow and arrow to take down the Sheep Saucers and Space Cows. He had to ride a Skateboard, although he didn't know how to ride, but at least he was able to find the eggs and foals and bring them to Whirlwind in those skateboarding areas. He looked at his Falcon and said,
"Go, tell Storm Breaker and Spectra that we have found half of the eggs and foals." His Falcon flew off to inform the others. Hunter had the feeling that he was being watched, his experience during Malefor's conflict made him on edge and always on alert. He stood up with his bow and arrow at the ready, he saw a figure move away, he tried to pin it with an arrow, but it disappeared.
Hunter saw a tunnel at the bottom of the lake, he dived in and came up in an air pocket, that had a caged yeti guarded by Moneybags. He remembers that bear as he always tried to trick Chief Prowlus into selling the village to him. Moneybags noticed,
"Ah, Hunter, what brings you so far away from Avalar?" Hunter, still having his bow out asked, "I can ask you the same thing." Moneybags replied,
"Well, the sorceress was very fortunate to capture this dim-witted fur ball. But I can let him out for a small fee." Hunter replied, "How about you let him out or walk around with an arrow in your knee?" He had his arrow out with an intent of shooting Moneybags.
Moneybags cowards, "Okay, okay, just don't shoot! I'll let him out!" He muttered, "It's hard to forget your no-nonsense attitude."
The yeti, Bentley was released as his portal reactivated, he stretched himself out and said, "Ah, the first rejuvenating breath of freedom, with the humility of a wounded sparrow, I genuflect you're my noble deliverer."
Hunter replied, "It wasn't a big deal, but it was when he was involved." Moneybags spoke, "Yes, after all it was I who let you out."
Bentley got mad at the bear, "Why you Brazenly, Avaricious, Duplicitous, Larcenous Ursine!!" Bentley grabbed Moneybags by the collar and began whacking him so many times although, the cheetah had a history with that swindler, he had to cringe at this because it was painful. He asked Hunter, "One more, perhaps."
Hunter replies, "He gets what he deserves." Bentley took one strong swing at Moneybags, knocking the bear out cold. As soon as he was done. He said, "Please do afford me the sublime honor of enjoying your visitation in the nearest future." He entered the portal and Hunter soon followed.
Whirlwind and Cloudy arrived at Evening Lake and were confronted by Bianca, "Listen to me, Hybrid.....Whirlwind... this is serious now. The Sorceress is planning a trap for you and if she catches you."
Whirlwind sighed, "She'll catch a gust and end up like her flunkies."
Bianca face palmed, "Look, I promise to take care of the rest of the eggs and foals, I mean it. Just take Hunter and go back home before..." She was interrupted when an arrow zoomed past her, she turned around and saw Hunter with his bow out. He was accompanied by the formally captured Bentley, club out and ready to clobber. Hunter said,
"I know what you might think is the right thing to do, but we think that the Sorceress is just using you for something else. What if she didn't care about the eggs and the foals' safety and just wanted to destroy them?"
Bianca said, "You're lying! You don't understand why I'm doing this!"
Whirlwind spoke, "I understand that most of the portals were not working when we first arrived, but thanks to the eggs and foals that we rescued, they began to work, but there's no good when it comes to kidnapping. We are trying to save the eggs and the foals."
Bianca disappeared in her Rainbows as Whirlwind met Bentley the Yeti. Bentley pointed to a rocket,
"The Professor left this rocket here in an effort to build it. When completed, it can take you to Midnight Mountain, that's where the Sorceress resides. But we need the necessary assistance to help finish it. My suggestion would be to travel to the different realms of Evening Lake and bring back a representative from each realm."
They separated and entered different portals to find the eggs and the foals, Whirlwind had to race a gang of Rhynocs on rocket skateboards to win the egg and foal. Hunter and Whirlwind had to race each other while taking care of the crabs that was on the track in, well both had to hang on to each other when they made a jump in Lost Fleet, Hunter also found that one of those crabs were guarding an egg and foal. Hunter was on the run from a really big Sheep UFO, that tried to abduct a Dragon Egg and Unicorn Foal, Hunter lured the UFO into a river of honey and made it crash at the Honey Speedway. Bentley was at Frozen Altars helping his little brother, Bartholomew with a yeti that allegedly took his ball, earning both eggs and foals - it was only when his brother realized that he lent his ball to his friend, Eugene. Bentley didn't mind the misunderstanding since it felt good to be in the boxing ring. Whirlwind and Cloudy returned to Midday Gardens to have Cloudy go to Spider Town.
While they were gone, Hunter spotted a strange button. He felt the ground beneath him and felt like it was a trap, he moved to another end of the button and pressed it. It opened a trap door near the button, Hunter was curious to see what was down there. He jumped down through the hole and landed on his feet with his bow out. Until he realized that he was in a cage when the top closed in on him. Seeing that there was no way out, he sat with his legs crossed while holding his bow and arrow.
Whirlwind returned to Evening Lake and discovered Hunter was captured. Whirlwind said to Cloudy, "Once we find the Sorceress, we'll find Hunter." They went through the portals underwater and found the eggs and foals as well as the help that they needed for the rocket.
Hunter was sitting in the cage as Bianca approached him without her hood, she handed him an apple, "I thought you might be hungry."
Hunter said, "I am thankful for this apple."
Bianca replied, "I'm sorry this happened, but I tried to warn you."
Hunter spoke, "I had to help Whirlwind rescue the eggs and foals."
Bianca said, "You just don't understand, if we don't bring dragons and unicorns back into this nation soon, all of our magic will be lost."
Hunter asked, "The Dragons and Unicorns lived together in this nation?"
Bianca replied, "Yes, this was their original home, but a long, long time ago before Malefor's conflict, the Sorceress banished them to two separate nations. She didn't realize that the Dragons and Unicorns were the sources of all our magic."
Hunter asked, "What if I convince some of the Dragons and Unicorns migrate here with their young. But I can't convince them if I'm in a cage."
Bianca was about to open the cage until she said, "I'm sorry, I can't." As she left, Hunter said, "Suit yourself." He returned to his original position.
Whirlwind acquired the necessary help to finish the rocket to take her to Midnight Mountain with the girl from Fireworks Factory, Greta saying, "If you see Spywo and Cynda, tell them Handel and I said Hi!" The hybrid knew of the battle couple's run-in with a dangerous riptoc back in Avalar. She assured the agent, "If I see them, I will let them know."
The Sorceress was really agitated on Whirlwind's progress, she said, "That's it, I've had enough! I'm going to create a monster to end all monsters, and I'll send it out to destroy all the dragons and all the unicorns, even the little hatchlings and foals. Yes, yes, it will smash them and crush them and grind them and tear them!"
She laughed as she was flailing on what her monster would do which worried Bianca, "Yes, Smear them and smoosh them and crack them and creak them!"
Bianca asked while stating the obvious, "Um, won't that kill them?"
The Sorceress laughed, "It doesn't matter, as long as I can still collect their wings and their horns."
Bianca asked in surprise, "What?! All this time you only wanted them for their wings and their horns?" She was shocked by all of this, first she brings the dragons and unicorns to their realm, try to keep Whirlwind from rescuing them, capture those that resist the Sorceress and capture Hunter as a means to force Whirlwind to leave...but now the Sorceress is going all genocidal for the dragon wings and unicorn horns.
The Sorceress sternly replied, "Of course, you ignorant girl. I need them for a spell, so I can live forever!"
Bianca said, almost trying to comprehend her teacher's reason, "What, what, wait a second, A Spell!?"
The Sorceress asked, "What did you think I was going to do with all those dragons and unicorns, open a zoo?" A Rhynoc guarding a caged space monkey laughed at her question as said monkey was furious of being locked up,
"UGGGHHH, If I had my blaster, you'll be singing a DIFFERENT TUNE!" He practically mimicked how his blaster would operate.
Bianca spoke, ignoring the commotion from the monkey,"You said, just keeping them in our nation was enough. You never said, you had to kill them!"
The Sorceress replied, "I don't have to kill them, it just stops them from wriggling so much."
Bianca got really mad, "You're terrible! Whirlwind and Hunter were right about you!" She left the Sorceress to her plans. The Sorceress said,
"Stupid Insolent Brat. I'll take care of her as soon as I finish off that Hybrid. Now where was I? Ah, Yes." She signaled a Troll to grab the Rhynoc that giggled and shove him towards her as the monkey noticed, "Uh oh, this is gonna get REAL Ugly"
As Whirlwind arrived at the pit, she saw Bentley and asked, "The Sorceress plans to attack me again?"
Bentley replied, "And this may be our last stand, Whirlwind. The Sorceress plans to use this monster to destroy every iota of her opposition beginning with the two of us! Alas, there is no time for ruminating, a battle awaits us!"
Whirlwind said, "That thing is too high up for my Rainbow attack. Can you help?"
Bentley replied, "I will endeavor to assist you by means of a steady provision of Combustible Projectiles. They will allow your horn to fire rainbows with enough speed to reach this monster."
Whirlwind went into battle as Scorch as Whirlwind called him, fired three eggs filled with crabs. As she defeated the crabs, Bentley threw a green projectile onto the battlefield.As she obtained it, her horn erupted in a green glow as she aimed at Scorch and fired a Rainbow rocket that hit Scorch while his barrier was down. The hybrid saw that Scorch is vulnerable when he pukes out the eggs. She knows what she has to do to stop Scorch, but she needs to know his own attack.
She grabbed a red projectile which caused her horn to fire Rainbow Projectiles at a fast rate. She saw Scorch puke out three eggs which contained Suicide Bombers, so she quickly dispatched them with her Rainbow Projectiles. She saw Scorch moving again and used her high speed Rainbow Projectiles on him which hurt him. Scorch puked out one large egg and out came a familiar enemy, Buzz. Whirlwind quickly used her High Speed Rainbow Projectiles to knock Buzz into the lava.
Scorch sent a massive attack which caused fireballs to drop when he spread his wings. She quickly dodged them as she shot Scorch with a Rainbow Rocket from the green projectile. She noticed that Scorch was hurt and is close to being defeated, he was on his last legs. Whirlwind fought off the enemies that Scorch sends out and fired a projectile on Scorch. She shot him down as he fell into the lava, she rescued the Dragon Egg and Unicorn foal that he was guarding, got back into the rocket and was on her way to Midnight Mountain.
Scootaloo asked, "Was that the last place you went before you fought the Sorceress?"
Whirlwind replied, "There is one more thing I learned from Hunter after the journey."
Applebloom asked, "What did he tell you?"
After Whirlwind defeated Scorch, Bianca went to Hunter's cage where he was still sitting with his legs crossed with an arrow in his hand As she approached him, he opened his eyes and said,
"Hello, Bianca. You came here to check up on me, I assume?"
Bianca replied, "No, I came to free you, Hunter."
Hunter was confused by her behavior and asked, "What is this about?"
Bianca admitted, "You and Whirlwind were right about the Sorceress. She is going to kill all the Dragon Hatchlings and Unicorn Foals."
Hunter stood up, slipping the arrow back in his quiver and said, "Then we have no time to waste. After you free me, You need to find Whirlwind, tell her that we were right."
Bianca wasted no time in unlocking the cage with the wave of her wand, "I never thought we were going to hurt the Dragons and Unicorns."
Hunter replied, "Whirlwind will stop her, but we need to go." Hunter and Bianca ran out of the dungeon.
Whirlwind arrived at Midnight Mountain, which is where the Sorceress is. As she exited the rocket, Bianca appeared and said,
"Whirlwind, I know you don't trust me. But I can help you stop the Sorceress."
Cloudy buzzed toward her and asked, "Why the sudden change of heart?"
Bianca replied, "You and Hunter were right about the Sorceress. She is going to kill the dragons and unicorns, even the hatchlings and foals."
Whirlwind was surprised by this revelation and judging from the monster back she had recently defeated, stated, "She was going to use that Scorch creature to commit Genocide!?"
Bianca replied, "She was, but you defeated it. But I know a way to open a hidden portal to her lair. If you can find enough dragon eggs and unicorn foals, their magic should be powerful enough to open it."
Whirlwind asked, "How many?" Bianca replied, "100 eggs and foals." Whirlwind said, "I guess Cloudy and I better get going."
Whirlwind told the CMC about her adventures in Midnight Mountain and the other areas that its portals connect with. She released a Space Monkey that was holding a laser blaster and apparently 'makes a bear dance.' Although when she tried to speak, the monkey to interrupt her which annoyed her a bit and was curious about how much coffee that the monkey drank. She collected every egg and foal from every area and went back to Evening Lake to have Cloudy do her mission and help the Space Monkey, Agent 9 complete his mission.
After collecting 146 eggs and foals as well as collecting all of the gems from every area, They returned to the hidden portal to the Sorceress' Lair. Bianca appeared and said,
"Well, you have been busy at collecting the Eggs and Foals, you also managed to collect all the gems from every area. But you collected enough eggs and foals, so its magic is strong enough to open the portal."
Whirlwind replied, "Well, I was busy at collecting the eggs and the foals."
Bianca said, "You can confront the Sorceress whenever you are ready. But be careful, she will be expecting you."
Whirlwind replied, "I hope she is, because she's going to catch quite a gust." She began walking into the portal before she was halted by Bianca,
"I know that you're a hybrid, but why did you accept?" Whirlwind revealed, "Because the dragons and unicorns don't love me because of what I look like. Since my mother is a Unicorn and my father is a Dragon, I was treated with envy from the dragons and I was shunned by the unicorns. I took this journey so I can defend both my kind and hope they can change their points of view about me."
Bianca replied, "I understand. Maybe after you fight the Sorceress, we can start over and be friends?"
Whirlwind shook her hand, "Its a deal." She turned to Cloudy, "Come on, Cloudy, lets defeat the Sorceress."
The Sorceress was really angry that her 'Monster to end all monsters' was defeated by that infernal hybrid. She was now waiting for the hybrid to show herself and is now saving up her magic to destroy her. It wasn't until she saw Agent 9 appear and soon enough, a rainbow orb landed next to the monkey, taking the form of the Unicorn/Dragon Hybrid, Whirlwind. The Sorceress spoke,
"So, you have finally arrived. You've given me quite the headache interrupting my plans."
Whirlwind replied, "Which was a good thing, I won't stand around while you commit genocide of two species just for immortality."
The Sorceress realized, "So, that wretched girl betrayed me and told you of my plans."
Whirlwind spoke, "She realized that we were right and joined us to stop you."
The Sorceress shrugged, "I'll take care of her as soon as I finish you off."
Agent 9 yelled, "WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! TIME TO KICK SOME SORCERESS BUTT!!"
Whirlwind charged forth as the Sorceress fired a fireball from her staff which missed the hybrid. The Sorceress charged towards Whirlwind as the hybrid moved out of her way. The Sorceress moved back into the center and summoned three electric orbs into the air and impacted on the ground, sending out a shock wave. Whirlwind looked and saw Agent 9 shoot down a balloon carrying a cannon. As soon as she saw the advantage, she charged to it, narrowly avoiding the Sorceress' barrier attack.
Whirlwind saw the items falling to the ground, thanks to Agent 9. She manned a cannon and noticed that the Sorceress was trying to avoid the Rainbow shots that the cannon fired. The shots managed to hit the Sorceress as she tried to avoid them and then charged right at Whirlwind. The hybrid jumped off the cannon as it disappeared and began getting away from the Sorceress until she moved away. Whirlwind manned another cannon and continued firing her own powers at the Sorceress with the cannon. She heard Agent 9 yell,
"Heads up, Whirl, I see balloons with hover tanks. I'll shoot them down for your use!"
Whirlwind kept a vigilant eye out as Agent 9 shot the balloons carrying the hover tanks. She quickly made her way to one of them and realized that its the same as controlling the tanks back in Haunted Tomb. She quickly maneuvered as she shot Tempest Clouds at the Sorceress combined with the Rainbow attacks from the tank. She soon heard Agent 9 yell,
"Whirl, flying saucers are inbound and I think they can enhance your air powers causing you to fly without the saucer!"
Whirlwind decided to do the best thing she has ever done, have the Sorceress catch quite a gust. Whirlwind approached the saucer and felt her wing strength growing stronger as she lifted herself off the ground. She was flying without the saucer, but the saucer gave her wings strength. She turned her attention to the Sorceress and fired her Rainbows at her enemy and summoned Tempest Clouds to give her quite a shock. Whirlwind ended the battle by creating a tornado above the Sorceress carrying her in a gust as she tried to escape. But when she did, she fell into the lava surrounding the battlefield. As she sank, a Dragon egg and Unicorn foal appeared from her staff. Whirlwind rescued the egg and the foal, and disappeared in a Rainbow portal along with Agent 9.
Scootaloo asked, "You beaten the Sorceress, rescued the dragon eggs and unicorn foals, and restored freedom to the Forgotten Nation?"
Whirlwind chuckled, "Bentley said those exact same words to me and asked if I would have a nice vacation in Dragon Shores. I said that he's a real comedian sometimes."
The CMC laughed along with Whirlwind at her statement. After that was done, the hybrid added, "It wasn't until I found out that my journey was not complete yet."
Sweetie Belle asked, "Why?"
The hybrid replied, "I still needed to find the rest of the dragon eggs and unicorn foals, plus Hunter disappeared again, so I had to make sure that he wasn't in trouble."
Applebloom asked, "Did ya find him?"
Whirlwind replied, "When I visited the Professor at his lab, Spyro and Cynder were present along with their friend, Elora."
Scootaloo asked, "Who's Elora?" The hybrid stated, "She's a faun from Avalar and a good friend to Spyro and Cynder, but don't ask if she's some kind of goat." She flashed back into her memory,
At the lab, the Professor's lab, the scientist spoke,
"It's a funny thing, Whirlwind. I've set up these portals to take me to Dragon City, but somehow I ended up here." He figured, "Maybe the coordinates weren't correct."
Spyro, who was present stated, "By at least a thousand years." The Professor looked at the purple dragon, "That would explain why the book was so cheap."
Cynder spoke, "Never put your trust in an outdated book, Professor." He sighed, "I suppose you're right, Cynder."
Elora the faun decided to speak with the hybrid, "So that now you've saved the world, are you going to take Spyro and Cynder up on their offer?"
Whirlwind stated, "I might have to, Elora. But I still need to find the rest of the eggs and the foals. Well, Hunter's disappeared again."
Agent 9, who was pacing around asked, "Did you say 'Hunter?" He sped to Whirlwind, "I can help you, Whirl! I just saw him sneak off with..." The Professor cleared his throat, "Umm, Agent 9, isn't that a rhynoc over in those bushes?"
Upon hearing this, the monkey jumped as he ran after this supposed rhynoc while threatening it which left some awkward stares between the hybrid, the two dragons and the faun. The Professor assured,
"I'm sure Hunter is in good hands..." Which led to Cynder lightly slapping him with her wing as he corrected, "I'm...I'm sure he will turn up soon!"
Spyro asked, "Promise you'll visit us soon. Okay?" Whirlwind nodded as the Professor, Elora, Spyro and Cynder entered the portal while Whirlwind went to find Hunter or any leads on his whereabouts.
Meanwhile at the alp, Sheila was speaking with the billy goats that live on the alp. She spoke,
"Now, how many times do I have to tell you, not to tease that moose?" The goat said pointing to the goat in the wall, "It was Billy's idea, uh Yah yah, ha."
Sheila asked with her arms crossed, "Is that true, Billy?" Billy's words were all muffled because he was in the wall until Sheila sighed,
"Hold that thought, Billy." She turned to an approaching Whirlwind, "Whirlwind, great to see ya."
The hybrid spoke, "Hi Sheila, I've been looking for Hunter all day. Have you seen him?"
The kangaroo giggled, "Sorry Whirlwind, Hunter made me promise not to tell you where they went." That word hit Whirlwind's thought, 'They, as in Hunter and Bianca.' She smiled,
"Hunter, you sneaky Romeo, cheetah archer." Sheila said, "Ya didn't here anything from me." Whirlwind chuckled as she went to the Fireworks Factory.
Whirlwind arrived at the Fireworks Factory and saw Hunter and Bianca gazing at the fireworks fired by Sgt. Byrd. Hunter was holding Bianca bridal style as Whirlwind observed because they were on the high ground. As Whirlwind decided to lay down, Cloudy looked at the couple and asked pointing her hand at them,
"What do you think?" Whirlwind replied, "Its a very amusing sight, Cloudy. A noble archer and a sorceress in love." The dragonfly asked while settling down between the hybrid's ears,
"Are we going to find the rest of the eggs and foals ourselves?"
Whirlwind replied, "Yes, but they deserve this date. Bianca and I agreed to start over and be friends. Right now we should watch the fireworks."
"There are times when you just need to take a break from all of the fighting." Whirlwind looked up to see Spyro touching down with Cynder following behind him.
Cynder added, "You can't just keep fighting without a moment to to rest. It would do more harm than good."
The hybrid sighed as the battle couple sat down next to her. That was when Whirlwind remembered something, "Spyro, Cynder, I ran into Handel and Greta, they told me to tell you that they said hi."
The two dragons remembered those twins as Spyro stated, "It's nice to hear from them."
Whirlwind flashed out of her memory as Scootaloo asked, "So they were dating when you found them?"
The hybrid replied, "Yes, I did."
Sweetie Belle was surprised and asked, "So you knew Spyro and Cynder from before?"
Whirlwind stated, "They were looking for recruits for the Skylanders. I was offered to join them...and I declined."
Applebloom asked, "You said no?" The hybrid looked down with her eyes closed, "Because I didn't feel like I was ready. But they said that the invitation is always open in case I change my mind."
Scootaloo asked, "But now you were ready to join the Skylanders?"
Whirlwind smiled, "I was, but Cloudy was right, we had to find the rest of the eggs and foals ourselves. But it didn't take to long to locate them."
Whirlwind returned to Midnight Mountain and ran into that backstabbing, con artist, Moneybags. She went to him and said, "Look, there is nothing more that you can offer for the gems I found okay."
Moneybags replied, "Don't worry, I won't be needing anymore of your money. I've just found one of the dragon eggs and unicorn foals and I'm going to sell both of them for a fortune to any worthy buyer throughout Skylands."
Cloudy said, "Um...I wouldn't do that if I were you."
Moneybags asked, "Why?" He looked at Whirlwind and saw anger in her eyes, "I better be going now, uhhh...tootles." Whirlwind yelled, "REFUND!!!!!"
Whirlwind chased Moneybags around Midnight Mountain, striking him with her Rainbows or Tempest Clouds, instantly getting back all the gems she gave to Moneybags. After getting back all of the gems, Moneybags gave up the egg and the foal and retired to Spooky Swamp to become a Haiku Poet.
After dealing with Moneybags, Whirlwind saw a portal on one of the islands in Midnight Mountain. She went to the portal and saw Zoe near the closed portal and asked,
"What's wrong with this portal?" The fairy replied, "Its sealed with the strongest magic, I have ever seen. You are going to need 149 dragon eggs and unicorn foals and 15000 gems from each area to break the seal."
Whirlwind looked at the atlas, "We've collected 148 eggs and foals and all the gems from each area except Cloudy's mission here in Midnight Mountain."
Zoe replied, "The Sorceress built the Robot Bug Factory to generate robotic bugs to fight Cloudy. I can take her there if she is ready."
Cloudy replied, "I'm ready as it will ever be."
After Cloudy completed her mission, they had everything in order to break the seal and open the portal. Whirlwind arrived at a place called the 'Super Bonus Round' where she met Bianca in a more friendly tone.
"You did it, Whirlwind. You've defeated the Sorceress. I suspect we can begin to start over like we agreed?"
Whirlwind smiled, "Yes, we can." She held out her wing, "I'm Whirlwind, a Unicorn/Dragon Hybrid."
Bianca smiled as she held out her hand, "My name is Bianca, I'm a sorceress who just recently gained the title." Bianca shook Whirlwind's wing as the hybrid asked,
"Where exactly are we?" Bianca replied, "This place is where the Sorceress kept all of her treasure, but after she was defeated, a bunch of thieves came in and stole it. If you can catch the thieves."
Whirlwind finished, "I would present both my kind with the treasure." Whirlwind journeyed throughout this new area, catching thieves and collecting every piece of treasure from each area. Even shooting down the Sheep Saucers, she realized that sheep weren't so stupid since they can fly a saucer. She hopped into a submarine that Hunter found and blasted away at the enemy subs that were buzzing about. She helped Hunter deal with a gang of yetis on snow discs who were planning to have Hunter slick the whole course with hi tongue as she races them on a rocket snowboard. After beating the yetis, she turned her attention to the last portal in the Super Bonus Round.
As she entered the portal, she was wondering what lies behind it. When she exited the portal, she saw an arena that was covered in deadly pink acid, a saucer on the landing she was standing on, and a bigger saucer piloted by The Sorceress. Whirlwind stood in shock until Bianca arrived,
"I don't know how she did it. I think the Sorceress must've survived that last battle."
Whirlwind replied, "I should've known that dropping her into the lava was a bad idea."
Bianca said, "That trick you did with the saucers won't work this time. But you are going to have to pilot my flying saucer, it's the best chance to defeat her."
Whirlwind asked, "Anything special you put on the saucer?"
Bianca replied, "I cast a few spells on it so your powers would link to it. You've come so far, Whirlwind. I know you can beat her."
And so, the air battle began against Whirlwind and The Sorceress, the hybrid used a good evasive maneuver to avoid the Sorceress' fireballs she launches from her saucer as she fires her Rainbows and Tempest Clouds at her. The hybrid almost got hit by her opponent, but she quickly evaded. She passed by the Sorceress in a way that was too close for comfort and fired a Rainbow at her from her horn. After several hits, she saw the saucer catch on fire as it went down, it crashed, flinging the Sorceress in the air as well as the last dragon egg and unicorn foal. The Sorceress landed into the acid where she was finally defeated once and for all.
Whirlwind landed the saucer and looked at the egg as it hatched, she soon discovered that there were twin baby dragons in the egg and the foals she rescued were twins as well. After that, that was all of the eggs and foals, the Sorceress is defeated and now its time to go home.
After returning home, Whirlwind saw the happiness around because the dragons and unicorns have their young back. Whirlwind picked up a young dragon and unicorn to take back to their parents, she acted as a delivery hybrid to bring the hatchlings and foals back to their parents. She looked around and everything was peaceful again, thanks to Whirlwind. Hunter convinced some of the dragons and unicorns to migrate to the Forgotten Nation because the Sorceress is no more. One of the parent dragons called out,
"Three cheers for Whirlwind!" The dragons and unicorns cheered for their hero because of what she did to save them both.
Whirlwind finished, "The end." She noticed that the CMC have fallen asleep to her story's ending. She pushed the blanket up to their heads, "Good night, girls."
The CMC replied, barely awake, "Good night, Whirlwind."
Author's Note
Yeah, so that was Whirlwind's story that kind of ties into Spyro: Year of the Dragon. But since I said that Bianca was once an apprentice to a much more evil sorceress back in the Revelations Chapter. I had to put this up. So, see ya around. Oh, don't forget to check up on my blog posts for upcoming fanfiction.
Update: The scenes with the captured characters now have dialogue from their cutscenes from Reignited Trilogy.
In Cloudsdale, the pegasi were having a lot of helping hooves, hands and feathers, thanks to their local skylanders. The Swap Force Skylander, Free Ranger quickly moved a cloud over Manehatten for a scheduled rain shower while Whirlwind and Rainbow Dash were clearing the skies over Ponyville for the anniversary of the Arrival of the Skylanders that is happening next week. Sunburn quickly used his teleportation to push a rogue cloud away from Ponyville while Legendary Spyro pushed a cloud to Fillydelphia for another scheduled rain shower. Legendary Spyro flew to Rainbow Dash and asked,
"Got any plans tonight after we are done?"
Rainbow replied, "I'm planning to go take Soarin' to the Variant World, so he can see it."
Legendary Spyro said, "That would be awesome. How about we race to the Academy after we're done?"
Rainbow Dash couldn't back down from a challenge, "You're on!"
At the Wonderbolt Academy, Soarin', Drobot, and Spitfire were busy telling the trainees about what it really means to fly. Drobot has trained them and the trainees looked up to him like he was a true flyer. Soarin' worked the Dizzytron, so the trainees could adapt while in flight. Drobot and Spitfire flew with the trainees with an order to follow the instructors. Soarin' enjoyed his work as a Wonderbolt, Drobot and Spitfire gave him and apple pie during lunch, but he was missing something.
After the shift was over, Drobot and Spitfire raced back to Ponyville to check on the preparations while Soarin' took the scenic route back. It wasn't until he realized how tired he was, he decided to nap before heading to Ponyville. He spotted a nice white cloud near Cloudsdale and decided to lie down on it for a while. As he set down, he felt the softness of a decent cloud as he napped on it. He was nearly asleep when he soon discovered that somepony or something else is using the cloud.
He felt something move beneath him as he soon felt something organic rather than soft. He moved off of it when he saw two feathery wings, a white horn and the white body of a Unicorn/Dragon hybrid similar to Whirlwind. The hybrid had pink and yellow eyes, the eyes made Soarin's wings flare up in surprise. He said,
"Sorry, I didn't see you." The hybrid replied, "Its okay, I was always mistaken for a piece of a cloud when I nap on them."
Soarin' asked, "I don't think we've met. I'm Soarin', a member of the Wonderbolts."
The hybrid spoke, "My name is Polar Whirlwind, I'm a variant of the original Whirlwind."
Soarin' asked, "So you are a Polar version of Rainbow Dash's cousin?" Polar Whirlwind nodded and asked, "What made you want to take a nap on a cloud?"
Soarin' replied, "I was tired after working my shift at the Wonderbolt Academy, I thought I could get some rest before heading to Ponyville to prepare for the anniversary of the Skylanders' arrival. I chose this cloud without knowing you were on it and we first meet."
Polar Whirlwind smiled, "Well, I could find another cloud." As she prepared to leave, only a hoof stopped her as Soarin' suggested, "Why don't we share the cloud? We can nap on this cloud and we'll leave like nothing has happened."
Polar Whirlwind nodded at the idea and she took one side of the cloud while Soarin' took the other.
After Rainbow Dash and Legendary Spyro were done with the clouds, they decided to move forth with racing each other to the Wonderbolt Academy to meet up with Soarin'. The race was a quick tie between the Pegasus and the Dragon because they both match their speed. But when they got to the Academy, Soarin', Drobot and Spitfire's shift already ended and were nowhere in sight. So they went to Ponyville to find Drobot, Spitfire or Soarin'.
After the nap, Soarin' and Polar Whirlwind departed from the cloud and landed at Ponyville, that's when he encountered Drobot and Spitfire at Town Hall, helping set up for the celebration. Drobot noticed,
"Soarin', good timing on the arrival. We could use some help with helping the other Skylanders decorating Ponyville for the celebration. We were assigned to help decorate the Town Hall."
Spitfire noticed Soarin' was trailing off, "Soarin', are you listening to what we are saying?" Soarin' broke out of his trance, "Yes, we need to decorate the Town Hall."
As the three started, Spitfire was keeping an eye on Soarin' because he was beginning to act weird. Drobot was busy, but always had his cameras on Soarin', there was no way that a pony like him could act weird unless....
'Impossible',thought Drobot. 'Soarin's with Rainbow Dash. There is no conclusion that Soarin' is in love with somepony else.'
Spitfire decided to ring the bell signaling that the shift has ended. Soarin' separated from the two as Spitfire spoke to Drobot,
"Is there any idea why Soarin' is acting like this?"
Drobot replied, "I only have a prediction, that Soarin' might be in love with somepony else."
Spitfire asked, "Why?"
Drobot replied, "Its in his body language, he is always by the colors white, yellow and pink. My cameras saw him build a replica of his crush out of the streamers."
Spitfire looked frightened, "If Rainbow Dash finds out, this Arrival Anniversary would be a disaster."
Rainbow Dash and Legendary Spyro arrived at Ponyville hoping to find Soarin' when they got there. They ran into Polar Whirlwind who was walking right by the Golden Oaks Library. Rainbow Dash greeted,
"Hey, Polar Whirlwind. How is it going?"
Polar Whirlwind noticed, "I've been doing well. I had to share a cloud with a Pegasus Stallion."
Rainbow asked, "Really?"
The White hybrid replied, "Yes, it was enjoyable. It was good to have a friend by my side."
Rainbow asked, "You did the one on one side and one on the other?"
The hybrid nodded and said, "I'm supposed to see him again tonight."
Legendary Spyro followed Rainbow Dash to find Soarin' until they bumped into Drobot and Spitfire. Rainbow Dash asked,
"Hey, guys, do you know where Soarin' is?"
Spitfire spoke, "He separated from us as soon as we exited the Town Hall. Drobot's suit cameras caught what Soarin' was doing."
Legendary Spyro asked, "Can you show us what you saw?"
Drobot replied, "Not right now." He whispered, "But some other time when RD isn't around."
Rainbow Dash said, "Maybe another time. See ya." She turned to Legendary Spyro, "Aren't you following?"
Spyro's Legendary Variant replied, "Just go, I'll catch up."
That night at the Apple Family's barn, Legendary Spyro, Drobot, Spitfire and a few Skylanders held an emergency meeting for why Soarin' is acting like the way he was in Town Hall. Spitfire announced,
"This emergency meeting is now in session. We have gathered tonight for a very important problem."
Alicorn Twilight asked, "What sort of problem is it?" Spitfire replied, "Its a problem that could jeopardize the Arrival Celebration." She turned to Drobot and signaled him to speak,
"While Spitfire and I were busy decorating the Town Hall for the celebration, Soarin' was supposed to help us, but my suit's cameras spotted what he was doing on his end."
Applejack asked, "Ya'll think he's working with either Kaos or Malefor?" Drobot shook his head, "Its much worse than Malefor or Kaos. If Rainbow Dash saw this, she would be really angry."
Drobot projected his suit camera to a tapestry screen that they set up. It showed the image of Soarin' giving a love-struck stare at a streamer version of a familiar white hybrid. Dark Spike asked,
"Polar Whirlwind? He's fallen in love with Polar Whirlwind!?" Legendary Spyro replied, "None of us cannot speak of this to Rainbow Dash. If she finds out, she will either tear Polar Whirlwind to shreds or she would tear Soarin' to shreds."
Alicorn Twilight spoke, "Then it is settled, we have to keep Soarin's love for Polar Whirlwind a secret to Rainbow Dash. But I hope this turns out well."
Legendary Spyro said, "I hate it too, but if Rainbow Dash finds out and tears one of them to shreds, I wouldn't be able to forgive myself."
Drobot asked, "You speak as if you have a crush on Rainbow Dash?"
Legendary Spyro replied, "I guess you're right, I do."
Meanwhile at Kaos' Kastle, Kaos was finally able to strike back at the Skylanders when he discovered,
"What? An Anniversary for the Skylanders' Arrival in Equestria? Those puny ponies have the nerve to do that for them!" His Troll Butler, Glumshanks said, "Do you really think you should strike at them during their anniversary party?"
Kaos glared, "Of course, Glumshanks! I would humiliate them for what they done to me!!! But I will unveil my new Evilizer!!!"
Glumshanks asked, "What does the Evilizer do?"
Kaos said, "It will turn any creature from Skylands and Equestria, evil! I will have my revenge on those Skylanders for ruining my plans back in Arkus." He stared at two purple dragon dolls on his windowsill, "You will not humiliate me again, Spyro and Spike!" He laughed manically as he prepared his Evilizer for usage in Equestria.
On the night of the celebration, The Skylanders were doing well for keeping Rainbow Dash out of the loop of what was happening with Soarin'. They managed to keep Soarin's secret love for Polar Whirlwind quiet, so everything won't go sideways for them. Soarin' is in a relationship with Rainbow Dash, but he's thinking of breaking up with her for Polar Whirlwind. There is no way to avoid it from happening. All the others had to do was, make sure Rainbow Dash doesn't find out ahead of time.
The Anniversary festival was starting and Master Eon was going to announce it, along with the Royal Sisters. They stood at the podium until everypony went silent, Princess Celestia went first,
"Tonight, my little ponies is a very special night that we should celebrate. One year ago on this very night, my sister saw eight symbols launch four orbs which landed in Equestria."
Luna continued, "It wasn't until the next day that we discovered that the Skylanders have arrived on this night."
Master Eon finished, "As Portal Masters, we welcome everypony to the anniversary of the Arrival of the Skylanders."
As everypony cheered as the festival was about to start until a certain evil Portal Master yelled from the crowd,
"Eon!! I see you've obtained a new body, but this!! Have you lost your place as a Portal Master! As I, Kaos, am a true Portal Master, one who doesn't have a pony body!"
Eon looked at the small, Portal Master emerging from the crowd, "Kaos, I never thought we would meet again. Even when you didn't have your holographic head, your head still looked ridiculous."
Kaos looked angry, "My head is still awesome even without the holographic head! And now I have come to unveil my newest creation!" He reveals a machine behind him, "Behold, my Evilizer! And with it, I can turn any creature or pony, Evil!!"
The other Skylanders emerged from the Town Hall as Polar Whirlwind said, "Don't catch a gust before you use it." Kaos said, "Oh really?" He activated his Evilizer and pointed it at Polar Whirlwind, but nothing happened. Kaos angrily said, "Curse this stupid machine!!"
Kaos was hit by an Apple Pie, hurled by Soarin' saying, "No one threatens to turn Polar Whirlwind evil, or else they would deal with me." Kaos held up a sign saying,
'Mother.' The evil portal master got a filet full of hooves before he had enough and Eon sent Kaos back to Skylands. But Soarin's threat to Kaos got a face-palm for some of the Skylanders and a sight of shock from Rainbow Dash thinking,
"He doesn't love me? I...I can't believe it."
Rainbow Dash separated from the other Skylanders and went someplace to be alone, not until Legendary Spyro noticed and decided to follow her.
Rainbow Dash was pouting at the fact that Soarin' loves Polar Whirlwind. She was thinking that she would never find another stallion like him or she would've torn either him or Polar Whirlwind to shreds. Until Legendary Spyro approached her, he said,
"Rainbow Dash, I know its hard for you to find out that Soarin' loves Polar Whirlwind. But there is something, I've wanted to tell you for a while." The Pegasus asked, "And what is that?"
The Skylander Variant replied, "Ever since I first saw you, I've been thinking about our similarities. So far, We are both fast and we both like to fly."
Rainbow Dash asked, "What are you trying to say, Legendary Spyro?"
Legendary Spyro said, "Rainbow Dash, I love you."
The Pegasus said in surprise, "You...love me, this whole time?"
The Variant nodded, "I wouldn't think of any mare or dragoness to be with, but I want to be with you. Our race last week proved that we are alike."
Rainbow Dash paused for moment as Legendary Spyro waited for any signs of rejection until she grabbed the dragon with her wings and connected her lips with his.
At the Celebration, Spike went up to Master Eon and asked, "I'm wondering what happened to our EQG friends after we left?
Master Eon smiled, "I observed that universe before coming to the celebration and it shows that Dog Spike transformed into a human teenager. The EQG Mane 6 and your newly created human counterpart miss the Skylanders, they miss you."
Spike smiled at what Eon has given him until the Alicorn said, "You better enjoy the celebration because you have a marefriend who is waiting for you."
Spike realized, "I should go see Rarity, its the perfect night for a date."
Master Eon gazed at the approaching couple as Spike left, "Rainbow Dash and Legendary Spyro are now together. I think they will be great together."
Princess Luna asked, "When will they ever seal the deal?" Eon replied, "Only time will tell."
Princess Celestia joined, "Its nice to see my son with Rarity. He's acted like a gentledrake to her ever since he met her."
Master Eon spoke, "I've also invited somepony else." Queen Fausticorn appeared from the Town Hall and said,
"This Anniversary party is amazing. I know Pinkie Pie helped with the decorations."
The Portal Master replied, "The Skylanders helped with the rest, your Highness."
Celestia said, "Mother, I never thought that you would be here for the Arrival Celebration."
Fausticorn replied, "No need, Tia. I will always be here for Celebrations, either here or in the Equestrian Isles."
Luna asked, "Mother, can we join the others?"
Master Eon replied to Fausticorn, "You should go join the others, I will join soon enough."
Polar Whirlwind was locking wings with Soarin' as they walked throughout the festival. The played some of the festival games, went on the Ferris wheel and danced the night away. It was truly a marvelous sight.
Meanwhile, Kaos was back at his castle saying, "I will get my revenge, Skylanders. Just you wait!!!"
Author's Note
So, I guess that Legendary Spyro has a new marefriend. You guys think that they would make a great couple, just leave a comment of your opinion.
Since his humiliating defeat at the anniversary festival, Kaos decided to solve the problem with his Evilizer and test it, so he would know it would work. The evil portal master worked so hard on his device, so he could show the Skylanders that he means business. Everytime he goes through with his plans, the Skylanders ruin them and humiliate him. But Kaos will finally get his revenge on those blasted Skylanders and he finally rule Skylands. Kaos said as he finished,
"At last, my Evilizer is upgraded and ready to test before using it on those Skylanders." His butler, Glumshanks looked at the device, "Um, Master, are you sure that device could, you know, evilize a creature?"
Kaos replied, "Of course it will, Glumshanks. I designed it and I know it will work."
Glumshanks asked, "But, what if it backfires?"
Kaos sneered, "It won't backfire, Glumshanks. I know exactly what I am doing!!" Kaos activated his device.
Somewhere throughout the Multiverse, there was a universe that the Skylanders saved called the 'EQG Universe' The EQG Mane 6 were walking down the hallway of the high school until EQG Twilight asked,
"Have any of you seen Spike?"
EQG Rainbow Dash replied, "I haven't seen that guy, all week."
EQG Fluttershy guessed, "He might have been trying to adapt to being a human after that battle."
EQG Rarity looked at the banner with Skylander Spike and all six of them defeating Sunset Shimmer and replied, "I hope he is all right. He told me that he's been having vivid dreams about his transformation. There is also a fact that he is seeing the Skylanders Magic symbol in the palm of his hand."
EQG Applejack asked, "I wonder what happened to them Skylanders after they returned to their universe?"
EQG Pinkie Pie replied, "Maybe they had a Victory Party!"
EQG Twilight chuckled, "That is a possibility." It wasn't until the final bell rang and they decided to check up on EQG Spike.
EQG Spike was sitting near a tree looking out at the forest where the Skylanders made their first appearance. He sighed and held out his right hand, gazing into the symbol for the Magic Element. He was thinking about the events that transpired when he was only a dog,
'Sunset Shimmer attempted to capture me, but Skylander Spike prevented it from happening. But since they left, I became a human teenager trying to fit in with the rest.'
He was soon snapped out of his thoughts when the EQG Mane 6 arrived and sat down near him. He looked out at the forest and asked EQG Twilight,
"This is where it all began. When you were attacked by those Grublins and Skylander Spike saved you from falling off a cliff?"
EQG Twilight replied, "This is the forest where I encountered the Grublins."
EQG Rainbow Dash asked, "Spike, we haven't seen you in school most of the time. What was happening with you?"
EQG Spike spoke, "Ever since that battle, I have been drawn to this spot. I don't know why I'm here or why I go here everyday. This place causes the Magic Symbol to glow."
EQG Rarity said, "But, you should talk to us. We could find someway to help you out."
EQG Spike smiled, "I guess so, maybe I just need sometime away from this place." But just as they were going to get up, EQG Spike noticed the Magic symbol was glowing even brighter. He looked at his friends and saw the Earth, Life, Tech and Magic symbols appear in their hands. He looked away from his friends and noticed a portal opening, he yelled,
"A portal is opening, get close to me!" They tried to hold on until the portal sucked them in. They were holding on to each other tightly until they were separated by an unseen force, one by one they separated from the group until EQG Rarity and EQG Spike were left. EQG Spike said,
"Hang on, we can still make it." But the unseen force pulled EQG Rarity out of his grasp. She screamed as EQG Spike yelled,
"RARITY!!!" He looked toward somewhere else and was knocked out cold.
Kaos was enraged that his Evilizer broke again. Kaos yelled, "What have you done, Glumshanks?! My Evilizer is broken again!"
Glumshanks felt enraged that Kaos was blaming him again for something he didn't do. And that's when it happened,
"AWWW SHUT UP, MASTER KAOS!!!" Kaos said, "What?" Glumshanks angrily replied, "What? I have been assisting you for many years and everything YOU do wrong, you blame it on ME!! I can't think straight without you constantly blaming me for something I didn't do. In case you want to be in your room again, you better show me some respect!" Kaos felt shocked to see that his own butler snapped at him for something that he blamed him for. It was the first time ever that Glumshanks snapped at Kaos.
EQG Spike woke up on soft grass and takes a look at his surroundings, he got up and walked as he shouted,
"Rarity!" There was no response, "Twilight!" It was the same result because he was alone and his friends are nowhere in sight. It wasn't until he looked around and saw floating islands. He said to himself,
"This isn't happening." Until he came to a large horn in the shape of a dragon, he blew the dragon horn and saw a big, red dragon flying towards him,
"This is happening." The Red Dragon landed near the dragon horn and said,
"Wow, I've never seen you around. But when a dragon horn is blown, I come flying. My name is Flavius and I serve the Great King Ramses."
EQG Spike stuttered, "My...my....name...is Spike and I want to know where I am."
Flavius replied, "You are in Skylands, more specifically you are in Dragon's Peak." EQG Spike fell to his knees, "I'm actually here, I'm in Skylands."
Flavius replied, "I can take you to King Ramses if you like." EQG Spike nodded and climbed onto Flavius' back as the dragon said, "I advise that you hang on tight!" They took off for the peak.
Drobot was in the skies over his home area in Skylands. He avoided many dragons trying to shoot him down, but his suit made him corrected his issue since his injury years ago, that's how he found the Arkeyan Tech that made him into what he is. He planned on returning to the island where he found the Arkeyan Tech, but he discovered something strange and went to investigate.
He landed on the island where he discovered something strange. Lying unconscious on the ground was EQG Applejack, his eyes widen behind his visor and said,
"What is EQG Applejack doing here? Or the more logical question is: How did she get here?"
His question was interrupted when EQG Applejack regained consciousness and asked in confusion when she saw Drobot,
"Am ah dreaming or am ah really seeing ya, Drobot?"
Drobot replied, "Is it logical that I was seeing things or was it really you?"
EQG Applejack asked, "Am ah in Skylands?"
Drobot nodded and said, "Hop on my back and I will take you to the Equestrian Isles, its a region inhabited by ponies of Equestria." He paused for a moment and asked, "Are you the only one here?"
EQG Applejack shook her head, "There were seven of us, including Spike. Ah think that they are somewhere throughout Skylands." EQG Applejack went onto Drobot's back and felt a strange power combine with the dragon.
The Skylanders have called an emergency meeting because of a familiar face that Drobot has found. The meeting has held in the Equestrian Isles, so they would meet and discuss what was happening. After listening to EQG Applejack's story, they know that their six EQG friends are lost throughout Skylands. Spyro said,
"Skylands can be a very dangerous place to people who first set foot in it."
EQG Applejack replied, "Now ah know, but the others are lost and we all need to find them."
Spyro decided, "The Dragon Skylanders will separate into two groups, three for both groups. Spike, Flashwing and Whirlwind will search the islands near Avalar while Cynder, Sunburn and I will search the area near the Dragon's Peak. If we encounter any resistance, such as those Grublins or any other hostiles, we have the right to defend ourselves if we didn't find an EQG."
The two teams left the Equestrian Isles for their search zones as they had to find their EQG friends fast.
EQG Twilight was lying on the soft grass on an island in Skylands. She was unconscious for the most part and wasn't arousing any suspicion to any locals since it was uninhabited. She was jolted back into consciousness by a simple tap from EQG Rarity as EQG Rainbow Dash said,
"Twilight, come on, get up. I think we might be in a strange world full of floating islands."
EQG Twilight got up and looked at the horizon, "I thought I've seen everything, but a world full of floating islands. This is..." She paused as she was remembering something from the Multiverse Incident, something that Skylander Spike told her. She finished, "Skylands."
EQG Rarity asked, "What was that?"
EQG Twilight replied, "We are in Skylands! The home of the Skylanders!"
EQG Rarity asked, "If we are in Skylands, then we need to find the Skylanders?"
EQG Rainbow Dash pointed, "I don't think those guys want us to find the Skylanders!" She was pointed to an air squadron of three Grublin Wyverns along with three riders. The girls spread out hoping to lose the Wyverns until one of the riders shot a large dark crystal at EQG Twilight's position. The crystal impacted the ground with the shockwave flinging EQG Twilight off the cliff.
As she fell, there were many islands floating in the skies, many creatures wandering on the islands. Until she saw a familiar dragon right underneath her as he leveled himself out allowing her to land on his back. She felt a massive surge of magical energy as two energy blades appeared in her hands. She heard the dragon say,
"Falling off cliffs again, EQG Twilight?"
She asked, "Skylander Spike, you...saved my life twice now."
Spike replied, "You look like you could use our help with these Wyverns and their Grublin Riders."
EQG Twilight asked, "Our help?"
Spike replied, "I didn't go alone. Flashwing and Whirlwind came with me to find any remaining EQGs."
EQG Twilight asked, "How did you know we were here?"
Spike replied, "I'll tell you what. You help us take down these Grublins and I will tell you the whole thing." He noticed the blades, "My magic might've rubbed off on you, its given you two energy blades. Ready to use them?"
She positioned herself with the blades in front, "I'm ready."
Spike formed up with Whirlwind and Flashwing, who already picked up EQG Rainbow Dash and EQG Rarity, both sporting blades of air and crystal. The squadron moved up towards their attackers as one of the Wyverns dropped a crystal chunk which exploded into three shards. The squadron separated from Spike as he barrel rolled, firing his powers at the Wyverns as EQG Twilight used her blades to knock the shards away. They came in close contact with the attackers as EQG Twilight slashed her blade with the Grublin Rider.
Flashwing used her cosmic energy to pursue a Wyvern until it turned and fired another crystal chunk, but EQG Rarity manage to destroy it with her crystal blades. Flashwing smiled,
"Our time to shine."
Whirlwind and EQG Rainbow Dash were being pursued by a Wyvern that is continuously firing on them. EQG Rainbow Dash pointed her air blade to the Wyvern and fired a Rainbow that shot it down. She said in shock,
"The sword shot it down?!"
Whirlwind replied, "You made it catch quite a gust. Impressive."
EQG Fluttershy was wandering around the strange forest area on the floating island, unaware that she was being followed by a large Grublin Troll. When she turned around, the Troll was right on top of her until she was swept off the ground and onto the back of a familiar black dragoness. Cynder spoke,
"Glad we found you, EQG Fluttershy." EQG Fluttershy was about to reply until the Troll launched a dark crystal at them, but Cynder spun in a tornado redirecting the crystal to shatter against a nearby tree. Her EQG Companion saw two Shadow Apes in the trees with the same Dark Crystal launchers, the apes fired, but were deflected by two Life and Undead blades that appeared in EQG Fluttershy's hands. Spyro, Sunburn and EQG Pinkie Pie, who is riding Sunburn gave Cynder some back up as they fought off the Shadow Apes. But the strange thing is, as they were leaving, Spyro said,
"We are still short EQG and that is Spike."
Sunburn asked EQG Pinkie Pie, "Where would we find EQG Spike?"
EQG Pinkie Pie replied, "Well, he is part Dragon. We should check in Dragon's Peak."
Cynder said, "She does have a point." She told Spyro, "Lets head for Dragon's Peak."
Spyro nodded, "Then lets go."
Flavius reached the peak and set EQG Spike near the Dragon Throne where he came face-to-face with King Ramses, he looked at the human and said,
"You are different, you do not look like you are from Skylands."
EQG Spike replied, "I'm not from Skylands, but I was brought here via portal that opened and sucked me and my friends in. Next thing I know, I wake up here in Dragon's Peak."
Ramses asked, "I think a Skylander recently told me about a battle that was waged in another universe."
EQG Spike realized, "The Battle of the EQG Universe."
Ramses nodded, "I suppose you were part of that battle."
Flavius came to Ramses and said, "My King, there are a bunch of Grublin Wyverns closing in on Dragon's Peak!"
Ramses looked at the horizon and saw three Grublin Wyverns heading straight for them. But at the same time, three Skylanders were approaching Dragons Peak. They saw the Wyverns and intercepted them. After they intercepted the Wyverns, the Skylanders landed at the peak. Spyro looked at Ramses,
"King Ramses, we were on a search and rescue mission to find the remaining EQGs that mysteriously appeared. But I see that you already found EQG Spike."
Ramses chuckled, "Well, Spyro, I think I should release him into your custody. My Dragon Knights are on high alert defending Dragon's Peak from those Grublins as it is."
Spyro looked at EQG Spike, "We have go back to the Equestrian Isles, your friends are waiting for us."
EQG Spike asked, "They were already rescued?"
EQG Pinkie Pie said from Sunburn's back as she gazed at her Fire and Tech Blades, "We were rescued and we obtained a new super duper power!"
Spyro replied, "Lets go." EQG Spike sat on Spyro's back as they left Dragon's Peak en route for the Equestrian Isles.
Once they arrived at the Equestrian Isles, all seven EQGs were reunited with one another. They noticed their elemental blades fading away when they got off the Dragon Skylanders. EQG Twilight asked,
"When we connected to each dragon, the elemental blades appear. One for a single element or two for two elements. What do they mean?"
Master Eon approached, "It means that your connections to the Dragon Skylanders have enhanced your special abilities. I've wondered about this when I was human, but it turned out to be true."
Spike introduced, "Everyone, this is Master Eon, he is one of the three main Portal Masters that guide us around Skylands."
EQG Rainbow Dash asked, "Wait, if he is one of them, then where are the other two?"
Master Eon replied, "Patience, EQG Rainbow Dash. They will be with us shortly."
Soon enough, multiple impact areas appeared near them and out came the same Skylanders from the battle, even Tree Rex who recovered greatly from his legs being blown off. There were Dark versions of Skylanders, Blue and Gold Skylanders and different Skylanders. They also came face-to-face once again with the Equestrian Mane 6. EQG Twilight came face-to-face once again with both Unicorn and Alicorn Twilight, shocked to see that they exist as two separate individuals. But in the middle of the impact sites were two familiar Alicorns as EQG Twilight said in surprise,
"Princess Celestia and Princess Luna!?" Sunburn nudged Drobot, "I knew her reaction would sound like that?"
Princess Celestia looked at EQG Twilight and then at the Skylanders, "It seems that both our universes are to team up once again."
Princess Luna told the Skylanders, "You did a good job on rescuing them. Who knows what Malefor would have done if he captured you."
Spike replied, "We do our best, Aunt Luna."
EQG Spike said, "I wouldn't ask about your relation, I already heard your story back when I was a dog."
Master Eon stood up aside the two Princesses, "We called this meeting to talk about the unexplained appearance of our brother and sisters from the EQG Universe. But we first need an explanation from one of them." EQG Spike stood forward,
"I know what might have happened, that might be the source of our arrival." He began, "I wasn't in school for most of the time because I always sat on the ridge near the forest where those Grublins attack Twilight on the night of the arrival. Its been four weeks since the battle and I was always seeing the Magic element in the palm of my right hand. But when my friends arrived and I explained what has happened, We all decided to leave." He paused and continued, "That was when we saw more symbols glowing in the palms of our hands and a portal opened up and sucked us in."
Princess Celestia asked, "Was the portal opened from your universe?"
EQG Twilight stepped in, "It wasn't from our side. The logical explanation is that the portal that brought us here was created in Skylands and sent to other areas to link with our universe."
Princess Luna finished, "We need to find out who created those portals."
Master Eon looked at EQG Pinkie Pie, who was still on Sunburn's back with her Tech and Fire blades, "I believe that should be for another time. I suggest that the EQGs should be settle in the hub area of their choosing."
Princess Celestia realized, "So, they could test their combined abilities anytime they go to the Cloud break Isles."
Master Eon nodded as he said, "This meeting is adjourned."
Spyro looked at the EQGs and asked, "So, what is your choice? You can stay here at the Equestrian Isles or you can come to see our Equestria."
EQG Twilight asked, "I think we should spilt into..." She found out that she has an odd number, "Umm...well, I guess Applejack, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie can go to this universe's Equestria and Rarity, Spike, Rainbow Dash and I can remain here on the Equestrian Isles."
Tree Rex picked her up, "It seems like a impressive choice. Wouldn't you three say so?"
The three EQGs nodded in reply as they followed the Royal Sisters back to Equestria via Portal of Power. Punch Pop Fizz yawned as he said to Alicorn Twilight,
"You think its time to head back to the Variant World?"
Alicorn Twilight caught Punch Pop Fizz's yawn as she yawned, "I guess so." They both walked to the Portal of Power as EQG Twilight asked while sitting on Tree Rex's Photosynthesis cannon,
"What was going on with them?" Spike face-winged, "They're married, though Unicorn Twilight and Pop Fizz had a little confrontation about it last week. But Dark Spyro and Gill Grunt managed to stop them before they started a fight."
EQGs Rarity, Spike, and Rainbow Dash were let aboard by Tree Rex as the giant said, "Let us give you the tour of the Equestrian Isles."
Skylander Spike and the other Dragon Skylanders took to the skies and said, "Follow us."
Now the EQGs have turned out to form a really good partnership with the Skylanders, it will be useful in the days to come. Because Kaos will find a way to power his Evilizer, but not today.
Author's Note
So, the EQGs have once again reunited with the Skylanders. EQG Twilight was also relieved to see that Tree Rex was still okay. Her sympathy for the Life Giant is what kept him moving. Next chapter would put the EQGs into action as they defend the Capybara King from an Army of Grublins.
Ever since the arrival of their EQG Allies, the Skylanders have been taking care of them, so they can feel relaxed before they can set off in another fight. Some EQGs had a nice bonding moment with the Skylanders, but the most bizarre bonding moment between an EQG and a Skylander came from the Equestrian Isles in Skylands. Master Eon went there to check up on the EQGs and the Skylanders when he noticed that since the EQGs arrived, EQG Twilight and Tree Rex were never separated from each other. He saw EQG Twilight on Tree Rex's shoulder as he carried her throughout the Isles.
Master Eon met up with the two as he said, "Tree Rex, I was on my way here to check up on EQG Twilight and the other three that are here. But I believe you and EQG Twilight have developed a friendship."
Tree Rex replied, "Well, it was a long story. But it happened during the Great Battle of the EQG Universe."
EQG Twilight remembered, "Sunset Shimmer had both, the Crown of Magic and Legendary Spike's Soul Gem until Skylander Spike contacted you to send every Skylander. Tree Rex appeared right beside me and protected me from a hypnotized Flash Sentry. He was like an unstoppable Guardian protecting me and defeating Sunset Shimmer's Grublin Army." Her face frowned, "Then Sunset Shimmer used a fireball on the Giants, Tree Rex went down, the fireball blew his legs off during the battle."
Tree Rex finished, "I was charred, covered in ash, and limping towards EQG Twilight. I had to give her Twilight's Crown of Magic for her to use against Sunset Shimmer because I believe in that the EQG Mane 6 could help Spike in defeating Sunset Shimmer."
Master Eon replied, "You are her friend for protecting her and giving her the encouragement to help Spike defeat Sunset Shimmer."
Tree Rex said, "It was a good thing, I did and because of me, Sunset Shimmer got Spiked and Harmonized." Eon didn't say anything until EQG Twilight said,
"He was telling a joke." Master Eon nodded, "Well, I guess. Have you seen the other three around here?"
Tree Rex replied, "The others are near the castle in Starswirl. They might still be there, Gnarly Tree Rex went with them."
When Master Eon went to the castle, he found Gnarly Tree Rex with EQGs Rarity, Spike, and Rainbow Dash. Gnarly Tree Rex noticed him and said,
"Master Eon, what brings you to the Equestrian Isles?"
The Alicorn replied, "I was just checking up on our EQG Allies and I see that they are doing quite well."
EQG Rarity said, "This place is amazing, Master Eon. Its so glamorous."
EQG Spike spoke, "The whole city is cool, but who rules the Equestrian Isles."
Master Eon replied, "The castle belongs to Princess Celestia and Princess Luna's mother, but the inhabitants call her 'Queen Fausticorn."
EQG Rainbow Dash asked, "When do we go get the call to action?"
Master Eon said, "In time." Until a voice yelled, "MASTER EON, MASTER EON!!! WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY!!" He turned around and saw his Mabu Scholar running up to him frightened.
"Hugo, What is the emergency?" Hugo panted, "We got a message from Cali, she wants the Skylanders and our EQG Allies onboard the Dread-Yacht immediately! She is going to explain the rest onboard the ship."
Master Eon said to the EQGs and Gnarly Tree Rex, "Inform the others and head for the Dread-Yacht, I'll head back to Equestria to inform the rest." He turned to Hugo, "Hugo, go with them."
Hugo replied, "Okay, Master Eon."
Soon every Skylander was called to the Dread-Yacht to hear what Cali has to say. Most Skylanders were confused because it was on a short notice. They met her in the game room as she began, "The Capybara King was about to give a speech to his subjects. But it was cut short by an invasion by Malefor's army, his Mabu soldiers managed to hold them off, but their scouts noticed siege engines and know that it will be only a matter of time before they send them in."
Cynder said, "The Capybara King's soldiers won't hold out against an invasion, they need to send word to Dragon City for reinforcements!"
Cali replied, "They already sent the message and the moles of Warfang have already began fortifying the castle with Dragon Catapults and Heavy Granite walls."
Granite Crusher said, "It would be a while before they bust through. Granite is possibly the toughest type of stone to use."
Cali said, "Thank you, Granite Crusher. Anyway, The Commander of the Dragon City platoon contacted us to assist."
Spyro asked, "Who is their commander?"
Cali replied, "Its a War Veteran named Mason."
Cynder remembered that mole, "Mason identified the chain that held Spyro and I together."
Tree Rex asked, "He is a friend of yours?"
Spyro answered, "Mason told us about the gates to the ruins of Warfang."
EQG Twilight asked, "Are we going to be part of the defense force?"
Cali replied, "You are, but because of how your elemental blades emerge when you come into contact with a Dragon Skylander, all seven of you will be paired up with a Dragon Skylander. But during the battle, don't be afraid to switch to another Dragon Skylander to switch your blades' powers."
EQG Twilight asked the others, "Do you think that we will do fine with the dragons that rescued us?" Her friends nodded as EQG Spike said,
"We were brought to the Isles by these Dragon Skylanders and we will fight side-by-side with them."
Cali said, "Then it is settled, I'll tell Flynn to set a course for..." She was interrupted when the game room door opened and the familiar shape of a Changeling entered the game room along with Flynn as he said,
"By the way, guys. You have a visitor."
Everyone in the room stood in shock as to how a Changeling decided to arrive in a peaceful manner, until it spoke,
"I am not here to attack you. I came here under a banner of peace, I don't work for the queen, I am an independent Changeling."
Spike asked, "Why are you not here to attack us?"
The Changeling replied, "Because Spike, I have discovered what I was meant to do."
Spike asked, "How did you know my name?"
The Changeling told a story, "In the aftermath of the Wedding Incident, Princess Celestia found me curled up in a plant. I was a small Changeling at the time, she decided to take me in and raise me as her son. She named me, Raymond, but she called me Ray for short. She spent time caring for me for a while, I was there when the Summer Sun Festival occurred when Bash became a pony. But as much as it was, it couldn't last forever. In the weeks, I've grown and now wanted to find out who I am. So, I told Celestia that I need to go away for a while to find my destiny. She gave me a couple a things for my trip and soon I set out for parts unknown."
Spike said, "You're my secret adopted brother?" Ray nodded as Twilight asked, "What happened on your journey?"
Ray replied, "When I set out, I travelled through the Everfree forest and found my way into the badlands. That's when I found my way into the Changeling hives and met Queen Chrysalis, but it wasn't what I was expecting. Changelings feed on love, but I don't do any of that stuff. I determined that my destiny did not lie in the Changeling hives, so I moved on. Throughout my travels, I came across mysterious pieces, top halves and bottom halves of, from what I expected, the Swap Force Skylanders, along with non-swappable Core Skylanders trapped in statue form. I found nine frozen Core Skylanders and five Swap Force Skylanders."
Wash Buckler asked, "Did you revive them?"
Ray replied, "I set up camp in a big field, I was looking up at Aunt Luna's night sky when I decided to revive them. I assembled each Skylander and they all moved in perfect formation. After reviving them, I told them about the search for myself until Trap Shadow, one of the Swappable Skylanders told me to look at the stars. I followed his advice and realized what he was saying. The stars above me formed into the Undead symbol, I found myself that night."
Rainbow Dash asked, "Are you saying?"
Ray said, "I think its time for me to join the Skylanders."
Twilight asked Pop Fizz, "You have that Skylanders Serum that Eon gave you?"
Pop Fizz replied, "Yeah, I do. But Ray, what happened to the Skylanders you freed?" At that moment, the door opened again and fourteen Skylanders entered the game room. There was a Fire Rhino, a dinosaur, a white bear shaman, a fire girl, a tree like creature with a bumblebee gun, a scorpion-like creature, a big beetle with a magic staff, a robot with spinning hand blades, and a Gill-Girl who is skilled in an Electric crossbow. Gill Grunt said to his former recruit,
"Punk Shock, nice to see you again."
Punk Shock replied, "Good to see you, too."
There were four Swap Force Skylanders, there is a spy with mechanical spider legs, a Gorilla who likes to drill, a shadowy figure, most likely Trap Shadow, an Earth Golem with drills for feet, and an Earth Knight like being.
Ray introduced, "This is Fryno, Slobber Tooth, Zoo Lou, Smolderdash, Bumble Blast, Scorp, Dune Bug, Wind-Up and Punk Shock. They are the Core Skylanders I found. The Swap Force guys beside me are Spy-Rise, Grilla Drilla, Trap Shadow, Rubble Rouser and Doom Stone."
Magna Charge said, "I can't believe you found these guys. But I can believe it."
Pop Fizz gave Ray the Skylanders Serum as the Changeling said, "This is it." He drank the serum down until his wings buzzed into gear and lifted him into the air. He soon erupted into ghosts and landed back on his hooves. He opened his eyes and asked,
"Did it work?" Grilla Drilla replied, "It worked, buddy. You are a Skylander of the Undead Element."
Ray now felt determined, "I heard about your mission to defend the Capybara King, so I'm going with you."
Trap Shadow said, "We'll be coming with you guys as well."
Spike said, "Cali, Tell Flynn to set a course for the Capybara King's Island. We have to defend his castle."
Upon arriving at the Capybara King's Island, Flynn saw a battle being waged between the moles of Warfang, the Capybara King's Mabu Soldiers and the Grublin Army. Flynn called the game room,
"Uh, this is your captain speaking, I have good news and bad news. The Good news is we have reached our destination. The Bad news is that there is a battle going on. So I think all Skylanders should come to the main deck."
After all Skylanders made it to the main deck, they took a look at the battlefield and noticed Mabu Soldiers getting overwhelmed by Grublins before being saved by the Warfang mole soldiers. But the Skylanders turned their attention to a bunch of Mabu soldiers surrounded by Grublins as they shouted,
"Someone, help us!"
Trap Shadow pointed, "Guys, look!"
Ray looked at the trapped soldiers, "They need our help."
Cynder looked at the battlefield and noticed a number of Mabu and Warfang soldiers getting surrounded, despite how well the Warfang soldiers fought. She had an idea,
"We should split up one half will go assist the Mabu and Warfang Soldiers while the other half rescues those trapped Mabu Soldiers."
Spyro replied, "That's a good idea. We should take the EQGs to rescue the Mabu Soldiers."
Tree Rex stepped in, "The Swap Force, the Giants and any other Skylanders would assist the Mabu and Warfang Soldiers on the other end of the battlefield."
EQG Rainbow Dash asked, "We are actually being sent into battle?"
Whirlwind replied, "We came here to defend these people and right now the seven of you should, too."
EQG Twilight asked, "Should I stand up to my fear of those things?"
Spike replied, "As long as we are united, you can stand up to your fear."
EQG Pinkie Pie shouted from Sunburn's back, "Then lets take these meanies down!"
EQG Rarity sat on Flashwing's back, "Like you would say, 'Its our time to shine."
Flashwing replied, "We stick together no matter what and just keep shining through."
Spike asked EQG Twilight, "Ready to go to battle?"
EQG Twilight replied, "There is no more time to waste." Spike turned to Ray, "Ray, you're with us. We might need your help to free those soldiers."
The Changeling stretched his wings, "I better put my new powers to the test." Flynn told the Skylanders,
"I'll swing around and drop off Team 1. Good luck on rescuing those Mabu Soldiers."
Flynn swung his ship around and reached the Mabu Soldiers surrounded by Grublins. Team 1 took off for the trapped soldiers.
The Mabu soldiers were trying to hold off those Grublins, but they are too many of them. They would've nearly finished the soldiers off until an explosion consumed their attackers. One soldier got out of cover and looked up,
"Men, the Skylanders are here! I repeat, the Skylanders are here!"
Another Soldier replied, "Nearly had us, but they were able to help out." The Dragon Skylanders landed and the soldiers saw that they had new allies. Spyro asked,
"How is everyone holding up?" The Mabu Captain replied, "We have only a few scrapes and burns, but nothing serious. Those Warfang soldiers taught us well about fighting."
Cynder asked, "Where is Commander Mason?"
The Captain replied, "He went with a unit to help more trapped soldiers. But the bulk of the horde will reach here and he told us that we need to fall back to the castle."
EQG Rainbow Dash looked away and said, "We got company!" Her Air Swords appeared in her hands. They saw multiple squads of grublins coming their way. The EQGs sprang out their Elemental Swords and prepared for battle.
As the grublins appeared from the ground right near them from where they were, all seven EQGs were side-by-side with their Dragon Companions. All Grublins had their Dark Crystal Launchers on the seven EQGs, but as they fired, something strange happened. The EQGs were maneuvering better than before, they have turned into really agile fighters. It was probably their connection with the Dragon Skylanders plus their Elemental Swords which caused them to fight like this.
But as far as the EQGs were going through, some of the Dragon Skylanders began feeling strange, Spyro got consumed by a purple magic as he began to think,
"What's going on? Is this a new power?" His question was answered when he the magic faded, revealing that his horns grew into ram horns, he yelled,
"MEGA RAM SPYRO!!" He charged at the Grublin army knocking them away or off the island.
Ray decided to use his new powers as his eyes began to glow gray instead of his original blue. He slammed his bug hooves into the ground and multiple Grublins staggered away from the group as they grasped their heads in pain. Ray disappeared into the ground as he left dark claws in his wake, spreading at his enemies. He reappeared and ground-pounded the Grublins.
Cynder and EQG Fluttershy were amazed on what Ray did with his newfound powers. Until Cynder started to act strange as EQG Fluttershy's Undead Sword started growing more powerful. Cynder began to glow a more dark purple color and yell,
"PHANTOM CYNDER!!" She unleashed her Undead powers combined with her uncommon abilities against her adversaries as half of her powers surged through EQG Fluttershy's Undead Sword while her Life Sword was holding off the Grublins.
Whirlwind and EQG Rainbow Dash were in the skies shooting down a bunch of Grublin Wyverns. EQG Rainbow Dash's Air Swords became more powerful as Whirlwind's eyes emitted a Rainbow color and yelled,
"HORN BLAST WHIRLWIND!!"
Flashwing and EQG Rarity were being cautious on where their enemies approach until both the Gem Dragon's wings and the Earth Swords began to glow. Flashwing yelled,
"LIGHTCORE FLASHWING!!!"
After dealing with the Grublins, Mega Ram Spyro returned to normal and said,
"I don't know what that was about, but we should signal Flynn for a pick-up."
Spyro fired a Fire Blast into the air and the Dread-Yacht arrived....until this happened. Spyro saw the Dread-Yacht being surrounded by Grublin Wyverns and yelled,
"Flynn, abort pick-up and get outta there!!" Flynn yelled back, "I can't there's too many of them!" The Dread-Yacht's engines exploded as the dinghy took off piloted by Cali and the others. Flynn yelled,
"The others are away, but its too late for me. My engine's out, I'm going down!"
Spyro yelled, "FLYNN!!!!!!!!!"
EQG Twilight yelled angrily, "Those Wyverns are going to pay for what they did to him!"
EQG Rainbow Dash joined, "When I get my hands on those Wyverns, I'll make them pay!"
Spike looked at the sad sight as they watched the Dread-Yacht crash with its Captain on board. He told EQG Twilight, who managed to calm down,
"We should get these soldiers to safety to inform the others that....Flynn is down."
The Mabu captain said, "We need to get back to the castle." After getting the soldiers to safety, they set out to find the rest of their fellow Skylanders and get them to the castle. They were still sad over the loss of their friend. But they would have time to mourn him later, they now began to find their fellow Skylanders and help them get to the castle.
On the other Skylanders' end, they were managing to hold off enough Grublins so that the soldiers could fall back.
Camo was having a good time with protecting the soldiers until something caught his eye. When Camo turned to Fluttershy, he saw her about to be attacked by a Grublin Hero Orc. He had an angry look in his eyes as his front horns began to glow. He thought,
"A new power? I could use it to help Fluttershy." Camo's horns combined into two large thorn horns as he yelled,
"THORN HORN CAMO!!!!"
He charged forward at the Hero Orc and stuck his horns into the ground. After that, a big Thorn Patch grew right underneath the creature, killing it in the process. Fluttershy noticed Camo's new Thorn Horns and said,
"Oh my, You have new horns."
Camo replied, "Its a new power, but I think its a temporary power." Just as he said it, his Thorn Horns reverted back to his original six yellow horns. He slapped his tail on the ground and sprouted more exploding melons.
Voodood was surrounded by Grublins with no hope of escape unless he fought, which he was doing half of the battle. So he swung his Axe Reaver and used his Zip line Axe to cut down many Grublins in his path. When he came to its ending, he saw the carnage he left in his wake,
"Voodood is really powerful to take Grublins." He spoke to himself in third person.
Chop Chop was doing his best to cut down many Grublins in his path. He tried all his best until he came in contact with a Grublin Orc Axe man. When he tried to fight it off, it swung its axe at Chop Chop's shield, throwing it out of his grip and off of the island. Stealth Elf saw that her friend was in trouble so she decided to sneak her way to the Grublin. She turned into a raging tiger along the way and charged the Grublin away from the Arkeyan. Stealth Elf helped Chop Chop up, handed him a second sword and said,
"I found this in Arkus. I thought it would come in handy."
Chop Chop nodded, "Thank you, Stealth Elf." They soon stood side by side as they fought their ruthless foes. Chop Chop is now wielding two swords and immediately cut down most of the Grublins including a Grublin Troll. Stealth Elf used her special move and charged the Grublins over the edge.
The Dragon Skylanders and the EQGs arrived at their friends' location and Spyro said,
"Guys, we're falling back to the castle. They will be sending in their war machines soon."
Rainbow Dash said, "Okay, but we saw what happened to Flynn." All Skylanders lowered their heads in silence over their friend's loss, unknowingly that a Grublin Orc Bowman is attempting to get the jump on them. Until the creature was cut down by a simple crowbar, that loud clang from the crowbar caught their attention. They looked and saw a wounded pilot carrying nothing but a crowbar in his hand. His flight uniform was torn and damaged until Spike realized,
"Flynn! You're Alive!?"
Flynn barely managed to talk, "Well, bits of me are alive. But I managed to crash land the ship safely. Although the crash wounded me badly."
He was about to fall over until he was caught by EQGs Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash. EQG Twilight said,
"Spyro, Flynn is badly injured, we have to get back to the castle and get him to a medic."
Spyro replied, "But we better hurry, the Towers are closing in."
As they began their trek back to the castle, the defending Skylanders defended EQG Fluttershy and EQG Rainbow Dash as they carried Flynn. While the offending Skylanders fended off the attacking Grublins and escorted them to the castle. The Siege Towers started to open fire on their position. Spyro yelled,
"The towers spotted us, they're opening fire!! Run for the castle, HURRY!!!"
They all ran for the castle until EQG Twilight tripped, without a Dragon Skylander near her, she was powerless as one cannonball was heading towards her. EQG Applejack yelled,
"TWILIGHT!!!" She couldn't run with the possibility of getting caught in the shockwave until suddenly, Voodood swung the Axe Reaver at the Cannonball, boomeranging it back to the siege tower, destroying it in the process. The Ooga Orc picked EQG Twilight up bridal style and set her in the castle as the defense of the castle began.
Spyro came up to the Warfang Mole Commander,
"Commander Mason, You were expecting us?"
Mason replied, "Spyro, its good to see you again. We are in a dangerous situation, those siege engines are on their way here. We need two Skylanders to man two of the four catapults in order to destroy the towers."
Sprocket entered the conversation, "I'm good with Tech, especially Warfang weaponry."
Drill Sergeant joined, "I am good with weaponry similar to some of the weapons I used before shutdown."
Spyro ordered, "Sprocket, Drill Sergeant, you two are on the catapults. Give them a hard time."
Mason pointed to the battlements, "We need your crew to defend those catapults against incoming attacks by any Grublins who attempt to destroy them. Those Catapults are our only chance against those Siege Towers."
Spyro nodded, "Good, but I have a wounded pilot who needs medical treatment."
Mason replied, "We'll see to it that he is treated well."
As the Defense of the Capybara King's castle began, All Skylanders, Variants and EQGs stood on the battlements waiting for the first wave. They all exchanged nods and winks before the first wave arrived. Commander Mason yelled,
"The first wave of Siege Engines are here! Skylanders, you must defend the catapults!"
Each group were positioned at the four catapults for protection while their gunners fire the catapults. Sprocket and Drill Sergeant were manning two of the catapults while a Mabu Engineer manned the third catapult. As the towers came into range, the catapults began to fire on the towers. The catapults managed to score direct hits until the Grublins started to attack the catapults. The Skylanders managed to defeat the attackers while the Tech Skylanders repaired the catapults.
The second wave arrived with a battering ram. Commander Mason yelled,
"Catapults, focus your fire on the Battering Ram!"
Sprocket was about to fire until she didn't hear a shaking feeling. She turned to her companions and said,
"Guys, I'm out of ammunition. Help me reload!"
EQG Spike pulled the lever to reload the catapult and Sprocket fired on the Battering Ram. She took some solid hits on it, but it was still moving towards them.
Drill Sergeant hit the Battering Ram, but it was still coming. They had to keep the pressure on it. The Arkeyan Robot found a weakness as it was almost to the wall, "I found a weakness in its armor. A well-placed shot could destroy it. Help me reload one more time."
Terrafin and Applejack helped Drill Sergeant reload as he fired his shot at the front of the Battering Ram. It erupted in flames as the others saw what was happening, so they shot at the front. Commander Mason saw the Grublins react as he yelled,
"The Grublins are retreating. We have won this fight!"
That night after the battle, Voodood was standing at the battlements looking at the destroyed Battering Ram in confusion. EQG Twilight approached him standing right beside him, looking around for moment until she said,
"Thanks for saving me from that cannonball."
Voodood nodded as his response and continued looking at the Battering Ram. EQG Twilight asked,
"Is there something troubling you?"
Voodood spoke in third person, "Voodood is confused on why the Grublins retreated when they were so close to breaching the castle. Why would they retreat?"
EQG Twilight held his hand as they turned to each other. Voodood noticed a shooting star streak across the sky as he looked in her eyes. She said,
"Maybe they decided to give up and go home." She smiled and closed her eyes until Spyro, Cynder, Spike and Sparx appeared, ruining their moment. Spyro said,
"Not Grublins, they only fall back when they have an ace up their sleeve." They didn't seem to notice that Voodood and EQG Twilight found out that they were holding hands, so they quickly released and blushed slightly. Spike asked,
"What makes you so sure that they have an ace up their sleeve?"
Cynder pointed, "Because they're bringing in something familiar. Look!" The group saw what was approaching them as Sparx began to say while frightened,
"Hush...little baby....Don't say a word. Mama's gonna buy you....a big monster wants to kill me."
The creature emerged with its spider-like legs, a tail and an all too familiar shape as Spyro said,
"No, It can't be! We killed that thing back at Warfang!"
Spike asked, "What is that thing!?"
Cynder replied, "That's the Ancient Earth Golem, Spyro and I defeated back during the war!"
Author's Note
So, I stopped on a major cliffhanger right here. So, Voodood and EQG Twilight are showing signs of interest to each other, the Golem of the Deep from Dawn of the Dragon is somewhat resurrected by Malefor himself, and the Skylanders are experiencing the awakening of a bunch of new powers or given new equipment. Spike discovers that he has an adopted Changeling Brother when he joined the Skylanders as Undead. And that's just about it.
I based this chapter off of Thumpback's Heroic Challenge where you defend the King from the Arkeyan Invasion.
Star Strike was spending the night at the CMC's clubhouse. Although its been a long time since she sensed another Swap Force Skylander or Core Skylander, her senses were 'on hold' due to the Soul Gem Conflict and the Battle of the Capybara King's Island. It wasn't until her eyes began to glow, she grasped her head in pain as the CMC came to her when they saw her grasping her head. Sweetie Belle asked,
"Star Strike, What's going on?"
Star Strike replied, "I'm sensing the last two frozen Skylanders...Boom Jet and Scratch."
Applebloom asked, "Are we going to find them?"
Star Strike said as she managed to ease the pain, "We should, if they are out there, we need to find them."
Scootaloo grabbed a saddlebag, "Well, Star, lead the way."
As they left the clubhouse, Sweetie Belle asked,
"Do you know anything about Boom Jet and Scratch?"
Star Strike replied, "I do know about them."
Applebloom asked, "What about Boom Jet?"
Star Strike closed her eyes slightly and opened them again and said, "No matter what Boom Jet did, he always had to be the best. He could be seen day and night above his home in the Billowy Cloudplains, a mountainous region like Tall Plains, but different, gunning his engines and performing daredevil maneuvers as he trained to become the best sky surfer in the world.
Unfortunately, Boom Jet never had a chance to compete for the championship because a day came that changed his life forever. Malefor's Ape Armies found the Billowy Cloudplains. And with his town on the verge of being completely consumed by the ruthless Mercenary foe, Boom Jet took action. Using his incredible flying skills, he raced from house to house, rescuing all of the citizens and carrying them to safety…just before the Dark Army laid siege. It was then he realized the protection of innocents was more important than personal glory, so he sought out the others and offered his services."
Scootaloo asked, "So, he's basically a Rainbow Dash, only male?"
Star Strike replied, "He's half of what you said."
Sweetie Belle asked, "What about Scratch?"
Star Strike replied, "Scratch is a Winged Sphynx who is talented. High in the peaks of Cats Eye Mountain sits a towering city of crystal and gold that can only be reached by creatures of the Air Element. It was here that Scratch spent her youth soaring playfully in the clouds or exploring the endless number of crystal mines.
One day, an incursion of Apes arrived in those pods dropped from Dreadwings looking to steal ancient magic crystals buried deep in the mountain. Donning specially made armor, Scratch led an epic battle against the Apes, using her incredible fighting skills to defend the crystals and the city. Tales of her heroism soon made their way to Jet-Vac, who traveled to Cats Eye Mountain and recruited Scratch to the Elite Team, that was what the Skylanders were originally called before the end of the war."
Applebloom said, "She's a cat with wings?"
Star Strike nodded and said, "She has an incredible fighting skill and her heroism earned her title as a Skylander."
Princess Luna was spending her night on her own after her royal duties and her duties as a Portal Master. She decided to relax in a lake in the Whitetail Woods. But as she was relaxing in the lake with her wet mane in her moonlight, she saw two lights from the moon reflect off something on the shore where her Princess wear was placed. She went to the shore to investigate until she discovered when she moved her stuff, she saw something that she didn't notice when she took her crown and jewels off to go into the lake.
Lying where her stuff was, stood two statues which were actually in two pieces. She remembered the ability that the Swap Force possess, so she put the statue together and something strange happened. The statue floated up into the air as it began to crack, a hand holding a bomb burst through first, a turbine bursted through the bottom and after minutes of breaking out, the statue formed into a Sky surfer. The Surfer lowered down to the ground as he stood on two feet. He lifted his goggles and said
"Whoa, that was some transformation. But at least I'm back to normal again.....on the fact that I can now swap."
Princess Luna gazed at the surfer and asked, "Who are you, Skylander?"
The Surfer replied, "I'm Boom Jet, a Skylander of the Air Element and the only Sky Surfer in the Skylanders. And who might you be, you lovely mare?"
Luna blushed as she replied, "I am Princess Luna, Princess of the Night, Co-Ruler of Equestria and Portal Master." Boom Jet realized his previous question and adjusted himself by boarding his turbine, "No way, a Portal Master....now this is exciting."
Meanwhile, the CMC were following Star Strike until her senses went crazy as she said,
"Boom Jet has already been found."
Scootaloo asked, "By who?"
She replied, "It is Princess Luna who found him."
Sweetie Belle realized, "If Princess Luna found Boom Jet, then its only a matter of time before Scratch breaks out of her statue form."
Applebloom said to Star Strike, "We must find her before she is freed."
Star Strike nodded, "We need to inform Scratch that you are not our enemies, so we better find her."
They began to search for Scratch before she is freed. The CMC followed Star Strike's senses as she points to where she senses Scratch.
Somewhere deep in the Whitetail woods, a statue of a winged sphynx lays unattended and alone. Although it was nothing of interest, its eyes began to glow slightly and them dim out.
A pack of Timberwolves noticed the statue and one of them attempted to investigate. As the Timber wolf used its wooden nose to sniff the statue, it was blasted to a tree by a strong gust of wind from the statue. The Alpha Wolf decided to take the statue in its mouth and flee with its pack, but it didn't get far when the statue blew the Alpha Wolf to the ground.
As it started to crack, the statue was growing into a pony sized statue. The statue burst open and a Winged Sphynx with armor pieces and a helmet emerged as she said,
"THE LUCK OF THE CLAW!!!"
The Alpha Wolf attempted to attack the Sphynx with its wooden claws, but the Sphynx used a gem on the top of her helmet to disintegrate the Alpha Wolf until it was nothing but a pile of ashes. The rest of the pack backed away in fear as the Sphynx sat down and licked her claws.
Until another pack appeared and the Alpha Wolf of the new pack attempted to attack the Sphynx as slashed the wolf with her powerful claws. After seeing the destruction of two Alpha Wolves, the two packs fled towards the lake with the Sphynx in pursuit.
Princess Luna has found the last of the Swap Force Skylanders, she was shocked as Boom Jet manages to surf in the skies using a turbine. As he was setting down, he noticed movement in the forest, so he prepared himself for combat until he was met by a familiar Skylander followed by three fillies. He jumped off of his turbine and said,
"Star Strike, What are you doing here?"
Princess Luna spoke as she approached behind him, "Star Strike and these three fillies were told to look for any frozen Skylanders."
Star Strike finished, "We were searching for you until I sensed that Luna found you."
Scootaloo noticed, "But we are still missing Scratch, the Winged Sphynx that you told us about?"
That's when they saw two packs of Timberwolves fleeing in fear as a Red beam emerged from the forest. Sweetie Belle asked,
"Do you think that came from Scratch?"
Boom Jet replied, "I know her all too well to know that it came from her."
A Winged Sphynx emerged from the forest as she sat down and licked her claws. Applebloom said,
"I guess we found Scratch." Scratch noticed the group and set her sights on Sweetie Belle. She charged towards the filly and asked one question,
"Friend or Foe."
Until a voice said from behind, "Friends, Scratch. These ponies are our friends."
The group and Scratch noticed Chop Chop standing near the entrance to the forest. Star Strike asked,
"Chop Chop, what are you doing here?"
Chop Chop replied, "I noticed a pack of Timberwolves attempting to carry Scratch when she was still frozen. But as soon as she was freed, She killed two Alpha Wolves and caused the pack to retreat. I followed her trail to the lake where I found you."
Sweetie Belle asked, "But what were you originally doing in the first place?"
Chop Chop sighed, "Rarity wanted me to check on you. But checking on a friend is better than posing as a mannequin again." He clutched his sword at his embarrassing time of being used as a mannequin.
Scratch introduced, "I am Scratch, an Air Skylander from Cats Eye Mountain."
Boom Jet introduced Princess Luna, "This lovely mare is Princess Luna, the Alicorn who found me and one of the three Portal Masters."
Princess Luna blushed as she finished, "And I am the Princess of the Night and Co-ruler of Equestria."
Chop Chop introduced, "The filly you asked the 'Friend or Foe' Question to, is Sweetie Belle."
Applebloom introduced, "I'm Applebloom, I live in Sweet Apple Acres with my older Sister and my older Brother."
Scootaloo introduced, "I'm Scootaloo, Number 1 fan of the Rainbow Cousins."
Star Strike smile under her hood, "Its nice to know that we have found all of the frozen Skylanders. Ray the Changeling found half of them during his journey to find his destiny."
Princess Luna nodded and noticed, "Next week is Nightmare Night. It's like a Halloween to Equestria."
Boom Jet replied, "After years of being frozen, I'm in need of having fun during a special occasion."
Scratch replied, "So would...." She yawned as she finished, "I."
Applebloom yawned, "We should go back to the clubhouse and rest."
Star Strike's eyes began to grow sleepy as she said, "We've been out for most of the night."
Sweetie Belle was feeling sleepy as Chop Chop picked her up. The Arkeyan Knight said, "You should get some sleep."
Scootaloo asked, "Are you going to spend the night with us Princess?"
Princess Luna looked at Boom Jet and then said, "Yes, we will." After leaving the lake to return to the clubhouse, the CMC's assignment to find the Swap Force and the frozen Core Skylanders are now complete.
Author's Note
So, the last of the frozen Skylanders have been found and freed. Chop Chop reveals his embarrassing times of being a mannequin for Rarity's work and Scratch fights two Alpha Wolves and won. See you in the next chapter.
The Skylanders were now preparing for their first Nightmare Night, its basically an occasion to Nightmare Moon, the dark entity that possessed Princess Luna which made Princess Celestia banish her to the moon for 1000 years. Celestia herself was in tears for 1000 years when that happened. But Celestia's sadness in losing Luna led to Faust recognizing it and giving Spike's egg to her as she slept. But on Nightmare Moon's return is when the bearers of the Elements of Harmony met their first Skylander, who was guarding the Ancient Castle of the Sisters.
But as far as Equestria's history goes, the Nightmare Night Celebration is a great time to be scared and have fun at the same time. But some of the Skylanders are preparing their costumes for the celebration at the Golden Oaks Library while the other Skylanders along with their EQG Allies were prepping at Sweet Apple Acres, Variant World and the Equestrian Isles.
At the Library, the Skylanders were picking their costumes to wear for the Nightmare Night Celebration. As Twilight went as Starswirl the Bearded, like last year, Spike went as a Dragon Prince, because of the necklace he wore and basically set in danger most of the time. Spyro turned into Mega Ram Spyro to serve as his costume while Cynder painted herself to look like a skeleton Dragoness, she basically named herself 'Skeletal Cynder' because of her costume. Chop Chop sheathed his swords and pulled out a steak fork and Grill lid, as well as a chef hat and apron, becoming Grill Master Chop Chop, because there is nothing more scary in Equestria than a Grill Master. Stealth Elf kept her Ninja suit on as she stayed Ninja Stealth Elf. Stump Smash grew an orange afro for the autumn and became Autumn Stump Smash. Slam Bam used his old Surf gear to dress as a Surfer and became Surfer Slam Bam. Zook painted himself blue and red and loaded his bazooka with Fireworks, calling himself Fireworks Zook. Although many other Skylanders were getting ready, the Variants and the EQGs were getting ready as well. Although EQG Twilight was still thinking about the defeat of the Golem when she and Voodood kissed. She basically dressed as Voodood because he didn't mind her dressing as him for Nightmare Night.
At Sweet Apple Acres where the Skylanders were getting prepared, Bouncer dressed as a Roboto-ball player, but he sported a large football instead of an actual Roboto-ball. Eye-Brawl sported a Pumpkin for a head now as EQG Applejack said,
"Now if there's a Giant-sized horse, Ya'll be a Headless Horseman."
Pumpkin Eye-Brawl said, "Very Funny, EQG Applejack."
Terrafin said, "Hey, at least I'm going as a Lifeguard because a Lifeguard was basically my formal job."
The Skylanders appeared in their other forms while some Pony Skylanders dressed as their Skylander lovers because Applejack dressed as Terrafin while Fluttershy dressed as Camo because Camo became Thorn Horn Camo for Nightmare Night. They did know that EQG Fluttershy was learning the art of summoning animals from Zoo Lou, so she dressed as a Shaman's Apprentice. Thumpback dressed as Admiral Thumpback because he once worked on a ship while Tree Rex donned some Spooky Trees and became Spooky Tree Rex. They were all finally ready for Nightmare Night.
As the Skylanders gathered in Ponyville, they were met by Princess Luna along with Boom Jet who surprisingly remained by her side during the start of the celebration. But there was one new Undead Skylander who seemed lost in this scary occasion. Ray the Changeling has lived a life of adventure while trying to find his destiny until encountering the Skylanders. Now since he is now an Undead Skylander and he is now home, he really doesn't know what to do. As he tried to play a game, a group of fillies and colts yelled,
"CHANGELING!!! RUN!" The fillies and colts ran as Ray said, "But, I'm not a bad Changeling!" He sighed and went over to the bobbing for apples game.
Spike and Ali Twilight observed as Spike said, "My brother is trying to get use to something like this."
Ali Twilight replied, "When he was going through his journey of self discovery, it was when he found more of the Swap Force. But now, he has no idea how to act."
Spike decided, "I should help him. He is my brother and he needs my help."
Ali Twilight nodded, "Then I should go find my original and EQG Twilight."
After Twilight's Alicorn Variant left, Spike decided to go to the bobbing for apples game to meet his Changeling brother. He came up to him and said,
"Ray, I saw what happened at the Spider Toss. But you can't blame them for fearing you."
Ray replied, "But what should I do, Spike. Someponies fear Changelings and look at me." A cloud shot lightning down near Ray as Spike looked up and yelled,
"Rainbow Dash!" Rainbow Dash was laughing in her Shadowbolts suit as Spike retaliated with a Lightning strike which gave the Rainbow Mane Prankster a good shock.
Ray sighed, "Its just no use to make anypony like me. They seem to judge me by what I look like. Equestria has a problem with me."
Whirlwind overheard on what Ray was talking about, "That's quitter talk, Ray. My dad was a Feather-winged dragon and yet, my aunt and uncle didn't judge him by what he looked like, they judged him by his personality."
Ray replied, "It might look that way for dragons, but..."
Mega Ram Spyro said, "Hey, if you give up on making friends. Then what would Princess Celestia say about it."
Skeletal Cynder joined, "She wants you to make friends rather than be alone."
Ray realized, "You're right. I need to find a way to have a good time during Nightmare Night."
Twilight approached, "And I know just what to do."
At the Nightmare Moon Statue that showed Jet-Vac confronting Nightmare Moon, Spike and Ray were behind the statue as Ray said,
"You want me to do what?!"
Spike replied, "You have the ability to shape-shift, so you can shape-shift into Nightmare Moon once the fillies and colts arrive to offer their candy."
Ray asked, "Why?"
Spike replied, "It worked when Aunt Luna had trouble with friendship, last year."
Ray thought about it and heard the trotting sounds of hooves as he said, "I'll do it."
Just as the children arrived at the statue to offer their candy, the Skylanders and EQGs were with them as well. As soon as the last child set his candy at the base of the statue, EQG Twilight signaled Skeletal Cynder and Ninja Warnado to make the wind around the statue. EQG Rainbow Dash signaled Princess Luna to use her Royal Canterlot voice. She said,
"Ponies of Equestria, you have made a generous offering. So I should be eating it instead of eating...." Nightmare Moon herself stood on the pedestal as she said, "YOU!!!"
The children were scared and thought that it was Princess Luna until they saw her and Boom Jet emerge from the bushes. They thought, 'If that was Princess Luna, then who was that on the statue?'
They realized that it was actually Nightmare Moon as they were scared and ran away. Nightmare Moon stepped off the pedestal and reverted back to Ray the Changeling. Spike said,
"That was excellent work, Ray!"
Ray asked, "Why was it excellent when I scared them?"
Princess Luna replied, "Because they would be back."
Ray asked, "To scream some more?" Until he felt a small hoof on his right fore hoof, it was a young earth pony colt, Pipsqueak as he said,
"Ray, that was an excellent scare you put up. Can you scare us again next year?"
Ray smiled, "Of course I can."
Pipsqueak went back to his friends, "He said yes, guys!"
Ray was shocked when all of the Skylanders, Variants and EQGs surrounded him as Spike said,
"See, they did like you, bro."
Ali Twilight said, "That is what Nightmare Night is about."
Skeletal Cynder said, "You just had to scare them on the right time."
Ray realized, "I like this night."
Ray now began to do two things, acting friendly to others and when it hits him, he scares some of the ponies for fun. When one pony was about to toss a spider, Ray appeared in the form of a Grublin Troll until he changed back which both he and the pony had a good laugh about. The children offered half of their candy to Ray. The changeling smiled to how his friends helped him out. Spike sat down near the Nightmare Moon Statue along with Twilight, Ali Twilight, EQG Twilight, EQG Spike, Dark Spike, Legendary Spike, Mega Ram Spyro, Skeletal Cynder, Princess Luna and Boom Jet as he wrote a letter to Princess Celestia,
"Dear Princess Celestia,
I'm happy to report that the same result from last year worked its way into this year. And even though we managed to stay true, we had to play along.
Your son, Spike the Dragon."
Spike was about to send off the letter until Rainbow Dash attempted a Lightning Strike at low altitude when the undead seem to appear on her cloud, she fled in fear which caught the group's attention. The cloud lowered to reveal Ray sitting on the cloud as he winked and laughed as the group joined him.
Author's Note
So, Ray the Changeling has found the Magic of Friendship, thanks to the other Skylanders, Variants and EQGs. The next chapter will take place in the EQG Universe where something very strange happened after the disappearance of the EQG Mane-6 and EQG Spike.
In the EQG Universe, weeks after the battle and the disappearance of the EQG Mane 6 and Spike, a small dragon scale was lying unattended on the ground. Along with a piece of Arkeyan tech and a piece of EQG DNA. But when the piece of tech absorbed the DNA and the Dragon scale, it began to rise up as it formed into a pair of boots and gloves as a body filled it in. The body was basically a Drobot color along with yellow hair and purple eyes. He wore a green jacket along with blue jeans, when he finally formed, a shock of electricity hit him before he lowered down.
This new EQG fell to his knees as a familiar person came up to him...it was Principal Celestia of Canterlot High. The EQG opened his eyes as Celestia said,
"Are you alright?"
The EQG replied, "I am fine for the most part."
She asked, "Where are your parents?"
The EQG replied, "I am an Orphan."
Principal Celestia noticed a small tablet near the EQG with a familiar elemental symbol which made her eyes mentally widen in shock. She asked,
"What is your name?"
The EQG replied, "My name is Dro."
Principal Celestia said, "Don't worry, Dro. I'll take care of you." After she adopted EQG Drobot, she looked at the tablet and said,
"Now is not the time to explain it to him."
As the EQG Drobot went to Canterlot High, he was known as the outcast type because the bus always forgets to pick him up on purpose. It only led to one girl to tell the driver to stop the bus. He basically had a crush on this girl; EQG Spitfire, the prettiest girl on the Canterlot Wondercolts. She is smart, athletic and knows how to get something done. EQG Drobot had always done everything he could to be in her league for her attention, but was picked on by the other team members. EQG Drobot basically gets picked on, but he ignores it so won't affect him. As he went throughout the school, his mother, Principal Celestia noticed that he almost never takes off his mechanical gloves and mechanical boots. She found that strange, but when she remembered that tablet, she knows who he really is.
EQG Drobot was on his way to school and saw EQG Spitfire heading the same direction. He practiced how to talk with her until he saw her get a drive to school. But he saw the bus leave without him as he ran and yelled,
"HEY, STOP THE BUS!! PLEASE, STOP THE BUS!!" He accidently tapped the tapestry on the bus, tearing it apart. As he ignored the fading laughter from the bus, he ripped the tapestry off his hand when he realized that he never grabbed hold of it. It was like it stuck to his hand as he tapped it. He soon realized,
"That was probably just an accident, its not really that bad."
At Canterlot High, another EQG was running through the hallway with Vice-Principal Luna in pursuit, this EQG was the color of a great white shark, he had orange spots on his face and neck, work a tank-top, grey pants, and brown shoes. He also had hand wrappings over his hands, but he wasn't injured. He turned into a closet, closed the door and locked it. Vice-Principal Luna knocked on the door as the EQG said,
"What do you want, Mom?"
Vice-Principal Luna looked at an Earth Tablet as she said, "That outburst wasn't your fault. You can't just run when there is an issue."
The EQG said in a Terrafin like voice, "Well, Macintosh owed me Five Dollars and never gave them to me."
Vice Principal Luna said, "So he did owe you five dollars and you took it very seriously."
EQG Terrafin said from the closet, "That's the thing, I can't control my outbursts. I know I want to sign up for Boxing.....but how can I do that?"
Vice-Principal Luna replied, "Terry, You can use the punching bag in the Gym to blow off your outbursts."
EQG Terrafin replied, "That seems like a good idea. Okay, I'm coming out."
He came out of the closet as Vice-Principal Luna gave her son, a Punching Bag Pass. EQG Terrafin said, "I better blow off some stress."
Vice-Principal Luna nodded as he left and wondered, "I hope the same thing won't happen to Principal Celestia's son."
The bell rang and it was lunchtime, EQG Drobot was just sitting at his table eating the lunch that he ordered. He saw EQG Spitfire pass with her food until he heard a beeping noise in his glove. He noticed EQG Spitfire slipping on spilt chocolate milk. He quickly got up, stopped her fall, caught her tray and her food. She complemented,
"Whoa, nice reflexes." She also noticed something in his eyes, "Purple eyes, I didn't notice it before."
EQG Drobot nodded as EQG Spitfire passed by. He sat back down in his seat until he noticed something. He noticed his fork was stuck to his right hand, when he pulled it out, there was a cable. When he bent his two middle fingers, a cable shot out from his wrist and onto a nearby tray. He was hoping to pull the cable back to him, but he pulled the entire tray back to him. He managed to dodge it allowing the tray to hit EQG Soarin', one of EQG Spitfire's teammates. EQG Drobot fled in confusion with the cable and tray tailing behind him. EQG Soarin' noticed,
"Dro?"
The confused EQG exited the cafeteria as he managed to release the cable's grip.
As he walked through the halls looking at his right glove, he made it to his locker with an Angry EQG Soarin' behind him. EQG Drobot's gloves beeped again as he began sensing danger, he was trying to look for the danger until he realized, it was right behind him. He dodged a punch from EQG Soarin' as he said,
"Pretty funny, Dro!"
EQG Spitfire approached, "Soarin', it was only an accident."
EQG Soarin' replied, "That could've been."
EQG Drobot said, "I'm not afraid to fight you, Soarin'." EQG Soarin' threw his punches at EQG Drobot who was just dodging them like it was nothing. EQG Drobot dodged by bending backwards. As EQG Terrafin arrived, EQG Spitfire said,
"Help him, Terry."
As EQG Soarin's friend attempted to charge from behind, EQG Drobot's gloves beeped again and he jumped with a boost power from his boots. EQG Terrafin asked,
"Which one should I help?"
EQG Soarin' had enough of EQG Drobot's fancy moves as he attempted to finish him off until EQG Drobot grabbed EQG Soarin's right arm. The crowd heard a bunch of cracking sounds in EQG Soarin's arm as he screamed. EQG Drobot used a powerful punch which blasted EQG Soarin' across the hall, hitting a row of lockers.
There were a lot of cheers and awes until EQG Drobot spotted Principal Celestia near the impact site. Ashamed from this, he fled the school.
As he fled outside and behind a dumpster, he was wondering,
"How was I able to do something like that?" He placed his hand on the wall as he was still confused about those events. As he tried to pull his hand off, he struggled to get it off.
"My gloves might have something to do with it."
He placed his other hand on the wall as he began climbing up with wall. He realized what was going on and got excited....way too excited because he was using the boost power from his boots to jump across buildings. When he came to an area too far for him to jump, he remembered the cable that appeared from his glove.
After many tries on trying to launch the cable, he bent his two middle fingers and extended his thumb and soon enough, the cable shot out of his glove. He aimed it precisely and the cable attached itself to a nearby wall which surprisingly stuck to it like glue. EQG Drobot stepped up, looked at his destination and said,
"Tally ho." He closed his eyes as he swung across and when he opened them, he was trying to stop and hit a billboard. He said,
"That...went....well." He slid off the billboard and landed in an alley. He had a smooth landing, thanks to his boots. But now he had enough fun for today, but now he had to head home and face his mother about what happened.
When EQG Drobot got home, he realized that the house was deserted. All that was there was a note that said,
"Dro,
I went to see Aunt Luna about your cousin, Terry. I'll be back to discuss about what happened today.
Mom."
EQG Drobot sighed, "Well, Its not just me who is having problems." When he went outside to take out the trash, he noticed EQG Spitfire walk up to him as she said,
"Dro, I didn't think I'd find you here."
EQG Drobot said, "The Principal is basically my mother."
EQG Spitfire replied, "Harsh."
EQG Drobot asked, "Listen, about that fight at school today with Soarin'?"
EQG Spitfire sighed, "He's fine, he just got a few broken bones in his arm and ribcage. Nurse Redheart had to call an ambulance to pry him off the lockers. Basically, all the pies got to his head."
EQG Drobot asked, "So, what are you doing this week-end?"
EQG Spitfire replied, "Organizing the Wondercolts and preparing them for a game." She asked, "And you"
EQG Drobot looked at his mechanical gloves and replied, "I think I should wonder how I was able to do those things today. Since most of it came from these gloves."
Before EQG Spitfire left, she said, "I'll see you around, Dro." She winked at him and walked away as EQG Drobot's mouth dropped.
EQG Drobot was up in his room with his tools and everything that he had and started taking apart his mechanical glove. He removed the frame from his glove where he saw a lot of circuits and gadgets inside. He finally managed to see his own hand in the flesh. He took a note on the many features that his gloves possess. He noted,
"High tech sticky cable launcher, Augmentation array for user, and Magnetic wall climbing device in the palm. These gloves turn out to be full of surprises."
He took note of the stuff he found in his mechanical boot, besides his own foot.
"Turbo-Propulsion unit for jumps, Armored soles for hard landings, and the Turbo Propulsion Unit can be used for sustained flights, if upgraded properly."
He put his gloves and boots back together as he heard a door open from downstairs. He knew for certain that it was his mother, Principal Celestia. He heard her voice and he also heard Vice-Principal Luna's voice along with EQG Terrafin. EQG Drobot said to himself,
"If Aunt Luna and Cousin Terry are here, then there must be something that they both want to tell us." Oh how right he will soon be.
As he went downstairs, he met Vice-Principal Luna, EQG Terrafin and Principal Celestia. He sat down as Celestia calmly said,
"Dro, You and Terry have been experiencing strange behavior."
Vice-Principal Luna said, "Terry, you locked yourself in a closet for an outburst earlier today."
Principal Celestia told EQG Drobot, "And Dro, you began starting fights at school."
EQG Drobot interrupted, "Mom, I didn't start that fight."
EQG Terrafin told Luna, "I couldn't control myself, Mom."
EQG Drobot soon spoke, "But, it was mostly the gloves and the boots. Its like they given me an incredible power."
EQG Terrafin spoke, "And when I was punching that Punching Bag, I punched across the gym."
The two Principals looked at each other as EQG Drobot asked,
"Are you alright?"
Principal Celestia replied, "Its fine, Dro. We both believe you and Terry. But we both feared that this day would come."
EQG Terrafin asked, "What day?"
Vice-Principal Luna finished, "The day....where we have to tell you the truth."
That was the night that EQG Drobot and EQG Terrafin learned about their origins, they were a remnant of a Skylander. A powerful creature that saved the EQG Universe, many weeks ago. They learned how they were created and why they were adopted. After that shocking revelation, EQG Drobot asked Principal Celestia,
"So...I'm not your real son?"
Celestia replied, "You are my real son, except your real name is Drobot, and where your other self came from was out there in what a Skylander called, 'The Multiverse' and in their world is where they fight for freedom of both all three worlds in their universe."
EQG Terrafin asked, "So my real name is Terrafin and my other self is a Dirt Shark?"
Luna replied, "There is always a reason why you liked the sport of boxing all the time. You even volunteered as a lifeguard during swimming class. "
Celestia looked at Luna as they both nodded. They brought out two tablets and handed them to EQG Terrafin and Drobot. As they held the tablets, they saw an Elemental symbol come into view. EQG Terrafin's was a Mountain while EQG Drobot's was a Gear.
Celestia said, "They were with you when we adopted you."
Luna replied, "They were something of great importance for you two."
The tablets began to glow as EQG Drobot's tablet began to form into a pair of mechanical wings. EQG Terrafin's tablet formed into a pair of Knockout knuckle bracers.
Celestia told the two, "With Great Power, comes Great Responsibility."
Luna finished, "Remember that saying."
That night is what brought the two EQG Skylanders what they were meant to do.
At Canterlot High, EQG Drobot kept his cool because of his revelation last night. He paused at a banner of six human/pony hybrids along with an armored dragon. He noticed the many creatures fighting the dark ones as he eyed a dragon with Tech Suit firing lasers at his enemies as he was accompanied by a yellow Pegasus with a flaming mane. He realized that the dragon with the Tech Suit is Skylander Drobot. EQG Terrafin joined him as he spotted his Skylander self accompanied by an Orange Earth Pony with a Cowgirl hat.
EQG Drobot narrated his experience, "No matter what I do, its always someway for me to experience something new. Although I discovered who I really was, I haven't completed a personal goal." He eyed the passing EQG Spitfire,
"All I wanted to do was to tell her how much I loved her. That's when I soon discovered that she cared the same way about me. She was soon given a tablet of the Fire Element. So all three of us knew who we were until we discovered that we were not the only ones."
EQG Drobot found the EQG Legendary Spyro along with a tablet of the Magic Element. EQG Terrafin found the EQG Camo near the woods where the Skylanders made their first appearance.
On top of Canterlot High, stood five figures. EQG Drobot, now sporting his Mechanical Wings, EQG Terrafin who sported his knuckle bracers, EQG Spitfire, who possessed flaming wings like her Skylander counterpart, EQG Camo, who possessed his growth ability to use as an advantage and EQG Legendary Spyro with his blue and gold draconic wings.
EQG Drobot said, "And who are we?" He finished, "We are the EQG Skylanders."
Author's Note
So this is actually the first chapter that takes place in the EQG Universe. So, I decided that since the two Principals were involved with the Skylanders, it had to be done.
After tiring themselves out with the Attack of the Golem, the Skylanders and their EQG Allies had a Nightmare Night and soon turned out well. The relationship between Skylander, Equestrian Skylander and EQG have increased since the Nightmare Night Celebration. Voodood and EQG Twilight became a couple after the battle and began seeing more of each other. Everything was turning out nicely until one day at the Ponyville Flower Shop, where Zook, Camo, and Trigger Happy continue their routine as florists, Camo said,
"Sheesh, I wish we were given a day-off, once in a while."
Trigger Happy replied, "Well, Its unlike we are suddenly called back into action by the Princesses."
Zook said while holding a flowerpot, "Like that would happen."
Camo replied, "It could."
At the Canterlot Portal Chamber where Master Eon stood near the three portals. He turned his attention to the Portal of Power and said,
"Show me Mt. Cloudbreak. Its been years since the war."
The Portal of Power sprang to life and revealed the Magical Volcano as he smiled, knowing that this is the year where Mt. Cloudbreak erupts and all of the Magic will be replenished in Skylands. That's when it hit him, the Swap Force, the Elite Team that were sent to guard the volcano from the forces of Malefor's Ape Army. That's when he flashed back into a memory where he saw the volcano erupting with the Swap Force caught in the eruption. They were given the ability to swap, but were also swept from their realm and into Equestria where they were scattered all across the planet, frozen as statues.
He had to tell the Royal Sisters about the Swap Force and Mt. Cloudbreak. He left the Portal Chamber and went to the Throne Room to get the Royal Sisters.
Upon returning with the Sisters, he directed his magic at the Portal of Power as he said,
"I think its time to know about the Swap Force."
Princess Celestia spoke, "We don't even know anything about the Swap Force...except Boom Jet seems to follow Luna around a lot." She gestured to the Air Skylander by Luna's side.
Master Eon replied, "The Swap Force were an Elite Team during the war many years ago. Their main purpose is to protect the Cloudbreak Islands." A volcano appeared in the Portal as Boom Jet said,
"Wait...I think its coming back to me, that's Mt. Cloudbreak!"
Princess Luna asked, "Do you know about this volcano, Boom Jet?"
The Skylander remembered, "Mt. Cloudbreak is a magical volcano, that was always shrouded in mystery in its eruption. The volcano itself tends to erupt in some form of way, but most never went to the volcano. The sixteen of us were sent to Mt. Cloudbreak from Warfang to investigate its strange eruption. When we got there, we saw four figures gathering at the summit of the volcano, four large figures."
Master Eon realized, "The Ancient Elementals."
Princess Luna asked, "What are the Ancient Elementals?"
The Alicorn Portal Master pulled out a description of all four. "The Ancient Elementals are four mystical beings who have assisted the alliance during the war...by recycling all of the used magic in the volcano and releasing it back to world. They consist of four figures; The Flashfin, Elemental of Water, Terrasquid, Elemental of Earth, Frosthound, Elemental of Frost, and Tree Spirit, Elemental of Life."
Boom Jet remembered, "When I saw those four gather on the summit, we realized that they were in grave danger when we saw a bunch of Apes heading straight towards them. So we took action to protect the Elementals until they complete their ritual."
Master Eon told the Skylander, "You and the others succeeded in protecting them, but..." He opened the scene of the Swap Force getting caught in the eruption, "You found yourselves trapped on the summit when the volcano erupted. As you and the others were caught in the eruption, you were granted with a special ability: The Ability to Swap."
Princess Celestia asked Boom Jet, "The Swap Force's ability to Swap was from that volcano?"
Boom Jet replied, "Yes, your Highness. But the eruption swept us away and ended up here, separated and scattered."
Master Eon spoke, "The Eruption of Mt. Cloudbreak is happening again, this year. I want the Skylanders and our EQG Allies to attend the Eruption Ceremony at Woodburrow."
Princess Celestia turned to Princess Luna, "Lets send out a message to the Skylanders to tell them about the Eruption."
Back at the Ponyville Flower Shop, Camo burped out a message from the Princesses,"Dear Skylanders, Master Eon told us about the Eruption of Mt. Cloudbreak in the Cloudbreak Islands. We want you and the EQGs to go to the Cloudbreak Islands and participate in this Eruption Ceremony. But be careful, its magical events like the Mt. Cloudbreak Eruption that attracts a bad element. But you should keep a lookout for trouble during the celebration. We need you in Canterlot as soon as possible.
Yours truly, Princesses Celestia and Luna."
After reading the letter, Camo told the others about the Eruption of Mt. Cloudbreak and Trigger Happy called out,
"Roseluck, We're clocking out. We are called back into action!"
Roseluck replied, "Good luck, Skylanders."
After they left the Flower Shop, Zook pointed out to the rest,
"We should rally the others, like the note says."
Camo replied, "I'll go get Fluttershy and any Skylanders, Variants and EQGs that she is with."
Trigger Happy replied, "I'll go for Pinkie Pie and any others she is with."
Zook spoke, "Then we all know what we have to do. Lets move out."
Camo went to Fluttershy's cottage and rallied Fluttershy and any Skylanders that were with her. Camo gave the note to Zap and told him to find another group.
Trigger Happy found Pinkie Pie and the Skylanders that were with her and told them about the message, so they basically moved towards the Train Station.
Prism Break somehow got his diamond points on EQG Rainbow Dash's soccer ball and decided to test it out in the area that he landed in during the Arrival. After he set it down, he looked at the ball and a rock formation that was right in front of him. He smiled,
"I'm going to love this."
He kept his distance from the ball and readied his kicking leg and said, "Time to Beam it." He stepped towards it and kicked it really hard. EQG Rainbow Dash arrived as she asked,
"Have you seen my Soccer Ball, Prism?" She realized what happened to her ball when she saw it bounce off the rock formation like a pinball machine and directly back at Prism Break as he jumped up and allowed the ball to hit his chest. He and the ball dropped to the ground as EQG Rainbow Dash saw what happened to the rock formation. The rock formation crumbled because of the Skylander's kick, she saw that her Soccer Ball was still in one piece as Prism Break moonwalked away from it. Prism Break said,
"That was really sweet."
EQG Rainbow Dash pointed out as she picked up her soccer ball, "Next time, tell me before you take my ball. But, you are lucky that Whirlwind isn't around, because if she was, I would have my Air Swords and you would be a pile of pulverized pebbles by now."
Prism Break noticed the hostility in her because he took her soccer ball. But Zap arrived, which caused EQG Rainbow Dash to have an Air Sword and a Water Sword, she said,
"Okay, I was kidding about turning you in pulverized pebbles, but.." She turned to Zap, "What's going on?"
Zap replied, "The Princesses want us in Canterlot immediately to tell us about the upcoming Eruption of Mt. Cloudbreak."
Prism Break said, "Its been that long already? Well, I for one enjoy Mt. Cloudbreak's eruption."
EQG Rainbow Dash asked, "What's so important about a volcanic eruption?"
Zap replied, "You will know when we get to Canterlot."
So they took off for the train station.
Upon arriving at the castle, the Skylanders, Variants and EQGs gathered in the Portal Chamber to see Princesses Celestia and Luna, Master Eon, and the Skylander, Boom Jet, who still remains at Princess Luna's side. Princess Celestia spoke,
"Greetings, Skylanders, Variants and EQGs, I suppose you all know about Mt. Cloudbreak?"
EQG Rainbow Dash asked, "But, what is so special about it?"
Boom Jet said, "Mt. Cloudbreak isn't an ordinary volcano, its a magical volcano. It has the power to replenish all of the magic in Skylands. But, only the Ancient Elementals can cause it to erupt."
Applejack asked, "So, where are we being sent?"
Princess Luna replied, "We are setting the Portal to drop only two Skylanders in the village of Woodburrow, its where the Ancient Elementals go before travelling to the volcano."
It wasn't until the Portal of Power beeped in an emergency message as Master Eon said as he felt the message,
"Its a message from Flynn, he wants two Skylanders on the Dread-Yacht because some nasty Greebles are attacking Woodburrow!"
The Portal changed destinations for the Dread-Yacht as Princess Celestia said, "Spike and EQG Twilight, get to the portal."
Princess Luna spoke, "Sparx, you should go with them."
Sparx sighed, "Why am I always going with the first batch?"
Spyro joked, "Because your whining might cause the Greebles to stop attacking and go home."
Sparx said, "Well, at least I'm going with the second Purple Dragon and the Purple babe from the EQG Universe."
EQG Twilight asked, "How does Spyro put up with you?"
Sparx shrugged, "He's used to it because I am his brother."
Spike spoke, "Just like the first arrival in Skylands." The trio stepped onto the portal and were transported to Skylands.
The trio appeared on Flynn's ship as they started to go inside the volcano. Flynn noticed,
"Hey, Spike your back!"
Spike replied, "Flynn, at least you are feeling better since that battle at the Capybara King's island."
Tessa spoke, "But we have to make it through the volcano and make it to Woodburrow. It is in trouble."
EQG Twilight said, "What should we do?"
Flynn spoke, "Knock off any debris that comes onto my ship."
Spike asked EQG Twilight as her Magic Swords sprang out, "Are you ready for this?"
EQG Twilight replied, "Lets go." They moved forward as the took down any debris that came onto the ship until the Greebles launched a bunch of Chompies at the ship.
They continued to fight off the Chompies as Flynn made it out of the volcano, but his ship was really badly damaged. Spike noticed,
"Flynn, we are going to find a soft spot to land the ship."
Flynn replied, "I'm trying.....BRACE YOURSELVES!!!!"
The Dread-Yacht crashed near the village of Woodburrow, so now Spike and EQG Twilight are going to walk the rest of the way. Flynn stayed behind because he doesn't want to leave his ship, Spike had to ask,
"But you left your ship during the battle when you ambushed that grublin with a crowbar."
Flynn replied, "I was badly injured and it was a battle. Look at me now, I'm not injured."
EQG Twilight said, "Very well, stay with the ship and we'll send salvage teams."
Back in Equestria, The Skylanders, Variants and EQGs were watching the progress when Legendary Spike noticed something,
"The Multiverse Portal is acting strange." Master Eon went to the portal to check on it until he sensed something,
"Does anypony feel that?"
Princess Celestia spoke, "I sense it, too."
Princess Luna replied, "So do I."
Master Eon stated, "Something or someone is coming through this portal."
At that exact moment, five figures emerged from the Multiverse Portal who were surprisingly EQGs and some were of a familiar set. The leader of the EQG group was an EQG that surprisingly had a Tech Suit with mechanical wings. The EQG said,
"So this is the universe where our Skylander counterparts come from?"
Skylander Drobot asked, "Who are you and how did you get into our universe?"
The EQG replied, "I am EQG Drobot, and these are the EQG Skylanders, four of us were created weeks after the battle and disappearance of the EQG Mane 6." He pulled out a tablet, "This tablet is what brought us to this universe."
Master Eon looked at the five tablets and realizes, "These tablets are for an EQG Skylander. I believe that the Soul Gem Conflict led to your creation."
EQG Terrafin stepped up, "And we were hoping that someday that we would help you guys out."
EQG Legendary Spyro spoke, "Because when we all work together."
EQG Camo spoke, "Evil doesn't stand a chance."
EQG Spitfire stated, "Because we are Skylanders and Skylanders stick together."
EQG Rainbow Dash remembered, "Wait, I know you. You are the main coordinator for the Wondercolts!"
EQG Spitfire noticed, "I guess now we know what happened to you and the others."
Master Eon said, "Then we are welcome to have you help us out."
Meanwhile in Kaos' fortress, Kaos was admiring the statue that the Greebles are building in honor of his supreme awesomeness. His butler, Glumshanks asked if the bottom was really necessary. But he told Glumshanks about something,
"I have discovered something in the Cloudbreak Islands that would power my Evilizer greatly." He held up a Dark Crystal, "Petrified Darkness!"
Glumshanks asked, "Isn't that crystal mixed with Dark Magic?"
Kaos said, "Of course, Glumshanks. That's why its called, 'Petrified Darkness' and no mere crystal can live up to its awesome power."
He powered his Evilizer and fired it on the Greebles who were working on the statue. The Greebles instantly turned Purple and were filled with evil. They began attacking Glumshanks as Kaos said,
"That's for snapping at me for me blaming you on my last attempt, Glumshanks!" He laughed at his butler's misery.
After swapping most of the Skylanders around and putting Wash Shake and EQG Drobot in to rescue the Chieftess, they noticed something strange about the Greebles,
"The Greebles don't seem like the ones we fought before."
Wash Shake noted, "You're right, they look purple and much more eviler."
EQG Drobot said, "Someone must've done something to the Greebles."
Wash Shake finished, "But there is only one way to find out. We fight them off and find out later."
Author's Note
Finally, the first of the Swap Force Chapters arrive. I hope you all enjoy them.
After rescuing the Ancient Flashfin, Spyro spoke with Tessa and asked about their next destination until she said,
"Kaos might be planning to build more of those Evilizers. But he might need parts and there is an excavation in the Rampant Ruins."
Spyro realized, "So, he finally found a way to activate his Evilizer without having it blow up in his face."
Tessa replied, "Come speak to me whenever you and the Skylanders are ready to set out for Rampant Ruins."
Spyro replied, "Will do and we'll crash this party, Kaos has kindly set up." He shouted, "Princesses, Pull me out!" He disappeared and was replaced by Scratch. She asked,
"Can I go for a quick flight before setting off?"
Tessa replied, "Like I said, whenever you are ready, come speak to me."
Scratch nodded as EQG Twilight appeared in a flash of light and asked, "Why do you want to go flying when there is a crisis at stake?"
Scratch replied, "We don't have to go to Rampant Ruins immediately. I just want to go for a quick flight and come back to Woodburrow."
EQG Twilight thought about it and said, "Well, one flight never hurts anyone. Its not like that we would find someone injured on a nearby island." Scratch gestured EQG Twilight to get on her back as her Magic and Air Swords surprisingly appeared, EQG Twilight realized,
"I guess the Swords work for any flying Skylander, not just the Dragons."
They left Woodburrow and began to circle around the Volcano as EQG Twilight asked,
"So this Volcano is what helped you out during the war?"
Scratch replied, "It was the Elementals that generated their powers into the Volcano to help the alliance fight back against the Apes and because the Arkeyans sealed Malefor in Convexity, we were able to turn the tide."
The curious EQG asked, "Were you there when Malefor was sealed in Convexity?"
The Sphynx replied, "No, but Chop Chop was there when he and the Arkeyan Elites merged with the Eternal Magic Source, opened the Portal of Convexity and wrangled the Dark Master through the Portal. I wasn't even old enough to know about the war yet."
EQG Twilight asked, "What happened after you were recruited by Jet-Vac?"
Scratch smiled, "Star Strike has been telling you backstories hasn't she?"
The EQG nodded as Scratch answered, "The team's main base of operations was the Dragon City of Warfang. Its where we took our commands from our Dragon or Mole Commanders until the SWAP Force, before they were even able to Swap were sent to the Volcano." She frowned, "When the SWAP FORCE were sent to Equestria because of the Volcano, we were swept away as well."
EQG Twilight realized, "A bond of friendship occurred on the Elite Team."
Scratch replied, "That bond was so strong that when my recruiter and the others were swept away when the Giants defeated the Arkeyans, most of us felt sad. Until it was our turn to be swept away."
EQG Twilight said, "Whoa."
Scratch finished, "Well, that's my story, Twi."
EQG Twilight realized the story behind Scratch until the Sphynx started to look at a nearby island. Scratch noticed a small orange and blue spot and said to her rider,
"Hang on, I'm going to descend on that island."
As they landed on the island, EQG Twilight disembarked as the Sphynx looked at the middle of the island and saw the orange and blue spot that she and her rider saw from the air.
She came in closer and saw that the spot was actually the form of an light orange Pegasus stallion with a blue mane and damaged armor. Scratch recognized the armor as one of the Royal Guards back in Equestria. She approached the injured stallion and asked,
"Hello, are you all right?"
The stallion eyed the Sphynx and muttered, "N.....n...no."
Scratch asked as she eyed the claw marks on the stallion's flesh, "Who did this to you?"
The stallion muttered, "Ma.....Ma....Malefor." The stallion passed out as Scratch, who was panicking spoke to EQG Twilight,
"This stallion is injured really badly. We have to get him back to Woodburrow." She paused as she noticed his health, "But, I don't think he would still be alive when we get to Woodburrow."
EQG Twilight placed her hand on the stallion's body and began generating her powers to the stallion as she said,
"His life signs are stabilized temporarily, but we have to get him back to Woodburrow before..." She noticed the stallion's Cutie Mark, "Wait....I know this stallion."
Scratch interrupted with determination of not letting the stallion die, "We'll talk about you knowing him later, right now we have to get him back to Woodburrow before your Stabilization Spell wears off."
EQG Twilight nodded as Scratch pulled the stallion over her back as EQG Twilight kept him from falling off. They set a course to Woodburrow.
After returning to Woodburrow, Scratch told Rufus,
"Rufus, we need to see the Chieftess, we found this stallion injured on a nearby island and his life signs would go critical if we don't get him to the Chieftess."
Rufus looked at the stallion on Scratch's back, "Oh dear, This is definitely something of great importance."
Scratch looked at EQG Twilight, "Tell the Princesses that we need the healing Skylanders here to help us out."
EQG Twilight nodded as she disappeared in a flash of light. Scratch took the stallion to the Chieftess, so she could look at his injuries.
Scratch went to the Chieftess as she noticed,
"Scratch, what has happened?"
The Sphynx replied, "EQG Twilight and I found this stallion on a nearby island and he is badly injured. We managed to keep him alive so we could get him here so you and the others can heal him."
The Chieftess replied as Scratch set the stallion on a nearby stump, "This stallion's injuries are great but..." She paused as she asked, "Did he answer any questions about what did this to him?"
Scratch replied as she lowered her head, "He mentioned one word, one name and that was Malefor."
The Chieftess frowned, "This stallion has been in a fight with Malefor himself. Any attack from Malefor can be fatal. But this stallion is lucky to be alive, but if we don't hurry, he'll die."
At that exact moment, Multiple lights hit the area as EQGs Twilight, Fluttershy, and Camo, along with Skylanders, Fluttershy, Camo, Whirlwind and Polar Whirlwind emerged. Scratch asked,
"But he can still be saved?"
The Chieftess nodded, "If we don't hurry."
Scratch replied as she shed a single tear, "I'll just.....wait outside." She walked outside of the hut as EQG Twilight followed behind.
As she waited by the training field where they tested their powers, Scratch was sitting near a mushroom looking at the volcano as she began to shed more tears, thinking about the injured stallion in the Chieftess' hut that was currently being healed by the Chieftess and the Skylanders who specialize in healing. EQG Twilight came up to her and sat beside her as she asked,
"Do you want to know who that stallion is?"
Scratch asked in sadness, "Who is he?"
EQG Twilight told her a story, "His name is Flash Sentry, he is the Ex-Boyfriend of Sunset Shimmer. The same unicorn who stole my Crown of Magic and Legendary Spike's Soul Gem to bring the two universes together which lead to the Battle of the EQG Universe. Flash Sentry might've been Sunset Shimmer's boyfriend, but he was basically a neutral in all of it. He was an ally for the Skylanders when they arrived at our universe. But when Sunset Shimmer accused me of vandalism, Voodood, Punch Pop Fizz and Flash Sentry defended me from her accusation in-front of Vice-Principal Luna. Although, I still giggle when I heard Punch Pop Fizz say, 'Shake and Break' when he High-fived Flash Sentry. Flash Sentry had a brotherly relationship with Voodood as he taught him how to use a guitar, but it turns out Voodood catches on pretty quick when he used his Axe Reaver as a guitar and made sounds with its magic.
Flash Sentry was one of the students hypnotized by Sunset Shimmer when she obtained the Soul Gem and the Crown. He nearly attacked me, but Tree Rex defended me from him. But after the battle, Flash Sentry mysteriously vanished. Until we found him here in the Cloudbreak Islands."
Scratch asked, "But how did he get here in the first place?"
EQG Twilight held out a Portal-Trix, "He was wearing this when we found him."
Scratch recognized the watch as she remembered Princess Celestia showing her it, "He was wearing a Portal-Trix. But, he didn't remain his human form like the others."
EQG Twilight realized as she fiddled with the Portal-Trix, "So, he's from this universe the whole time."
Scratch asked, "Is it the right idea to fiddle with it?"
EQG Twilight replied, "No, I guess not." She stopped fiddling with the Portal-Trix as the Chieftess approached them and said,
"Scratch, we managed to heal him. He is already waking up."
Scratch cried tears of joy and said, "He's Alive!" She sped towards the hut in a big hurry. EQG Twilight said to the Chieftess,
"She has a crush on Flash Sentry."
As Scratch returned to the Chieftess' hut, she knew that she was ready to see Flash Sentry as she entered. As she entered, the healers noticed the Sphynx enter as the healing Flash Sentry began to regain consciousness. The stallion opened his eyes as he looked around and then to Scratch as he asked,
"Where am I?"
Scratch replied, "You are in Woodburrow in the Cloudbreak Islands."
Flash Sentry remembered, "Wait, you are the Sphynx that found me. You.....you saved my life."
Scratch nodded, "I was worried that you wouldn't make it when we brought you here."
Flash Sentry smiled, "Thank you for bringing me here."
Scratch asked, "You mentioned that Malefor did this to you. What happened?"
Flash Sentry spoke, "It took place after the battle as the Skylanders returned to their universe. I went soul searching and I was drawn to a dark crystal in the middle of the forest, I knew for certain that I shouldn't go near it since its merged with Dark Magic. That's when I found the Portal-Trix near the crystal.
I realized that the Portal-Trix's ability is to now open a dimensional gate which was demonstrated by Skylander Spike when he first arrived. So I opened a dimensional gate to this universe....my home universe. That's when I came into contact with Malefor himself. I almost intended to arrest him, but I bit off more than I could chew. I fought Malefor, but I was ultimately defeated. He left me for dead on an abandoned island near the volcano and then you found me."
Scratch put an assuring claw on the stallion, "A Skylander never leaves anyone or anypony behind. I couldn't leave you to die." She embraced the healing stallion as his eyes widen in shock while the others smiled in awe.
After several minutes, Flash Sentry was fully healed and was able to walk again. After he was able, Scratch asked,
"How are you feeling?"
The Pegasus replied, "Much better now."
Scratch asked, "So are you going to remain in Woodburrow?"
Flash Sentry thought about it and said, "I think since you saved my life, I could accompany you to the Rampant Ruins and help you and the other Skylanders stop this Kaos guy."
After hearing this, Punch Pop Fizz appeared right next to Scratch holding a beaker of a purple substance. Flash Sentry recognized,
"Punch Pop Fizz, It's great to see you again."
The Red Gremlin replied, "Like when we..." They both said, "SHOOK AND BROKE!" Punch Pop Fizz continued, "Sunset Shimmer, just days before the Fall Formal back during the Soul Gem Conflict."
Flash Sentry asked, "What's with the beaker?"
Punch Pop Fizz pointed to the beaker, "This is the Skylanders Serum, its used to initiate recruits into the Skylanders. It would basically turn you into a Skylander."
Flash Sentry asked, "So.....I'm worthy to become a Skylander?"
Scratch spoke, "You fought Malefor and lived to tell about it. You are worthy."
Flash Sentry looked at the beaker and said, "Well, this is it." He took the beaker in his hoof and drank it down. That's when his sensation took a windy turn to it. His eyes began to glow light blue as he flared his wings and twirled in a mini tornado. After that he stopped as his eyes returned to normal. Scratch noticed,
"You are now a Skylander of the Air Element."
Flash Sentry flapped his wings forward and sent out a lightning blast at a nearby dummy. Flash Sentry asked,
"Can those dummies be destroyed?"
Tuk approached, "You won't worry about destroying them, Flash Sentry. Those dummies are enchanted to be indestructible, so fire away."
Scratch nodded, "Thank you for explaining the indestructible dummies, Tuk."
Flash Sentry asked, "Who do we talk to, if we want to go to Rampant Ruins?"
Scratch hopped on fast travel pad, "We should go talk with our friend, Tessa. She's over on the other side of Woodburrow. We can use this fast travel pad to get there."
Flash Sentry stepped on the pad, "How does it work?"
Scratch's wing wrapped around the Pegasus as she crouched on her front legs, "Focus all your powers while crouching like this." Flash Sentry followed as Scratch's wing left his back as his own wings flared up.
Scratch finished, "Now release your powers while jumping." They both jumped and they were now soaring above Woodburrow. They landed near the Airship dock where the Dread-Yacht was being repaired. Scratch spoke to Tessa,
"Flash Sentry and I are ready to go to Rampant Ruins."
Tessa replied, "Well, lets get on Whiskers and head for the Ruins."
Flynn spoke, "Oh right, another attempt of trying to remain on the bird."
At the Rampant Ruins, Glumshanks was Evilized and was overseeing an excavation of Arkeyan machines, so Kaos can build more Evilizers. It got more complicated when he saw a bird and four riders attempting to disrupt the excavation. So he used his newfound powers to knock the bird out of the sky with machine parts.
While he was finally focused on getting back to the excavation process, he spotted a Winged Sphynx and an Orange Pegasus Stallion with a Blue Mane. He decided to aim for them. He said,
"TURN BACK BEFORE ITS TOO LATE."
Scratch looked at the troll in charge of the excavation until she heard Flynn's voice on the radio saying, "Hey I know that guy. I'm pretty sure that's Kaos' Butler."
Scratch nodded, "Yeah, that's Glumshanks and he's actually more eviler."
Flash Sentry noticed Glumshanks throwing a bomb, "INCOMING!!!" He tackled Scratch out of the way as the bomb landed at where they were standing. They got up as the Pegasus said,
"I guess we are going to be bombarded the rest of the way."
Scratch noticed, "Yeah, lets get to that monkey and finish this....And thanks for the save back there."
They reached the stone Monkey, released the monkey as it pounded Evil Glumshanks to the ground and disrupted the excavation.
Evil Glumshanks was angry on the Skylanders for disrupting the excavation. He listened to the machines and formed a vehicle which pushed the Stone Monkey, Scratch and Flash Sentry into a jungle. Now they are going to have a jungle rumble against Evil Glumshanks.
Scratch noticed the spikes on the side and gestured Flash Sentry to trick Evil Glumshanks into charging towards the spikes and smashing his vehicle to pieces. While he was trying to repair it, it gives the Sphynx and the Pegasus an opening to attack Evil Glumshanks directly. After several attacks, Evil Glumshanks closed some of the spikes and summoned his minions, just as Kaos would do. But that would prove useless as Scratch used her helmet laser to disintegrate one half of minions while Flash Sentry used his lightning strike on the other half.
After doing it over and over again, they managed to defeat Evil Glumshanks and revert him back to a regular butler. After he tried to strike back, his vehicle just blew up as Scratch said,
"Happy landing, Glumshanks."
Flash Sentry asked, "I've been going through my mind and realized. Beside of what you said about never leaving anypony behind, 'What was the real reason that you saved me?"
Scratch admitted, "When you were healing, I was crying out in the training field, I didn't know that you would make it. But you managed to heal up, so....Flash Sentry, I like you."
The Pegasus replied, "Well, I like you, too, Scratch. The way you had determination in saving me, your fighting skills and that armor. It's kept you moving ever since."
Scratch replied, "I guess it has." They wrapped one wing around each other as they watched Glumshanks shoot across the sky.
Author's Note
So here it is. Flash Sentry appearing in Skylanders X MLP. He offered assistance and became a Skylander. Scratch and Flash Sentry are a couple for this fic. Its better than FlashLight.
The next chapter is where Trigger Happy comes face-to-face with his Arch-Enemy in Motleyville.
After they saved Ironjaw Gulch from the Pirate Airships, the Skylanders had to find more help to find the Ancient Terrasquid. Their allies at Woodburrow recommended going to Motleyville and seek help from Baron Sharpfin, much to Tessa's dismay because of her history with the Dirt Shark. The Skylanders decided to observe from Equestria as Tessa, Flynn and Whiskers go to Motleyville to find Sharpfin.
All Skylanders looked at the Portal of Power as the trio arrives at Motleyville, only to find it deserted. Until Flynn saw someone and introduced himself. One Skylander, Trigger Happy immediately recognized that individual that Flynn was talking to. He clenched his fists as he said,
"Its him."
Twilight asked, "Who?"
Trig pointed at the crab, "That's Von Shellshock, my Arch-Enemy."
Rainbow Dash asked, "Colorful history with this guy?"
Trig replied, "More than that, he was basically hunting me down years ago. But I managed to outrun him....until he finally caught up with me. But, when I had the upper hand, the coward ran away."
They looked back at the Portal of Power as Whiskers got Evilized, Tessa demanded that he change Whiskers back. The crab replies,
"I'm sorry to inform you, that Sharpfin is no longer zhe baron. This Municipality is under new management, so to speak. You are now all the esteemed guests of the Great Baron Von Shellshock, servant of Lord Kaos, renowned Power Schnitzel and Arch-Enemy of Trigger Happy. Welcome to the new Motleyville."
Trigger Happy turned to Princess Celestia, "Send me in."
Princess Celestia nodded as she said, "Very well." He pulled out his guns and jumped into the Portal. As the gremlin disappeared, EQG Twilight asked Princess Celestia,
"Have you seen any determination in a Skylander before first contact with our universe?"
She gestured a wing to Thumpback, "Thumpback was determined to ensure that his former Captain, Frightbeard was sealed back in the Chest of Exile."
Flynn, Tessa and Sharpfin were locked up as the Evilized Whiskers guarded their cell and Baron Von Shellshock laughed victoriously until a flash of light impacted near their cell. It cleared out and revealed to be none other than Trigger Happy. Shellshock saw this and said,
"YOU!"
Trig turned around, "So, we meet again."
Shellshock replied, "Indeed, I have waited years for this day to arrive. Where I finally have my revenge, Herr Trigger Happy." He motioned to the Evilized Whiskers, "Go get zhe pesky gremlin, Birdie."
Tessa shouted, "Look out, Whiskers is about to attack!!" Trigger Happy dodged Whiskers' attacks as he retaliates with his guns and his powerful lob attacks. After several attacks from Trig, Whiskers breaks free and flees to another area as Shellshock said,
"I've just remembered that I have a pressing engagement, Auf Wiedersehen." He ran away as Trig said,
"Same old Shellshock, but I'll catch him."
He freed his friends and Sharpfin explained that Shellshock stormed into Motleyville like he owned the place, locked Sharpfin up and started shipping the Dirt Shark's valuables to Kaos. Trigger Happy thought to himself and said,
"Well, I chased Shellshock on my own. But..." He paused as he took out a picture of Pinkie Pie kissing his cheek as he smiled, "Maybe I can request to have her here."
He looked out and shouted, "Your highnesses, I request Pinkie Pie to accompany me on the chase for Shellshock!"
Pinkie Pie appeared in a literal flash of light as she said, "Let's chase that meanie down!"
Sharpfin spoke, "Okay, you two go after Shellshock and we'll go after Tessa's birdie."
As they began the chase, they heard Tessa say to Sharpfin, "I think you deserved being locked up."
Sharpfin said, "You're not still mad at that aren't ya? I won Homemade Enchiladas, I couldn't resist."
Trigger Happy said, "People and their enchiladas. They can't resist them."
Pinkie Pie asked, "Who wouldn't resist an enchilada?"
Trigger Happy replied, "Well, I saw EQG Pinkie and Legendary Trigger Happy sneaking off with an Enchilada during Nightmare Night."
After their conversation about enchiladas, they caught up with Shellshock who was getting away in a cart, so they grinded the rails to get to where Shellshock was going. As they arrived, they came across a Dirt Shark who was trying to shoot the crab as he said,
"He's going to blow the bridge!"
Shellshock said as he set the dynamite, "This bridge is closed for major repairs, Herr Trigger Happy!" He blew the bridge and ran off. Trig and Pinkie decided to fill in the gap and continue the chase as they fought off Shellshock's flunkies. They heard that crab taunting them on how they will never catch them. After they finally caught up with him, he set up a barricade in their path which was easily blown to bits by Pinkie Pie's Party Cannon. Trig thought,
"That's why I like this mare." With the barricade cleared out, it left them clear to continue chasing Shellshock. Once they reached the other village, an Earth Gear Golem appeared which left a sheep frightened. Shellshock said,
"Meet my new champion, a Sand Golem, I call him, 'Sandy'."
Trig and Pinkie fought the Earth Gear Golem as Shellshock taunted, "I have an Earth Golem, do you have an Earth Golem?!"
Trig retaliated, "We might not have an Earth Golem, but we still have...."
Pinkie finished, "Our Friendship in Tech!" Trig hopped on a missile that appeared out of nowhere while Pinkie loaded herself in the Party Cannon as they fired at the Gear Golem and destroyed it. Shellshock cowardly said,
"Must be a defective Golem, Auf Wiedersehen."
After they fought off Shellshock's forces, they saw the crab fleeing in another cart as he said,
"Guten Ta, I must be going."
Trig said to Pinkie, "He's not getting far."
Pinkie replied, "Lets get this meanie."
They grinded the rails to catch up with that crab until they reached the endpoint where they saw Shellshock and the Evilized Whiskers. They were both standing on the other side of a bridge. Shellshock said,
"Now I present to you, zhe bird!" He told Whiskers, "Attack zhe pesky gremlin and his pony friend, birdie. And slow zhem down, I have to ready my surprise in zhe village."
Whiskers began firing at the duo as he partially destroyed the bridge. Trig and Pinkie passed over the gap of the destroyed bridge and chased Whiskers off. They both knew that they have to de-evilize Whiskers before going after Shellshock. So they had to find a way to get around the gate if they want to continue going after Shellshock. As they were heading to a bird watching station, the local bird watcher said,
"Have seen a bird? Because I saw one land right up there."
Trig said, "Probably Whiskers, but its obvious."
Pinkie replied, "Time for a De-Evilizing party!"
As they went to confront Whiskers, he had a bunch of nasty tricks in his wings. But those tricks were no match for Trig and Pinkie's hyper activeness and their love for their personal weapons. After several attacks on Whiskers, he let out a final screech before returning to normal, just as Tessa, Flynn and Sharpfin arrived. Trigger Happy said,
"Now that we dealt with Whiskers. Lets deal with that cowardly Shellshock, I could finally catch him once and for all."
Pinkie Pie bounced towards the rails, "Lets go after that mean crab and so him what we are made of, PINKIE PIE AND TRIGGER HAPPY STYLE!!"
After riding the rails again and dodging those mines that were fired at them. They came across Shellshock who said,
"You may have bested my golem, Trigger Happy. But I have a secret surprise in zhe village."
Trigger Happy replied, "But like all your secret surprises, this one will most likely fail."
Shellshock yelled, "You haven't seen zhis one before, Herr Trigger Happy. And it will crush you and your pony friend quite nicely."
Trigger Happy waved his gun, "Go run away to your surprise, We'll be there in a minute."
Pinkie Pie replied, "We won't be long for the party." After Shellshock ran, Trig and Pinkie quickly dispatched the crab's forces and began to make their way to Shellshock's arena. Pinkie Pie asked,
"What is Shellshock's secret surprise?"
Trig replied, "Obviously, a machine that he could use to try and best me. Like he tried to do last time."
Pinkie Pie said, "OOHHH, A Story!"
Trig chuckled, "Pretty much." He began, "It was years ago, when I drove off a group of bandits which made me gain popularity, even though I don't bother to aim. I read a Wanted Poster about Shellshock and realized that he was robbing people just to build his secret surprises. His surprises were most likely machines, that he would use to cause terror on a local town. But when he heard of my tale, the German accented crab decided to use his machines on me because I just use my two guns to take on my opponents. He thought it would be no problem until I fought him and destroyed his first machine. After several attempts to stop me, I fought his last machine and defeated him. But the cowardly crab fled to a nearest airship station before I could nab him."
Pinkie Pie realized, "Whoa, a history with that crab. So, we are going to fight him together and make sure that he doesn't get away!"
Trigger Happy said, "Well, I wonder what type of machine that he would use this time?" They walked into an arena where they saw Baron Von Shellshock in his machine that could crush them, he even proclaimed that it would hurt. Trigger Happy readied his guns,
"You ready, Pinkie?"
Pinkie Pie had her Party Cannon, "Lets get this Party started!"
They fought Shellshock's machine as he threw Chompy Powerhouses at the two Skylanders, they defeated the powerhouses as Shellshock fired bombs at the duo. Pinkie Pie noticed that the crab fired a roll of Dynamite and decided to throw it back at him. It worked as the machine's guard dropped and Trig opened up with his minigun with his laser attachment. Trig did the routine that Pinkie did and allowed the Pink Party Pony to use her Party Cannon on the machine as one of the streamers got into Shellshock's eyes.
"My Eyes!! I can't see!! You pesky Pony!!"
Trigger Happy nodded, "NO GOLD NO GLORY!"
Pinkie nodded, "PINKIE PIE STYLE!!"
They both attacked Baron Von Shellshock's machine as he was off-guard. The machine exploded as it hurled Shellshock while dazed. Sharpfin, Flynn and Tessa arrived to see the Skylanders emerge victorious after defeating Baron Von Shellshock. Trigger Happy said,
"He had no glory while facing us. Just a simple tactic that he uses over and over again."
Shellshock yelled, "You haven't seen zee last of Baron Von Shellshock!!" He began spouting random nonsense while they were ignoring him, but he thrash out at Pinkie Pie stating that they weren't listening. Trigger Happy didn't like that, so he and a bunch of Dirt Sharks chased Shellshock and began beating him up. Trig said to the beaten crab,
"Don't you ever thrash out at my Marefriend!"
Author's Note
Ever since I heard about Baron Von Shellshock, I had an idea of putting him as Trigger Happy's Arch-Enemy from years ago. Well, look what happened, another major success. I'm going to do another part jump where Whirlwind meets her old friends that she helped prevent eternal darkness.
After rescuing the Ancient Terrasquid, which they also found out that the Terrasquid is a girl. The Skylanders had to find the Ancient Frosthound before Kaos does. After rescuing an artifact from the Frost Elves Outdoor Museum, as well as the Frost Elves that were guarding it. They discovered the location of the Frosthound, it resides in the Frostfest Mountains, but after finding out that the Frostfest Mountains is surrounded by blizzards which would completely obscure their view, the Frost Elf, Avril recommended using a powerful artifact that the Frost Elves hold dearly. It was called, 'The Illuminator, but after she said its name, Whirlwind appeared in a flash of light. Whirlwind was hailed as a hero to the Frost Elves after preventing an eternal darkness on their land for giving them the Illuminator. Avril explained that weeks ago, the Illuminator was generating its powers to somewhere beyond the Cloudbreak Islands. Whirlwind said,
"That's when I requested its powers to help my friends fight the Golem of the Deep."
Avril stood aback, "The Golem.....lives?" Whirlwind realized that even the Frost Elves knew the tales of the embodiment of destruction summoned by Malefor himself. The Unicorn/Dragon Hybrid replied,
"Not anymore, we used the Illuminator to blind it temporarily while the others used the opportunity to attack it head on. It is dead once again."
Avril took a breath of relief, "That was good, I heard Malefor is back, but if he resurrected that thing, it would be a problem. But there is no worry since its dead."
Whirlwind looked at the artifact, "Lets head back to Woodburrow, and then we'll head for the Winter Keep."
As they returned to Woodburrow, it was a shock for Whirlwind to know that her enchanted crystal would now be used to guide them through the Frostfest Mountains to the Frosthound. Although she gave the Frost Elves the Illuminator, she would not mind if they use the Illuminator to light their way through the Frostfest Mountains. As she explored through Woodburrow, she had a flashback about all the things she has done, even rescuing the Dragon Eggs and Unicorn Foals. All her good deeds she has done led her to becoming a Skylander. Now she has to get the Illuminator to guide them through the Frostfest Mountains, she knows that they will return it after rescuing the Frosthound. But when she began to have a flashback about her Dragonfly companion, Cloudy, she also realized that she has the EQG version of her cousin, Rainbow Dash waiting to be sent in. She looked up into the sky and yelled,
"Princesses, send in EQG Rainbow Dash!" EQG Rainbow Dash appeared in a flash of light as she said,
"So we are going after the Illuminator?"
Whirlwind nodded, "Its our only chance to get through the Frostfest Mountains safely."
EQG Rainbow Dash said, "Well, lets head for Sharpfin's ship and get the Illuminator."
After they talked to Sharpfin, they were ready to go to the Arctic keep to get the Illuminator.
As they journeyed to the Winter Keep, they heard Flynn complaining about the cold air that is freezing him. But to Whirlwind, she was there before and she was basically used to the cold chill. As for her EQG partner, She managed to use a Rainbow Fire that she used when she and Sgt. Byrd faced the Sorceress' monster during her mission years ago. Her Rainbow Fire Ability kept her partner warm. It wasn't until they reach the Winter Keep to find it under attack by Kaos' Blizzard Bowlers. The airships were firing snowballs at the Frost Elves of the Winter Keep, EQG Rainbow Dash said to Whirlwind,
"Now that's one heck of a snowball fight."
Whirlwind spotted the statue of a Unicorn/Dragon Hybrid with a Crystal Horn on it surrounded by a Rainbow energy,
"There it is."
EQG Rainbow Dash noticed thinking that the statue was the thing that they were looking for, "That's the Illuminator?" Whirlwind pointed to the Crystal Horn on the statue,
"Wait, sorry, my mistake. Its the Crystal Horn that is the Illuminator."
Whirlwind saw Avril jump from the airship, so Whirlwind motioned to EQG Rainbow Dash that its time to jump ship. As they landed, they were met by Duff, a friend of Avril, until Flynn dropped down and slipped on the ice. The pilot mentioned that they should salt down that general area because it was a safety hazard. Duff turned to Whirlwind,
"Whirlwind, Its glad to see you again. Those Blizzard Bowlers have made this one huge snowball fight. Don't worry about the Illuminator, its alright, you gave it to us to break the eternal night curse and give us courage."
Whirlwind replied, "We have to take out those airships before they cause anymore damage to the Winter Keep."
EQG Rainbow Dash finished, "We also have to keep them away from the Illuminator."
As the Skylander and the EQG went into battle to prevent those airships from burying the Frost Elves in snow, they were accompanied by a squad of snowmen when they reached a catapult. They would either find the snowmen near the catapults and use them as ammo for the weapons, which they agreed to. When Whirlwind and EQG Rainbow Dash transiting which allowed EQG Rainbow Dash to ride Whirlwind, the snowmen appeared and waited for the go, so the EQG used one of her Air Swords to signal one snowman to launch. It managed to destroy some of the airships that were attacking the Winter Keep. But during the battle, an Ice Geargolem froze the Illuminator, by freezing the furnace, which caused day to turn to night. Whirlwind realized,
"We got to defeat that Geargolem and re-ignite the Illuminator."
EQG Rainbow Dash nodded, "If we don't re-ignite the Illuminator, the Winter Keep will remain dark forever."
Whirlwind and EQG Rainbow Dash battled their way through the Winter Keep to the furnace. That's where they encountered the Ice Geargolem that froze the Illuminator. But with a quick and decisive skill, they managed to dispatch the Ice Geargolem. As they looked at the frozen furnace, EQG Rainbow Dash asked,
"Any ideas?" Whirlwind pulled out a red orb as she said, "Hold out your swords." EQG Rainbow Dash held out her Air Swords as the red orb merged itself with her swords. That's when the Rainbow Fire blasted from her swords. After seeing this, the two focused the Rainbow Fire on the ice that has the furnace frozen solid. They concentrated as hard as they could until Whirlwind noticed,
"Its not working. We are going to have to cross the streams!"
EQG Rainbow Dash asked, "Isn't that dangerous?!"
Whirlwind said, "Its the only way."
EQG Rainbow Dash smiled, "Best idea ever!"
Whirlwind became Horn Blast Whirlwind and began to cross her Rainbow Fire with EQG Rainbow Dash's Rainbow Fire. As the horn connected with the swords, there was an implosion in the ice that threw the duo to the ground as they disconnected. As they got up, they noticed the furnace was normal, the Illuminator re-ignited and Darkness turned to Light.
EQG Rainbow Dash commented, "WAY ABOVE 20% COOLER!!"
Horn Blast Whirlwind nodded, "It was crazy, but sometimes, I like crazy ideas." After re-igniting the Illuminator, the duo continued to fight off the remaining airships and head straight for the Whirlwind Statue to oversee the transfer. But they also found it to be surrounded by those creeps. They used their combined powers to fight off the remaining enemy forces and to make sure that the Illuminator stays safe.
After making sure that the landing zone is safe and secure, Sharpfin brought the ship in as the Frost Elves got the Illuminator off the Whirlwind Statue. Flynn asked Duff,
"So are you sure this horn would guide us through the Frostfest Mountains?"
Duff nodded and explained, "As long as it shines your way, it is possible."
The pilot had a crazy idea, he took out his communicator and placed to on the Illuminator, despite Duff warning him not to. Whirlwind blocked both her eyes and EQG Rainbow Dash's eyes with her wings as the Crystal Horn exploded in a blinding light. Flynn asked,
"So is this blinding light, you know permanent?"
Sharpfin, Whirlwind and EQG Rainbow Dash yelled, "FLYNN!!!!!!"
Author's Note
So, Whirlwind and EQG Rainbow Dash got the Illuminator and used it to get through the Frostfest Mountains. The next chapter will have the Skylanders saving the Ancient Tree Spirit.
After surviving the Puppet show, which was a fight for her life, Roller Brawl had beaten Mesmeralda and freed the Ancient Frosthound. She got back aboard Sharpfin's ship which was salvaged and airworthy again. After that they journeyed back to Woodburrow, not before stopping by the Arctic Keep to return the Illuminator. When they returned, Rufus and the Chieftess spoke to Roller Brawl. Rufus went first,
"This is remarkable, Roller Brawl. Thanks to you and the Skylanders, three of the Ancient Elementals have been saved."
The Chieftess spoke, "Only one remains---The Ancient Tree Spirit, and she is safe and well under the protection of the Treemen. She has been waiting for her fellow Elementals to return to Woodburrow and now that they are all here, she will be coming at any moment."
Roller Brawl smiled, "At least we are preventing Kaos from evilizing the other Elementals."
Rufus spoke, "This is wonderful news. Should I begin preparations for the Eruption Ceremony?"
Before any of them can speak, Tessa ran up and said, "Chieftess, Rufus, Roller Brawl, We've just received word that Kaos has been spotted near the Fantasm Forest. He's going after the Tree Spirit!"
Roller Brawl felt a need to go after Kaos after he imprisoned her older brothers. "I need to get to Fantasm Forest. I have a date with Kaos."
Tessa said, "We are all aware that Kaos flirted with you, but I think its personal."
Roller Brawl realized, "But I'm not going to take on Kaos alone." She yelled, "Send in Ray!"
Ray the Changeling appeared in a flash of light, "We should go to Sharpfin, he knows the way to Fantasm Forest."
The two looked at the Airship station and made their way to Sharpfin's ship, they were ready to go to Fantasm Forest and stop Kaos from getting to the Tree Spirit.
Meanwhile Kaos formed his Troll Army in his battleship and told his army about the using a blazing form of Petrified Darkness called Evilized Fire. His trolls begun using it to burn down the Fantasm Forest and Evilize the Ancient Tree Spirit in the process. Kaos personally went to oversee the Evilizing of the Tree Spirit in his fighter craft.
Roller Brawl and Ray arrived to see that the treemen are in the process of fighting the Evilized Fires. The Ancient Tree Spirit is still safe, for now. But the duo has to assist the Treemen in fighting the fires and get to the Ancient Tree Spirit. They meet with their old friend, Willowbark, who is the Chief of the Volunteer Fire Brigade, while another treeman told them about using the pumps to put out the fires that is blocking their path to the Tree Spirit. Roller Brawl looked around and looked at the Tree Spirit in all her glory,
"The Ancient Tree Spirit has spent so many years out here when she and her fellow elementals assisted us during the war."
Ray asked, "Have you known about her?"
Roller Brawl replied, "Not until after the Swap Force were sent to Equestria. I've discovered about the Ancient Tree Spirit and the other Elementals until we were swept away, the next day."
Ray stated, "Tessa mentioned that Kaos fell head over heels for you."
Roller Brawl reflected, "I was the youngest of my family, so I joined the Roller Derby. I managed to use my speed and cunning to become one of the toughest jammers in the Derby. It was one of the best moments of my life."
Ray asked, "And what of Kaos?"
Roller Brawl replied, "Kaos spotted me during the Championship match. It was used as an endorsement to recruit others to fight the Dark Armies during the war. That's when he fell in love with me, but my five older brothers got in his way. That's when I found out, that Kaos was a member of the Disciples of Malefor, being used as a sleeper agent to infiltrate enemy territory."
Ray asked, "What happened to your brothers?"
Roller Brawl began to shed a tear, "They were captured by the Apes when Kaos gave the signal. Although, I tried to stop them from getting away, I failed. Now I had a strong distaste for evil, I decided to be recruited to fight the Dark Armies and hope to find my brothers."
Ray realized, "And if we capture Kaos, he could tell you where your brothers are!"
Roller Brawl looked at her watch, "And its December, so I want to find my brothers before Christmas."
"Hey, what do you think you're doing!?" Kaos shows up in his fighter craft. He notices Roller Brawl,
"Well, well, well, if it isn't the jammer that had the five older brothers. Roller Brawl, you always show up at the most unexpected times."
Roller Brawl replied, "And You're so predictable with capturing the people that get in your way. There is no wonder why you were never popular with the girls."
Kaos yelled, "You should've known better than interfering with my plans to take over Skylands. Now I'm going to have my minions dispose of you with orderly Kaos!!!" Kaos began to fire his rockets at the Fire Ship and sped away as Roller Brawl told Willowbark,
"Speed this ship up, We have to catch up with Kaos!" The Treeman accelerated the ship as the Vampire and the Changeling got to the Water Cannons. Once they caught up with Kaos, they found out that his fighter craft is powered by those Dark Crystals, so they aimed for the engines to take down the fighter. Ray spotted more fighters heading straight towards them and Kaos turned his fighter craft to fire on them again. Ray and Roller Brawl decided to deal with the fighters until Kaos appears to fire again. Ray asked,
"You're going to capture him once we take down his fighter?"
Roller Brawl replied, "That's what I plan to do."
They continued to fire on anything that intends to shoot right toward them until they caught up with Kaos and began to exhaust his engines, so that they could take him down. But Kaos was so predictable with his actions and began to get away once again after firing his missiles. But the two Skylanders were one step ahead of Kaos because his engines were left vulnerable. Roller Brawl hit the last engine which downed Kaos' fighter craft. After downing the fighter, Roller Brawl jumped off the ship to the burning craft.
As he struggled for control, Kaos was angry that his fighter was not responding. He pressed buttons and pulled switches and even said,
"Do as I command!!" Until he saw a pair of saw blades land in front of him along with the Vampire that he fell head over heels for. Roller Brawl pulled Kaos from his seat and jumped back on the passing Fire Ship.
As they were returning to Woodburrow, Roller Brawl came up to Kaos, who was tied up in vines and flowers. She had an angry look in her eyes as Kaos said,
"I should consider myself lucky that you saved me."
Roller Brawl replied, "You are also lucky that I have restraint. Because if I didn't, you wouldn't be here."
Kaos asked, "You want something from me, don't you?"
Roller Brawl replied, "All I need is an answer and one answer for one question."
Kaos said, "Just get on with it!"
Roller Brawl grabbed the Dark Portal Master, "Where are my Brothers?"
Author's Note
So, Roller Brawl wanted to get answers from Kaos about the whereabouts of her five older brothers. What would turn up in a later chapter. But not in the next chapter.
Royal Sisters vs Kaos' Mom
As they returned to Woodburrow, some of the Skylanders were there and saw the orb that belonged to the Ancient Tree Spirit land on the statue. They saw the Chieftess and Tessa approach as the Chieftess said,
"Thanks to the Skylanders, the Cloudbreak Islands are safe once again, and the Eruption Ceremony can commence." They was an applause, until the Chieftess continued,
"But, this is not the only cause for joy, it is time for a new generation to lead us. Please welcome our brave Tessa as your new chieftess. Let the Celebration begin!"
Among the Skylanders in the crowd was Spike, Twilight, Scratch, Pop Fizz, Rarity, Cynder, Spyro and Flash Sentry. They cheered as Tessa was announced as the new chieftess. They even laughed when Kaos said,
"Release me, you fools! Or face the unending doom wrath of Kaos!!!" He swallowed a flower and began to choke on it as the others laughed. As he spit it out, he said,
"I hate flowers."
Spike replied, "That's because you are not a pony."
Flash Sentry pointed, "Check it out!" The orbs that had the Elementals formed around each other and journeyed to Mt. Cloudbreak. Flynn said to the others,
"Wowsers, this is gonna be awesome! You know what this calls for."
Spyro replied, "Let me a guess."
Flynn replied, "Special Volcano Boom." Just then a thunderous flash of Dark Magic interrupted the Celebration. The Skylanders got into their battle stance as a holographic version of Kaos' Mom appeared from the dark clouds. She said,
"Congratulations, Skylanders. Once again, you have foiled one of my son's ridiculously overblown and poorly thought out plans."
Flynn said to Kaos, "Wow, your Mom's kinda harsh, huh."
Kaos replied, "Ya Think?"
Kaos' Mom continued, "But this is far from over!" Kaos disappeared and Tessa disappeared as well, Flynn realized what has happened and said,
"Hey, You bring her back, right now!!"
Kaos' Mom replied, "I don't think so. If you want her, you're going to have to come and get her!" She vanished as Spyro said,
"She took Tessa, but we have to get her back."
Twilight said, "This may be a trap, that she wants us to go after her."
Spike spoke, "I can't imagine what could happen if we don't get her."
Scratch spoke with the former Chieftess, "We are going to Kaos' Fortress to get Tessa back."
The Chieftess replied, "Please do. Tessa has always been like a daughter to me."
Spike asked, "So, which two should go to Kaos' Fortress first before we get summoned to the Portal."
In the Portal Chamber, Celestia and Luna were trying to choose on which Skylanders to summon to the Portal. The Alicorns soon felt a surge of magic from the Portal of Power when Master Eon said,
"You two are progressing far in your Portal Mastery. But you have to choose two Skylanders to venture to Kaos' Fortress before you want to swap any other Skylanders."
That's when the word, swap came to Celestia's Mind and said,
"Rattle Charge, you are up to Kaos' Fortress."
Rattle Shake and Magna Charge said, "Magna Shake and Rattle Charge, Go!!" Rattle Charge formed and said,
"Buen, I am ready." He jumped into the Portal.
Princess Luna said, "Boom Jet, you're going in." Boom Jet felt uneasy until Princess Luna kissed his cheek, that's when his turbine went to full overdrive as he said,
"BOMBS AWAY!" He jumped into the Portal as the others reappeared from it. Twilight said,
"Boom Jet looked determined when he appeared."
Celestia looked at the blushing Luna as she replied, "Some things need a little determination."
Scratch realized, "So, that's how it went."
When they arrived at Kaos' Fortress in Flynn's fully repaired airship, they discovered that Kaos' Fortress is more than a fortress. Boom Jet looked at the layout of the fortress and said,
"Its a factory for toxic goo and a sheep shearing plant. I bet this is what Kaos planned before using the Petrified Darkness."
Sharpfin said to Boom Jet, "If we go in guns blazing, we're in for a rude surprise. You and Rattle Charge should find a way to sneak into the fortress and knock out those Anti-Aircraft Guns."
Flynn spoke, "Because we don't want those Sheep Shooters to shoot at us."
Boom Jet and Rattle Charge were dropped off at the entrance to the fortress as they met up with a special agent, codenamed: Softpaw. He helped the two Swap Force Skylanders get through security by disguising themselves as sheep in order to get through the sheep shearing devices. Once they made their way through security with clever Sheep disguises, they made their way passed their defenses with a stealth transport disguised as a common surfboard. Once they reached the first AA Gun, they found Softpaw and he said,
"Psst. Hey Skylanders, I've rigged this Spark Lock to explode! Completing it would destroy this gun turret.....and about three square blocks!"
Boom Jet and Rattle Charge worked their magic on the Trigger Mechanism for the bomb. After they joined Shock and Bolt together, the door exploded as well as the tower as it started to blow. Softpaw warned,
"You better get moving, Skylanders. The Tower's about to blow!"
Rattle Charge replied, "No need to tell us that, Senor."
Boom Jet pointed, "I see a surfboard, we have to get out of here!"
Boom Jet and Rattle Charge escaped as the AA Tower exploded. They were beginning to progress to the second AA Tower until Rattle Charge decided,
"Pull me out!" Rattle Charge disappeared and an enchilada appeared followed by a pink EQG followed grabbing the delicious treat. Boom Jet chuckled,
"EQG Pinkie Pie and the Enchiladas, you can't keep them away from each other."
EQG Pinkie Pie noticed, "Its not just me who likes enchiladas. Legendary Trigger Happy has his share in Enchiladas."
Boom Jet chuckled again, "Another reason why you two can't be away from enchiladas."
The Swap Force Skylander and the EQG Skylander made it to the next AA Tower and destroyed it and after evading security so many times, they made it to the last Sheep Shooter, but they found that they were in for the fight of their life. They found an ambush waiting for them and decided to use their powers to take down the enemies before going after the AA Gun. Boom Jet used his turbine to fire missiles at his enemies while EQG Pinkie Pie pulled out a Party Cannon and blow a K-Bot to pieces. They came across a Magic Spell Punk that turned the enemies invisible, but the two Skylanders saw right through them and defeated the invisible enemies. After dealing with the enemies, the Gate to the Spark Lock Bomb was opened. After arming the Spark Lock Bomb, they moved to the surfboard and were at the gate to the main castle. EQG Pinkie Pie was swapped up for Spyro.
As the two Skylanders made their way through the gates to the main throne room to rescue Tessa, they found it kind of off odd that they haven't came across any more Greebles, Trolls or Cyclopses, they got the feeling that Kaos' Mom was baiting them. Until they entered the throne room and saw Kaos' Mom as she said,
"Hello Dearies, I've been expecting you."
Spyro said, "Let Tessa go."
Kaos' Mom replied, "Oh, don't worry about your friend. My pet will keep her entertained while we have our little chat." They looked at the big Greeble attacking Tessa as she evaded its attacks. Kaos' Mom got up,
"Now I'm not one to usually fight Kaos' battles for him. I'm not a big meddler after all. But really, failing to take over Skylands after so many tries? I just had to see what the problem was. And now I see its because of two Pony Portal Masters all along"
Two holographic versions of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna emerged right beside the Skylanders, Celestia said,
"We caught your attention then."
Luna spoke, "Why did you want to know what the problem was?"
Kaos' Mom said to the Princesses, "Oh, You two didn't really think that Kaos was the strongest Portal Master on Malefor's side, did you?" She laughed, "You two might've defeated my son, but I AM a true Dark Portal Master and MY Power knows no equal!" She went back to her throne, "First, I'll take care of you two four-legged nuisances and claim all of Skylands for myself. Sorry, Kaos dear, you had your chance." She sat down, "Now, Prepare yourself for a battle you will NEVER FORGET!!" She used her powers and pushed Spyro and Boom Jet out of the Throne Room. The holographic Celestia and Luna helped them up as a Portal of Power that was carrying Kaos' Mom appeared. The Dark Portal Master said,
"Now we shall see what you two ponies have learned from Eon!" She called, "Raise the cages and unleash the beasts!"
The many Evilized creatures that they faced throughout their adventure had begun to attack the Skylanders. Boom Jet and Mega Ram Spyro began to use their attacks to evade and retaliate at each Evilized Creature. Boom Jet called in an airstrike on some of the Evilized Creatures, reverting half of them to normal. After taking out the Evilized Creatures, Kaos' Mom said,
"You think you have won, this is only the beginning!" She disappeared from her Portal of Power. Princess Luna realized,
"She's hiding somewhere." That's when a holographic Master Eon appeared and said,
"She is hiding within the Portal of Power, but it would require an empty portal to find her."
Princess Celestia found out what he was saying and said, "Skylanders, Return!" The Skylanders returned to Equestria as the Royal Sisters found Kaos' Mom, she saw the two Alicorns and said in shock,
"How did you two find me in here? Its not possible!"
Princess Celestia calmly said, "Anything is possible for Portal Masters." Kaos' Mom jumped back to her castle as Princess Luna called Spyro and Boom Jet back to battle. As the two Skylanders returned to battle, two green crystals appeared as Kaos' Mom said,
"Enough of this, feel the power of the Darkness!" She fired her Dark Magic at the Skylanders until the holographic Luna said, "Use the Crystals to direct her magic back at her."
Boom Jet and Spyro used her advice, used the crystals and directed the Dark Magic back at Kaos' Mom. She got hit and said,
"NO!! Very clever, but I am done toying with you here!" The door opened behind her as the Skylanders moved onward. They went to the next room with the holographic Royal Sisters at their side. Kaos' Mom spoke,
"I'm surprised that you made it this far, but it ends here! Open the gates and release my pets!"
The gates opened and more Evilized Creatures emerged from the gates. These Evilized Creatures were assisted by a Life Spell Punk, who heals the Evilized Creatures and gives the Skylanders a hard time. Mega Ram Spyro said,
"Let's take out the Life Spell Punk! If we don't we'll be fighting these guys all day!"
Kaos' Mom was looking at the carnage that the Skylanders were unleashing in her own castle,
"You can't be doing this. You're no match for me!"
The Skylanders continued their carnage until they defeated all of the Evilized minions. Kaos' Mom said before disappearing,
"Looks like I'm out of defenders. Time for a strategic retreat!" She disappeared as Princess Luna said,
"Skylanders, Return!" The Royal Sisters found Kaos' Mom again as she said,
"No, not again, Away from me!" She jumped back to battle as the Royal Sisters summoned Boom Jet and Spike to battle. Kaos' Mom said as she fired her Dark Magic,
"No holding back! Bow down before, the Darkness of Malefor's powers!"
Spike and Boom Jet used the green Crystals to redirect the Dark Magic back at Kaos' Mom. She got hit and said,
"Ouch! That Smarts!" She fled to the other room as she said, "You won't get away with this sort of behavior."
As the Skylanders entered the next room, Kaos' Mom spoke directly to the Royal Sisters,
"It looks like I might've misjudged my poor Kaos. You two ponies are far more troublesome than I ever imagined. But even powerful goddesses will fall before my dark power eventually."
The holographic Celestia said, "Separated from each other, we fall."
The holographic Luna finished, "But when we are united, We fight as one and with the teamwork and friendship between the Skylanders, we will prevail!"
The Skylanders evaded the traps as they entered the throne room and they see the big greeble called, 'Bubba Greebs' still trying to smash Tessa until he caught the sight of the Skylanders and began throwing the smaller Greebles at them. Kaos' Mom's voice echoed through the chamber,
"Now we shall see how much of a hero you really are. Minions, Attack the Skylanders with everything you have, No Mercy!"
Princess Celestia's voice now echoed in the chamber, "Skylanders, you have come so far and not because of our current battle, but ever since you first arrived in Equestria."
Princess Luna's voice echoed in the chamber, "We have shown you the power of friendship and how you help us out in the many events that transpired in Equestria."
Princess Celestia finished, "You have come so far, Skylanders. We know that you can beat her."
Spike realized this and began channeling his elemental powers to his core and unleashed a barrage of Fire, Earth, Electricity and Ice at the Greebles, while Boom Jet used his Turbine and his bomb more frequently and even hurled dynamite at Bubba Greebs to knock him off his post. It would leave the big Greeble vulnerable to their attacks. After knocking Bubba Greebs off his post again and attacking him again. Kaos' Mom echoed through the chamber as the big Greeble jumped back to his post,
"No, You won't defeat me in my own castle."
Spike and Boom Jet knocked Bubba Greebs off his post a final time and defeated him. But Kaos' Mom appeared,
"How are you doing this? I am the most powerful!" The Skylanders approached her, but she disappeared, "Stay back!" Princess Celestia's voice echoed,
"Skylanders, Return!"
The Royal Sisters found Kaos' Mom and she said, "Impossible, you can't do this to me!" She jumped back into the battle as she angrily says,
"Enough, I will end this now. Behold the unparalleled power of The DARKNESS!!" She fired her Dark Magic at the two Skylanders as they avoided it....but without a crystal they can't fight back. That's when Tessa threw her dagger at a nearby mirror's chains and cut the chains, allowing the mirror to fall to the throne as the Skylanders heard Celestia's voice,
"The mirror...direct her Dark Magic towards the mirror."
Spike and Boom Jet lured the Dark Portal Master's magic which redirected it back at her. The Dark Magic pulled her into the mirror as she screamed,
"NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" There was a huge flash of light and the mirror had Kaos' Mom trapped inside. She said in shock,
"What! What have you done? I can't get out!"
Boom Jet said, "In that case....this is a dialogue I found in a book, 'Mirror, Mirror on the wall, Who are the most powerful Portal Masters of them all?"
Kaos' Mom asked, "What is that supposed to mean?!"
Boom Jet replied, "Sheesh, Lady, it was a joke!"
A few minutes later, Flynn and Tessa arrived to see both Spike and Boom Jet and surprisingly, the Royal Sisters of Equestria as well. Tessa said,
"Wow, the Skylanders sure fixed her. Ka-Blam!"
Flynn replied, "Yeah, she's not getting out of there anytime soon."
Kaos' Mom said, "Kaos, Kaos, Help Mother would you dear?"
Princess Celestia remembered about who they were really after, "I've thought we would find Kaos, but we only find his mother."
Princess Luna replied, "Something is not right."
Flynn spoke, "But where is the little twerp anyway?"
Their question was interrupted when the Fortress' Portal of Power came to life and Kaos' head appeared. He laughed as he said,
"Hello, stupids. While you have been foolishly wasting time on her royal motherness, I've been filling the entire volcano with Petrified Darkness, turning it into the Super Ultimate Evilizer of Ultimate Evil DOOM!!"
Spike stepped forward, "You have fire in your hands, Kaos. Those crystals should've been destroyed!"
Kaos asked, "Destroy the only thing capable enough to spread Darkness throughout Skylands?" He finished, "NEVER!!"
Kaos continued, "Now its only a matter of time before the Darkness erupts over all of Skylands!"
Kaos' Mom said from the mirror, "Kaos, you put your own selfish desires ahead of your own mother? Oh, you really are my son, I'm so proud."
Kaos replied, "Yes, yes, thank you. Enjoy your mirror imprisonment of Oblivion, Mother." He turned to the two Skylanders and the Royal Sisters, "And don't you worry, Skylosers and to you two 'Princesses', I'll be sure to come back and destroy you when I'm all powerful."
Boom Jet stepped forward, "Not if we get to you, first!"
Kaos said, "I would like to see you try." After Kaos cut off, the Royal Sisters returned to Equestria to choose any other Skylanders to take on Kaos in this ultimate showdown. While the others returned to Woodburrow.
Author's Note
Since the Motherly Mayhem Boss on Swap Force, Most of us realized that Kaos' Mom was speaking directly to the Portal Master at some parts of the fight. So I had to involve Celestia and Luna in fighting Kaos' Mom.
When they realized that Kaos was in the core of Mt. Cloudbreak, the Skylanders made haste for the Cloudbreak Core immediately and stop Kaos before the Elementals begin their ritual to erupt the volcano. Spike stayed while Boom Jet was pulled out and replaced with EQG Twilight as he told her,
"There isn't much time. We can't let Kaos evilize the volcano."
EQG Twilight asked, "Isn't it kind of odd going inside an active volcano that could erupt at anytime?"
Spike replied, "Its a bad idea, but we have no other option." They got aboard the Dread-Yacht and flew directly to the Volcano, they even heard Flynn say,
"Usually, I like to fly away from a giant Volcanic Eruption, but that's just me."
Sharpfin replied, "And me."
Tessa said, "Just hurry!" The brave heroes flew into an opening in the volcano which lead to the Cloudbreak Core.
Meanwhile in the Cloudbreak Core, Glumshanks was busy stacking a whole pile of Petrified Darkness because of Kaos' plans to evilize the volcano. As he placed another piece on the top, while keeping the ladder steady, he said,
"Uh, Lord Kaos, I think we have enough."
Kaos said from below, "Nonsense, fool. I can't take any chances. We need to make sure that this volcano is thoroughly evilized before it erupts!"
Glumshanks replied, "Uh, yes but I really don't see how all this...."
Kaos interrupted, "SILENCE GLUMSHANKS!!" The volcano began to shake as the walls began to crack, Kaos said in joy,
"Hurry, the magic is already starting!"
Flynn, Tessa, Sharpfin, Spike and EQG Twilight arrived as Tessa said, "Are we too late?"
Flynn said, "Not if the Skylanders have anything to say about it."
Kaos yelled at the troll, "Now Glumshanks, ADD THE LAST PIECE!!" As Glumshanks added the last Dark Crystal to the pile. It started to crumble down into pieces. Unfortunately landing on top of Kaos as he tried to flee. EQG Twilight asked,
"So, is he stopped?"
Spike replied, "No, the amount of those Dark Crystals crushing him wouldn't likely end him. And because of their dark power, we'll be seeing him again in a few minutes."
They noticed Glumshanks slipping off the ladder and fall on a bunch of other ladders that was brought to the volcano and when he finally stopped, an evil laugh was heard and a giant purple Kaos emerged from the pile of Dark Crystals. He said,
"Yes, YES, I can feel the Darkness flowing through me! Prepare yourselves, FOOLS, to meet your unimaginably Evil DOOM, at the hands of SUPER EVIL KAOS!!!"
Spike looked at him and said to EQG Twilight, "Now is our time to fight."
EQG Twilight's Magic Swords sprang out, "I'm ready."
They jumped onto a ledge near Super Evil Kaos as the monster spotted them, "Well, well, well, if it isn't the second thorn in my side aside from Spyro along with a humanized version of that annoying unicorn, Twilight Sparkle!"
Spike said, "Surprised to see us Kaos?"
Super Evil Kaos replied, "Not at all, but I figured out why she is here." He pointed to EQG Twilight, "You want to know the source of your appearance, the one that brought you to Skylands was I, KAOS!! After a failed Evilzer test, a bunch of portals opened and my minions heard reports of Equestria Girls spotted in Skylands and but I didn't believe it until I saw you two battling the Ancient Earth Golem!"
EQG Twilight said, "So it was you, who brought us here, this whole time!"
Super Evil Kaos laughed, "Surprised, stupid? Well, enough of that." He raised his foot, "Witness your crushing de..." He stomped his foot, "FEET! Oh yes I did!"
Spike replied, "Really?" The impact of Kaos' feet sent out a shockwave that could hurt them. But EQG Twilight spotted a weakness,
"Skylander Spike, Kaos' toes has those Dark Crystals attached to him, we should focus on attacking those."
Spike used an Earth Shot on Kaos' toes as EQG Twilight swung her two swords in a fast motion that was too fast to keep track. Each managed to destroy two Dark Crystals on his toes as Kaos said,
"Curse you, Skylanders, I have very sensitive toes!" He used his other foot as Spike used his Electricity breath and it somehow connected to EQG Twilight's swords and gave each crystal a shock before shattering. Kaos pulled his foot away,
"NO!! Stay away from my toes!!" He used the same foot again and left his crystal toes vulnerable, Spike opened up with Ice to freeze the crystals while EQG Twilight used her swords to shatter them. Super Evil Kaos said,
"Not my Beautiful Evil Toes!!" He lifted up his right foot and said,
"Time to make Skylanders got splat!!" But instead of stomping once, he was stomping twice. After his second stomp, the duo destroyed the crystal on the big toe.
Kaos lifted up his left foot and stomped two times at the duo before they retaliated with a combined attack on Kaos' toes. EQG Twilight said,
"If Rarity were here, she would give you a major pedicure!"
Kaos got that bit and said, "Stupid Pathetic Equestria Girl!!"
After destroying all of the Dark Crystals on his toes, Kaos grabbed the Skylander and the EQG in his hand as he said,
"Time for a late night Skylander Snack!" He ate them, but his head was shaking around in confusion.
Spike and EQG Twilight were in Kaos' mouth as they looked at the tartar on his teeth, Spike got an idea,
"Time for Kaos to go to the dentist." EQG Twilight got the idea and began attacking the Dark Tartar on Kaos' teeth as he yelled,
"No, My EVILNESS!!" They continued attacking Kaos' Dark Tartar as he said, "Get away from my teeth, you pitiful Skylosers!!"
Spike replied, "If it means to defeat you, we won't stay away from your teeth."
Kaos' threw a Fire Geargolem in his mouth and said, "I need something to get that taste out. Fire Golem, destroy the Skylanders!!"
After destroying the Fire Geargolem, Kaos said, "That is hot!!" He closed his mouth which sent out two shockwaves. But they avoided it and continued to attack the Dark Tartar on Kaos' teeth. He threw in an Ice Geargolem and said,
"Minions, Keep the Skylanders away from my Evil Molars!!"
They focused on the Ice Geargolem until Kaos closes his mouth again. After Kaos closed his mouth, they continued to attack the Dark Tartar on his teeth and destroyed some of them until Kaos threw an Tech Geargolem and said,
"Mmmm, tasty!" They continued to fight the Tech Geargolem until Kaos said,
"You Skylanders have been a real pain in my mouth!" He closed his mouth allowing Spike and EQG Twilight to attack the Dark Tartar again and destroyed a couple of them until Kaos threw a Tech and Air Geargolem into his mouth to stop them. But it proved futile for his minions and closed his mouth again and the Skylanders attacked his Dark Tartar until Kaos said,
"Feeling lonely in there? Don't worry, I've got some friends that would keep you company!"
But they ignored his 'friends' and Kaos closed his mouth allowing them to destroy the last of his Dark Tartar. Which caused Kaos to burp out Spike and EQG Twilight. When they fell, they landed in his ear.
Spike and EQG Twilight were inside Kaos' head as his voice echoed,
"You miserable Fools have made a colossal mistake. COLOSSAL, I TELL YOU! Behold, as my magnificent Evilized Brain, now brings all of my brilliant evil thoughts to life!"
Kaos' Evilized brain was thinking of something evil enough to destroy the two Skylanders. He thought up of the vehicle that Glumshanks used, the same vehicle that was destroyed by Scratch and Flash Sentry. Kaos said,
"Glumshanks, clean up this mess!!"
The vehicle was indestructible and the only thing that they could do is avoid it as best as they can. It wasn't until the vehicle drove itself off the platform as Kaos said,
"Curse you, Glumshanks! Even in my head, you're useless!!" His brain began to think of something else,
"YES, MORE MINIONS!!!" A bunch of enemies appeared and he summoned some trolls and said,
"Time to serve up some trolls!!" After defeating the trolls, Kaos said, "Where am I? Oh yes, thinking of something evil!" After defeating the rest of his flunkies, three Dark Crystals shot out of his brain and onto the platform as he said,
"Focus, Super Evil Kaos. Time to rain evil doom down on these Skylosers!"
Spike yelled, "Rockets, Incoming!" They avoided the rockets as they destroyed each other the Dark Crystals on the platform. After destroying the three crystals, Kaos' brain went into a trance as he said,
"Neener neener!" He began to think of those Arkeyan Tornado robots as he said,
"Minions!! Attack the Skylanders!" He summoned a bunch of Cyclopses, "Clearly I need to keep an 'eye' on you. Cyclopses, ATTACK!!"
Spike smiled, "Big mistake." He stood up, flared his wings and said, "HARMONIC POWER!!" The Elements of Harmony latched onto him causing the trinkets to form into armored pieces as he morphed into Harmonic Spike.
Harmonic Spike and EQG Twilight fought off the rest of Kaos' minions as three more crystals shot out from his head,
"Oh you meddling Skylanders. You're giving me a pounding headache!!" Harmonic Spike and EQG Twilight attacked and destroyed the Dark crystals while under fire from an airship that he thought up as Harmonic Spike asked,
"Is that all you got?"
Kaos said, "Now to summon the most dastardly, despicable and deadly thing I can think of. Something to make you and EQG Twilight tremble in TERROR!" He thought up of sheep with his head on it.
EQG Twilight asked, "Sheep with his head on it?" Kaos replied, "Amazing what you can do when you put your mind to it, isn't it?" EQG Twilight began to get angry as her hair erupted in flames as she said,
"Burning Twilight!!"
Harmonic Spike said, "A new ability."
Burning Twilight looked at her Magic Swords, that were erupting with Magical Fire, "Lets finish him off."
Harmonic Spike and Burning EQG Twilight began taking down every single Kaos Sheep that appeared. After defeating the last Kaos Sheep, the last three crystals shot out from Kaos' Evilized Brain as he said,
"Huh, I lost my train of thought. Oh, an evil train." Kaos thought of those bomb puppets from Mesmeralda's show as he said,
"Oh, I hate puppets, but I like bombs!"
He tried to use the bombs to prevent Harmonic Spike and Burning EQG Twilight from destroying the last three crystals, but it was also futile as the Dark Crystals were destroyed.
Super Evil Kaos felt his nose itching until he sneezed out Harmonic Spike and Burning EQG Twilight. They noticed the cannon on the far end of the path as Super Evil Kaos said,
"What is this contraption, You can't stop evil!"
Harmonic Spike looked at Burning EQG Twilight, "We have to get to the cannon and use our powers to defeat him."
Burning EQG Twilight nodded as Super Evil Kaos said, "Feel the burn, Skylosers. FEEL IT!" The burning EQG replied,
"I'm already burning." The duo began their run to the cannon as Kaos began to fire his Evilized powers at them which caused them to jump over them and continue their run to the cannon. Kaos said,
"Now I've got you!" He used his powers again as the duo jumped over his powers as he moved his powers to the left.
"Lets see how you deal with this!" He used his powers again and the duo jumped over as Harmonic Spike replied, "With Jumping."
Kaos stated, "I am the ultimate Evilizer, you can't escape me!" Kaos used his powers again which the duo avoided and jumped into the cannon. Kaos said,
"Are you lost, let me give....." He paused when he realized that the cannon was right in his face, "No, you can't do this to Kaos!!" The cannon fired Harmonic Spike with his wings in flight position and Burning EQG Twilight on his back with her Magical Fire Swords out. They flew straight towards the final Dark Crystal on Kaos' forehead. As they impacted and destroyed the Dark Crystal, Kaos yelled,
"NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" As he fell back and was consumed by a flash of purple light indicating that he is being de-evilized.
Harmonic Spike and Burning EQG Twilight landed right next to Flynn, Tessa and Sharpfin as Tessa pointed out,
"Look, the volcano! You two did it!"
Flynn said, "They did.....I mean of course they did! BOOM!"
Sharpfin noticed the shaking of the volcano as he said, "I hate to interrupt, but we've got a lifetime's supply of magic bottled up underneath our feet..."
Burning EQG Twilight finished, "And in case you don't recall, we are inside an ACTIVE VOLCANO!!"
Flynn knew that it would be an excellent time to leave, "Righty o, this way to my ship!" He went to the right as Harmonic Spike said while pointing with his wing,
"The ship is the other way."
Flynn came back and said, "Oh, thanks Spike." As they made their way to the ship, Kaos appeared as his normal self and said to his butler,
"Quickly, Glumshanks. Get me outta here!!"
Glumshanks replied, "Right away, Master." He walked past the stone and realized that he was shorter, Glumshanks looked down and noticed that he has Kaos' bottom half.
"Uh, sir, I think we have a problem."
Kaos walked around and realized that he has Glumshanks' bottom half. "Wait a minute, Glumshanks. What is this? I feel so different." He began to admire his new form, "Look out, Skylands. Kaos is back and this time, he is tall!!" Although he forgotten that he was in an active volcano.
As the Dread-Yacht went up the tube to the summit of the volcano, the magic was already following them up the tube as well, but with the speed of the upgraded Dread-Yacht, the ship managed to escape the volcano before it fully erupted. The eruption also flung Kaos and Glumshanks out of the volcano as well.
As they returned to Woodburrow, the inhabitants threw the Celebration for the eruption of Mt. Cloudbreak. Flynn said,
"Well we did it, Skylands is safe once again and might I add, we were Awesome!"
Harmonic Spike replied, "And so were us and the rest of the Skylanders."
Flynn noticed, "Well of course that goes without saying."
Burning EQG Twilight asked, "Is my new ability....temporary?" She found that out when her fires began to die down and her flaming hair returned to normal. Tessa said to Flynn,
"I'm sorry you missed your vacation, Flynn."
Flynn replied, "Are you kidding? This has been way better. I saw a big stone monkey, we flew around on giant chickens and there was an evil Puppet show."
Tessa finished, "And the volcano has replenished all the magic in Skylands."
Flynn replied, "Yeah, I don't think how this could get any better." Until a wind blew a hat onto Sharpfin's face and Flynn recognized it as,
"My Magic Volcano Hat!" He finally got to wear his favorite hat on the eruption of the volcano. He said,
"Ah, perfecteroonie. Now this is definitely the most awesome adventure ever. Oh yeah, make some room, here it comes.......ULTIMATE BOOM!!!" After he finished his ultimate boom, he spoke to the duo as Harmonic Spike returned to normal,
"By the way, while you two were playing around with Kaos, Princess Celestia wanted to speak with you back in Equestria. I'd wouldn't want to keep her waiting."
Spike yelled, "Mom, pull us out!" Both Spike and EQG Twilight disappeared.
As they returned to Equestria, they finally discovered the source behind the EQGs arrival. Princess Celestia said,
"All this time, I never knew that Kaos was responsible for bringing the seven of the EQGs here. But it ultimately brought his undoing. But your presence in our universe was not in anchor, but it was now a reminder of the bond that our universes share."
They noticed that the Portal of Power was acting strange as the tablets from the five EQG Skylanders floated to the portal as seven new tablets were created and all twelve tablets began to take on a gem form. The energy exploded as all twelve Gems floated to their selected users. There were three Gems that had a Magical sensation, One gem had a Fiery sensation to it, Three had an Earthen sensation, Two had a Tech sensation, Two had a Life Sensation, and One had an Air sensation it.
EQG Twilight felt the gem land in her hands as she suddenly realized, "Its.....our Soul Gems."
Master Eon said, "The serum is only part one of becoming a Skylander, the Soul Gems are the second stage. But any new Skylanders had their soul gems concealed in the watch on Spike's wrist. But you twelve are the first true EQG Skylanders."
All twelve EQGs now felt as one of the Skylanders and even since four are EQG versions of the original Skylanders, they have now fully realized themselves as Skylanders.
Master Eon spoke to both the Princesses and the Skylanders, "And now thanks to you and the Skylanders, the Cloudbreak Islands have been saved, and the magic in Skylands has been restored. And now since it is the holidays, it is now time for us to spend time with the ponies and people that we care about."
EQG Pinkie Pie and Legendary Trigger Happy had a happy/sad hybrid look on their face until the Alicorn Portal Master chuckled, "And yes, there will be enchiladas." Legendary Trigger Happy and EQG Pinkie Pie had an excited look their face.
Author's Note
That's it with the Swap Force Chapters. Its almost time to come up with ideas for the Holiday chapter. I better get thinking before Christmas Eve.
In Equestria, as the snow fell on Ponyville and Canterlot, the Skylanders, who were exhausted after saving the Cloudbreak Islands settled down with their loved ones to spend the holidays with. But instead of going to the Equestrian Islands like last year, some of the Skylanders are staying home to spend the holidays. Some decided to have a holiday party to have a peaceful holiday season, while some Skylanders were caught by their lovers under the mistletoe. But there is one Skylander who is angry with trying to find the true meaning. Fryno decided to leave his house, but he would try to understand.
Meanwhile at the Golden Oaks Library, Twilight and Pop Fizz were doing the finishing touches on decorating the library for the holidays. Pop Fizz looked at the lights and said,
"What do you think? Pretty impressive, right?"
Twilight looked at the lights on the stairwell and the arch as she replied, "Its really incredible, Pop Fizz. Everything is going well since it is the holidays."
It wasn't until they heard a knock on the door and Pop Fizz said, "I'll get it."
He opened the door and found out that it was Ali Twilight and Punch Pop Fizz as the Alicorn said,
"A very Merry Christmas to you, Pop Fizz."
Punch Pop Fizz added, "We just thought that we could spend the holidays with you and Twilight. You are our variants after all."
Pop Fizz replied, "Sure, come on in."
Twilight noticed, "Ali, Nice of you to drop by." Ali Twilight levitates a plant, "We also wanted to give you this Poinsettia plant."
Twilight took a hold of the plant in her magic, "Thanks for the poinsettia." Her Alicorn Twin smiled, "Anything for my twin sister."
Pop Fizz pulled out a present, "We also thought of something for you guys."
Punch Pop Fizz opened the present and pulled out two small toy versions of the two Twilights and the two Pop Fizzes, both original and variant on the same pedestal. Punch Pop Fizz smiled,
"Thanks, we might put these in our bedroom back home." It wasn't until Twilight asked,
"Do you see what I see?" Pop Fizz looked up and saw a mistletoe right above him as Punch Pop Fizz saw the same thing. Ali Twilight asked,
"You know what happens when somepony catches you under the mistletoe?"
Punch Pop Fizz replied, "I remember." Before the two Twilights and Pop Fizzes could do the second stage of the mistletoe, the Library Door slammed open and Fryno walked in. Pop Fizz said,
"Fryno, I never thought that you would celebrate."
Fryno sat on a chair, "I want to celebrate, but I don't know how. But it mostly involves getting presents and I want to find mine."
Twilight said, "What!! Fryno, how could you be so selfish? Sneaking up on your friends and shattering their trust for your own needs?!"
Fryno replied, "I need to find out what I am getting."
Ali Twilight replied, "Stop right there, mister! Christmas isn't about materialistic needs, Christmas is about what you find in...." She placed her hoof on Fryno's chest, "here"
Fryno spoke, "That's my utter, you're touching, Ali Twi."
Punch Pop Fizz said, "You can't put your own selfish needs ahead of your own friends."
Fryno replied, "Christmas is all about giving." Fryno got off the chair and left as Pop Fizz yelled,
"You can't turn your back on the True Meaning of Christmas!!"
Fryno walked through the streets of the snowy Ponyville and said,
"I wonder what I might be getting?" He made random guesses until he came to Sugarcube Corner, he noticed Pinkie Pie and Trigger Happy near the bakery and asked,
"Hey, what are you guys doing?"
Trigger Happy noticed, "Fryno, Its good that you've dropped by."
Fryno asked, "What happened?"
Pinkie Pie said, "Legendary Trigger Happy got stuck in the chimney and we have been trying to get him out ever since."
Fryno rubbed his hands together and knew that he would get a gander to see if there is a present with his name on it as he went inside to help Legendary Trigger Happy. But his curious observation of the Christmas Tree was cut short when he placed his hand inside the fireplace. His gloves started a reaction that blew Fryno out of the house, and he also noticed Legendary Trigger Happy shooting out of the chimney. He decided to move on and said,
"I have a million Christmases in this town anyway."
He walked to Carousel Boutique hoping to see if Rarity had a present with his name on it until he came to a note on the door that said,
"To anypony or Skylander,
Gone to Canterlot with Spike to spend time with his family. I apologize for the inconvenience.
Rarity."
Fryno slammed his fist on the ground in anger and moved on.
The two Twilights and the two Pop Fizzes looked at Fryno as he left Carousel Boutique from the Library. Pop Fizz said,
"There has got to be a way to show Fryno, the True Spirit of Christmas."
Twilight asked, "But how?"
Punch Pop Fizz looked at Ali Twilight's Wings, and said, "Ali, how good are you in flying?"
Ali Twilight replied, "I learned the ropes from Legendary Spyro, why?"
Punch Pop Fizz smiled, "Because we are going to need an angel." He looked at Twilight, "Make that two angels." So the four Skylanders went to work on constructing a way to show Fryno, the gift of giving and what the True Spirit of Christmas is about. Although Punch Pop Fizz said that they need two angels, one can go on fabricating a magical pair of wings for the second angel. After getting their plan prepped, Twilight looked at her temporary wings,
"Are you sure that this will get to Fryno?"
Pop Fizz replied, "It has to, but I know a way to lure him in." He held out an empty present.
Fryno walked through the snowed in Ponyville and asked to himself,
"If Christmas is about giving, How come I am not getting anything?" Until he was hit by a present and realized,
"A Present?" He began to jump to it, "Come to Fryno!" But the present moved and he began to chase after it and because it moved so fast, he went Angry Bike to chase it. As he chased it with his Angry Bike, he crashed into a tree that the present went up. As he shook off the shock, he looked up into the snowy sky and saw two purple angels fluttering down right beside him. The first angel said,
"The Angels have observed your greedy nature for not understanding the true spirit of the season."
The second angel spoke, "The spirit of Christmas is not about materialistic needs. Surely, you could hear the angels singing about the true spirit of Christmas."
Fryno spoke, "Cut the act, I know that its you two. Both Twilight and Ali Twilight." Pop Fizz appeared, "Fryno, it is not the gifts that matter, its your heart."
Fryno didn't listen and somehow recognized Twilight and tore off her fabricated wings. Punch Pop Fizz asked, "How did he tell them apart?"
Twilight replied, "I have no idea how he recognized me."
Pop Fizz checked off his list, "Well, that was plan A. But Plan B will be in effect sooner or later."
Ali Twilight asked, "What is Plan B?
Punch Pop Fizz spoke, "Well, Pop Fizz and I might've slipped a light bulb in Fryno's pocket as he was leaving. Somehow he would use it for somewhere."
Pop Fizz finished, "Only time would tell."
It wasn't until they saw Fryno walking away from a house in anger as he made his way to where their friends were ice skating.
As Fryno went to the Ice Skating rink, he noticed a couple of the other Skylanders on the rink either skating by themselves or with a partner. He noticed Fluttershy and Camo skating on the rink together as Camo sported the red and green colors on his leaves. He noticed that some of the EQGs decided to spend Christmas in this universe. Because Fryno saw EQGs Rainbow Dash and Legendary Spyro snowboarding down a slope while he was on his way to the rink. Fryno said,
"As much as I want to find out what I'm getting, I better spend some time Ice Skating."
Fryno grabbed a pair of Ice Skates and started to skate around the rink and he began to have fun, but because of his flaming rage that boils up within him, he fell through the ice and emerged as an ice block.
He was pulled onto solid ground by EQG Twilight who was there with Voodood when they saw Fryno fall through the ice. He was cracked out by Voodood when he tapped the Axe Reaver on the Ice block. Fryno decided to move on from the rink as EQG Twilight asked,
"I wonder what is wrong with him."
Voodood recognized this, "Fryno is having a hard time trying to discover the True Meaning of Christmas."
EQG Twilight replied, "It must be hard for him." As Fryno traversed through the now stormy snow, tired, and sad that he couldn't find his presents and even have fun on Christmas Eve.
"I guess I will never find out where my presents are."
He looked at his reflection in the ice, "What am I doing? Trying to find out about my presents?" He soon realized, "I've turned greedy......no, I can't be like a greedy rhino trying to steal someone else's Christmas. But, I am."
He began to walk through the storm, but also noticing the many areas he visited during his quest for his presents. He now felt ashamed of himself until he bumped into the Golden Oaks Library, where he first started. He noticed a bad light bulb on the tree, so he reached into his pocket and pulled out a good light bulb. Seeing this, he decided to replace the light and move on. After he did that, the light from the new light caused a glow that expanded throughout Ponyville. His eyes widened in shock until the Twilights and the Pop Fizzes approached him as Twilight said,
"Fryno, we're so proud of you."
Pop Fizz spoke, "You did it!" Fryno was confused about the reactions of his friends until he asked,
"What did I do?"
Ali Twilight replied, "You replaced the bulb, Fryno."
Fryno replied, "So, the Library needed a light and I put one in."
Punch Pop Fizz corrected, "Don't you see, Fryno? You've made an unselfish gesture. You gave willingly of your own heart without thought of your own gain. This is the gift of giving, Fryno."
Ali Twilight finished, "This is what the Spirit of Christmas is all about."
Fryno said in surprise, "It is?" He realized, "That didn't hurt a bit. It actually feels quite good, guys." He smiled, "Because Christmas isn't about what you find under a tree, Christmas is about what you find in your heart!"
The Light from the Library caught the attention of their friends that Fryno met in his soul searching. Voodood noticed,
"The Library is brighter than ever."
EQG Twilight replied, "Its incredible."
Fluttershy said, "It was like it was touched by an angel."
Camo smiled, "Its bright and shines nicely to give its angelic symbol."
Pinkie Pie and Trigger Happy's mouths dropped in awe as the Library's brightness and beauty was too much for them.
EQG Rainbow Dash said, "That is one cool tree.....wait its 20% Cooler!
EQG Legendary Spyro replied, "Awesome to say the least."
Legendary Trigger Happy smiled, "Its brighter like Kaos' de-evilization." All of a sudden, a big red sack fell on top of Fryno as they all looked up and saw a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer. The driver was wearing red and white as his beard was white and the driver said,
"Ho, Ho, Ho. Merry Christmas and a Happy Hearth's Warming Eve to all!!"
Fryno emerged from the sack dazed as he said, "Santa?" Santa's sleigh entered a mini-portal back to wear he came from as the Skylanders, Variants and EQGs waved bye. Fryno looked into the sack and realized that there were presents for him and his friends and with the Spirit of the Season in his heart, he personally tossed out each present to his friends while they caught them. As for that, Fryno has learned the true spirit of the holiday season.
When Christmas Morning came, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna and Princess Cadance spent the holiday in Ponyville as the Skylanders told them about getting Fryno to learning about the spirit of the holiday. When he told them about what he found in his heart, they were happy that Fryno learned to make an unselfish gesture from his heart without thought of his own gain.
Everypony and Skylander had another holiday season with their families and their friends. And more importantly, they spent their holiday with the EQG Skylanders because last year they saved the Equestrian Isles Holiday Party and this year, Fryno found the Holiday Spirit. (Now a message from the 4th wall)
Bronies, Pegasisters, and fellow Portal Masters everywhere, from Spartan545 and Skylander545, I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Here's Tree Rex, Chop Chop, Stealth Elf, Voodood and EQG Twilight singing Holly Jolly Christmas to play us out.
Tree Rex: Oh, ho, the mistletoe hung where you can see. *Fluttershy waits for Camo* Somebody waits for you,*Camo arrives* kiss her once for me. *Camo and Fluttershy kiss*
Chop Chop and Stealth Elf: Have a Holly Jolly Christmas..
Tree Rex: And in case you didn't hear...
Voodood and EQG Twilight: Oh by golly Have a Holly Jolly Christmas, this year!
Author's Note
So here's the second Holiday Chapter for this fanfic. And Thanks to the Special Bonus Missions on Swap Force, I might come up with some new ideas soon.
After retrieving and storing the Talisman of Legends in the Portal of Power's storage compartment, the Skylanders decided to go on with their daily lives and wait for the call for action once again. Zook worked alone at the flower shop because Camo had to tend to a vegetable garden that he set up at Fluttershy's in order to feed her critters. Trigger Happy worked with Pinkie Pie at Sugarcube Corner while Terrafin spent his time at Sweet Apple Acres with the Apple family. The Apple family even recognized Terrafin as a good apple bucker or apple puncher since he uses his fists to harvest apples. As for Equestria's Purple Dragon, Spike, he sat by the lake and reflected on all of the events that occurred. He smiled,
"Because of what we did, there was peace and harmony. No matter what the evil doers intend on making lives hard, we will bring the peace." He noticed Rarity towing an empty wagon, he suspected that she was going for a gem hunt in the mining grounds. He spread his wings and flew over to her and asked,
"Hey, Rarity, do you mind if I joined you...." He stuttered, "Well, on your gem hunt?"
Rarity replied, "I would be delighted that you joined me. In fact, I also asked Sparx to help as well." The Dragonfly buzzed beside her, "Well, Spike, I guess you're joining or what?"
Spike nodded as he joined Rarity and Sparx on the gem hunt.
As they arrived at the mining fields, Spike looked at the landscape and noticed that it never seen any mining since Cloudbreak Islands Incident. Spike asked Sparx,
"You are an expert on finding gems, right?"
Sparx put a thumbs up, "That's what I'm here for, buddy."
Spike pointed, "We should start over there and work our way across." He turned to Rarity, "If you don't mind."
Rarity replied, "Its a wonderful idea, Spike." She told the Dragonfly, "Guide us, Sparx."
Sparx clapped his hands together, "No arguing over that." He buzzed off with Spike and Rarity following him. Spike and Rarity followed the Dragonfly as the bug stopped as his body sparked uncontrollably as he said,
"I got a fresh cache here." Rarity used her magic to reveal what was underneath until she saw something that she wasn't expecting. As she X-rayed the ground beneath them, they discovered a Silver Ankh with a blue gem in the center, along with something that looked like a shrine with multiple gems attached to it. Rarity motioned to Spike to use his Earth Ability to dig down to what they saw. Spike focused all of his energy to his core, spat out a green ball of energy and slammed it on the dig site, removing a chunk of dirt in the way. He formed into an Earth ball and used it to dig the rest of the way. It wasn't until he said with a big thump,
"Guys, I hit something!"
The Unicorn and the Dragonfly looked at what they unearthed. It was indeed a shrine, and there was a statue that was covered in dirt. After Spike cleared out the dirt covering the statue, he remembered seeing a figure like that before.....along with three foals and a hatchling. Spike's eyes widen,
"Its a Statue of Master Eon when he was still human."
Sparx asked, "But, what of the three foals and hatchling?"
Rarity thought she saw something like the hatchling before, "I think I know who the hatching statue is." She pointed to the small pointy ears, the Unicorn horn and the feathery wings, Spike realized what Rarity was saying,
"That's......Whirlwind as a hatchling. She must've been predestined to become a Skylander."
Rarity replied, "But we don't know. We need to tell somepony about this." She turned to Sparx, "Sparx, can you head back to Ponyville and tell Twilight that we found something?"
Sparx saluted, "I'm on my way!" He speeds off as Spike looks at the Silver Ankh that was with the shrine. Rarity said,
"Spike, be careful with that ankh." Spike placed a claw on the ankh and nothing happened. Spike said,
"The Ankh was buried with this shrine, but for what purpose?"
It wasn't until the ankh began to glow and slip out of his claws and on to the Eon Statue. That's when he pulled the dragon in as he was levitated in the air without use of his wings. Rarity yelled,
"SPIKEY!!!" In Spike's head, he became flooded with strange images, noises and voices that he doesn't recognize. It was being filled into his head from the statue and after it was done, the shrine repulsed him out of the hole as it began to calm down. Rarity came to Spike as he slipped into unconsciousness, she said,
"Spike, are you okay? Spike? Spike, please don't leave me!" Sparx arrived, along with Twilight, who brought her sister/variant, Ali Twilight with her. Sparx asked,
"Okay, what did you two do while I was gone?"
Rarity looked at the shrine, "Spike investigated the ankh until it went to the statue on its own. The Shrine pulled Spike to it, he was suspended in the air for a few minutes until it repelled him out of the hole."
Twilight looked at the shrine and then back at the unconscious Spike, "I think that the statue had Spike suspended in the air for something.....but what did it want with him?"
Ali Twilight told Twilight, "We need to get this shrine to the Library, plus, Spike needs medical attention."
Twilight replied, "I know. Let's get the Shrine out of the hole and carry it back."
The Twilight Sisters used their magic to lift the Shrine out of the hole while Rarity used the wagon to carry an unconscious Spike back to Ponyville. Whatever Spike did, it might be hard to translate what he obtained.
After bringing the shrine into the Library, Twilight and Ali Twilight needed to find out what was going on and the only way to do that is unlock the secret behind the shrine. But one of the smaller statues besides the hatchling caught Twilight in a sort of familiar glance. Twilight asked,
"Is it me or do I see myself as a foal on that statue?"
Ali Twilight looked at Twilight and one of the statues, "That's you, and a spitting image as well."
Twilight asked, "What did I have to do with the shrine?"
The Alicorn replied, "I don't know, but we plan to find out."
Twilight went to the door, "We better tell the others that Spike is in the hospital. We'll find out more about the shrine later."
Ali Twi nodded, "And we can find out what Spike obtained from the shrine."
After rounding up the others, they went to the Ponyville Hospital to see Spike. When they reached his room, they saw Rarity by his side as he lies unconscious as Twilight asked,
"What's the damage?"
The doctor replied, "Physically, he's fine, but I detected some unusual brain activity. Whatever he did to get him into this situation might've caused his brain activity."
Applejack asked, "What exactly happened to him, Twilight?"
Twilight replied, "He was on a gem hunt with Rarity and Sparx when they suddenly unearthed a shrine that had the statue of Master Eon. Sparx told me that once he left, Spike did something that ended up levitating him in the air because of the shrine. After that, he was repelled out of where they unearthed it and he was unconscious."
Rainbow Dash said, "Well, the dragon must've gotten hard by whatever that shrine was."
Fluttershy noticed movement on the hospital bed, "He's waking up."
The seven ponies gathered around as Spike woke up. He was rubbing his head and his horns, flexed his wings out to see no damage, and then asked,
"How long was I out?"
Twilight replied, "You were out for a couple of hours."
Spike replied, "Anything that happened when I was unconscious?"
Ali Twilight spoke, "The Doctor told us that your brain was in an unusual state. Did you see anything before you blacked out?"
Spike paused for a moment and explained, "Just before everything went black, I had some sort of vision. It looked like a couple of images, but they were too fast for me to identify any of it, but I manage to notice one."
Rarity asked, "What did you notice?"
Spike turned to her, "I saw myself in the Harmonic Armor and you. And from what it looked, it was going to be a battle if I morphed into Harmonic Spike."
Twilight took note on everything Spike said about his vision and realized, "If you had a vision when you were repelled from the pit, it could only mean that the vision came from that shrine."
Spike nodded, "The vision did come from that shrine, but its the four small statues that were with the shrine. I recognized one as Whirlwind and the other three...."
Twilight interrupted, "One of the statues is actually me as a foal."
Applejack asked, "What in the name of apple is goin on?"
Ali Twilight spoke, "We'll show you at the Library, the shrine is safe there. But we have to send a letter to Master Eon about the shrine."
After checking Spike out of the hospital, the eight Equestrian Skylanders made their way back to the library where they saw the Eon Shrine sitting in near the shelves as Rainbow Dash asked Rarity,
"So, you and Spike found this thing buried in the ground?"
Rarity nodded as she said, "Sparx the Dragonfly actually sensed it because of his talent."
As all eight looked at the statues, Rainbow Dash and Applejack gazed at the two statues of a Pegasus foal and Earth Pony foal, they were curious until they had a flashback of their foal pictures and Rainbow Dash realized,
"Those two statues are....."
Applejack finished, "Me and RD as foals!"
Ali Twilight was suspicious of this turn of events, "Why would a Master Eon Shrine have the statues of Whirlwind, Twilight, Rainbow Dash and Applejack as foals and hatchling?"
Applejack replied, "Ah'll bet our families are hiding something."
Rainbow Dash replied, "I know that my Aunt and Uncle ran away to Skylands so they can start a new life, but this is something new."
Twilight said, "We got to find out about those statues and Spike's visions."
Spike nodded, "I need to go find Whirlwind so we can tell her about this shrine..."He twitched as his eyes began to glow a different color. He asked as his eyes returned to normal, "What's happening to me?"
Twilight replied, "Its the visions, Spike. There might also be an answer to the statues." They sent a letter to Master Eon about finding a shrine that had his former self as a statue and told him about Spike's visions. But after they sent the letter to Eon, all they had to do now is wait for a reply from the Alicorn Portal Master. But in all of their waiting, Spike disappeared.
Spike wandered through the streets of Ponyville and remembered seeing everything at peace because of what they have done to prevent chaos in Ponyville. He was soon hit by another vision that showed a fiesta in the catacombs of great mountain. After that vision, he was still wondering how to solve the pieces of the puzzle in his head. But he needed to return to the same place that he was at before going on that gem hunt. He returned to the lake where he can find out how to solve the vision.
Back at the Library, they noticed Spike's disappearance after Rainbow Dash came back with Whirlwind in tow. Twilight asked,
"None of you saw Spike leave?"
Pinkie Pie appeared out of nowhere, "I saw him leave, but it was only briefly after he ran." Pinkie's tail began to twitch, "My Pinkie Sense is going crazy, and its not because of Spike's visions."
Whirlwind was about to ask until a letter materialized in her rainbow magic, she opened the letter and read,
"To my faithful ponies, I was told by Master Eon about Spike's visions and I know where Spike would go if there is something bothering him. He would always sit by the lake so he could clear his thoughts on the events that occurred, but he wouldn't do that because of the visions. But he still doesn't know that dragons have the ability to see visions, but it would require a pool of water. Meet me at the lake.
Your Portal Master, Princess Celestia."
Whirlwind paused then continued, "This letter is from Princess Celestia. She wants us to meet her by the lake."
Twilight replied, "Well, we should head there right now."
As Spike looked at his reflection in the water, he felt like he was missing something. He felt sad because of his visions, and he can't unlock the full picture when there was a lot of pictures in his visions. It wasn't until he saw another reflection of a familiar pony, he turned his attention at his visitor, revealing to be Princess Celestia. He asked,
"Mom, what are you doing here?"
Celestia replied, "I came to help you with your visions. I already told the others about where you are."
Spike realized this and smiled, "Maybe that's what I was missing. I was missing my friends when I disappeared on them."
After the others arrived and Celestia told him how dragons can see into the future, but for Spike, it required some help. Celestia merged her powers with Spike as she dipped her horn into the water. The water started to glow and began to change its shape into an image that showed what Spike was seeing. The Princess looked,
"I see you, standing at the base of...." She paused and thought, 'That can't be right.' She continued, "The Tree of Harmony."
Spike asked, "What's the Tree of Harmony?"
Princess Celestia replied, "Its a powerful tree that Luna, Fausticorn and I discovered years ago. From there, Fausticorn used her magic to create the Elements of Harmony and because of her fascination in Dragons, created the Harmonic Armor."
Spike looked at the image again as it began to add more images to it, "Its not just me standing at the base of the tree, its me fighting Malefor in a final confrontation at the tree."
Twilight noticed, "So its a chance that Malefor would reappear in Equestria."
Celestia replied, "It could happen, but I know the tree's location, its completely safe, for now."
Spike noticed the images forming into something new, "What's happening to it now?" They all looked at the images forming into something peculiar until it showed a few characters that were recognizable. Whirlwind noticed,
"That's me.....as a hatchling...and Rainbow Dash as a newborn foal."
Celestia took out four frames to give to Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Whirlwind, "Your parents wanted to give you four these when you were older." All four looked at the frames and noticed the similarities and realized that it was taken at the Ponyville Hospital that's when the four looked at each other and Whirlwind said,
"We were born on the same day."
Twilight replied, "And our families have kept this secret from us."
Applejack spoke, "And our parents were friends with each other.
Rainbow Dash spoke, "And If we were born on the same day...."
Celestia finished, "That means that there is bond that the four of you now share."
Spike smiled at this as the images on the lake switched into one final image, he looked at it,
"Its a fiesta in the catacombs of a once great mountain that used to be draped in shadow. Now its a place for the undead."
Ali Twilight remembered hearing about that mountain and said, "The Mountain of Malefor or to some others its called 'The Well of Souls' It used to be a placed where spirits roamed around on the Night of Eternal Darkness, but after Malefor was freed the entire mountain collapsed. Now the Undead use the catacombs as a home. Its what I learned from the archives at Eon's Citadel."
Spike spoke, "And there is another image, and its one that we are familiar with." The vision shifted and saw the host which was the same skeleton that attacked Ponyville on New Year's eve. Rainbow Dash recognized it,
"Count Moneybone?"
Spike replied, That is him, but I don't think he would strike back anytime soon. But we still need to keep vigilant."
The images faded as the water returned to normal. Spike looked at his friends and said,
"I think this is what I was missing, the company of my friends..." He looked at Celestia, "And family."
They all group hugged as Celestia horn began to glow bright as the sun sets over the lake, keeping the balance of day and night to their planet.
Author's Note
I was starting to run out of ideas, so I had to do something fast. So, Spike experienced a barrage of visions showing that he would be part of a final confrontation with Malefor. Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Whirlwind discover a family secret that bonds the four together. I'm doing a build up for the 3DS Swap Force Chapters, so I'm doing the best I can.
Camo the Plant/Dragon Hybrid has been living with Fluttershy since they got together, the Dragon set up a vegetable garden at Fluttershy's hut so that the Pegasus could use the vegetables that he grows to feed her animals. Every morning, Camo would get up, grab his gardening hat and walk out to the garden where he would tend to it like in the old days where he used to tend to Eon's vegetable garden. Fluttershy even visited the garden where Camo offered her a slice of a ripe non-explosive watermelon. He even gave her a carrot to give to Angel Bunny when he was need of a carrot. Camo had the most nature-loving assignment in Equestria, there were some times where he would take a break from the garden and head over to Sweet Apple Acres to hang out with Terrafin. Until one morning, Camo woke up grabbed his Gardening Hat, kissed the sleeping Fluttershy on the cheek as she smiled to it, and walked outside to the garden, but when he got there, his eyes widen in shock as to what he saw. In front of him, he saw the entire garden ravaged, the watermelons were smashed, the carrots only had the top stems left, the lettuce heads had only debris left, everything in the vegetable garden was ravaged by some unknown raider. Camo took off his hat and said,
"Who could have done such a thing?" He decided that since it hit his garden, it might've hit Sweet Apple Acres. He placed his hat back into the hut, left a note for Fluttershy and raced out the door to Sweet Apple Acres.
Terrafin and Applejack looked at the ravaged apple tree and noticed that there were more incidents with ravaged gardens all over Ponyville. Applejack, known for having an eye on what's going on around the acres, knew what's happening,
"Those darn Fruit Bats are at it again."
Terrafin knew what she was talking about, "The biggest harvest of the year and those Fruit Bats just came around and start to ruin everything."
When they knew that the Fruit Bats were at it again, Camo arrived and said, "Guys, my garden was ravaged!" Applejack said, "Those were probably Fruit Bats."
Camo knew about them and replied, "It wasn't just the fruits, it was also the vegetables as well."
Terrafin realized, "Fruit Bats don't ravage vegetables from gardens."
Applejack spoke, "We better find Spy-Rise, because he is a Spy."
Terrafin nodded, "He might be a Spy, but he did go through his detective work."
Camo asked, "Do you know where Spy-Rise is?"
Applejack nodded, "Applebloom and her friends wanted to play Hide n Seek with Spy-Rise, so he's with them in or near their clubhouse."
Terrafin pointed forward, "TO SPY-RISE!!!"
At the CMC's Clubhouse, Applebloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo were searching for Spy-Rise and since they know that he can climb to any elevated location, they kept their eyes on the ceiling until they heard the scurrying of mechanical legs. They looked near a window and spotted Spy-Rise attempting to escape out of the window. But they all said,
"We found you!" Spy-Rise looked at the three and smiled as he said, "So you have. I must say, hide n seek has been an excellent choice of a fun activity. It gives me a chance to improve my Spy training."
They all laughed about it until the clubhouse door opened revealing Applejack, Terrafin and Camo. Camo spoke,
"Sorry to interrupt but we have a situation in my vegetable garden at Fluttershys."
Spy-Rise thought about it and said, "I'll come with you shortly."
He told the three fillies that he was called in to do some investigating and they apparently understood. A Spy's got to do what a Spy's got to do.
At Camo's garden, the four friends looked at the ravaged fruits and vegetables. Spy-Rise placed his hand on a watermelon that was surprisingly intact and found a pair of teeth marks on it. Spy-Rise said,
"These look like teeth marks, the teeth of a Fruit Bat isn't that large." Camo looked at the melon, "You're right, somepony ravaged the garden with a hunger of fruits and vegetables."
Applejack asked, "Who in the right mind would ravage your garden?"
Camo spoke, "I don't know. But I know that this raider needs to be found."
Spy-Rise placed something on the hut, "I'll place this camera here incase that mysterious raider came back to the garden while you were asleep."
Terrafin noticed Spy-Rise's idea, "Well, that would help Camo with his problem, but Swarm can use his swarms to deal with our Fruit Bat problem."
As the others left, Camo took a good look at his ravaged garden and at the camera that Spy-Rise set up. He also looked at the teeth marks on the melon and said to himself,
"I got to find out who this garden raider is and basically catch this raider." He sighed at the fact and slammed his tail down, causing more fruits and vegetables to grow and replace what was ravaged. Until a soft voice asked,
"Are you okay, Camo?" The Plant/Dragon hybrid turned around and saw Fluttershy entering the garden as he replied,
"The garden was ravaged this morning and it wasn't from the Fruit Bats that were eating the apples from Sweet Apple Acres."
Fluttershy draped her wing around the sad dragon as she comforted him, "You will find the raider, eventually." Camo looked at Fluttershy and smiled, "Eventually."
Camo decided to go to the Library and ask Twilight about his ravaged garden until he saw a note on the door, he read,
"Gone to Variant World to visit my sister. Pop Fizz is in charge until I get back."
After he read it, he went inside the library to find Pop Fizz reading a book about Alchemy, like he always does. The blue gremlin noticed the dragon and asked,
"Camo, what brings you to the library?"
Camo replied, "My garden was ravaged by a Fruit Bat raid or something else. Because the one shred of evidence that Spy-Rise found was an intact watermelon with teeth marks all over it."
Camo showed the watermelon as Pop Fizz looked at the teeth marks and after searching through the Alchemy books, he developed a serum that could identify the species who made those teeth marks. Pop Fizz took out a lavender beaker and poured a drop onto the teeth marks. Due to his brilliance as an alchemist, he realized something when he took a finished drop and placed it under a microscope. His eyes widened as he said,
"These teeth marks came from a Bat-Pony!"
Camo asked, "I thought Bat-Ponies were only under Princess Luna's command and also Boom Jet was promoted as her captain to keep her guards in line?"
Pop Fizz said, "They are and if a Bat-Pony was ravaging your garden with a hunger of fruits and vegetables, then you might be dealing with a pony who was turned by a Fruit Bat."
Camo knew what he had to do, "Spy-Rise managed to place a camera near the garden to catch this Bat-Pony on film, but I should be there to confront this Bat-Pony."
Pop Fizz warned, "Just be careful, Camo."
Camo nodded to his friend, "Thanks." As he exited the Library.
Camo returned to Fluttershy's hut, only to find it deserted, he was curious about what happened until he saw a note from Fluttershy,
"Camo, Since it is Hearts and Hooves Day, I want you to meet me by the lake. Don't keep me waiting."
The Dragon remembered about his romantic relationship with Fluttershy and made his way towards the lake. When he arrived at the lake, he noticed the shape of a beautiful Pegasus pony with a wet mane in the lake.....he smiled in recognition that it was Fluttershy. When Fluttershy spotted him, she began gesturing Camo to join her and Camo wasn't a dragon who would deny being with his Marefriend. The dragon joined her as they embraced. Camo said,
"Despite what has happened today, coming back to you makes it all worth it."
Fluttershy replied, "I'm glad to see that you are okay. I didn't want to lose you to finding out who raided the garden."
Camo nodded, "But, as you said, eventually I'll catch the culprit."
Fluttershy smiled, "Eventually."
Camo asked, "Can we put the thoughts of the garden behind?"
Fluttershy nodded, "And we should make this time on the lake something to remember."
After their romantic time on the lake, Camo carried Fluttershy back to the cottage as he remembered why they both loved each other. She was shy when they first met, and terrified when he revealed himself because Equestrian Dragons were jerks, but Camo is no such jerk to the shy Pegasus. He is good-hearted, kind, a picture of a nice dragon from Skylands, and most of all, he is Fluttershy's gardener after he set up shop in Fluttershy's garden.
Most of Fluttershy's animal friends loved Camo, but not Angel Bunny, Fluttershy's pet rabbit. He was jealous of Camo for getting Fluttershy's attention more than he did before the Night of the Arrival. But he still depended on Camo to grow a carrot and hand it to him, the rabbit didn't show a lot of hostility. Camo was happy that he is spending his time with Fluttershy and yet he still wants to find out who raided his garden besides Fruit Bats. All he had to do now was get Fluttershy back home.
After returning back to the hut, he set Fluttershy down on her bed, covered her up and looked over at the garden as he said,
"The garden and Fluttershy are what matter to me. If anything happens to her or the garden I would know about it."
He left Fluttershy's room and decided to sleep on the couch. But while he drifted off into a deep sleep, he felt something whoosh into the garden. Seeing his opportunity, knowing that the raider has returned, he took off for the garden at full speed. But when he arrived at the garden, he saw a bat-pony ravaging the fruits and vegetables. He saw the bat-pony and became Thon Horn Camo to pin it down. The Bat-pony although obscured in the shadows, turned its red eyes towards Camo and began to run into the woods with the dragon in hot pursuit.
He chased the bat-pony through the forest with an intent on catching and questioning it. He chased it high, low, near and far until he used his Life Powers to summon vines to trap the bat-pony. The vines he summoned struck and took a hold of the bat-pony's fore-hooves and wrapped around its body. Once he knew that it was good and secured, he used the vines to lower it down to his position. He began interrogating,
"Let's start with the first question; Why did you raid the garden?"
The Bat-pony said, "My hunger for fruit demanded that I raid from your garden."
Camo asked, "So Fruit Bats can feed on fruit, but why did you also ravage the vegetables in the garden?"
The Bat-pony spoke, "I guess you can say that I also had a hunger for vegetables as well."
Camo asked, "Why did you target my garden when could've used any other garden?"
The Bat-pony had a seductive smile, "I guess you can say that I'm attracted to your fruits and vegetables.....as well as you."
Camo knew that this bat-pony was still obscured by darkness until he blew a sun ball which rotated around him until he got a sight of shock when he saw the bat-pony's face,
"Fluttershy.....you're...a bat-pony?!"
Flutterbat's seductive smile now turned to look of realization when Camo found out, she said, "I was bitten by a Fruit Bat and I was turned into this. After I turned into this, I had a hunger for fruit, but not other fruit......it was the fruit you grew, Camo."
Camo asked, "Why didn't you tell me? I could've figured something out with the others."
Flutterbat didn't reply as she began to tear up, she broke through the vines holding her and fled into the woods, Camo yelled,
"Fluttershy, Wait!!!"
After Flutterbat ditched Camo in the woods, she looked around and saw herself surrounded by Fruit Bats who were hanging from the trees. But, now she has realized what she had done and that she emotionally hurt Camo's feelings. She wanted to go back and tell him that she's sorry, but she was too shy to face Camo and tell him. She laid on the shore of a small pond where it was clear as Luna's night sky. She was sad over what she did and because it was Camo's feelings that she hurt, she felt herself feeling more sad than usual. Until she was approached from behind by a familiar Light Blue Alicorn Stallion,
"Fluttershy, you don't look to well, considering your incident with the Fruit Bats."
The Bat-Pony turned around and saw Master Eon as she said, "I've hurt Camo and....I..ravaged his garden."
Master Eon replied, "Don't think that Camo would never forgive you. What was ravaged, he could grow back. Its part of his ability of being part plant." He looked at a heart shaped carving on a tree that said,
'Camo X Fluttershy ' He spoke, "Camo's emotions are strong....as is his love for you."
Flutterbat asked, "But he will forgive me for ravaging his garden?"
The Alicorn smiled as he turned toward the lake and turned his head to the Bat-Pony, "Camo is not known to not forgive anyone for wrong doing except for Kaos. But he knows that you have a Secondary form which was uncontrollable for you. Like Thorn Horn Camo, you are going to have trouble getting used to a secondary form. So he will forgive you."
Flutterbat smiled and said, "I've got to go find him." Before she left, Master Eon used his magic on the lake and showed an image of Thorn Horn Camo walking through the forest shouting Fluttershy's name. That's when she realized that he was looking for her.
Flutterbat traversed through the woods, hoping to somehow run into Camo. She began looking for him, she searched behind a rock, underneath a swaying tree, and looked in the bushes.
After so much searching, she looked up into the night sky and flashed back into a memory of her and Camo pointing out what the star sections look like, one looked like a rabbit as she pointed out. Camo pointed at a section of a dragon standing close to a tree. She always knew about Camo's love for nature, she talked about how she got her Cutie Mark to Camo and the dragon understood that she was meant to care for animals. The dragon realized when she fell from Cloudsdale, she was caught by a passing group of butterflies.
After flashing out of her memory, she saw a nearby bush shake, Flutterbat smiled to think that it was Camo until it was revealed to be a frog. She frowned and sat on a hill sobbing,
"I need to find Camo or else he will never know how I feel about him. I want to have him forgive me....but...." She was interrupted when non-explosive watermelon sprouted right in front of her. Flutterbat turned around and saw Thorn Horn Camo standing at the opposite hill with a smile on his face. Her shocked face soon turned to joy as they both charged at full speed towards each other.
When they finally met on the smaller hill between the two bigger ones, they nudged for a few minutes and soon chased each other around while laughing. After they came to a stop at the lake, Camo swiped his claw against the ground and revealed a small flower. They soon nudged as a magical energy surged around both and turned Thorn Horn Camo and Flutterbat normal again. Camo finally said,
"I forgive you, Fluttershy."
Fluttershy replied, "I am glad to be with you, Camo. After what happened." She asked, "But why did you forgive me?"
Camo looked at his and Fluttershy's reflections in the lake as the heads of their reflections merged, "We are one. You and I."
Fluttershy smiled, "I love you, Camo."
Camo finished, "I love you too, Fluttershy."
Author's Note
Its been a while since I did one of these chapters, but I'm not quite ready for the 3DS Chapters yet.
Master Eon, the oldest Portal Master in Equestria, stands in the Portal Chamber where he always sees the people and ponies going in and out from either the Portal of Power or the Variant World Portal. Ever since he met Starswirl the Bearded all those years ago, he knew for certain that this would someday happen. Both worlds are united under a banner of peace and harmony, but if evil should ever rise again and plague the inhabitants of either Skylands or Equestria, the Skylanders would be on the case.
But now, Master Eon knew that evil is starting to rise again, it was already proven when the Dark Master, Malefor was set free from the Crystal Core. Then came the message about Spike's visions that didn't make sense until Princess Celestia returned and told him that it was about Spike fighting Malefor at the base of the Tree of Harmony. Each time he thought back to that vision, the more he began to worry. He began to think back at Sunset Shimmer's defeat at the Battle of the EQG Universe during the Soul Gem Conflict, he remembered Spike saying that Malefor saved Sunset Shimmer after her defeat. Malefor saving someone was unusual, Eon read that the dragon was a heartless monster who shows no compassion to his followers....until the end of that battle. He realized that Malefor's emotions are emerging, but still has a desire for destruction.
Eon realized that he's going to need a Traptanium crystal to trap Malefor if he were to strike again. That's when a memory of one of the Trap Masters from Cloudcracker Prison emerged in his head. He remembered that the Trap Masters and the Traptanium disappeared after a Grublin Army destroyed the Prison, releasing the most dangerous villains in the world. All of a sudden his eyes and horn began to glow as he began to sense seven of the Trap Masters......in Equestria. The Portal Master began to think over on which Skylanders to go to the places that he senses a Trap Master. He needed to do this fast and a efficient, and only two Skylanders that got it done were Rainbow Dash and Legendary Spyro. As Eon recalled that those two became physically intimate after Soarin' broke up with her. So he wrote down the messages and sent them off to the couple.
At Rainbow Dash's Cloud house, Legendary Spyro awoke to the sight of Rainbow Dash herself snuggled against the scales on his chest. They have been sleeping together ever since that Anniversary break-up. The sight of her would always make the blue dragon feel a sign of happiness even when they were competing against each other. Despite Rainbow Dash's Tomboyish personality, she was a beautiful Pegasus to behold for the dragon. Legendary Spyro was always at her side in battle and when resting, they were an unbreakable duo.
The Cyan Pegasus began to move as she opened her eyes and said, "Good morning, flight buddy. Ready for another race?"
The dragon smiled, "You're on!" And as quick as they could, they sped out of bed and out the window. As they sped off racing towards Cloudsdale, Rainbow Dash said, "Try to keep up!" She increased her speed, As Legendary Spyro began to use a Spiral Flight to increase his speed as he said,
"I bet my horns on it!" The Pegasus was thinking, 'You sneaky dragon, always in it for me to tackle you like always.'
Soon enough, she put the race to Cloudsdale behind and charged full speed towards Legendary Spyro when he was flying upside-down. Rainbow Dash tackled the Dragon out of the air as they both crash-landed on a nearby cloud. Even though he was tackled by Rainbow Dash, Legendary Spyro always did something just for the Pegasus to tackle him. His head was buried in the cloud until he pulled his head out with Rainbow Dash on top of him, but he also had something in his mouth. Rainbow Dash noticed,
"What's that in your mouth?" He spat it out and noticed that it was a statue of a air gust of a creature wielding a big translucent boomerang, standing on a cloud pedestal. The Blue Dragon's eyes widened,
"Its a frozen Skylander." Rainbow Dash was shocked, "I thought they were all found?"
Legendary Spyro replied, "This one is different." The rainbow mane Pegasus looked closely at their frozen Skylander and noticed,
"His Boomerang is translucent and......its starting....to glow." Legendary Spyro noticed and said, "He's awakening!!" The dragon tossed the statue to the other side of the cloud as it began to grow as the occupant began to break out of the statue.
He had bracers on his arms, he wore pants and boots. He possessed that glowing translucent boomerang as he twirled it in his hand. He cracked his neck a couple of times before he got a good sense of his bearings and noticed the two in an.....awkward position.
"Well, am I interrupting a make-out time? Because if I am, I'll just wait to thank you guys later."
Legendary Spyro and Rainbow Dash blushed as they moved off each other. The blue dragon spoke,
"No, we weren't making out." Rainbow Dash chuckled at his remark. The New Skylander nodded and introduced,
"I am Gusto, a Trap Master of the Air Element. A member of the Trap Masters of Cloudcracker Prison which was destroyed by the Dark Armies, speaking of which, is the war still going on?"
Rainbow Dash asked, "Malefor's Conflict? That war?" Gusto replied, "Is it still going on?"
Legendary Spyro spoke, "No, the Alliance won the fight with the defeat of Malefor at the claws of Spyro and Cynder. But because of a monster that Malefor sent to destroy the world, Spyro...had to create a Fury ward that managed to rebuild Avalar, but the rest remained floating islands. This new world was called Skylands, because of it and a new age began."
Gusto was shocked, "By the wind, its been that long?" Rainbow Dash realized, "It was too long if you ask me." All of a sudden, Legendary Spyro burped up a message with a Portal Master's seal on it. Legendary Spyro read,
"To Legendary Spyro and Rainbow Dash, This is an urgent message that the both of you come to Canterlot and meet with me in the Portal Chamber immediately. I'll explain more once we meet. Master Eon"
Gusto remembered, "I remember that name, he is a Portal Master. One of the most famous as I remember, although they were always in hiding."
Legendary Spyro spoke, "We have to get to Canterlot and see what Master Eon wants us to do." He turned to Gusto, "You're going with us."
Gusto heft his boomerang, "Got it." He also took out a crystal, "At least I didn't lose my Traptanium Crystal. I need to hand this to a Portal Master when I find one."
Rainbow Dash was going to ask until she decided to save it for later.
Once they arrived at Canterlot, they made their way to Castle. Gusto looked around and asked Legendary Spyro,
"This city is built into a mountain?" Legendary Spyro nodded, "This whole city is built on the mountainside. Amazing right?" Gusto replied, "My friend, Wallop was a forger and he seen many great buildings of great majesty while making great weapons. If he were here, he would be at awe at the majesty as well as the construction of this city."
Rainbow Dash heard the conversation, "Wallop will see this place." It wasn't until they bumped into Boom Jet, the Sky Surfer noticed,
"Legendary Spyro, Rainbow Dash, what brings you to Canterlot?" Legendary Spyro replied, "Boom Jet, we received a letter from Master Eon telling us to meet him in the Portal Chamber."
Rainbow Dash added, "After we found and unfroze this big guy." She pointed a hoof at Gusto as Boom Jet realized,
"That's.....a Trap Master. You two found a Trap Master."
Gusto smiled, "And you must be one of the Swap Force, I've heard about you and the others back home."
Boom Jet replied, "I'm not a Swap Force Skylander at this moment. I'm just wandering the city until Nightfall.
Legendary Spyro realized, "Waiting for your shift as the Captain of the Night Guards to start."
Boom Jet nodded, "Waiting for another night, that's all." They finished their conversation and moved towards the castle as they moved through the city. Once they made it to the castle, they entered the Portal Chamber which was the door next to the throne room. There they came across a light-blue Alicorn Stallion, wearing a robe, an amulet and a horned helmet. The stallion had white hair, showing from the helmet and a white beard. He turned and saw the Dragon, Pegasus and Trap Master approach. Master Eon looked and said,
"So you have already found a Trap Master. I am impressed." Gusto looked in shock, "Master Eon.....you look...different."
Master Eon smiled, "When creating a new body, it feels different, but I am proud." Legendary Spyro asked, "What was going on?"
Master Eon looked at the Portal of Power and said, "Ever since the various battles with Malefor, I am growing more concerned about any more evil creatures that would harm us or Equestria until I remembered the Trap Masters. Gusto possesses a Traptanium Crystal that could be used to trap any villain that is defeated."
Gusto took out his crystal and asked, "Are you our Portal Master?" Master Eon replied, "I was a Portal Master, now my only task is watching the Portals. I've passed the mantle on to the Royal Sisters of Equestria, Celestia and Luna. They are your Portal Masters now. But you can keep the crystal when the time is right."
Gusto nodded, "Thank you, Master Eon."
Eon soon turned to Rainbow Dash and Legendary Spyro, "I've sensed the auras of the many Trap Masters throughout Equestria. I want you two to go and find them quickly. Gusto will accompany you as well. As I recall, you have the ability to sense your companions."
Gusto's eyes started glowing as he senses them, "Yes, I do."
After leaving Canterlot with Gusto in tow, Rainbow Dash asked, "Do you know where they are?" Gusto's eyes turned blue as he began to sense a Trap Master, "There is something in a small village nearby at the bottom of a pond near a park."
Legendary Spyro realized, "That pond is in Ponyville and there is a Trap Master at the bottom of the pond."
Gusto replied, "Yes, that has to be the name." The Pegasus and Dragon took off as the Trap Master used his boomerang to grab a cloud and use his Air abilities to ride it. They left Canterlot Mountain and flew straight to Ponyville where the suspected Trap Master is frozen. The two flying Skylanders looked at Gusto's way of flying and they were at a shock, but he did control the cloud that they found him on, when heading towards Canterlot.
They followed the train tracks away from Canterlot Mountain and towards Ponyville where Gusto observed as they were landing, that there were Skylanders in the village as well. Gusto spotted Trigger Happy pulling a pastry wagon, while the Trap Master was surprised by the Gremlin's strength. He saw the Dirt Shark, Terrafin working at one of the local food stands along with the farm pony, Applejack. Gusto asked,
"I see some of the Skylanders, but....where are the rest?" Rainbow Dash replied, "They all went to find day-jobs while waiting for the call for action. Most Skylanders are active around Ponyville, the more you go into town, the more Skylanders you'll see."
Legendary Spyro added, "Plus Dashie and I are Skylanders as well." Gusto was about to ask until a Pink blur appeared right in his face. It was Pinkie Pie as she gasped in shock while looking at Gusto,
"You are not from around here! And if it means you're not from around here, That means you're new!!!"
Gusto introduced himself, "I'm Gusto, Skylander of Air and Trap Master." The Pink Pony gasped much louder, "A NEW SKYLANDER! I never thought that it would happen again, but I know all of the Skylanders, Variants and EQGs, but never expected to meet a new, new Skylander!"
Legendary Spyro stepped forward, "Pinkie, I think you were hyped up over that twitchy tail of yours."
Rainbow Dash spoke, "We need to be somewhere with Gusto. We can talk later, okay?"
Pinkie spoke, "Oki, doki, Loki! I gotta tell Triggy Wiggy about this." She disappears as Legendary Spyro said to Gusto,
"Its just Pinkie being Pinkie. You'll get used to it." Gusto nodded as his eyes started glowing as he motioned Rainbow Dash and Legendary Spyro to follow. So they followed the Trap Master to the pond where the frozen Trap Master was sensed. They all looked into the water and soon enough, Zap the Dragon popped out from the waves of the water, scaring the group with a statue in his mouth. Legendary Spyro spoke,
"Zap, you scared us." The Water Dragon spat the statue onto the shore, "Sorry to scare you guys, but I found that at the bottom while swimming."
Rainbow Dash looked at the statue and it showed a Crocagator in hunting gear with a translucent bow and arrow on a water pedestal. She asked Gusto, "You sensed him?"
Gusto looked and nodded, "That's Snap Shot, Leader of the Trap Masters." Zap spoke, "Trap Masters.....in Equestria? Wow, I guess there is more of them."
All of a sudden, Snap Shot's statue began glowing blue as the statue grew to full size. Snap Shot began breaking out of his statue form and soon enough he was free and moving around as he said,
"Aaargh, crikey! It is no fun being frozen... and I'm cold-blooded." Gusto replied, "You sure are."
Snap Shot noticed, "Gusto, what are you doing here?" Gusto shrugged, "Rescuing you from being a statue with the help of a few Skylanders."
Snap Shot looked at the two dragons and the Pegasus as he asked, "You are Skylanders? My memory seemed shady after being frozen."
Legendary Spyro spoke, "We are....and there is a lot more." Gusto asked, "Is your Traptanium Crystal safe?" The Crocagator pulled out the Water Crystal from his hunting gear as he replied,
"Its safe as safe could be." Rainbow Dash asked, "Can you sense any other Trap Masters?"
Snap Shot replied, "I can try." He closed his eyes as his scales started glowing, but was interrupted when Zap burped out a message. Snap Shot asked as he returned to normal, "What's going on?"
Zap read and reacted, "Flynn's Hometown is under attack and the Princesses want us to assemble the rest of the Skylanders."
Legendary Spyro shrugged, "I guess searching for the other Trap Masters will have to wait."
They all nodded as they separated in two groups. Zap took Snap Shot and Gusto with him to round up the others as Legendary Spyro and Rainbow Dash went to find the EQGs.
Author's Note
I'm BACK!!! You guys thought that I wouldn't add anything related to Trap Team? Well, Here I am and new chapters are a coming.
Zap and the two Trap Masters travelled throughout Ponyville to inform the others that the call for action has come once again. While Legendary Spyro and Rainbow Dash handled the EQGs in informing them, they would handle rounding up the others. Zap turned to the two, "Follow me, I know where they would be at this hour."
Snap Shot asked, "How long have you been here?" Zap replied, "Two or three years so far." They went to Applejack's stand where both Terrafin and Applejack are and Zap spoke,
"The Call has come." Applejack responded, "A call to action? Right now?"
Terrafin called out, "Yo Big Mac, Applejack and I are being called to action. Can you watch over the stand?" Applejack's brother looked at the Dirt Shark, "Eeyup."
Applejack realized and said, "Now lets see what in the hay this call is about."
Zap replied, "Flynn's hometown is under attack.....and I believe that Count Moneybone is involved in this."
Terrafin spoke, "Grim Creeper is gonna love this." Zap replied, "He will like to give that snotty rich skeleton a bit of payback."
Applejack spoke, "Lets round up the others and git to the train station."
Snap Shot spoke, "We already have Legendary Spyro and Rainbow Dash searching for a group known as EQGs. You know them?"
Terrafin replied, "Some of the Mane-6's human counterparts from a different dimension, there were seven of them until five others found their way here through the Multiverse Portal, four of the EQGs are human Skylanders."
Gusto realized, "It has been a strange time."
Applejack replied, "Spike had to find a gem that belonged to a fellow variant. We had a first encounter with them."
Terrafin added, "It turned out well, they became our allies. Kaos managed to accidently bring the seven into our dimension and soon enough they been here ever since."
Snap Shot realized, "Now that's quite the story."
Zap nodded and said, "Let's go find the others." They soon set off to search for the others as fast as they can before they had to go to Canterlot. The Trap Masters saw most of the EQGs led by Legendary Spyro and Rainbow Dash until they noticed that there are five extra EQGs. Snap Shot asked Terrafin,
"I thought you said that there were seven?" Terrafin realized, "Well, I left the part of the other five out. Lets just say that some of the DNA of four others, myself included merged with theirs."
Gusto asked, "What about the fifth one...the orange fiery one?"
Terrafin replied, "She was like the other seven, natives of that universe with her power awakened by the Soul Gem Conflict."
Applejack spoke, "But right now, we should spread the news to Grim Creeper....Ah reckon that he has unfinished business with Moneybone."
Terrafin nodded, "Ah reckon, he does." They moved to an old crypt on the outskirts of Ponyville where Grim Creeper set up as his home and they surprisingly found Grim sitting cross-legged with his scythe by his side and his eyes closed. In front of a miniature statue of some sort of Crypt Guardian with a giant sword, Snap Shot and Gusto knew exactly what that statue really is. Snap Shot spoke,
"Crikey, that's....that's Krypt King, the Undead Trap Master." Grim Creeper opened his eyes and turned his head towards the group as he said,
"I knew already that it is Krypt King, just like I know that you are the Trap Masters."
Gusto asked, "How did you find him?" Grim stood up, "He was here when I was moving in. Ever since then, I have meditated in front of him, listening to him telepathically." His ghostly aura glows as the reaper senses the Trap Master, "He says that the time for freedom has come."
"Thank you for sensing my calls. But being frozen seems to weaken my strength for a bit." Grim nodded, "I know how that feel when being frozen." Snap Shot mentioned, "Come to think of it, I did feel weak when I was freed."
Applejack spoke, "Well yer well-informed." Krypt King sheathed his blade, "It was because of my telepathic communication with Grim Creeper which made me find out."
Terrafin spoke to Grim Creeper, "Hey Grim, Count Moneybone is at large again and this time he's attacking Flynn's hometown. Ready to give him payback?"
Grim Creeper's ghostly aura turned from blue to red at the mention of Moneybone's name, "I'm ready."
Gusto spoke, "We should go see the Princesses, they rule this land and we have to turn in our Traptanium Crystals." Krypt King acknowledged this and began walking with the group towards the Train Station where the others were waiting for them.
After arriving in Canterlot, the team moved towards the castle and entered it through the travelers entrance when they always see ponies and Mabu coming and going when they want to use the two portals. But on a 'Call to Action' its a time when the travelers entrance because an observer entrance and using the portals is temporarily restricted. As they entered the portal chamber, they saw Celestia, Luna, and Master Eon waiting for them. The Royal Sisters saw the three Trap Masters in the group as Snap Shot approached,
"Are you the Portal Masters that we answer to?"
Celestia replied, "Yes, we are. You must be the Trap Masters that we were told about."
Snap Shot took out his Traptanium Crystal while Gusto and Krypt King did the same, "You should have this. Its my Traptanium Crystal. It was used to trap villains, but we are now passing them on to you and your sister." Celestia smiled as she and Luna accepted the three Crystals. Master Eon smiled,
"A Trap Masters loyalty is the most powerful thing you can behold." They nodded as Eon informed the Skylanders,
"We've called you here because, The Evil Count Moneybone, Lord of the Mountain of Malefor has created a Clockwork Army. He is now plotting something terrible starting with what happened earlier today. Behold." The Portal of Power sprang to life as it took the image of Flynn's hometown as the mayor spoke,
"Today is a very special day in the history of Boom Town..." They noticed Cali whispering to Hugo about the ceremony going straight to Flynn's head as the mayor continued, "We are here to celebrate one of Skylands' most amazing heroes." They heard Hugo whisper that it would be great to see where Flynn grew up. The mayor continued, "From this day forth, the first day of Spring shall forever be known as...."
Wash Buckler spoke, "Let me guess, 'Flynn Day?" The mayor shouted, "Flynn Day!" The Swap Force Skylander proclaimed that he must be psychic as a joke as the Portal continued on with the unveiling of the Golden Statue of Flynn. Flynn did his pose, "Boom! Pretty good likeness you think?"
All of a sudden, the Statue fell to the ground like a tree going timber. As a coffin took the statue's place, it opened as Count Moneybone emerged. The very sight of him caused Grim Creeper to show his red aura again.
"What's this? A Welcoming Party? For me?" said Moneybone. Flynn spoke, "Not so fast, chief. Autograph line starts back there." The skeleton spoke, "Oh, forgive me, I forgot to introduce myself. I am Count Moneybone, Lord of the Undead and I accept your surrender." Flynn asked, "You and whose army?"
With the stomp of his staff, the Clockwork Army was now rising up and terrorizing Boom Town. Flynn, Cali and Hugo were surrounded as Moneybone said, "Now that That is settled, I really must be off. But not before taking a few parting gifts." He looks at the statue, "That Statue will look nice in my garden." He snapped his fingers and the statue disappeared as Flynn spoke, "My Solid Gold Statue!" Moneybone eyes Cali, "Say, has anyone ever told you that you would look marvelous undead?" He zaps her with his staff as she turns into an zombie. She followed Moneybone into the coffin as he closes it. Hugo told Flynn,
"We got to go after him!" Flynn looked at the robots, "I think we need a little help first." Flynn realized as he looks up, "Princesses, We need the Skylanders!!"
The Skylanders heard the call as Celestia and Luna told Grim Creeper and Spyro to go.
At the Sky Docks, on the outskirts of town, Grim Creeper and Spyro emerged in a flash of light as a Mabu ran up and said,
"Skylanders, the Sky Docks are under attack!" Spyro asked, "What happened?" The Mabu replied, "These Ships came out of nowhere! Some people are even saying they're coming straight out of Boom Town. Something must have happened up there, but we can't get through all these machines to help!"
Grim Creeper asked, "How do we get to Boom Town?"
He swapped to Spyro as the War Hero destroyed many of the robots and assisted the Mabu in dealing with their robot trouble. Spyro was about to jump across a damaged bridge until a cannonball from one of the airships destroyed the bridge causing him to fall.
Spyro had a soft landing, thanks to his wings as a female Mabu asked, "Are you hurt?"
Spyro continued upwards to get to the gates of town as he came across the female Mabu as she said, "Good Work, I think we're safe....for now." Grim Creeper appeared nest to Spyro, "Are these the gates to town?" The Mabu nodded, "Yes, they are. The robots boarded the gate up before you got here. There is a bomb on that ship behind you." Grim Creeper grabbed the bomb as he placed in front of the door as he yelled,
"FIRE IN THE HOLE!!" The Bomb exploded destroying the boarded up gate as it opened to the bridge to Boom Town.
As Grim Creeper and Spyro entered Boom Town, they were greeted by the Mayor of Boom Town. He spotted them, "Ah Skylanders, Welcome to Boom Town. Home of Flynn, Skylands' most Awesome Hero." Spyro whispered, "If not, the most clumsiest."
The Mayor caught on, "True, Flynn can be Clumsy at times, but his stand at the Battle of Capybara Island was most Legendary." He added, "It was his choices to call you to assist in driving off the invaders. I'd like to give you a tour, but...well let's see..." He pointed over to the destroyed docks, "The Western Docks are... completely destroyed. But not to worry! We have our top construction crew on the job!" He pointed to the museum building,
"Our museum is still standing. We have the greatest collection of Skylander History and assorted hats in all of Skylands. Flynn was very pleased to see it still standing. He says that he wouldn't be complete without something that reminds him of you guys."
"Your friends set up a portal in town so that they could call in new Skylanders to join the fight."
Spyro replied, "That's nice, but we need to speak to Flynn, plus with that Portal in town, We need to bring the Princesses here." The Mayor pointed to the Town Center, "He's currently talking with his assistant in the Town Center." The two Skylanders went to the town center where they saw Flynn and Hugo looking at a destroyed robot that attacked. Flynn noticed Spyro, "Hey Spyro, man, you finally made it!"
Spyro smiled, "Flynn, its good to see your hometown for the first time." He looked at the robot, "You used a crowbar on that?" Flynn pulled out the crowbar with a piece of tech on it, "Yeah." Spyro laughed, "Trademark weapon then." Flynn then said, "I should've used my crowbar on that old bag of bones before he had the nerve to wreck my town and make off with my incredibly handsome new statue!"
Grim Creeper showed his Red Aura again as the pilot noticed, "Grim, you're red..." Spyro calmed him down as he spoke, "Grim's been that way ever since Moneybone defeated him on New Year's Eve." Flynn realized, "Guess you got a 'Bone' to pick with him." Grim Creeper replied as he returned to his Blue Aura, "Pretty much."
Hugo spoke, "You forgot about Cali, Flynn. And we don't know how to open this door to go after them. The only clue we have to go on are these broken down machines that you pulled a crowbar on." Grim Creeper placed his hand on the machine and swept it across as he pulled it back and saw a familiar dust on his hand, "The robots are covered with Fairy Dust."
Hugo realized, "If its true, then something must be going on with the Fairies in the Ancient Woods!"
Spyro laughed, "Made you look!" Flynn embarrassingly said, "Real funny, Spyro." He walked to the docks saying, "Playing a joke on me in my hometown. I'll get you back one day."
Hugo spoke, "Now that we've got evidence of Fairy Dust. We better bring the Princesses here and guide you and the others."
Grim Creeper shouted, "Princesses Celestia and Luna, we need you in Skylands!" The Boom Town Portal erupted as the Royal Sisters emerged in all their splendor. Almost every Mabu in the town halted in their presence. The Mayor even stuttered saying, "Your Highnesses, its....a...pleasure most rare. Flynn has....spoke very highly of you two.....and your assistances."
Celestia smiled, "I guess that a Welcome was in order."
After hearing them speak, the Mayor just fainted like a clumsy ox. Grim Creeper looked at the KO'd Mayor as he said, "Somebody get a stretcher."
Author's Note
So yeah, ever since the 'Grim Creeper meets Daring Do' Chapter, Grim has a tendency to change his blue ghostly aura to Red whenever he remembers, sees or hears about Count Moneybone.....so this is Grim Creeper's quest for Revenge.
After reviving the Mayor of Boom Town, Celestia and Luna summoned the rest of the Skylanders, Variants and EQGs through the Boom Town Portal. After Hugo explained how the new Portal system works, Celestia and Luna sent Camo and Fluttershy with Flynn to speak with the Fairies about Count Moneybone, although Grim Creeper is still fuming with vengeance. As they arrived at the Ancient Woods, Camo seemed to notice something,
"The Woods....they are....dying."
Fluttershy noticed, "I can see and sense it as well." The Dragon turned to Flynn, "There is something strange about the pollution in these woods, something is....off."
Flynn looked, "Well if you put it that way, it was more brighter than usual." Fluttershy asked, "How bright?"
Flynn replied, "Like it was a sunny day, my Pegasus friend, like it was a sunny day." Camo saw a landing spot, "Set us down on that platform, we'll continue on foot."
Flynn saluted, "Righty-O, Camo." He set the ship down as Fluttershy and Camo continued on foot/hoof to where they should investigate. Camo began to sense something at in his horns as he realized,
"The Elders!" Fluttershy asked, "What?" The Dragon repeated, "The Tree Elders. They are the living trees of the woods. They are still alive, if we can find them, we can find out what happened to the fairies."
Fluttershy asked, "Do you know where they are?" Camo searched through his senses and nodded, "They are deep inside the woods. I....remember where they are, they can tell us what happened."
Camo and Fluttershy encountered the robots that attacked Boom Town and started to fight their way towards the Tree Elders. Camo began to sniff towards a recently opened doorway as he closed his eyes. He opened them again as they started to glow green as he said,
"They are near, I can sense it." They went into the doorway and walked up to a stump, and there in front of them stood three very large living trees. The middle one looked at Camo and smiled,
"Welcome Camo, it has been a very long since you've stepped foot in the Ancient Woods."
Camo nodded, "I know, My Elders. But my friend and I are here to investigate the pollution in the woods."
The Elder looked at Fluttershy, "You've grown intimate with your friend, Camo. So you two came here....in our Darkest Hour."
Fluttershy asked, "Darkest Hour?" The Elder nodded, "The Woods are dying, being drained of magic by some unknown source. The Fairies, who were once our caretakers, have all disappeared." He paused for a moment and said,
"Camo, Fluttershy, if we're to have any hope for survival, you must seek out the Fairies. They are likely captives of these mechanical monstrosities that plague our woods."
Camo nodded, "We'll free them so they can restore life to the forest." Fluttershy stood by his side, "We...should return to Boom Town and give Hugo the news." They said good bye to the Elders as they are transported back to the Dread-Yacht through Celestia and Luna's Portal Mastery.
After returning to Boom Town, Flynn tells the Skylanders that he remembers one Fairy that could help....of course he has to mispronounce her name, "Perplexamy, I think her name is. Strange girl-good with directions though. Why don't we ask her for help?"
Hugo corrected, "You mean Persephone?" He realized, "Wow Flynn, that's actually a good idea!"
Flynn spoke, "All my ideas are good, Hugo. Now set a course for...uh- Where does Persephone live again? Someone get me a map..." A Water Balloon falls on Flynn along with a Map that shows where Persephone live. He looked up and saw Legendary Spyro and Rainbow Dash laughing, Flynn knew that Legendary Spyro threw that Water Balloon as he grumbled,
"Great, pranked twice in my hometown. First by Spyro and now Legendary Spyro." His grumbling turned to excitement, "But I at least got a map, so it won't matter." Hugo spoke to the Princesses,
"Flynn will wait by the docks. You should chose which two Skylanders to send."
The Sister looked for which two to send until Celestia chose Pop Fizz while Luna chose Magna Charge who surprisingly had a chip implanted in his head as his red color turned yellow and then back again. Sprocket came up and said,
"I worked on Magna Charge a little bit until I developed a micro-chip that can boost his speed and his magnetize ability. I call it the 'Nitro Boost' But he has the ability to change from Nitro to normal on his own." She chuckled, "I even built an advanced Nitro suit for Freeze Blade and it merged with his own suit causing him to change from Nitro to normal on his own." She got back with the others as Manga Charge and Pop Fizz went to the docks.
After arriving at Toadstool Terrace, Magna Charge noticed, "There are Clockwork Robots all over the place. We have to find Persephone and find out what happened to the other Fairies."
Pop Fizz looked for a landing spot until he said, "Flynn, drop us there. We'll handle the Robots while you continue evasive maneuvers." Flynn nodded, "Righty-O, Pop Fizz!" Flynn moved over the Drop Zone while Magna Charge and Pop Fizz jumped off the ship and landed at their designated point. Magna Charge looked at their path ahead as he said,
"Persephone is down this path. We should find her and learn the location of the remaining Fairies."
Pop Fizz turned into his beast form and began rampaging the nearby Robots and anything else that stood in their way. Magna Charge used his cannon and a magnetic power to take down any robots and any other enemies, until he came across a Swap Gate. He saw the gate and yelled,
"Princesses, I need to be Magna Ranger!" At that instant, Magna Charge became Magna Ranger with the lower half of Free Ranger as he entered the Swap Zone.
He used the Spin ability to reflect projectiles and navigate safely through the zone as he came to the end while fighting a bunch of Bark Demons. After that Spin Zone, Magna Ranger became Magna Charge yet again.
They came across a Speed Zone which require Magna Charge's abilities, so he went through the gate. He sped across multiple hazards which would've been insane from start to finish, but not to Magna Charge. He came across an area with multiple hazards in the zone. He began to turn yellow as he spoke,
"NITRO POWER!!" Magna Charge turned into Nitro Magna Charge and sped across at a very fast Nitro Speed. He used his new Nitro Powers to reach the end of the challenge and get back to finding Persephone.
Pop Fizz was chosen and moved into a nearby Toadstool entrance and came across a Moneybone Key Cage and he knew one thing,
"Those lock trolls are at it again, but this time they have the keys." He cracked his fingers, "Puzzle Time!"
Pop Fizz moved the key cage around several times until the Lock Troll popped out, he spoke to it, "I'll hold that for ya." He took the key and threw the troll to the sides. He went up to the exit, unlocked the gate and pressed on towards Persephone.
Pop Fizz fought off the remaining bad guys as he came across Persephone who was trapped in a metal cage. Pop Fizz stepped forward as Magna Charge appeared beside him, the fairy noticed,
"Lucky Party! Persephone is happy to see you, Skylanders." Pop Fizz nodded, "Good to see you again, Persephone. But it looks like you're in a bit of trouble because of these robots."
Persephone replied, "Cage is of unhappy design, Pop Fizz. But with Mana Bomb, you and Magna Charge can release me from sad cage."
Magna Charge picked up a bomb and threw it at Persephone's cage. After she was free, she spoke,
"Thank you, Skylanders, for removal of unhappy cage. Here is bright and smooth, and happy to dance."
Magna Charge asked, "Where are the other fairies?" Persephone frowned, "Sister Fairies were removed from old place in unhappy cages. Most happy magic drained, but Skylanders helpful."
Pop Fizz asked, "But, where are the other fairies?"
Persephone replied, "Dance at Fountain Springs, Pop Fizz." Although they were trying to get used to Persephone's talk of dancing when it really meant that they have to battle more robots at Fountain Springs. They went back to Boom Town to inform Hugo and the others.
After returning to Boom Town, Flynn and Hugo stood with Celestia and Luna as they welcomed Persephone back, although Flynn mispronounced her name again. Persephone spoke to the sisters,
"No time for happy hellos, your highnesses. Sisters are in very bad trouble!"
Grim Creeper approached, "What's happening?" Persephone spoke, "Bad machine is draining all the color and happiness the forest! Sister fairies all caught, all put in unhappy cages."
Hugo realized, "A magic-draining machine in the forest? That sounds like just the lead we're looking for."
Grim Creeper spoke, "And its most likely that..." He went red, "He will be there at the machine as well. I'll be looking forward to pulling a Hamlet on Moneybone's Skull!"
Flynn realized, "Whoa Grim, Calm Down! If we know that he'll be there, we don't know if he has a trap there for us."
Grim asked, "Would I even care if he set a trap for us? I would care less if set a trap!"
Persephone spoke to the Princesses, "Grim Creeper has an unhappy aura to him. Something happened to make him so.....aggressive."
The reaper spoke to the fairy, "Its not about stopping Moneybone's plans."
Hugo asked, "Then what is your red ghost aura about?" Grim Creeper still retaining his red aura, "This is about Revenge."
Flynn asked surprisingly, "Wait, Revenge!? On that bag of Bones, that took my statue and Cali!?"
Celestia calmly said, "He's been this way ever since Moneybone defeated him on New Year's Eve."
Luna finished, "Anytime he hears Moneybone's name, he vows that someday, he will have his revenge."
Grim Creeper returned to his original Blue Aura, "And everytime I calm down, I keep thinking to myself that Moneybone will get what's coming to him."
Grim Creeper goes to the Fountain Springs to find the trapped fairies.
Grim Creeper encountered some fuel devices as he made his way to the source. He jumped over to an island that had a massive machine on it. Grim Creeper realized,
"This is a Fuel Machine used to power those robots. Destroying it could disrupt Moneybone's Operations."
He made his way to the Fuel Machine as he fought or evaded the Clockwork Robots while doing feeling his lust for revenge seeping through him. But he managed to hold it back long enough to reach the machine as he saw the trapped fairies in the cages draining their powers.
Persephone dropped a bomb near Grim Creeper as he grabbed it, but didn't light the fuse. He just fell to his knees as his Aura changed from Blue to Red and back again. The fairy noticed and said,
"Your unhappy vengeance is trying to consume you. But..." She used her power on Grim Creeper as he calmed down and returned to Blue. Persephone continued, "This gift will temporarily halt the unhappy urge for revenge."
Grim Creeper stood up and realized that he was calm, for now. He asked, "But, if it temporarily delays my Aura of Vengeance....how could I control it?"
Persephone replied, "Think about happy things you've done with your friends and know that they are inside your very Aura. You have to feel their heroic power....that is what leads to control and happy vengeance."
Grim Creeper lit the fuse and destroyed the fairy cage as one of the antennas exploded. Grim Creeper looked at Persephone and said,
"I'll try to control my Revenge Aura. You go get more bombs while I....think things over." Persephone left as he sat cross-legged, feeling the powers of his friends and fellow Skylanders as he tried to feel their power in his Aura in order to control his Aura of Vengeance. He was also waiting for Persephone to return with another bomb. All of a sudden, a familiar voice yelled,
"That is quite enough, Skylander!" Grim Creeper felt a thud as he still sat there with his eyes closed. Count Moneybone emerged in his Clockwork Powersuit Version 1.0, he spoke to the sitting Grim Creeper while his back was towards him, "Look at what you have done! Do you have any idea what it costs to make a device like this?"
Grim Creeper opened his eyes as he stood up and turned around, "Enough to make you bankrupt."
Moneybone sneered, "Grim Creeper, I knew you would've came here to break something of mine. You could never understand the value of my work."
Grim replied, "It was meant to serve Malefor." Moneybone laughed, "Of Course it was, but Malefor offered me something so it can be built and that is something you should find out on your own!"
Grim Creeper unsheathed his scythe, "Lets settle this....like gentlemen as you would put it." Moneybone raised his suit's arms, "I've been waiting all this time to send you flying a second time!"
Grim Creeper smiled, "Not going to happen!" Moneybone shot dozens of buzz saws at Grim Creeper as he used his skills to avoid them. After that, Moneybone used his suit's treads to approach Grim as it was basically an opening for an attack from his scythe. Moneybone shouted,
"Hold still, you pathetic Reaper!" Grim continued attacking as Moneybone tried to defend himself. Moneybone's suit was damaged so he took to the skies yelling, "This isn't over!"
He landed on the platform with the antennas as they started generating power to his suit as he said,
"Time for a Recharge!" Grim Creeper heard Princess Celestia's voice as she said, "The Tech Skylanders calculated the power percentage for his suit. Bombing a Fairy Cage could interrupt his recharging strength and weaken him."
Grim shook off the telepathic communication as Persephone dropped a bomb near him as he lit the fuse and threw it at the second cage.
"No, No, Leave those alone!" said Moneybone as another antenna exploded, "Now you've done it, Grim Creeper!"
Grim Creeper saw as Moneybone summoned trolls and robots as he said, "Protect me, you fools!!" His minions were easy for Grim as he stood before Moneybone saying,
"You're servants are useless, Count Loserbone." Moneybone corrected, "Its Moneybone!"
As the Count jumped off the platform, He heard Drobot's voice saying, "Powersuit charged to 60%."
Moneybone fired rockets at Grim Creeper as he dodged as much as he can until the last one missed him. Moneybone tried to use his steam punch to deal with the reaper at close range, but he was far too fast to be punched. Grim Creeper charged at Moneybone, jumped onto his suit as he slashed his scythe at the chest only for a couple of times before jumping off, Moneybone looked at him,
"You slashed my suit!"
Grim smiled, "Guess you won't be going on that date."
Moneybone smiled, "But that's where you're wrong. I have my own Undead Bride as a parting gift from some town with a mouthy pilot."
Grim Creeper nodded, "I know what you did at Boom Town. My friend wants his statue back as well as Cali."
Moneybone said in shock, "You...of all Undead want to steal my gifts from that town and have my Bride for yourself?"
Grim walked around, "It's not stealing, its getting back what was stolen. And I don't want Cali for myself, I intend to change her back to her living self. And as for you...Your Time will be Up!"
Moneybone pointed his Buzz saw arms at Grim Creeper saying, "No one undead takes things that are mine, not even a Skylander nincompoop like yourself." But before he could fire, he realized as his suit beeped,
"Out of power already!?" He went back to the platform as the fairy cages appeared from the machine. Grim Creeper bombed a fairy cage, courtesy of the bomb dropped by Persephone.
"Stop! Stop that!" said an irritated Moneybone. The third antenna exploded as he growled, summoning his once-again useless minions only for Grim Creeper to cut them down.
Once Moneybone saw that his minions were defeated, he said, "Useless, I'll do it myself!"
Grim Creeper heard Drobot's voice again, "Powersuit charged to 40%."
Moneybone landed back to the battle-zone as Grim Creeper went to Ghost Form and connected to Moneybone several times before having his armor return to him. Moneybone screamed,
"Ouch! You will pay for this, Grim Creeper!"
Grim replied, "Try me." So, Grim Creeper dodged Moneybone's buzz saw attacks as he continued to do damage at the robotic suit. Grim used his style of battle with many moves to do with his scythe to get an edge in battle. He even summoned at Ghost using his spectral Aura that does damage continuously at Count Moneybone. He soon realized that Moneybone's suit was out of power as the Count yelled,
"Curse these cheap Power Crystals!" Moneybone attempted to use the last antenna until it exploded causing it to electrocute him as he yelled,
"This Useless Machine!!" He called to his minions, "Destroy Grim Creeper, you..." He paused when he saw the reaper fall to his knees. He thought,
"I've.....I've weakened him?!" He smiled as he jumped off the platform and landed near Grim Creeper, he knocked Grim's scythe away as he said,
"Finally, you've been fighting so much, you have finally weakened yourself. Oh, how joyous can this be."
Grim Creeper spoke, "Not....as joyous as you expected." Moneybone spoke, "Just hold still and let me finish you."
Grim Creeper clutched his head as his Blue Aura extinguished and Moneybone asked, "What's this?"
Grim Creeper's Aura of Vengeance emerged as his scythe slipped back in his hand saying, "You have underestimated me!"
Moneybone was angry, "Oh yeah, well lets see what you can do!" Moneybone attack with a Buzz Saw Barrage, Rocket Barrage, but none manage to hit Grim Creeper as he moved too fast for him to shoot. Moneybone shouted,
"Hold still!" But Grim Creeper jumped on the back of Moneybone's suit as he slashed the suit's missile launchers, disabling them. Moneybone realized,
"My Rocket Launchers! You Pesky Skylander, you will pay in pain for that!" Grim Creeper jumped off as Moneybone did a spin attack while laughing maniacally. After landing a final blow, the suit was basically destroying itself as Moneybone said,
"No! You've won this round. But I'll be back, Grim Creeper!" The upper half of the suit detached and the arms acted as thrusters as he said,
"You haven't seen the last of...." He was interrupted by the lower half exploding. Grim Creeper regained his Blue Aura as he began fighting his own vengeance. But as he saw Moneybone flee, Grim simply shrugged,
"What a coward."
Author's Note
So this is basically Grim Creeper facing Moneybone for the first time since New Year's Eve. I could've gotten this in sooner, but things change. Hope you guys enjoy it.
Soon after Grim Creeper fought Moneybone, Hugo attempted to use a door opening spell...which back-fired. They saw the crystals around the door as they saw a prospector carrying a similar crystal, he offered to help, but the mines were threatened by a mechanical worm. So The Princesses sent Rubble Rouser and Applejack to shut down the worm, and soon after shutting down the worm, Flynn used a cannon to blow the door open. His plan might've been a genius one if it blew the door open, but it didn't. Hugo looked over at a label on the cannon that said,
'Made in Coral Head Cove.' So Celestia and Luna sent Wash Buckler and EQG Legendary Spyro to check it out.
As they arrived at the cove, they noticed the Tropical feature to the cove as EQG Leg. Spyro said,
"Nice Paradise." Wash Buckler spoke, "Its nothing much, but it is Coral Head Cove."
The EQG Skylander nodded, "True, but we need to find the entrance to the Robot Factory and shut it down."
Wash Buckler nodded, "Then we better go." As Leg.Spyro's EQG traversed through the cove with his Dragon wings closed up, he felt a sense of danger near him as he dodged a blast from a nearby robot and the pearly whites from a Chompy. He fired a ball of blue fire from his hand as it engulfed the Chompy and damaged the robot. He finished the robot off with a few openings of yanking out the cannon attached to it.
The EQG leapt across a whirlpool with a help of a few big fish that were swimming around it. He wasn't paying attention and was almost hit by a bunch of boulders, but he still had his Skylander sense. He immediately dodged the boulders as he moved upward towards the top of a hill.
After he reached the top, he was ambushed by more chompies and clockwork robots, but were quickly disposed of. EQG Legendary Spyro climbed a Sand Castle that had a bounce pad on the top which launched him into another area of the cove. As he landed with the help of his wings, he noticed a Water Elemental Gate as he said,
"Swap, Wash Buckler!" The EQG disappeared allowing Wash Buckler to take his place. The Mermasquid gained access to the Water Zone and used a bounce pad to propel himself over to the Water area.
He looked over at the platforms, the falling coconuts and the enemy robots in the area, so he prepared his cutlass and said,
"All hands on deck!" With a flick of his cutlass, a ship emerged and plowed over the robot with ease.
Wash Buckler moved from one platform to another until he noticed, "Some of the platforms have ice on them. I better watch my legs." He moved when he stepped on the ice platform and slid a little, but he could control it. He always controls his directions. He was focused on robots, ice platforms and falling coconuts.
He nearly fell, but caught himself when he stabbed his cutlass into the ice, using it as an anchor. He used everything in his might to get to the top of the zone as he picked up a wrapped box and entered the teleporter.
Wash Buckler was transported back to the entrance of the Water Zone, where he continued on to find the entrance to the Robot Factory. He dodged more hazards, fought more chompies and robots as he progressed on and jumped across a whirlpool using those big fish. He was about to progress further when he came across a teleporter that had the teleport symbol on it. So he yelled,
"Wash Loop, Go!" His tentacles disappeared and he now had Hoot Loop's lower half and entered the Swap Zone.
He remembers Hoot Loop telling him about these zones and he always said that the floor panels are corporeal, but invisible unless in teleport mode. Wash Loop used the teleport ability to show the panels and can use the ability to also rise through the air. In teleport form, Wash Loop collected teleport orbs in order to keep this form going, but he knew that it will be a matter of time before he became his regular self. He came across a checkpoint that had the robots and chompies waiting for him as he fought them off with his bubble gun. After that he continued on with the Teleport Zone and repeated the same process for the next two times before he came to the end of the zone and obtained another wrapped up box. Wash Loop said in victory,
"Score another hat for us." He exited the zone and was swapped back to Wash Buckler. After that he continued on and allowed EQG L.Spyro to continue on. The EQG Skylander saw a locked gate in his path, he looked at the open doors,
"The key is in one of these houses." So he entered each house and battled the robots that were inside each house. But as he finished off the robots in one house, a Gillman noticed him and said,
"Whoa dude, you really trashed all those guys with those swords." EQG L.Spyro nodded as his Magic Katanas faded away as he replied,
"Its what a Skylander does for most of the time."
The Gillman realized, "You're a Skylander?! That's awesome!" The EQG spoke, "I need to get to the Robot Factory."
The Gillman nodded, "They tried to make that factory look like a sandcastle, but I've seen plenty of sandcastles in my time and that thing just doesn't fit. Has no heart in it, you know?"
The EQG pointed towards the door, "You should get somewhere safe before those robots come back." The Gillman nodded as he ran out the door.
As EQG Legendary Spyro cleared out the remaining buildings, he found the key and opened the gate and progressed further to the factory. He almost passed up a Magic Gate, but he sped through the gate like it was nothing and made it towards the building before the factory and saw a bunch of robots and other enemies in his path. So he decided to do one thing, 'call for back-up'
Three flashes of light occurred and EQGs Drobot, Terrafin and Camo emerged all seeing the enemies in front of them. EQG Terrafin asked as he clashed his Knockout Bracers together,
"Hey Camo, remember that phrase you always say when you use your skateboard while gardening?"
EQG Camo asked, "The one that always gets on your nerve back home?" He replied, "Yeah, that." EQG Camo smiled as he pulled his skateboard out, "I've been waiting all this time to say that."
EQG Legendary Spyro asked, "Dro, how are the upgrades to your suit?" EQG Drobot ran a scan, "Suit's functional, Booster jump was upgraded for sustained flights, Cable Launcher is able to form a staff."
EQG Legendary Spyro spoke as his Magic Katanas reappeared in his hands, "Lets start this party guys!" They charged as EQG Camo yelled,
"COWABUNGA!!!" He slammed his Exploding Melon grenade on a nearby troll as he skateboarded across while shoving a Chili-Pepper bomb down another troll's throat.
EQG Terrafin began adapting to the ways that his Skylander Counterpart fights. He even burrowed underneath and dragged a Clockwork robot underground.
EQG Drobot used his new staff to block any blows from the nearby robots as he jumped with the boost from his boost and shot a cable at two robots, pulling them together and smashing them to bits. The EQG Skylander looked up at a door the door way that leads into the building. He motioned to his team,
"I'm going into the gatehouse to lower the moat. Hold them off until I'm finished!"
EQG Legendary Spyro nodded, "Don't worry, Dro. We got your back!" EQG Terrafin shouted as his Knockout Bracers tore another robot to shreds,
"Take your time, man."
EQG Camo used a booster attachment to his Skateboard and an Explosive Pumpkin on a troll and called out,
"We'll keep these guys Fruit Punched until you're finished." The three EQGs now stood side by side as they prepared to fight for their lives in order to buy EQG Drobot time to drain the oil moat.
In the Robot Factory, Count Moneybone was looking at a screen that showed the current battle close to his factory in hopes of seeing Grim Creeper, but instead he sees three of the Skylander's EQG Allies fighting off his robots and minions that he hired to guard the factory. The Count saw the way they fight and the way that they rely on teamwork. The Undead Count rubbed his skull,
"Those four fight well, but I think those four would fight even more well undead. But I can't get to them because they would always be sent back to that wretched town." Then something hit him, he remembered leaving an Undead door in Boom Town,
"I could capture them while their in that town! I would be able to capture them and have them....fight for me!"
During his enthusiastic idea, he turned back to the screen as the door to his factory suddenly blew open as all four EQG Skylanders entered. Moneybone heard the four go through a conversation saying that they made it inside and now talked about requesting the 'Princesses' to allowing Grim Creeper to continue on. He also saw EQG Terrafin place a towel around his neck as he said,
"Cowabunga." At that instant, the EQGs disappeared in a flash of light and Grim Creeper took their place. Moneybone soon saw this and realized that Round 2 is just around the corner.
"Grim Creeper is here, now this time I'm far more prepared." He pulled out a remote and pressed the button, opening the case of his new power suit. "Power Suit Mark 2.O is prepared and ready to meet you, Grim Creeper. It will be the very thing that will rid me of you once and for all."
After he suited up, he knew Grim Creeper would head for the Robot Assembly Center to shut down the factory and that's where Count Moneybone will find him.
At the Robot Assembly Center, Grim Creeper looked at the crusher that crushed the robot in the middle. He looked around for any sign of Count Moneybone as his Revenge Aura began glowing again. He realized that he could use his Revenge Aura to find out where he was hiding, so he said as he pointed his scythe,
"Okay, where are you, Moneybone?" The Scythe's red aura launched a trail of red mist as it moved towards a catwalk above the smasher. Soon the trail took form of Count Moneybone as Grim Creeper's Aura returned to normal. Moneybone stood without his suit saying,
"Welcome to my Robot Assembly Center, Grim Creeper. We are so HAPPY to have you as one of our first visitors."
Grim Creeper crossed his arms as he sarcastically said, "I wonder what welcome wagon you would roll out?"
Moneybone smiled, "A very special welcoming committee, so consider yourself our most honorable guest and please make yourself UN-comfortable!"
Moneybone now called out his robot friends as Grim Creeper began going on the defensive as he cut down the robots one by one. He slashed his scythe on a robot, which was sliced in half. He kicked a robot towards another robot causing both to collide and explode. He used a soul to use against a robot as it ate away the robot's shell. Grim Creeper was surrounded by robots, so he used a powerful Scythe Swipe to slice their robotic bodies in half. As the last Robot fell, Grim Creeper looked upon his defeated foes,
"Mere Children's toys, nothing like the robotic Skylanders that I know."
Suddenly, Moneybone's Power Suit Mark 2.O drop down in front of the smasher as the cockpit opened revealing the Count himself as he looked upon his destroyed robots,
"Well, I suppose congratulations are in order, Grim Creeper."
Grim Creeper replied, "You can expect that your robots are worthless."
Moneybone shrugged, "No matter, I will simply deal with you...myself!" Grim Creeper looked at the suit, "Upgraded your suit, I see."
Moneybone nodded, "Just so I could deal with you."
Grim Creeper pointed, "No matter how much you upgrade your suit, it will still be broken like any other machine."
Moneybone's suit began to fire its saw blades when suddenly a new flash of light emerged. It was the same light that occurs when a Skylander is summoned, the light showed the image of a dragon-like skeleton dog with green eyes and a green tail-tip, Moneybone realized who this mysterious newcomer was,
"Funny Bone!" As the light faded, Funny Bone chuckled, "Moneybone, so we meet at last." Moneybone pointed towards the dog, "You were the one that drove away my forces attempting to obtain the Chuckling Trees!"
Funny Bone nodded, "And that failed your Funny Bomb plan during the War to leave the lands helpless to laughter while the Apes flatten everything?"
Moneybone felt surprised that he knew about it. Funny Bone greeted to Grim Creeper until he noticed Moneybone's suit going into a ball position as he charged but the two Skylanders dodged out of the way. After Moneybone came to a stop, Funny Bone looked at Grim Creeper,
"The Smasher, we need to push him into the Smasher!"
Grim Creeper nodded as he swung his scythe at the Power Suit, pushing him into the smasher as Funny Bone activated it. The walls closed in on Moneybone's suit as he attempted to push them back. His suit was damaged in the process, but managed to push it back. Count Moneybone glared at them,
"You mangy, chuckling mutt! I will smash you to dust for that. And you Grim Creeper, I will get you for this immediately!"
Grim Creeper and Funny Bone fought Moneybone side-by-side as they dodged most of his attacks and drove him into the smasher a second time. He began shooting his flame thrower in desperation to kill the two as he attempted another roll attack, but they saw through his moves as they kicked him into the smasher again. After the walls damaged his suit, Moneybone escaped saying,
"I'll be back, Grim Creeper and Funny Bone. but this time, I will have a better suit....and four new undead minions that you would be so familiar with."
Grim Creeper asked, "What are you talking about?" Moneybone smiled, "While we were having fun, my minions entered that town through the Undead door and took those four human versions of Legendary Spyro, Drobot, Terrafin and Camo."
Grim Creeper's eyes widened, "You undead rich snob! You took the four EQG Skylanders!"
Moneybone laughed, "Finish your quest to try to get my Undead door open. I will be waiting for you along with my Undead EQGs." He flew away as he realized that four EQGs were kidnapped, so he said one thing,
"Princesses, bring us back to Boom Town." Grim Creeper and Funny Bone disappeared.
Author's Note
So, Moneybone has stooped to kidnapping the four EQG Skylanders in Boom Town. How would they be able to rescue them now? But when it comes to Grim Creeper and his vengeance, he will always find a way.
After they returned to Boom Town, Grim Creeper and Funny Bone looked about the town and saw the Skylanders recovering from the recent attack and noticed EQG Fluttershy being comforted by EQG Rainbow Dash while they were right by the Undead door. Celestia and Luna looked at the two as Celestia spoke,
"You've already heard about the kidnapping." Grim Creeper lowered his head, "He took them. He took EQGs Legendary Spyro, Drobot, Terrafin and Camo to the Underworld."
Luna nodded, "He has, but we don't have any means to get through to him. Even with our magic, it would be useless."
Grim Creeper realized as he looked at the Undead door, "Why didn't I think of this before?"
Rainbow Dash asked, "What?" Grim Creeper pointed towards the door, "Its an Undead door, so only Undead Skylanders can enter the Underworld. But there is a specific solution to allow it to open to anyone..." He started to think until, "Of course!" He turned towards the Princesses,
"The Skeleton Key!" Celestia read about this key, "I remember hearing about this key. It is know to open any door."
Funny Bone spoke, "Like the Undead door to the Well of Souls." Celestia now realized the plan,
"Grim Creeper, you and the Undead Skylanders will have to enter the Well of Souls and find our missing EQGs. Luna will watch over you through the portal while the others go after the Skeleton Key."
Grim Creeper nodded as he and the other Undead Skylanders gather around him. Princess Luna was at the Undead door as she said,
"May the Sun and Moon guide your way through the Land of the Dead. And hope you emerge victorious."
Boom Jet whistled, "Nice speech, Luna." The Alicorn blushed. Grim Creeper stepped towards the door as he unsheathed his scythe. He pointed it at the door as the energy from his scythe draw its way towards the door, he began muttering a phrase,
"Spirits of the Well of Souls, Hear my voice. I stand here, in great rejoice. In my power, in my request. Open the Portal, to continue my quest!"
The Undead door opened to Grim Creeper's phrase as it filled with a purple smoke as it seeped passed Grim Creeper as he moved forward and disappeared into the portal as the door closed. Luna and the Undead Skylanders turned towards the Portal as the Dread-Yacht left. Luna spoke to the portal,
"Locate Grim Creeper." The Portal lit up and showed Grim Creeper in the Well of Souls as he was approaching what looked like a Mexican village. The Reaper journeyed through the Mexican set-up of what remains of the Mountain of Malefor in search for the entrance to Moneybone's Villa. He came across a couple of souls and undead individuals that Grim himself recognized, they were even shocked to see him return. Grim soon went through a saloon that looked like a western style saloon where a local lizard with its yellow scales spotted him,
"Wait, you're Grim Creeper! You're that Reaper that everyone Undead was talking about."
Grim nodded, "Yes, I am." The lizard realized, "Ya'll must be here for Moneybone's party. Hmmm...I ain't too sure you're on the list. He doesn't take kindly to...living folk. I also heard that he's got an axe to grind with you and hired four assassins to take your head."
Grim Creeper crossed his arms, "What do you know about Moneybone's Assassins?" The lizard replied, "Moneybone's Assassins are strange, one of them wore a tech suit, one had dragon wings, one had sharp teeth like a shark and the last one called upon undead vines while skateboarding. The Assassins are also the Count's Personal Guards because everywhere he goes, they are with him."
Grim Creeper knew who they were and knew where to go, "I need to get across the River of Souls to get to his villa."
The lizard replied, "There's that ol'reaper, creepin' up in the town. he can take you across."
Grim remembered, "I remember that reaper, he was a friend of my father. I bet he would recognize me."
The lizard nodded, "Grim, It's good to see you home." Grim replied, "Happy to be temporarily home, old friend."
Grim Creeper moved through the twisted puzzle which was what remains of the Mountain of Malefor. He remembered what happened to it after the war ended, the old catacombs became a place for the Undead and the Well of Souls was reborn without the Night of Eternal Darkness.
He remembered the Well of Souls before Gaul came to it. Although some spirits roamed for one night, undead creatures can roam freely. After stopping the rampaging ghosts during a Night of Eternal Darkness and saving the Ghost Wrangling School that rejected him. After he joined the Elite Team, he stood his ground against four Dreadwings that decided to attack him on the ground. He stood his ground despite his odds and used his skills with the scythe and ghost form to quickly cut down the Dreadwings.
All of a sudden, he was snapped out of his memory while going over some moving skeleton arms and jumped from building platform to building platform and used bongo after bongo while listening to an Undead Mariachi Band. He was also fighting Moneybone's Undead Flunkies as he came close to a crowd that leads to the River of Souls. He looked away from the crowd and saw the old reaper by himself with a Birthday Cupcake. He noticed Grim Creeper and said,
"Grim Creeper, you've actually came home. But no one would come to my birthday party..so I just came here instead."
Grim Creeper replied, "Happy Birthday." The ghostly reaper wished, "I wished for someone to talk to on my birthday...but I never would've guessed it would be you."
Grim smiled, "Best Birthday Ever, I suppose?" The old reaper nodded, "It is, but you are not really here for me, Are you, kid?"
Grim replied, "I need to cross the River of Souls to get to Count Moneybone's Villa." The reaper realized, "You want to go to Count Moneybone's Party?"
Grim Creeper added, "I'm not going there for the party, I'm going there to.." He slams his fist on the table as he Revenge Aura emerged, "Take Him Down!" The Reaper asked, "I've never seen in this state of anger before, kid. What happened between you and Count Moneybone?"
Grim's Aura returned to blue, "Long story short, He's got four Skylanders and he somehow made them work for him as his Assassins and Personal Guards."
The Reaper realized, "I've heard about those four. They were recent when they first appeared. If you're friends are in trouble, I can take you there in my boat, but I bet you could get into the party, almost everyone seem to like you."
Grim Creeper nodded, "Come on, Reaps, for old time's sake." Reaps replied, "I'll get my boat and Grim, it's good to have you back." As Grim passed through the entrance to the river of souls. The ghosts stood in shock saying as he passed,
"Its Grim Creeper!"
"He's going to the party as well?"
"Didn't Moneybone have Assassins hunting him?" Some ghosts who supported Grim began cheering, "Go Grim Go!
"We love you, Grim Creeper!"
"Show those Assassins that you are their master!" The Skylander's Blue Aura began to show a yellowish color as he heard the ghosts cheering. After going through the crowds, he began thinking about the ghosts cheering for him. He realized that the ghosts loved him because he's a symbol of everything good that occurs for an undead creature even a Reaper. It wasn't until he heard Luna's voice,
"The others have found the Skeleton Key, but Flynn and Hugo got sucked into the Undead door after it was unlocked."
Grim asked, "Can they be sent to the Docks of the River of Souls?"
Luna replied, "My Sister and I can sent Flynn and Hugo to the Docks."
As Grim Creeper arrived at the docks where he met up with Flynn and Hugo, who were onboard Reaps' boat. Flynn spotted him and asked,
"Guess we're sticking with you, right?" Grim nodded as he instructed his friends, "Flynn, your crowbar is good for taking out any boarders that intend to stop us. You will be dealing with defending the boat when we are moving."
Flynn nodded as he twirled his trusty crowbar as he said, "Righty-o, I'll stay with the boat because I just need to get my statue back." Hugo added, "Let's not forget about Cali."
Flynn realized, "Cali? Oh...Right. And Grim needs to find the four EQG Skylanders that we're captured."
Grim Creeper said in sadness, "Yeah, I need to find them and if they have been turned, like Cali, I need to find a way to turn them back to living again."
Reaps patted Grim on the back, "You will find a way, kid. You always will, but we also have a series of gates we'll have to raise to get to Moneybone's place. I think he just put those up just to keep me away."
Grim looked down the river, "Or trying to keep me out in case I was coming. Ever since I wrecked his first two Clockwork Suits, He's grown very irritated with me. That's the reason why he captured my friends and turned them into his personal assassins."
Reaps asked, "What was his reason?"
Grim put the pieces together, "The only way to defeat a Skylander is another Skylander. Those four are remnants from Drobot, Terrafin, Legendary Spyro and Camo. They are also the best in hand-to-hand, tech, life, earth and magic combat. And if turned Undead..."
Hugo walked towards them who overheard their conversation, "They would be virtually unstoppable!"
Grim Creeper nodded, "Bingo, But I know how they fight. I could mirror their movements and sometimes their girlfriends could be with them on sparring days."
Flynn spoke, "Lets get the boat moving." Grim noticed, "He's right." The boat began to move as Grim Creeper fought off boarders with his scythe on one side and Flynn used his crowbar on the other side. Flynn asked,
"About those Assassins, What are you going to do once you defeat them?"
Grim lowered his scythe, "Honestly, I have no idea what to do after I defeat them. Whatever, Moneybone used to make them this way, I need to find a way to reverse its effects."
Flynn asked, "Will it work for Cali?" Grim replied, "Cali's a zombie, it will work on her, but I need to find out how Moneybone turned her and my friends into zombies first."
Reaps stopped the boat at the first gate and thought back to how many times that Moneybone shut the gates on him as he tried to go by. Grim Creeper shook his head to know that his friend was treated this way, even by his Arch-Enemy.
As he went towards the trail of floating platforms and undead enemies, he followed through to get to the gate control lever. He came across a battle gate and had to fight a bunch of bone chompies, creepers and an Ogre Luchador. After he defeated his foes, he reached the gate control lever and opened the gate. As he opened the gate, he felt a presence near him as looked around to find it. But it was actually in his head saying,
"Grim Creeper, Skylander of the Undead, we need your help."
Grim asked, "Who are you?" The presence replied, "We are memories of the two lost elements. Please we need you to find us at Moneybone's villa and in return we could provide assistance in what Moneybone is planning."
Grim asked, "Is there anything you can provide right now?" The memories replied, "Yes, a memory showing Moneybone after you defeated him."
Grim's memory shows Moneybone next to his destroyed upper half of his Mark I Power Suit. As Moneybone paced around wondering what had happened, he brought up a recording of Grim kneeling down, He looked at it and said,
"Grim Creeper's aura is different from before. His rage causes his aura to turn red and fights ferociously. He's persistent and a quick learner, after I tried to take over that same Ghost Wrangling School that rejected him."
He looked over Grim Creeper's sense of Justice and find some way to exploit Grim's weakness until the memory ended.
Grim Creeper snapped out of it and went towards Reaps' boat. As it moved on and repelled another group of undead boarders as they came to another gate as Grim jumped into a hole that leads to the lever for the gate. As he landed, he came across a seeping river of souls that seems harmless to him, but the swinging axes were not harmless. He dodged the swinging axes, grabbed a bomb and flung it at the wall that was blocking his way. He fought three bone chompies and pulled the lever that opened the gate.
Now Grim Creeper had to get back to the boat as he entered a water slide of doom that had those axes in his way. He had a bunch of killer dragonflies in his way, but he was able to dodge the axes, defeat the dragonflies and reach the bottom of the river. It led to a platform that Grim recognized as a spectral bounce pad. He used it to bounce up to an open cave that led him out to the docks. He hopped aboard the boat and continued down the river towards Moneybone's place.
After holding off another filet full of boarders, Grim saw a castle near their location, Grim Creeper said,
"There it is!" Reaps nodded, "That's Count Moneybone's castle ahead. I helped you get down the river to get there."
Grim Creeper nodded, "Flynn, Hugo, and I are getting inside that castle."
Reaps chuckled, "If you get inside the party, tell Moneybone I'm here." Grim noted, "Maybe he'll invite you inside this time."
Reaps smiled, "You're becoming more like your father." Grim nodded as he progressed up the stairs towards the entrance of Moneybone's castle. As he came to the bottom of a ramp, Grim saw a bunch of platforms floating on a green lake. He had to time his jumps right because these platforms would sink once he lands on them. After he made it passed the green moat, he went up the stairs fighting Moneybone's flunkies as Flynn and Hugo followed behind. After that they both made it into the castle.
At last, they finally made into Count Moneybone's home, Grim Creeper looked around knowing where to find Moneybone while Flynn and Hugo followed behind. Flynn spoke,
"Well, we finally made it into that bag of bones' place."
Hugo spoke, "Now we need to find Count Moneybone and get back what he took."
Grim Creeper looked around, "We also need to find out what he did to my friends."
Flynn nodded, "Oh yes, the guys who were kidnapped. That goes without saying."
Grim felt about what the memories say and asked, "Hugo, what do you know of the lost elements?" Hugo looked through his book and said, "The lost elements are unknown types that have been forgotten before the formation of Skylands. According to legend, there are seals of the lost elements that can speak to a Skylander as it draws near them."
Grim realized, "The seals spoke to me as I lowered the first gate back on the river."
Hugo was shocked, "So, the lost elements are real!? Oh this is so exciting."
Flynn spoke, "Okay, so we find out that the lost elements exist...maybe they can be useful."
Hugo noted, "There are also special Skylanders of those lost elements. We need to find the seals first. Which is somewhere inside Moneybone's castle."
As they progressed through the exterior of the castle they came across some light obstructions like locked gates, lock trolls and power locked gates. Grim Creeper knew that Moneybone doesn't know that they are there until he shows himself. Which means that Moneybone would already have the four captured EQGs out by now. But as the further he progressed, the more concerned he was until he find out that he has the element of surprise.
As Grim Creeper progressed further towards a large creepy looking gate, he saw one side was locked and the other side was open. Looking at the center gate, it was locked via power generator which was beyond the key-locked gate. He went into the open gate and looked up and found the key on the top of the tower. He saw platforms going up and down as he jumped on each one to get to the top of the tower. Once he reached the tower and grabbed the key, he felt a jolt of light course through his body as he heard a female voice saying,
"Grim Creeper, My name is Spotlight, I am a Dragoness of Light. That gate goes into the interior of the castle which it opens through my solar energy. You already have the key that opens the gate to the generator tower. Please find me there."
After shaking off that message, Grim Creeper began to wonder about this 'Spotlight' character, although he had no knowledge of her. So he jumped from the tower and landed at the exit of the tower and ran outside to speak with Hugo.
As he ran down the steps, he spotted Hugo and said, "I received a message in my head from a Dragoness named Spotlight telling me to find her in the generator tower."
Hugo ran through his mind until, "Wait, I know that name." He took out a book that show an order of Light and Dark forces of the Alliance during the war, "Spotlight is one of the Warriors of Light during the war. She was elegant, courageous and easily cooperative with the Warriors of Dark, specifically a Dark Dragon named Blackout. Spotlight and Blackout cooperate very surprisingly they fought as one when they were united."
Grim Creeper whistled, "Impressive....and Spotlight is in the Generator Tower."
Flynn cut in, "And maybe this Blackout guy is somewhere inside old bag or bones' castle."
Grim opened the locked gate and said, "I'm going in." As Grim Creeper went inside the tower, he looked up and saw the floating platforms and a few platforms on the wall as Grim jumped on the floating platform and bounded off to the wall platform. He quickly jumped off the wall platform and onto a floating platform as the wall platform fell. He repeated this process until he finally came to the top of the tower and what he saw at the generator was somewhat shocking to see, but very astonishing.
He saw a silvery white Dragoness with a cyan-like underbelly with wings and tail tip shaped like the sun. The Wings and Tail tip each had a hole right in the middle covered with a gold ring. She had a Sun symbol on her forehead as she stared at the reaper with her white eyes while chained to the generator for the gate....She spoke,
"You....you found me. But...so much of what he's doing right now is wrong. But, he has not unveiled it yet."
Grim Creeper asked, "What is Moneybone unveiling?" Spotlight flashed a memory into Grim's mind as he saw his four friends tied up and chained as Moneybone walked up and said,
"You four are very special beyond of what I could say." EQG Legendary Spyro asked, "Why did you kidnap us?"
EQG Drobot tried to get his Tech wings out, "What do you plan to do with us?" Moneybone stared at the struggling EQG as he said,
"To recruit you four into my Undead Army." EQG Terrafin spoke, "Newsflash, Bonehead! We're not joining your so-called army and you don't have the robots to convince us!"
Moneybone whacked his staff across EQG Terrafin's face, "That is no way to talk to a Count!"
EQG Camo spoke, "You're not a Count, you are a boneheaded, statue-stealing, kidnapping, Evil Weasel! You should wait until Grim Creeper gets his hands on you!"
Then an idea came to the Count's head, "If you won't serve me as a living, then maybe you should be more reasonable.....UNDEAD!" He pointed his staff towards all four and fired at them as their skins turned from their original colors to a dark purple and grey color. Moneybone looked at this and said,
"Now will you four serve me?"
EQG Undead Spyro cut himself out of his holding as he said, "Yes, Master."
EQG Undead Drobot blasted his way out and said, "We are yours to command."
EQG Undead Terrafin snapped his holdings and said, "We will not betray you."
EQG Undead Camo called upon the undead vines to break him out, "What is our first order?"
Moneybone smiled very evilly as he spoke, "I am hosting a party for the unveiling of my Ultimate Weapon. I need you four to personally guard me although you must be in the shadows at some times. But your main order of business is...." He thought about his first two power suits and said, "Bring me Grim Creeper's head if he ever comes by my castle."
The four Undead EQGs nodded, "Yes, our Master."
Grim Creeper was snapped out of the memory as he said, "He's....he's actually done it. He turned my friends undead."
Spotlight was soon shocked by the generator as she said, "Moneybone's Assassins were turned by his Immortalizer Ray, a powerful laser that turns anything living to undead. Just like your four friends and your other friend that Moneybone has as his bride........" Spotlight got shocked by the generator again as she screamed in pain. Grim decided to use his scythe to smash the generator.
The generator was destroyed and Spotlight was freed from her chains. She spoke as her powers returned to her,
"That gate outside was solar-powered, so Moneybone needed my Solar Energy to open and close it. My friend, Blackout is taken to the gate to Moneybone's main room, used as a gatekeeper like I was."
Grim asked, "How do you know this?" Spotlight replied, "Blackout and I are connected, I could see through his eyes and he can see through mine."
Grim realized, "Which means he saw me freeing you, right?" The Sun Dragoness nodded, And because of that, he knows that you are coming to free him as you did with me."
Grim Creeper and Spotlight met up with Flynn and Hugo as he saw the Sun Dragoness, "Amazing, a real live Skylander of Light! This something that I need to..." He began talking incoherently as Sparx the Dragonfly appeared in a flash of light,
"All right, now you're starting to sound like Volteer."
Hugo realized this as he paused and said, "Sorry, but I've never seen an actual Light Skylander before." Spotlight smiled, "Well, you might see a live Dark Skylander because Blackout is waiting inside."
Flynn spoke, "Well, lets get in there." He charged forth only to be held back by Sparx, "Hold on there, Leroy Jenkins. Skylanders first and then you."
Grim Creeper and Spotlight went first as the rest followed suit.
As they entered the interior of the castle, The Skylanders saw a lot of obstacles in their way, but first they had to battle a group of enemies to open a Battle gate that appeared. After the gate opened, they ran up the steps and saw three valves and a group of floating platforms over a pit. Grim looked at the valves and spoke to his companions,
"We need to rotate the valves and make sure the platforms are on the flat-end, allowing us to jump safely across."
Spotlight nodded as she and Grim turned the valves and the platforms arranged with the flat-end up. The group jumped across the pit as they did the same with the next set of valves. After the valves, they ran up the stairs as they came across a bunch of swinging chandeliers over another pit as Flynn spoke,
"Swinging chandeliers? I guess Grim can jump across." Spotlight realized, "I can fly over the pit with you and Hugo on my back. But you might want to hang on tight."
Flynn shrugged as he and Hugo got onto Spotlight's back, "Hey, I flew around on a giant chicken. I am more than capable of flying around on a dragon." Spotlight smiled as she zoomed up as Flynn screamed with a surprised tone. Grim smiled, "Overconfidence is Flynn's mojo."
Sparx chuckled, "You got that right." Grim Creeper jumped across chandelier to chandelier and battle two skeleton archers when one of them walked off the edge and into the pit. Grim looked at Sparx as the Dragonfly said,
"Even undead, those archer don't look where they are going."
Grim shrugged, "Some Undead archers are just boneheads."
Grim continued to jump across the chandeliers with Sparx following behind him while listening to an Undead Mariachi Band. Grim and Sparx finally reached the stairs where Spotlight, Hugo and Flynn were waiting. Flynn looked at Spotlight,
"Next time when you are going to do a quick take-off, warn me." Spotlight smiled, "You said you were capable of flying on a dragon."
The group now ran up the stairs and saw the final gate where another undead mariachi band plays on the balcony as well as a Dark Dragon chained up to a Dark Generator. He was black as the night sky with a blue underbelly. He had a black horn on his head, his wings were like Spotlight's, minus the rings. His tail tip was a spaded shape and his eyes were white as he struggled to stand. He looked down at the Skylanders and said,
"S...Spotlight!"
Spotlight saw her friend, "Blackout!" Blackout spoke, "This gate leads to Moneybone's main room where the party is. He hooked me up to this generator so he could use my dark power to open and close the gate. You need to defeat all of his flunkies that appear in order for the generator to destroy itself."
Grim asked, "Why?" Blackout looked at the reaper, "The enemies are undead and summoning them uses up the power for the generator. Too much would cause it to break." The generator shocked him as he screamed, "AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!! YOU....MUST...FIGHT!!! AAAHHHH!!!"
Spotlight could not bare to think of how much pain that Blackout is sustaining, but she went through this once. She and Grim need to save Blackout by fighting through Moneybone's flunkies to overload the generator. As the two statues of Moneybone rose and the enemies poured out, Spotlight and Grim Creeper got into their battle stances as Spotlight spoke,
"Hang in there, Blackout. We will free you!" Blackout, exhausted from being shocked spoke, "Thank you."
There were zombies and chompies pouring out as Grim Creeper used his ghost form and armor to attack while Spotlight summoned her three rings and fired a light beam from her eyes as they connected with the rings. The zombies and chompies got caught in both of their attacks as they defeated them.
Grim Creeper used his ghost chain attack which means he used his ghost form to make a chain with the enemies that he touched and calls back his armor to him as the armor hits the enemies that the ghost form touched. Spotlight fired her light beams at her enemies and took down the remaining zombies and chompies. Spotlight asked,
"Is that all?"
Blackout replied, "Two more, there's two more." At that moment, two Ogre Luchadors appeared from the two Moneybone statues as Grim Creeper used his Scythe attacks on one Luchador while Spotlight used her beam chain attack on the other. The battle was basically about attacking the ogres and changing their positions as the ogres close in, but in the end, the Skylanders came out on top. The generator that held Blackout, overloaded and broke down as Blackout was free from his shackles and jumped from the balcony. Blackout spoke as his power returned,
"I'm free from that generator. It's good to be a free dragon once more. Thank you, Spotlight and to you as well, Grim Creeper."
Spotlight nodded in relief, "Its good to know that your power is returning."
Blackout nodded and looked at the opening door, "Count Moneybone is through that door, he will be unveiling his Immortalizer Ray soon. Your time to confront him is soon."
Grim knew what he said as he 'Revenge Aura' activated, "I am ready to face him or them."
Blackout asked, "Them?" Grim nodded, "His Assassins are four EQG Skylanders that were captured and turned by his Immortalizer. I need to get in there, fight his Assassins and turn them back to normal."
Blackout replied, "I see. Spotlight and I will have to shadow Hugo and Flynn. Grim, if Moneybone sees any of us, he'll call his Assassins. We need to emerge as he is presenting his Immortalizer Ray."
Grim Creeper went into his ghost form as he said, "Which means I can infiltrate the party. My Living Armor can shadow me as well." The Living Armor placed an Undead hat on Flynn and Hugo as they made their way into the party.
As they entered the main room for the party, Flynn, Hugo and Grim Creeper made their way across the row of ghosts, skeletons and zombies as Flynn remarked that they are undead guys trying to get through.
Grim Creeper's ghost form kept tabs on his armor and knew that his armor is good at shadowing. Grim spoke to Flynn, "I'm getting nervous at the upcoming battle. They would be nearly unstoppable, but their moves can be manipulated. But how am I supposed to change them back?"
Flynn replied, "Well, don't they still have their Soul Gems?" That remark hit Grim Creeper like a freight train heading to Canterlot from Manehatten. He realized,
"Soul Gems contain the soul of a Skylander, but its also the source of its power. If a Skylander is turned undead, but its Soul Gem still glows.....only a reaper can turn an undead-turned Skylander back to its normal self." Grim heard Princess Celestia's voice,
"It is true, Grim Creeper. Their Soul Gems are still glowing, they can still be saved, but you have to use your scythe to turn them back to normal."
After that they heard a banging sound and heard a familiar voice, "Friends, Fiends and Ghostly Guests." Grim Creeper saw Moneybone and the Undead Cali approach as Moneybone continued to announce,
"Thank you all for coming to this most...auspicious event. Soon all of Avalar and the rest of Skylands will be undead like me!" That got a gasp in the crowd as he slammed his staff down which showed a giant laser cannon which fired a purple beam at a sheep turning it undead as Moneybone continued,
"You see? With my Immortalizer Ray, I cannot be Stopped! And now I go to conquer the rest of Skylands."
Grim Creeper and Flynn stepped forward as Flynn spoke, "Not if the Skylanders have anything to say about it!"
Grim spoke as his Revenge Aura flared and his armor returned to him as everyone gasped, "Count Moneybone! Your Time is Up!!"
Blackout and Spotlight dropped from the ceiling as Spotlight spoke, "You might be a Count."
Blackout finished, "But that doesn't stop us from making you pay for capturing us!"
Moneybone looked at the Skylanders and said, "Oh, I HATE Uninvited Guests." He looked at Grim Creeper, "But, my STAR Guest has arrived for a special event for this party."
Grim crossed his arms, "So, you expected me? So here I am." Moneybone smiled, "Now for a special party gift for you." He clapped his hands as he called out,
"Oh, Boys!" At that instant, the Undead EQGs dropped from the tapestries and surrounded Grim Creeper. He looked at his four Undead friends and said to Moneybone,
"You fiend!" Moneybone laughed, "You see, you wouldn't even dare to fight your own friends as much as you want to."
Grim looked at his undead friends that were waiting for him to make a move. Moneybone now looked in anticipation as he would finally defeat Grim Creeper. Even though that he was surrounded, he wasn't powerless.
Grim Creeper used his scythe and made the first move as he clashed with EQG Undead Spyro's Undead Katanas, the clash was tied as both Katana and Scythe were locked while the users were trying to overpower each other. Grim spoke,
"Legend, its me, Grim!" Grim pushed his Scythe to EQG Undead Spyro's side as he roundhouse kicked the EQG and locked weapons again, EQG Undead Spyro spoke,
"You threaten our master, you must die!"
Grim spoke, "He's brainwashed you!"
EQG Undead Drobot tried to throw a gear at Grim until it was zapped away by Spotlight as Blackout was fighting with EQG Undead Camo. Spotlight used her Beam attack which locked with EQG Undead Drobot's Laser Attack the laser clash was back and forth. EQG Undead Drobot spoke,
"You were sent as a gatekeeper for our master's castle and you betrayed him."
Spotlight replied, "He hooked me up to a generator and tortured me!" Spotlight used her power and forced her Beam towards EQG Undead Drobot as it impacted him and used her ring attack on him before locking lasers again,
"Moneybone was never your master, he's insane!" spoke Spotlight.
EQG Undead Drobot replied, "He has blessed us and made us who we are!"
Blackout was battling EQG Undead Camo as the dragon gained the upper hand by using his wing swipe on the Undead EQG. EQG Undead Camo called upon his undead vines and attacked Blackout when all of a sudden, multiple slashes occurred on the vines as they were all sliced and diced. An Air Dragon appeared after the slashes, it was a male dragon that was armored with blades on the wings and the tail tip was a sword. Blackout knew exactly who this was,
"Blades, is that you?" Blades nodded, "Its me." The Dragon turned towards the Undead EQG, "Can I play, too?" There was no response as the battle continued.
EQG Undead Terrafin was burrowing underneath the floor hoping to catch them by surprise. But as he attempted to attack Grim Creeper, a lasso wrapped around his neck and pulled him back under. He was now in a chokehold as the lasso was removed from his neck and wrapped around his body as an arm took the lasso's place. He heard a voice,
"Looks like ah took you by the horns!" The voice was female, tough and very southern. As he looked behind at his captor, he barely saw two beautiful green eyes. Until the female captor turn him around and had him lying on his back. He asked,
"Who....are you? Why are you trying to stop me from serving my master?"
The female, now revealed as EQG Applejack spoke, "Terry, Ya might be undead, but ya'll can still remember me."
EQG Undead Terrafin searched his memory as he spoke, "I remember.....something. Two people, boy and girl on farm, I think...locking lips." EQG Applejack knelt down, "Like this? She kissed the Undead EQG on the lips as he realized that it was her that was in his memory. Suddenly, all of his memories flooded back into his mind. He remembers everything now, he said,
"Applejack! I remember! It was us!" As she untied him, he said as he looked as his undead self, "I remember, but I remain undead."
EQG Applejack spoke, "Grim Creeper can change ya back." She vanished in a flash of light as EQG Undead Terrafin looked up at the battle. So he had an idea.
Grim Creeper now had the upper hand as he side kicked EQG Undead Spyro to the ground and slashed an ethereal veil at EQG Undead Spyro, it passed through him as his Undead Form faded and was changed back to normal. As EQG Legendary Spyro collapsed on his knee, he looked at himself and said,
"I'm....me. I'm Me again!!"
Count Moneybone looked and said, "What?!" Grim Creeper slashed another Ethereal Veil at EQG Undead Drobot as he was reverted back to normal. Moneybone screamed,
"No!! My Assassins!" Blades managed to keep EQG Undead Camo busy until Grim Creeper reverted back to normal he realized,
"Yes, I'm living again!" Count Moneybone was furious with everything that transpired, that Grim Creeper found a way to save his friends until he realized that only one was left.
EQG Undead Terrafin emerged from the ground as Moneybone ordered, "Undead Terrafin, Destroy Grim Creeper, make him suffer for what he did!"
EQG Undead Terrafin stared at Moneybone, "I will not take orders from you any longer!!" Count Moneybone was shocked to see his Undead Assassin disobeying his order as EQG Undead Terrafin finished,
"I AM A SKYLANDER!!" Grim Creeper turned him living again as Moneybone slammed his staff in anger as he spoke to Grim Creeper, "You may have defeated my Assassins, but our Final Battle will be soon!"
Grim Creeper pointed his Scythe as the EQG Skylanders joined as he said, "There's no where for you to run, Count." Until Moneybone's castle started flying and Moneybone himself took off with Cali yelling,
"WE'LL MEET AGAIN, GRIM CREEPER!!!"
Grim lowered his Scythe, "Or in a flying castle." He now ran up to the rope ladder and grabbed on tight as he climbed his way up, making sure that he doesn't lose his grip. He climbed all the up to the entrance as he said,
"We'll meet again, real soon."
Author's Note
So, Spotlight of the Light Element and Blackout of the Dark Element have emerged. Blades the Dragon revealed himself during the battle and now Grim Creeper's Final Confrontation against Moneybone awaits.
As they returned to Boom Town without Grim Creeper, Hugo, Flynn, the Mayor and the Princesses gathered at the docks to discuss about what happened in the Well of Souls. The four EQG Skylanders were also reunited with their friends after being rescued and changed back. Hugo also introduced Spotlight and Blackout to the Princesses, who were surprised to know that there is a Light and Dark Element. After that Hugo spoke about that experience,
"I can't believe he had a whole flying fortress hidden away. And Grim just went after him like that."
The four EQG Skylanders walked up as EQG Legendary Spyro said, "If he uses that beam on the rest of Skylands, he'll drain all life from this world!"
The Mayor spoke, "Don't worry, now that the villain has revealed himself, I'm sure our awesome hero Flynn has a cunning plan to take him down!"
EQG Terrafin, although annoyed that the mayor refers to Flynn as the hero spoke, "He is only a pilot that tends to get himself into trouble, although he is good with a crowbar."
Flynn noted, "Well, Terry the Sky is my territory. It's the butter to my bread. And now that ol' Boney is trying to fly around in my butter, he's going to find himself in a jam. And then he's going to be toast. BOOM!"
EQG Drobot spoke, "Truer words have never been spoken like that.....and it sometimes gets me hungry."
Celestia remembered, "Grim Creeper is onboard that castle as well. He wants to get to Moneybone for his revenge."
Luna knew about Grim's determination and said, "Grim Creeper can't stop Moneybone alone. Moneybone always has a bunch of tricks up his sleeve."
EQG Drobot, because he is still recovering from being undead, groaned in pain as he fell on one knee. He was soon flooded with memories from being undead and saw himself working on something, like a more powerful suit for Moneybone. He was flashed out as the others stood over him. He got back up and said,
"I'm still recovering from the Immortalizer Effect, but when I was undead, I was working on a project to build a new Powersuit for Moneybone. The prototype was incomplete when the party started, but I think Moneybone might've finished this suit and might use it on Grim Creeper. We need to get to the Castle and assist Grim Creeper."
Flynn noticed and said, "Well, your Immortalizer Senses were tingling when you saw the memory?" The EQG nodded, "Well then, Let's all go and help Grim give this old Moneybone some Boom Town Justice!" All four EQGs nodded as they boarded the Dread-Yacht and took off for the Clockwork Castle.
After they left, the Sisters saw the Boom Town Portal changing its shape as it became more shiny and translucent. There was a slot that emerged in the lower edge of the portal as the Skylander, Funny Bone said,
"Is that....Traptanium?" The Princesses looked at the Portal as a Traptanium Crystal formed from the new Portal, this one had the shape of Count Moneybone's Skull on it. Snap Shot, the Leader of the Trap Masters looked at this new crystal and spoke,
"That's Traptanium all right. And its a new Crystal compared to what the others have."
Celestia asked, "What does 'Traptanium' do?" Snap Shot did a brief lesson,
"Traptanium harnesses the power of the Elements and is used for 'trapping' villains. Cloudcracker Prison was filled with this stuff until the Apes blew it up."
Luna looked at the crystal and soon at the Traptanium Portal, "What caused the portal to look like this?" Celestia turned to the mayor, "What was the core power source for this portal?"
The Mayor replied, "Well your highness, when Hugo placed it here, he powered it using a small, translucent crystal that he kept in his bag." Krypt King realized this as he spoke,
"He used a shard of Traptanium to power it."
Gusto finished, "Which created a Traptanium Portal and a Moneybone Trap." Celestia knew what Gusto said as she looked at the crystal,
"We....could use it to trap Moneybone?" Snap Shot nodded, "That's what traps are for."
As the Dread-Yacht approached the Clockwork Castle, Flynn looked at where it's heading,
"It's heading for the Avalar Valley, a Cheetah Village lives in that area!"
EQG Drobot replied, "Take us to the Castle so we can board it." Flynn acknowledged as he turned towards the castle until it started opening fire on them.
EQG Terrafin improvised as he leapt from the ship when it was close to the castle and started tearing up the Clockwork units that were patrolling the exterior. Soon more Clockwork units were emerging as EQG Terrafin asked,
"Anyone want scrap metal?" EQG Legendary Spyro took this as a queue to go and assist him as his Magic Katanas formed. He landed with a spin-slash attack as the Clockwork robots fell in two halves. EQG Terrafin had his Knockout Knuckle Bracers as he went all Wolverine on every single Clockwork unit he saw. EQG Legendary Spyro went all Samurai on the Clockwork units as well until the two came face to face with a large Clockwork unit as EQG Drobot yelled,
"I'll handle this guy!" He jumped off the ship with his Tech Suit in sustained flight as he used his cable shooters to trip the Big Clockwork unit and finish it off with his helmet mounted laser shooters. He throw an explosive gear at a Clockwork dragonfly as he landed and formed his Bo Staff equipped with hidden blade as EQG Camo shot a vine at a Clockwork unit and pulled it off the castle letting it fall off completely. He spoke,
"I'm coming in on the action!" He jumped off of the ship and onto his skateboard and used its boosters to boost to his companions. As he came to a stop, he saw a trail of wrecked Clockwork units going to a door to the interior as he spoke,
"Grim went that way." EQG Legendary Spyro replied, "And so are we."
Somewhere further on in the Clockwork Castle, Grim Creeper was fighting his way through various Clockwork robots to get to Count Moneybone's lair. He already fought his way through the gunnery and evaded the electrical charges of the Castle's core. He was close to Moneybone's lair until he saw an elevator after going through another exterior fight outside. He grabbed a gear and the elevator went up as he saw a large door with Moneybone's skull on it. He looked down on the floor and saw four gear holes,
"This is a keyhole, four gears, four keys, four gear holes. They would open the door to Moneybone's lair."
So he placed the Gear in the hole as a group of Clockwork Robots showed up with an intent on stopping Grim from entering Moneybone's lair. But like the many others that tried to fight him, the robots failed and another gear showed up. Grim repeated the process until he heard four thump sounds. He turned around and saw the four EQG Skylanders that he saved. He asked,
"What are you guys doing here?" EQG Legendary Spyro replied, "We came to help you, what else might we be here for?"
Grim asked, "Why?" EQG Terrafin spoke, "Like what he did to you, he made it personal when he turned us undead." The Reaper noticed this and realized, "Maybe I've been so caught up with catching him that I've forgotten what its like to fight as a team."
EQG Drobot nodded, "Separated, we fall to our knees." EQG Camo finished, "United We Stand!"
Grim smiled knowing that he has friends that share his pain of Revenge. Now they fought off the remaining Clockwork Robots as one team. The many combinations with their powers and skills rivaled anything that the robots can compute by. Using this power they found the last of the gears and opened the door to Count Moneybone's lair. Grim Creeper looked at his allies and said,
"This is it for all of us."
EQG Legendary Spyro spoke, "The fate of Avalar and Skylands rest in our hands."
EQG Terrafin spoke, "If we succeed..."
EQG Drobot finished, "Moneybone's plans will come crumbling down."
EQG Camo felt himself making a wolfish grin, "We must succeed."
As they entered the Clockwork Arena, they saw gold piled up in the center of the arena. There were floating gears that acted like a staircase. And on the platform that they were on, Count Moneybone stood there like he expected them. He looked at them and spoke,
"Welcome to my Treasury, Grim Creeper and to you four as well. Do you like what you see?"
Grim asked, "Do you really think that we're interested in what you have?"
Moneybone spoke, "I have spent centuries building up all you see before you. Countless years of hard, mostly dishonest, work. And here you and my former-Assassins come to try and tear it all down."
Grim retaliated, "Not try, we WILL tear it all down."
Moneybone replied, "Well it is not going to happen! You see - I am the richest of the rich, the most brilliant of brilliant inventors, and the most absolute of rulers in Avalar to be known throughout Skylands: Count Moneybone!"
EQG Terrafin stepped forward, "Keep going on your bravado and you oughta get a Knockout to your thick skull!"
Moneybone replied, "Who are you to me? Grim Creeper and friends? Nothing! Just minor bumps on my road to victory, a few insignificant little bugs that needs squashing! And courtesy of the Human Drobot, I've got just the thing for that."
Grim asked, "What do you mean?" Moneybone smiled, "You'll see soon enough." He leaped into the treasure pile and out came a large Powersuit bigger and more mobile than the others. Moneybone spoke through the speaker,
"The Human Drobot built it just for you, Grim Creeper! Powersuit Mark 3.O. My greatest creation and the thing that'll finally rid me of you and your pesky Skylanders once and for all!"
Grim asked EQG Drobot, "You built it?"
EQG Drobot replied, "It's just a prototype, although Moneybone rushed to complete it after you rescued us."
Moneybone spoke again, "And I can eliminate its designer as well!" The Mark 3.O hovered in the air as Moneybone called his clockwork soldiers to stop them. Grim Creeper had to fight and talk with EQG Drobot at the same time,
"What was the suit's original functions?" EQG Drobot spoke as he blasted a Clockwork swordsman, "Its functions were to fire lasers from its arms, launch a zeppelin bomb, break-dance while firing lasers from the extremities, launch mechanical chompies and send out a shockwave."
Grim asked as he sliced a Clockwork robot in two, "Any defense purposes?" EQG Drobot remembered as he pulled a robot apart with his cable shooters, "Its supposed to have an energy shield that was supposed to be put in the final design. But Moneybone rushed its completion after you rescued us. There is no shield on that suit."
After the enemies were defeated, Moneybone yelled, "Useless, I'll just do it myself!" As the Mark 3.O touched down, they went all out as Moneybone fired his wrist lasers, none of them hit. EQG Terrafin punched the chest of the Mark 3.O as Moneybone yelped. EQG Legendary Spyro sliced the Mark 3.O as Moneybone tried to gain the upper hand. Grim Creeper grabbed the Zeppelin Bomb that Moneybone launched and threw it back at him. Moneybone launched the chompies,
"Say Hello to my Robot Friends!" EQG Camo wrapped two vines around the Mark 3.O's legs and pulled so hard that the suit toppled over. Moneybone got up only to get hit from a punch from EQG Terrafin.
EQG Legendary Spyro performed a back-flip slash as Moneybone retreated saying, "Oh, I do love this new suit!"
EQG Drobot powered up his jet wings and booster boots as he spoke, "Moneybone's getting away, we have to go after him!"
Grim looked at the gears, "We can jumped across on the gears." He looked up and saw Moneybone with a cannon loaded with books, "He's going to shoot books at us when we go across." EQG Drobot, with his suit activated spoke,
"I'll try to distract him while you four go across." EQG Terrafin asked, "Are you sure?"
Drobot's human self replied, "Hey, I built the Mark 3.O, I know its defense feature, but it doesn't have a shield." He took off as the others went across the gears.
Moneybone began bombarding them with books until they started falling at random, knowing that EQG Drobot began distracting him.
Meanwhile, Moneybone was firing on EQG Drobot as the others went across. EQG Drobot managed to land a laser on Moneybone's chest plate as Moneybone fired his wrist blaster. EQG Drobot fired a cable at him and latched onto the left wrist blaster, he yanked it off the suit and dropped it into the treasure below. EQG Drobot spoke,
"Just because I built the suit, doesn't make you my equal."
Moneybone looked at the wrecked left blaster as he replied, "On the contrary, when I finished what you started, I also added a few toys from yours." He fired his own cable at EQG Drobot and pulled him towards the suit. Moneybone grabbed him saying,
"Very clever, Drobot but my suit is more powerful than you can ever imagine." EQG Drobot thought of the only error with his cable shooters,
"How did you solve the 'Cable Overload' problem?" Moneybone asked, "Cable Overload problem?" His suit's systems jittered as both cable shooters blew up. EQG Drobot smiled as he held his right fist up,
"Might want to look in to it." He bashed the helmet of the Mark 3.O as the suit fell into the treasure below. The EQG looked down as he smiled that Moneybone didn't solve the cable shooters overload problem. It happened to him once and it render the cable shooters useless until he added a coolant system. He flew back to his friends as they made it to the next platform.
As the next wave of enemies start arriving, Grim spoke with EQG Drobot again while battling, "How long until Moneybone's suit regains full functionality?"
EQG Drobot replied as he blasted a clockwork swordsman, "In about two to three minutes, he would regain full functionality, but his cable shooters are useless since it overloaded."
EQG Terrafin punched a clockwork blaster to bits as he spoke, "And when he does, we'll give him a Knuckle sandwich!"
EQG Camo used his vine as a whip and whipped a clockwork robot to bits as he wolfishly grinned, "We'll get him and fruit punch him good."
As the last clockwork robot fell, Moneybone came up from the treasure pile as he spoke, "What do I pay you all for!?"
EQG Legendary Spyro had his Magic Katanas ready as he joked, "You can't pay robots, you know!"
The Mark 3.O touched down as he started launching Clockwork Dragonflies to slow them down. But thanks to Grim's ghost form connection, the living armor took out all the dragonflies. Grim soon used a biting skull attack as an ethereal skull bit down and the Mark 3.O's systems before disappearing.
EQG Terrafin used a defense block when Moneybone tried to use the suit's metallic fists, he soon retaliate with a punch to the face plate as EQG Camo threw a Chili Pepper Nunchuk grenade which struck Moneybone in the back. It easily caught his attention towards EQG Camo as he spoke,
"I find it that you always grew foods even when undead."
EQG Camo replied, "Gardening is my Day-job, but kicking butt is the best thing!" He hurled a bunch of watermelon bombs at the Mark 3.O as he finished, "If you though that you could get rid of us with that suit, then you dun goofed!"
Moneybone recovered, "I'll get you for this!" He was soon jumped by Grim Creeper who tore out a back rocket launcher from the suit's systems. He spoke, "This looks important." He jumped off of the Powersuit as Moneybone now retreated saying, "Time to Clock out!"
The Skylanders now jumped across another gear staircase while being bombarded by books, but this time Moneybone wasn't bombarding them. They moved up towards a large door that looked like a vault door. In front of the door their was Margaret, Moneybone's receptionist who Grim Creeper didn't seem to have a grudge over. She looked at Grim and said,
"Hello there, Grim Creeper. Didja have an appointment with Mister Moneybone?"
Grim replied, "Well Margaret, the boss was trying to kill us recently, but yes my friends and I do have an appointment with him."
Margaret nodded, "Hold on, lemme just buzz you in." She pressed a button which opened the door to Moneybone's office. "There you go he should be expecting you five. Go on through that door there." Before they left Margaret added,
"Oh, and you look a bit peckish....please take some fruit before you see the boss."
Grim looked at the fruit and called out, "Fruit break guys!" After regaining their strength through the fruit although EQG Terrafin had an apple which tasted sweet as Margaret pointed out,
"Those apples are courtesy of Sweet Apple Acres over in Equestria." EQG Terrafin shrugged and said,
"Even bad guys love the apples from Sweet Apple Acres." After the food break, the five Skylanders yelled as they charged into Moneybone's Office.
As they entered Moneybone's Office, they saw their foe along with the Undead Cali. He heard them yell and charge in and said as his helmet came off,
"Ah, Grim Creeper and friends. Well, here we are. In my office. AND MARGARET! YOU ARE FIRED!!"
Grim Creeper laughed, "We had an appointment with you and you fired your receptionist."
Moneybone cleared his throat, "I suppose you thought I was running away."
EQG Legendary Spyro replied, "Well, you are a full blown coward."
Moneybone sneered, "On the contrary, I just wanted you to have a front row seat to the scene of my victory!"
EQG Terrafin crossed his arms, "As If there will be a victory for you."
Moneybone stated, "Now all five of you can watch as my Immortal-izer Ray sucks the life from your precious Avalar!"
EQG Drobot spoke, "You will not suck the life from Avalar, not when we still breathe!"
Moneybone smiled, "Now come, Grim Creeper and friends! Let us end this petty quarrel so I can get back to my victory party!"
Grim Creeper spoke to the EQGs, "Ready? Stance!" They all got into their battle stances as a swarm of Clockwork Robots emerged as they all attacked.
Grim Creeper used his ghost form and his living armor to cut down the robots while EQG Terrafin used EQG Drobot as a laser cannon due to EQG Drobot's laser blasters. EQG Legendary Spyro and EQG Camo were back-to-back as the Life EQG used his vines while the Magic EQG used his Magic Katanas.
EQG Legendary Spyro threw a Katana in the field as it began moving on its own and attacking many of the clockwork robots that got in its way. EQG Legendary Spyro even joked,
"Look Ma, No hands!"
After EQG Drobot was used as a laser cannon, he overcharged his suit's afterburners to emit an afterburner fire that could hurt any enemies near it. After all of the clockwork robots were defeated, Moneybone decided to fight them himself as he said,
"Tally ho!"
EQG Terrafin looked at EQG Camo who both nodded and charged at Moneybone with EQG Camo yelling,
"COWABUNGA!!" He slashed his vines at Moneybone while EQG Terrafin went wolverine on Moneybone's arms as the Count spoke,
"Hold still!" EQG Drobot fired his lasers at Moneybone as the Count called for a Clockwork copter to defend him, but was quickly shot down by EQG Drobot. Grim Creeper slashed his scythe across the Count's back as he called on,
"United We Stand!"
EQG Legendary Spyro stabbed his Katanas in the Mark 3.O's back as he finished, "We would endure anything!"
They did a good deal of damage as they finished their attack and Moneybone fired a Zeppelin Bomb, "Bomb Voyage!"
EQG Drobot fired a tractor beam and rotated the bomb back to Moneybone as it exploded. Moneybone shook off the Zeppelin bomb and said,
"Now I'm REALLY angry!" He called in for air support, but a clockwork copter didn't show up, Moneybone said,
"What's happening!?" EQG Drobot smirked, "I made the Mark 3.O, so that means I can hack through the firewalls that I implemented myself."
Grim Creeper launched another Ethereal Skull as it began biting down on the Mark 3.O's systems. Moneybone shook off the skull as he called out to the Undead Cali,
"I'm feeling homesick, darling. Why don't we make this place a little more undead."
The Undead Cali acknowledged this and opened the door which seeped in the Well of Souls and an Undead Mariachi Band emerged on the platform that Moneybone and Cali were on. Grim Creeper looked at the room now as he spoke,
"So you've called in the Well of Souls, my guess is...you are almost finished!"
EQG Terrafin looked at EQG Camo, who began clutching his head, "Camo, are you okay?" EQG Camo lifted his head which showed a wolfish grin forming on his face. EQG Terrafin called out,
"Grim, Camo's acting weird!" They all turned to look at EQG Camo as they realized that he was changing.
EQG Camo grew a leafy tail similar to the original Camo, but his hands turned to claws, he grew to about seven feet tall, his head turned in to the shape of a wolf, and yellow spikes grew on his head, they were three on each side just like the original Camo. His clothes showed some tears, but they didn't tear off completely. EQG Camo soon opened his eyes and realized what he had become as he spoke with a deep voice,
"I'm....I'm a Werewolf!"
Grim Creeper realized, "Its a side-effect to the Immortalizer Ray. When you were turned undead, it also granted you with the blood of the beast and this was your effect."
Moneybone himself was as shocked as the Skylanders, "I've created a monster!"
Werewolf Camo now set his eyes on the Count as he said, "No, you've created a Werewolf."
After that, a wave of Undead enemies approached as Werewolf Camo began to test his new form on the undead wave. Werewolf Camo slashed his claws at the various zombies that appeared. He used his Wolf Howl to scare the Bone Chompies to pieces and used a powerful attack which tore of the limbs of the Ogre Luchador. Moneybone soon saw how Werewolf Camo fought off many of his undead minions and decided,
"Undying to see me, Wolfy?" He decided to attack Werewolf Camo, but EQG Terrafin jumped in and went wolverine on the Mark 3.O's Zeppelin Bomb launcher. Grim Creeper dug his scythe deep within the shoulder of the Mark 3.O, pinning Moneybone down as he dug through the circuits and pulled out the important parts.
EQG Drobot dive-bombed the Mark 3.O and damaged it so badly that the only thing left standing was the laser cannons.
Moneybone looked at them and said, "I will not go down so easily!"
Grim Creeper spoke, "We're the stars of this Fiesta!"
EQG Legendary Spyro stepped in, "The five of us are unbeatable!"
EQG Drobot spoke, "You can never match up for our skills!"
EQG Terrafin spoke, "Now you owe me FIVE dollars!"
Werewolf Camo spoke, "Your schemes are nearly ended!"
Moneybone began to break dance while firing lasers as he said, "I will never give up so easily, troublesome fools!"
Moneybone was laughing maniacally as Grim Creeper yelled, "Guys, Leapfrog!" EQG Legendary Spyro crouched down as EQG Drobot jumped over and crouched. EQG Terrafin jumped over the two and crouched down paving the way for Werewolf Camo to do the same. All of them paved the way for Grim Creeper as he ran on their backs, jumped off of Werewolf Camo's back with Scythe in hand. He flew towards the Mark 3.O and latched on to the suit.
When Moneybone saw this, he tried to shake the reaper off, but Grim planted the Scythe into the suit's power core, destroying the suit in the process. Grim managed to destroy the Powersuit Mark 3.O with his friends.
After he reunited with them, they cheered knowing that they had won. They all hi-fived each other, but there was no time for cheering just yet. As Moneybone stood up from the remains of the Mark 3.O, he glared at Grim Creeper,
"You!? You think you have won? Hmmm. You think you have beaten me?!"
Grim Creeper smiled, "Your suit's destroyed and you are basically vulnerable. So just surrender."
Moneybone asked, "Surrender? Hah! I would never surrender to the likes of you!"
Grim Creeper noticed, "And your suit remains in pieces."
Moneybone decided to put his fists up, "I don't need some suit to beat you! I'll take you on with my bone hands! Come on, Grim Creeper, "put up your dukes!"
Grim sheathed his scythe, "If you say so."
Grim ran towards Moneybone as the Count tried to jab at him. But Grim grabbed his fist and turned Moneybone's body so that he was facing the window. Grim cuffed both of Moneybone's hands as he decided to do something creative. Grim took Moneybone to the Mariachi Band as he slammed the Count into each of the band's skulls, knocking the heads off each one as Moneybone screamed in pain.
Grim soon brought Moneybone to Undead Cali as Grim asked, "Why don't you kiss your bride, Moneybone? Huh! You know you want to!"
Moneybone didn't even lean in as Grim said, "No? Well then...I'll make you kiss her!" He slammed Moneybone at the Undead Cali as the Count screamed in pain.
Grim joked, "I thought you would've enjoyed kissing your undead bride. But you didn't, such a shame." He now threw Moneybone to the ground as he continued to punch him while saying,
"Well I *punch* kissed *punch* Daring *punch* Do *punch* And I *punch* enjoyed it!"
Once he finished punching the Count, he took the cuffs of and hurled him by the steps to his platform. He wiped both his hands as he finished beating the Count down and said,
"Revenge is finally mine!"
Moneybone looked up at Grim Creeper in defeat saying, "You think this is the way to treat a Count!?" All of a sudden, a thump of thunder occurred and a vortex appeared above them, Grim got out of the way, but Moneybone looked up saying,
"Wait, a Vortex?! What is the meaning of this!?" He soon realized that he was being sucked in as he held on to the handrails. But due to his weakened state, Moneybone released the handrails and flew off into the Vortex saying,
"I am not undying to see thisssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!" The vortex vanished as they all looked up Grim asked,
"Why didn't the vortex suck up Cali as well?"
All of a sudden, all Skylanders began to hear Princess Celestia's voice, "Count Moneybone has been captured in Traptanium. His Immortalizer Power Source was also disconnected by the Traptanium and he won't be able to use his Immortalizer Ray anymore."
Grim Creeper realized that they have captured him and is contained in Traptanium, he realized it was a good thing. All of a sudden, the castle began to shake as EQG Drobot realized,
"We need to go. With Moneybone's power gone, this whole place is collapsing!"
Grim looked at the Undead door, "We can go through there, it may be bad, but it's our only ticket out of here."
Undead Cali, knowing that the place is collapsing followed the five into the undead door.
The Boom Town Undead Door spewed the five Skylanders out as Werewolf Camo became normal again. The five noticed their friends hugging them in rejoice that Skylands was safe once more. They also saw that when Moneybone's power was depleted, Flynn's statue was back in it's foundation, EQG Terrafin realized,
"If Flynn's Statue is back to original state, it could only mean one thing."
EQG Legendary Spyro replied, "Cali!" They all looked at the door as Cali emerged, she wasn't undead anymore. She was her normal self once more. This let out a huge sigh of relief from every Skylander. Although Celestia came to Grim Creeper and said,
"You might want to see where Count Moneybone is now." Grim nodded as she gave him a Traptanium Crystal with Moneybone's skull on it. It was glowing as a voice spoke,
"What, where am I? It's dark in here and my powers are gone! You have ruined everything, Grim Creeper and now I'm locked up in Traptanium, doomed to the scent of Mustard!"
Grim chuckled as he said, "Make yourself at home, Moneybone. You've earned it."
Flynn began to say to Hugo, "Well Hugo, thanks to my awesome bravery and handsome good looks, Skylands is safe once more...Skylands and My Awesome Gold Statue!"
Hugo added, "And Cali." Flynn noticed, "Oh yes, her too." Cali spoke, "Flynn."
Flynn was preparing to make one of his BOOMs until EQG Terrafin angrily came up saying,
"Are you kidding me!? We were the ones doing all the saving the world stuff while you sat in your airship most of the time!" He cracked his knuckles, "Time for my own Special BOOM!" Flynn held up a sign, 'Angry EQG Skylander! SOS' as EQG Terrafin pounced on him.
Author's Note
So, Grim Creeper and the four EQG Skylanders finally got revenge on Count Moneybone for everything that he has done. Werewolf Camo was a side-effect of the Immortalizer Ray when Moneybone turned him. And now Moneybone is trapped inside a Traptanium Crystal and the Boom Town Portal of Power became a Traptanium Portal.
Four weeks after the defeat and capture of Count Moneybone, the Princesses heard various reports of Skylanders freeing themselves from their statue forms. Upon discovering these events as evidence that the frozen Skylanders used the magical aura of Equestria to free themselves, these new Skylanders would be unaware of where they are. But luckily, there are small groups of Skylanders that are called upon to find these new ones quickly. These new Skylanders have been known to either hide in the shadows or even take up a job. But a new event occurred in Canterlot at Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns, it all surrounded a statue that was inside the school and the Sun-Goddess herself saw the whole thing.
Princess Celestia decided to make a personal inspection of the school. Each teacher that she met, told her about how the unicorns are doing with their magic. While others use levitation magic on an odd unicorn statue in one of the classrooms. She looked at the statue and asked,
"Where did this statue come from?" A professor replied, "We don't know exactly. But we theorized that whatever it is, it did not come from Equestria."
Celestia looked at the various pupils that continue to practice at the statue as she found the statue more intimidating than in all its glory. The statue looked like a unicorn, but it was wearing armor that almost looked like it was wearing a whole furnace around its body. The statue's horn had a fury of fire to it, even it's mane and tail looked like it was on fire. She looked towards the flank with hopes of spotting a Cutie Mark, but she found nothing. It was an odd sight as a unicorn started to levitate the statue and soon something extraordinary happened.
The statue absorbed the magic as its eyes began to glow as the unicorn released the levitation spell. The statue started spewing fires from the horn as its tail ignited in flames. The Sun-Goddess saw with her own eyes that a statue that has been in the school for years was actually holding something in suspended animation and today.....it finally awakens. The students were evacuated as the statue itself blew to bits and something else took its place. It first appeared to be a ball of fire until the silhouette of a unicorn emerged as it passed through the flames like it was nothing.
This unicorn is a red stallion, judging by its physical construction and large size wearing that same Furnace Armor that the statue was wearing, but this time he was real. He looked around trying to get a bearing on where he is. Although, he saw Celestia, her Royal Guards and the guards that was blockading the exit. As the Sun-Goddess could tell from the fury in the stallion's eyes, that he was angry....really angry. He didn't speak at first, but she heard him mutter a sound that said, 'The Mane Event.'
Celestia couldn't describe what she is seeing until the unicorn stallion stood on his hind legs, shook his fore hooves in the air and charged towards the door to escape. The Princess had to know who this new unicorn is and ordered guards,
"Guards, keep him from escaping!"
The Guards took their positions with their spears pointing at the charging Fire Unicorn as it let out a whine of anger. The Guards hoped that he would stop charging and answer Celestia's questions, but he didn't stop as his fire horn began to erupt. Celestia blinked for a second until two ethereal Fire Unicorns emerged from the physical, plowing through her Guards and out the door. When Celestia looked outside to see where the Fire Unicorn was going, but there was nothing but a scorch mark and hoof prints leading to that mark. She realized that this Fire Unicorn has the power to call two ethereal versions of himself to assist him in charging the enemy. She realized one thing,
"That Fire Unicorn....is a Skylander." After realizing that it was a Skylander that charged her blockade when she tried to question him. But she knows who could help that Unicorn get adjusted to Equestria if they can find him,
"I need to tell the Skylanders."
In Ponyville, the Skylanders that lived there were honored by many ponies as heroes for everything they do. Although for the Dark Skylander, Blackout, some of the ponies gave him frightened looks because they never seen a Skylander like him before. He didn't mind the frightened looks that many ponies give him. Blackout took up residence at Sweet Apple Acres where Terrafin also lives.
As a free Skylander, Blackout has been fighting evil alongside Spotlight. But now discovering that the Skylanders now answer to two Pony Princesses, who are also Goddesses. When he and Spotlight met Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, these sisters represented the Sun and the Moon, Light and Dark which was ironic. He also noticed that the Swap Skylander, Boom Jet was always at Princess Luna's side, like a bodyguard. But of all the new things that he and Spotlight saw, it was a new experience, much more since that there are still frozen Skylanders out there.
Although ever since Gusto was found, there were reports of Traptanium Shards emerging all over Equestria. Blackout knew for a fact that only a Trap Master's Crystal weapon can destroy a Traptanium Shard. The ponies also want to mine out these shards for further study or to build more traps. But as far as it goes, there are also other frozen Skylanders that would free themselves, but there is one Skylander that he remembers as a bit.....hot tempered. All of a sudden he burped up a message, although he was trying to get used to this new power that the sisters taught him and Spotlight.. He looked at the message although it was addressed to the Skylanders in general,
"Skylanders, We have an emergency situation that requires your attention. The School for Gifted Unicorns unintentionally had something lying in dormant until it was awakened. I witnessed a statue in the school blow up and something awoken. It was a unicorn stallion that wore a furnace-like armor and he was very hot tempered. He charged passed my guards and disappeared in a large scorch mark. He possesses the power of fire and that's when I realized that this stallion is a Skylander, I need you to find this unicorn Skylander, I believe that he would be hiding in Ponyville. He would be more accepting to you than when he first awakened. Sincerely, Princess Celestia."
Blackout was at a loss when it mentioned a Unicorn Skylander. The only Skylanders that were Unicorns that he knew of were Twilight and Rarity, but a unicorn with a Fury of Fire was typically something that sounded absolutely familiar to the dragon. He thought over of many of the brave warriors that he helped during the war until the image of that unicorn came to his head as Blackout spoke the name,
"Trail Blazer?"
All of a sudden he felt a snowflake fall, he looked up and saw that the once bright sky gave way to clouds and now Winter has begun to take its toll on Ponyville. Blackout knew that it was that time of year again, but he also needed to find Trail Blazer.
He always knew that Trail Blazer is hot-tempered, even if things are unfair. Blackout knew how he got his fire power and respected it, but he's in a new place and the ponies of Equestria are going to be shocked to discover that there was a Fire Unicorn in the Skylanders, and he is Skylands-born. Blackout decided to locate Trail Blazer as he shifted his sight to pick up Trail Blazer's trace.
The Dragon ran through the light snow as his senses picked up a dark scorch mark on the outskirts of town along with charred hoof prints heading towards Sweet Apple Acres. Blackout knew one thing, Trail Blazer was heading for Sweet Apple Acres.
In the Apple Forest near Sweet Apple Acres, the Fire Unicorn, Trail Blazer was in-fact trail-blazing through the forest as he was running away from the potential threat, which was mostly from the Alicorn that ordered his capture after his awakening. Although it was snowing, the blaze from his mane and tail kept him warm....at least for now. Trail Blazer does not know how long until he can find someplace warm before his fires go out and if that happens, he would surely perish due to the cold. As the unicorn came to a stop, he noticed voices nearby, and because he thought that those were search parties out to get him, he hid in a bush near an apple tree. As he hid, he managed to make out some of the voices as one sounded like a cowgirl,
"Ya'll sure that there is a Unicorn Skylander runnin' around in Sweet Apple Acres?" The Fire Unicorn managed to take a peak at what is looking for him as he gently moved a piece of the bush to get a clear, but stealthy view. He saw a group of ponies, one was an Earth Pony with a Cowgirl hat, one was a Pegasus with a cyan coat and rainbow mane as she said,
"Blackout told us that he found those scorch marks leading here to the acres. And with luck, he wouldn't have gone far....well not with me around."
Although he gave an irritated stare at this mare's enthusiasm because being so full of yourself might be a key to success, but it can also be a key to failure as well. He also heard her say the very name that belonged to his friend, Blackout. It was years since he seen him, he was an ally to the Alliance during Malefor's conflict. But in time before being slipped away from their world, he called Blackout his friend. If Blackout is here, then he must've found out about his awakening. Until another pony came into view, a unicorn mare. She had a lavender coat and a purple mane with a pink streak on it, she turned to the group and said,
"Blackout told Princess Celestia that when this Trail Blazer awakened, the sight of armed guards frightened him when she ordered him to be detained for questioning. She didn't realize that he was a Skylander until he displayed his power, so for all we know, he is frightened and very aggressive."
Trail Blazer softly said, "Well, that's putting it mildly." Thankfully the three ponies didn't hear him speak as the Pegasus spoke,
"And that's why she sent us to find him. If she found him....well Flame City. But if we found him, he would speak calmly to us, right?" This Princess Celestia flashed into his mind as he made his escape from that school. SHE was the Alicorn who ordered his capture which felt unfair to him. Although he was angry, he decided to move to a different spot as his flaming hooves crunched silently through the snow without drawing the attention of the three mares.
He managed to make it out of the Apple Woods where he saw a farm near his location and an old friend standing in his path as he said, "I had a feeling that you would try to hide here."
Trail Blazer looked at Blackout in shock, "Blackout, how did you escape capture!?" Blackout smiled, "Same old Trail Blazer. I was never captured by these ponies."
The unicorn asked, "You were never captured by these ponies, but Why did you tell them about me!?"
The Dragon stared at his friend, "Because they are our allies!! That incident at the school was a misunderstanding. Princess Celestia didn't know that you were a Skylander until you plowed through her guards and ran out the door. She sent Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Applejack and I to find you and give you a letter from the Princess herself."
Trail Blazer spoke in a calm tone, "She....ordered my capture....over a misunderstanding?" He didn't know what to think about the Alicorn making a misunderstanding over his awakening. Blackout gave him the letter as the unicorn held it in his magic as the dragon said, "It was addressed to you, specifically and you might want to read it."
Trail Blazer unfolded the message and read, "To the Skylander known as Trail Blazer, I am writing this message to you just to say, I am sorry for ordering my guards to capture you. I have witnessed several Skylander Awakenings in the past four weeks as well as the appearance of several Traptanium Shards all across Equestria, but your awakening was something out of the ordinary. You were once a large statue in the School for Gifted Unicorns and when you awakened, you were a stallion sized fire unicorn. I should've known about you beforehoof but it was easily misunderstood that you were an evil creature because of your hot-headedness. Now that I know that you are not evil, but angry at my guards attempting to detain you. I realized that you were a Skylander when I saw your power of fire, Blackout told me your name and your 'unique' personality, but if it could make up for that little misunderstanding. I want you to accept my apology and join me, my sister, Master Eon and the other Skylanders in Canterlot Castle where we are preparing a holiday dinner in the Spirit of season.
From Princess Celestia."
The fire unicorn finished reading the note as he was soon gathered by the three mares that he saw earlier as the three of them stood in awe at his flaming looks as he asked, "How long have you mares been standing there?"
Twilight replied, "Long enough to see the first Skylands-born unicorn."
Applejack replied, "Well ah'll be a apple on harvesting season, a unicorn from Skylands!"
Rainbow Dash gasped saying 'Oh my gosh' several times as Trail Blazer smiled and said to Blackout, "Tell Princess Celestia that I accept her apology and I would gladly join the rest of our team for dinner." Blackout smiled, "She knows."
All five of them were teleported to Canterlot Castle where Trail Blazer was welcomed among the Skylanders as Celestia herself personally greeted him as he bowed his head towards her as a sign of appreciation and acceptance of her apology. Trail Blazer was actually happy when he saw his team again and brand new allies as well.
In Skylands, there is a golden desert where a golden pyramid resides, but it's not the pyramid it what's inside it. Inside the Pyramid there is a throne room where the leader of the most dangerous gang of mercenaries sat. The Mercenary Gang is called the Doom Raiders which were imprisoned in Cloudcracker Prison until the Apes blew it up, now the Doom Raiders are now seeking revenge against the Skylanders for all the trouble they caused them. Their leader is a queen made entirely of gold as she sat on her throne while a floating head came to her,
"My Queen, Dr Krankcase and Chef Pepperjack have been looking about the Equestrian Isles for several days and they already saw more of these EQG Skylanders as the natives call them. They are humanized versions of their Equestrian Skylanders."
The Golden Queen nodded, "Yes, Dreamcatcher. If the Skylanders are able to get such powerful forces for their team. They have managed to master inter-dimensional travel. All we need is a Multiverse Portal of our own and we can bring forth EQGs that could fight for us."
Wolfgang who was strumming his Bone Guitar said, "We could be able to have Krankcase modify his Goo Transporter with some supplies that we managed to steal from the Isles. Then from here on out, it's nothing but EQGs allies for ourselves."
The Golden Queen took note of his suggestion and spoke to Dreamcatcher, "Tell Dr Krankcase to head back to his lab and modify his transporter. Keep Pepperjack in observation distance for any sign of Him."
The floating head acknowledged, "Yes, My Queen." She floated off towards the exit.
Wolfgang was irritated when she mentioned Him, "Ya still hunting Krypt King? I thought you got over him after he locked us up!"
The Golden Queen turned the Werewolf as she said, "He fooled me once, but not a second time." Wolfgang silently said, "Whatever keeps your love sickness in check."
The Golden Queen clenched her golden fist as she walked to a picture of Krypt King saying, "You can't fool me, Krypt King. This time, you will be mine."
Author's Note
So, This was a short chapter as I'm having trouble coming up with new ideas for the chapters. I managed to make Trail Blazer appear in a very bizarre fashion.
Now the Doom Raiders have taken an interest in the EQG Skylanders and now they want their own EQG Doom Raiders.
It was a normal day in Ponyville where the ponies do their daily work of working at shopping stalls, flower shops or helping out the Skylanders. On some days where the Skylanders decide to have fun that doesn't involve battle, they would take a stop at the local DJ's club where the resident DJ, a unicorn named Vinyl Scratch would entertain the ponies with her slick DJ skills and just seeing the Skylanders in her domain was an excellent beat for her. Ever since the many achievements that these heroes caused, she was hoping to make a tribute beat for the Skylanders and the many ponies that serve among them.
The DJ Pony's music was as much of a hoot as the next one around. One listen to her beat and they would be dancing like there is no tomorrow. But the Skylanders were a big mystery, music-wise because she didn't know what a Skylander would consider for music. She already knew that the Swap Force guys would always enjoy 'Weapon of Choice' because they always play it everytime. Although that she was trying so hard to find out what song that the Skylanders would enjoy, Vinyl's expertise was waning thin until she turned to one of her DJ Weekly magazines and noticed the picture of a light blue unicorn mare with a blue mane on the cover. Vinyl knew all too well who that mare was, since she first appeared out of nowhere and took Manehatten by storm.
When Vinyl was with her roommate, the cellist of more softer tones, Octavia, she read over about how much fame that this DJ had but chose to ignore it, she couldn't even see her eyes since they were covered by a pair of glowing glasses. The cutie mark was a watery music note as the pictures continued like a timeline from when the Manehatten DJ played to when she finished. Vinyl decided,
"You think I should contact this DJ 3CK0 character?" Octavia knowing about Vinyl's desire, "You should, since we took jobs that involved the Skylanders when they need music to 'lighten the cave' as they proclaim it."
Vinyl nodded at the Earth Pony's enthusiasm as it rarely occurs between them, "We better send a message to DJ 3CK0."
All of a sudden, an armored Dragon soon hung upside down in front of the two mares, startling them as he said, "You need to send a message?"
Octavia realized who this was, "Blades, were you watching us the whole time?"
The Dragon smiled, "I might be an armored dragon, but I still know that someone needs a letter sent."
Vinyl spoke, "I want to contact this mare called, DJ 3CK0. She's from Manehatten and has been known to make a song for any crowd...including Skylanders."
Blades noticed the magazine with the DJ on the cover as he nodded, "I could get a message to her. She is known to have a magical music touch."
Vinyl wrote out her letter which read,
"Dear DJ 3CK0,
My name is DJ PON3 and I need your help with helping me find a song for the Skylanders. I suppose you've heard about them and how they are active in and around Ponyville. But now I'm requesting you to come, so you can both see the Skylanders and help me make a song for them. I'll be waiting for a reply when you get the chance.
See ya soon, Vinyl Scratch AKA DJ PON3."
After reading through the message, Blades rolled it up and used his mail dragon breath to send it on its way. Blades was about to leave until he burped up a message from DJ 3CK0 herself as Vinyl picked it up and read it,
"To Vinyl Scratch,
I would gladly come to Ponyville and help you out with finding a song for the Skylanders. And lucky for you, I don't have any gigs to go to in Manehatten, so I'll be arriving at the Ponyville Train Station by tomorrow morning. We'll make some noise soon enough for the Skylanders.
Yours truly, DJ 3CK0."
Octavia was shocked to know that she responded that fast and informed Vinyl that she would be at Ponyville in the morning. Vinyl had to prepare for her arrival...and she was hyped to meet DJ 3CK0.
As the sun rose over Ponyville, ponies and Skylanders were waking up to perform their responsibilities. But as they got to work, the Pony Express from Manehatten to Ponyville arrived at the train station. Normally it would not matter to some ponies except for its resident party planner, but to its local DJ and Cellist as they waited at the station for a certain pony DJ from Manehatten. As the train stopped at the station, the door opened to reveal a partially cloaked light blue unicorn mare with a blue mane exiting the train. This mare had a pair of glasses that covered her eyes and a pair of headphones as she basically bopped her head to every rhythm that emanates from her headphones as she walked off the train. She noticed the two ponies and asked Vinyl,
"Are you Vinyl Scratch?" The Unicorn replied, "Yes I am and you must be DJ 3CK0. I've heard a lot about you."
The cloaked unicorn shrugged, "The Paparazzi have been taking pictures of me during my gigs and using them for their magazines. I don't really mind the fame, but all I care about is the passion for music."
The Grey pony soon spoke, "That's odd." The unicorn asked, "And you are?"
The Cellist spoke, "I'm Octavia, I'm Vinyl's roommate and an expert on the Cello."
DJ 3CK0 smiled, "A pony who plays the slow quiet music. That would be good for softer tones."
Octavia asked, "Softer tones? Like you know how I play?" The cloaked unicorn nodded, "Music is not just for funky beat and jazz. It's categorized in several different areas of how the user plays. A pony who is devoted to using a cello like you, can always use other types of music including your basic soft tones that you are always used to."
Vinyl asked, "So you're a DJ and a music expert?" DJ 3CK0 nodded, "But we can delve more into the subject later. For now, I'd like to explore the town without catching the attention of the local party planner, Pinkie Pie."
Octavia spoke, "Well, it's very hard to avoid her since...she does strange things to know who is new to Ponyville." DJ 3CK0 smiled, "I am actually different plus.." She pulled the hood over her head as she turned invisible, "She won't know if she can't see me."
Vinyl was shocked, "Wait, is that cloak magical?" The invisible DJ nodded, "It is." Octavia soon shook off her shock as well as Vinyl did as the cellist spoke,
"Well, we should show you around Ponyville and keeping you out of Pinkie's sight as much as possible."
As the three departed from the train station and into the town, the DJ and the Cellist couldn't shake off the feeling that their might be things that this new DJ has not told them. But as they showed the invisible DJ the many sights of Ponyville, she didn't even say a word until they came across the Golden Oaks Library as DJ 3CK0 finally said,
"What is this?" Vinyl spoke, "That is the library, it's owned by Twilight Sparkle, the resident librarian. She also has an assistant named Spike, who is also the Hero of the Crystal Empire."
DJ 3CK0 asked, "What did he do to earn that title?" Octavia spoke, "According to the tales, Spike defeated the evil dragon, Malefor and saved the Crystal Empire thus earning his title."
The invisible pony asked, "Can I go inside to meet this Twilight?" The DJ and the Cellist reluctantly spoke, "Its for the best."
DJ 3CK0 went up to the door but realized that she would cause a scare if she opened it so she allowed Vinyl to open the door.
When they entered the library, they noticed a unicorn mare looking at a book of Skylands origin until she noticed the two visible ponies entering the library,
"Oh, Vinyl and Octavia, I didn't see you come in." Until a disembodied voice spoke, "You must be Twilight Sparkle, I take it?"
Twilight looked around trying to find the source of the voice as she asked the music ponies, "Did you hear something?" Until the two ponies stepped aside as another unicorn mare materialized between Vinyl and Octavia. She was wearing a cloak and had her hoof on the hood of the cloak indicating that it was magical. Twilight was baffled at the appearance of this mare as she asked,
"You....appeared out of thin air.....your cloak....it can...." The mare spoke with a smile, "Turn me invisible? Yes it can."
Twilight asked, "Why do you go through such secrecy?" The mare's smiled faded, "To not have my presence known to your party planning friend. Since....I'm only use to parties as a disc jockey. Which is what I'm well-known for, back in Manehatten."
Twilight replied, "Pinkie will find out eventually, she has strange senses even I don't even know about." The unicorn nodded, "I am pretty much aware of her abilities. But, now that we have seen eye to eye, my name is 3CK0, DJ 3CK0. Vinyl Scratch messaged me to come to Ponyville to help her out with find a song that the Skylanders would enjoy. I am aware that the Swap Force always listen to 'Weapon of Choice' so they are the exception. But in the meantime, I wanted to explore Ponyville while avoiding Pinkie Pie for a while. And I tend to do so..." She pulled the hood over her head as she vanished, "While invisible."
Twilight now aware that there is an invisible unicorn DJ in Her library, she asked, "So, why did you want to visit my library?"
DJ 3CK0 became visible as the Manehatten DJ and the other music ponies sat down as the cloaked unicorn explained, "I came here because I heard that your assistant was the Hero of the Crystal Empire. I was curious to see what he looked like."
Twilight asked, "Just that?" The DJ shook her head, "I also want to know about the Skylanders that live in Ponyville." The librarian soon gathered her thoughts that she remembered from that fateful battle as well as Spike's description, "Spike, my Dragon Assistant is a rare Purple Dragon, even more rare since he was in the old nest a few years after Spyro, the Leader of the Skylanders made history and disappeared for a few years. Spike's parents were slaughtered by Grublins, remnants of Malefor's army. The Portal Master, Eon found Spike's egg and kept it in his Citadel until first contact with Equestria where he gave it to Fausticorn which she passed the egg on to my mentor, Princess Celestia. For years, she looked after the egg, and she was also protective like how a mother eagle would react.
It wasn't until I hatched it, five years later to be accepted into her school. But little did I know, I actually temporarily ended her thousand year sadness by hatching the egg. I actually saw her crying tears of joy knowing that Spike was born. But several years later, when Spike was older, we realized that was meant for a greater purpose as he got tangled up with an encounter with Master Eon and the incident with the Soul Gem Omnitrix, a watch of Skylands origin that contains the soul gem of every Skylander. He managed to saved the day and returned the watch to Eon, only for him to discover several weeks later that he would change from a foal sized dragon hatchling to a stallion sized quadruped dragon with wings.
The night of the arrival marked the night that the Skylanders arrived in Equestria and led to Spike's transformation." Twilight soon spoke of how Spike got use to his new form until he discovered that he could master four elements like a Purple Dragon should. How he was given a combat training lesson from Princess Celestia on how to master his abilities. All of the amazing feats that both Spike and the Skylanders performed until Spyro and Spike were tricked into breaking the seal of the Crystal Core and setting Malefor free.
She spoke of the Second War with Kaos and the Battle of the Crystal Empire where the Skylander Variants showed off their power. Spike volunteered to go up into the tower and confront Malefor. He also possessed the power of the Crystal Heart, an artifact that Princess Cadance kept in her possession ever since she awoken the Giants. They didn't know what went on in the tower, but Rarity came down the tower, no longer possessed by darkness. Soon enough, a large fury wave occurred from the top of the tower and Spike's unconscious body was left falling from the tower until Cadance saved his unconscious form.
He was alive and he defeated Malefor only for him to escape back to Skylands. But the Crystal Ponies cheered at the sight that he was alive. He was soon praised as the Hero of the Crystal Empire.
The Manehatten DJ smiled at the story of Spike the Dragon and knew that a Purple Dragon, even one that was born 200 years from its original due date is very rare. But now DJ 3CK0 asked,
"That was an incredible story, but can you accompany us as I'm shown around Ponyville?"
Twilight thought about first until she spoke, "I would love to."
After they left the Library with Twilight in tow, the three ponies actually showed the invisible pony the remaining sights of Ponyville. They went passed Town Hall and made their way into the park when all of a sudden, Pinkie Pie was wandering around the park. When DJ 3CK0 saw the pink pony, she jumped into the pond that they passed by. The three mares noticed a splash effect indicating that the DJ hid in the pond. Twilight noticed Pinkie Pie and spoke,
"Hi, Pinkie Pie." The Pink Pony noticed and spoke, "Hey Twilight." Her tail suddenly twitched, "Twitchy Twitch. Twitchy Twitch!" The two music ponies were aware of Pinkie's abilities as the Pink Pony spoke to Twilight, "My Pinkie Senses have been going crazy since this morning...and I don't know what's causing it."
Twilight decided, "Is Rainbow Dash going to fall out of the sky again?" All of a sudden, Rainbow Dash fell and crashed into the pond...the same pond where DJ 3CK0 was hiding in. Twilight, Pinkie and the music ponies looked as they saw the ripple that Rainbow Dash left as she emerged from the water. The Pegasus chuckled,
"Sorry, Applejack launched me from the farm again." Pinkie Pie's tail still twitched, "That wasn't the doozy." After that she just bounced off to somewhere else as the DJ 3CK0 emerged from the water, surprising Rainbow in the process. The Unicorn DJ leaned against the shore as Vinyl asked,
"DJ 3CK0, are you..." Just as her hoof touched the mare's head, the glasses soon fell off as the eyes of DJ 3CK0 were finally seen. But after the glasses came off, something strange happened.
DJ 3CK0's form began to change as her fore-hooves became claws as two bracers emerged on her fore-legs. Her pony-like body soon grew scales and a large aqua-like fin on her back as the cloak fell off as well. Her hind legs soon grew scales as her back-hooves shifted into claws. Her tail shifted into a curled scaly tail that almost looked like a seapony's tail. Her head shifted from a shocked unicorn mare into a shocked face of a dragoness as a fin emerged from her head and her headphones became shell headphones that grew one horn from the back. She also possessed a necklace with three teeth and something that the four ponies recognized as Rainbow Dash noticed as she shook off her shock,
"Wait, That's the Water symbol!"
Vinyl soon realized, "You're not just DJ 3CK0, You're a Skylander in Disguise!"
The Dragoness said nothing with a sad look on her face knowing that her identity was revealed. As the four mares shook off their shock of the new Skylander, Twilight asked,
"Who are you, really?" The dragoness frowned, "My name is Echo, I am a Water Dragon from Skylands. I also took a career in being a Disc Jockey in Manehatten where I have lived ever since."
Rainbow asked, "Why the deception? Why the disguise?" Echo replied, "You might not have known me that long, but the glasses are enchanted with a shapeshifting spell. It came directly from my home in Skylands."
Vinyl asked, "But how?" Echo held up the glasses, "It was a gift from a wandering merman merchant. These actually changed my shape into something I was not, but i didn't wear them until I was awakened."
Octavia asked, "But why hide yourself?" Echo frowned, "I didn't want anypony to discover that I was a dragon. I've read that dragons here are considered to be ravenous, hoarding monsters. Such a waste of what these dragons are reduced to. It wasn't until I realized that I would've been labeled as a scary dragon, so I've used the glasses and hid in plain sight."
Twilight understood that some dragons are scary, but she added, "But you are a Skylander, and the ponies are amazed at how the Skylanders are and what they do."
Echo realized, "Hmm...some of the Skylanders were wandering around the town when I was sneaking around."
Rainbow Dash asked, "So what is your story if you are a Skylander?" Echo smiled, "Well, I lived in an undersea kingdom that was built around an enormous oyster shell, and at its center was the Pearl of Wisdom. Every day water dragons from all around the kingdom would come to ask questions of the Pearl. Because this was a sacred ritual, anyone living near the Pearl were required to speak only in whispers. This was challenging for me, because I lived directly next to it. I had a gift – and it was loud – and often got me in trouble."
Twilight spoke, "So you were an outcast because of your voice. You must've done something to change their minds." Echo continued, "One day, a gang of sea horses known as the Aqua Jocks rode into town and claimed the Pearl for themselves. They cast an unbreakable bubble around it and began dragging it away with enormous chains. The nearby water dragons, who had been quiet for so long, were unable to even call for help. I couldn't blame them for following their tradition, so as the Aqua Jocks dragged the pearl, I stood in their way. Despite their constant insults and attempting to flatten me, I used my loudest sonar blast to shatter the bubble and blow the sea horses out of the kingdom!"
Vinyl was shocked, "You have quite an awesome voice to do that."
Echo chuckled, "After that, the Water Dragons realized that my loud voice saved the Pearl. They were grateful for my actions. It wasn't until I heard about the ongoing war on the surface. So I decided to pitch in with the Alliance and help."
Octavia was amazed, "I guess in times like those, the only powerful thing would be a loud voice."
Echo nodded as she ended, "Then Cloudcracker Prison was destroyed and I was flung into the waters of Manehatten Harbor. No pony knew I was there, even when I awakened several years later."
Rainbow Dash smiled, "Well, I guess you are a Skylander." Twilight agreed, "Now that we know that you are a Skylander...why avoid Pinkie Pie?"
Echo stated, "I'm not known to be surprised. I also planned to go to Ponyville before Vinyl requested me to come. My plan was to surprise Pinkie Pie by planning my own 'Welcome Party.' I present myself to her during it and ask if she was surprised, simple as that."
Twilight spoke, "Well, last time we tried to throw a birthday party for her pet alligator and she thought that we didn't like her parties."
Echo thought, "It's because she got the information from your assistant when he was still an underdeveloped hatchling. He was also unaware of what you were doing and besides, there were other matters that required his attention."
Rainbow asked, "Wait, how did you know about his quest?" The Dragoness smiled, "When I was on the train, we passed through Fillydelphia where I saw a statue of a hatchling holding his left wrist up to the skies. I realized that it was a statue that honored Spike when he saved the city from a rampaging Skylander. The only other statue was built in Canterlot in the gardens of the Royal Palace."
Vinyl noticed, "DJ, Skylander and someone who reads up on the events." Octavia asked, "How are you going to surprise Pinkie?"
Echo replied, "I think Vinyl and I should make that song. Twilight should inform the town about a party at the Disco Club."
Rainbow asked, "What am I supposed to do?" Echo ordered, "Rally up the other Skylanders and get them to the Disco Club."
Octavia spoke, "We better get to it." Vinyl levitated Echo's glasses and her cloak, "You are going to need these to get around the town." Echo donned her glasses and cloak as she changed into her pony form and went invisible.
As the day went by, Pinkie Pie's Pinkie Senses have been off the hook and so far she has been trying to find the source of the doozy. Everything that has occurred wasn't the doozy, even when Rainbow Dash crashed into the pond wasn't the doozy. She went back to Sugarcube Corner when she came across a note that was taped to the door. She was curious and read the note which had a Water symbol on it,
"To Pinkie Pie, I have to say that I acknowledge your way of knowing everypony and every skylander in town. But actually slipped through your well...observant eyes. All I can say is that, I've been evading you because I'm inviting you to a special party at the DJ Club. Let's think of this as my own Welcome Party and it wouldn't be complete without you. From one Skylander to another, it would be nice to meet you for the first time. I'm going to be running the DJ booth along with Vinyl Scratch. From DJ and Water Skylander, Echo."
Pinkie's eyes widened in shock as a new Skylander slipped underneath her nose as she sped full speed to the DJ club. Despite her history to break the 4th wall, this is one thing that required her not to perform her technique. As soon as she got to the Disco Club, she noticed that all of her friends were waiting for her even the Skylanders were waiting for her to arrive. Twilight noticed the pink pony,
"Pinkie Pie, did you hear what's going on?"
Pinkie replied, "There is a new Skylander called, 'Echo' and she is a DJ." Her tail twitched, "There it goes again, I think Echo might be the doozy."
The recently-awakened Trap Master, Tuff Luck scratched her head, "I'm still trying to get used to your senses, but either way it could be Echo."
Applejack looked at a poster depicting DJ 3CK0 and DJ PON3 and spoke, "Ah might not know the Dee Jay, but I betcha that the one in the cloak is Echo."
Then another of the recently awakened Trap Masters, Gear Shift looked at the poster, "The Echo that we know of is a dragoness. But the poster shows two ponies, possible disguise for Echo to blend in." Pinkie was shocked, "Why did she go all sneaky weaky?"
Another recently awakened Trap Master, Blastermind spoke, "We would find out once we get inside." At this moment, they all went inside.
As they entered the Disco club, they noticed that some of the Skylanders came in before them and started dancing to a new beat. It actually signifies unity for both Skylands, Equestria and the EQG Universe. But the song is what drew Pinkie Pie to the DJ booth where she saw Vinyl Scratch and DJ 3CK0. She looked in shock,
"You're new! A new pony in Ponyville! But I got a note from an Echo Skylander that she was a DJ." DJ 3CK0 smiled, "Well, Pinkie Pie. You've just met her."
Pinkie literally exploded in confetti and emerged underneath the DJ's cloak, "You're a New Skylander! You're Echo, the one that the others were talking about. Oh my gosh, this is incredible, stupendous, almost sneaky. But they told me that you were a dragoness when you are a pony."
The DJ chuckled, "My disguise worked better than expected. Especially the cloak." Pinkie asked, "What does it do?" The pony raised her hood as she disappeared and reappeared when the hood came off. That left the pink pony in complete astonishment, "It can turn you invisible like a spy or Trap Shadow or Stink Bomb or Stealth Elf! This is unbelievable!"
Vinyl decided to join, "It was unbelievable now, but you have not seen anything extraordinary like this."
Pinkie asked, "But about this party, you decided to throw you're own welcome party. Usually party planning is my specialty." Echo replied, "This party is a surprise party. But in the mix of a Pinkie Pie/Echo Style because it's something you would've done and I would surprise the town by showing my true form."
Pinkie asked, "Is this more than a Welcome Party?" Echo smiled, "This party is a Welcome Echo and a Tribute to Pinkie Pie party for being the best party planner and Skylander to ever set hoof in Ponyville."
Pinkie was shocked, "All this.....for throwing me a Tribute Party?" Echo nodded, "For me, I've read the stories of various parties that you planned, your history, your capacity for courage, and your relationship with Trigger Happy. I decided to come here one day and secretly plan a party dedicated to you until Vinyl sent me a message requesting me to come to Ponyville and assist her in finding a song for my fellow Skylanders."
Pinkie didn't know what to say about this DJ's planning and dedication, but it wasn't until Echo went to a microphone and spoke,
"Attention all mares, gentlecolts and Skylanders alike, I'd like to thank you all for coming and I just want to introduce all of you to the Real DJ 3CK0." Echo removed her cloak and glasses as she took on her dragon form as all ponies gasp in the sight of true form. The Skylanders cheered knowing that it was her until the ponies joined in cheering. But Echo soon spoke,
"This party is also dedicated to Ponyville's Good Friend, Pinkie Pie. She dedicated herself to making others laugh and giggle as well as her capacity for courage as a Skylander." She turned to the pink pony, "Pinkie, would you like to do the honors?"
Pinkie smiled as she poofed next to Echo as she shouted, "Let's get this Party started!!!"
As soon as that went down, the Disco erupted in music as everypony and every Skylander danced. But before Echo had time to return to the booth, almost everypony who saw her, wanted an autograph for her DJ skills when she was a pony. She met up with the rest of Pinkie's friends as they introduced each other. But she noticed that Twilight brought a duplicate of herself except with wings which she understood that she was Twilight's variant...but the Unicorn treats the Alicorn as a twin sister which caused Echo to smile at that.
Echo met the Hero of the Crystal Empire himself, which was Spike when he emerged with the white Unicorn, Rarity. But as soon as everything got underway, a huge thump was felt as Echo realized,
"Something is happening outside." She called for the Skylanders to come outside.
As soon as the Skylanders stepped outside, they looked around, but still felt that thump. It wasn't until Wallop, the recently awakened Earth Trap Master pointed to the sky,
"The Stars! What's happening to the stars?" They all looked up and saw the stars take up the elemental symbols of Fire, Earth, Water, Air, Life, Undead, Tech, Magic, Light and Dark. Twilight realized,
"This was just like the Arrival, but there were only Eight Elemental Symbols, not Ten. Why would this happen?" All of a sudden, the Eight Elements fired two beams directly towards Ponyville as the Light element fired a white beam towards Ponyville as well. The Light beam landed first, taking the form of four clear Traptanium Crystals.
The two beams from the eight landed as they took the form of something strange, yet remarkable.
The Water beam took the miniature forms of Gill Grunt and Thumpback.
The Earth beam took the miniature forms of Bash and Terrafin.
The Fire beam took the miniature forms of Eruptor and Fryno.
The Air beam took the shape of a mini Jet-Vac and mini Whirlwind.
The Life beam took the shape of a mini Tree Rex and mini Stealth Elf.
The Undead beam took the shape of a mini Hex and mini Eye-Brawl.
The Tech beam took the shape of a mini Drobot and mini Trigger Happy.
The Magic Trap took the shape of a mini Ninjini and mini Spyro.
The Dark symbol fired a Dark beam in the center of the congregation of Mini-Skylanders and took the shape of a female Dark Centaur, who carried a Traptanium Lance in one hand and a battle horn in the other. She shifted her focus towards the shocked Skylanders as Pinkie's jaw literally dropped.
Twilight asked, "Who are you?" The Centaur replied, "I am Knight Mare..." she was interrupted when Pinkie freaked out screaming 'Nightmare Moon' only for a mini Skylander to tape her mouth shut. Knight Mare continued,
"I am not the Nightmare Moon, I have only just arrived here with my companions. So your friend can calm down."
Blackout approached, "Knight Mare." The Centaur smiled, "Blackout, I'm glad to see that you are here." The Dragon replied, "I was captured by Count Moneybone until they saved me." The Centaur nodded, "I see."
Spyro asked, "So what's with the miniature duplicates?" Spyro's miniature self spoke, "I can explain that. When the Core of Light was destroyed, the explosion fractured the very being of a Skylander, so a fragment was jettisoned from a select few and were caught in a slow transition to Equestria."
Spyro asked, "So you're a mini me?" The mini shook his head, "We actually named ourselves." He pointed to each of the minis,
Fluttershy fluttered in glee, "I've never seen Mini Skylanders before. You look so cute."
Bop spoke, "We may look cute, but we can still fight."
Echo chuckled, "We were in the middle of a party before you guys showed up."
Knight Mare thought it over and said, "A party will do." Echo and the Skylanders smiled as they led the new Dark Trap Master and the Mini Skylanders into the disco.
Author's Note
So, Echo was revealed, Knight Mare and the Mini-Skylanders arrived in the same fashion like in the first chapter....but we are absent one Trap Master.
Incident at the Soda Festival
Master Eon was in his usual spot in the portal chamber when a Pony messenger materialized onto the Portal of Power who handed him a message from a veteran commando named Buzz. Eon knew this guy when he was at a very young age, Buzz was born during Malefor's Conflict and when he reached a mature age, he joined up with the Warfang moles and Mabu volunteers for commando operations for either espionage or a straight sneak attack on Ape Outposts. Buzz even led an attack on the island of Munitions Forge, a vital area which was occasionally rocked by Boyzitbig, an unstable volcano that makes life on the island really dicey. That was when he met Ka-Boom, the leader of the island's local militia to fight the Apes after he saved Buzz from a crazy Ape conductor and his maniacal locomotive. It was there that they drove out the Apes from Munitions Forge, that was when the tide turned in their favor....until Ka-Boom and the other Trap Masters were flung from the world after Cloud Cracker Prison was destroyed and Cynder swooped down on the lands.
Eon lowered his head thinking about those dark days when Cynder appeared in her monstrous form. She put the islands under her iron rule, retook Munitions Forge and forced the locals to mine crystals for her troops. But it was now around the time that Spyro made his appearance and used his training from the Guardians to defeat Cynder. Although she was ashamed over what she did, Spyro didn't want her to leave the Temple, he never wanted her to leave although Sparx did, but that was beside the point. When word of Spyro's appearance and Cynder's defeat reached Warfang, the whole city let out a breath that it was holding in for so long.
Buzz was relieved to know that the flying beast was defeated by the legendary dragon, but at that time Buzz was making up a style called 'Secret Ninja Commando' skills. He used this style to appear in front of the recruits without any of them seeing him. He claimed it to be his great talent for several retaliatory strikes on several Ape locations that Spyro went through. It was going good until the Night of Eternal Darkness where the Dark Master himself escaped from Convexity and that was when things went down for the next three years.
When Malefor struck, he was fueled by hate and malice, he reclaimed his spot at the temple, created the Burned Lands and the Belt of Fire. But Malefor's troops were switched from Apes to Grublins, and those were nasty creatures. Buzz led a commando mission to sneak attack a small group of Grublins and they were more cunning than the Apes when several of them burst from the ground. Buzz and his group survived, but he lost a leg and an eye in the process. Eon opened the letter after dwelling on the war and read,
"How ya doin, Master Eon?
I just wanted to let you know about the opening of the new Skylanders Academy and I have been selected as head of Security at the academy. But I was hoping that you and the Skylanders could watch the opening through the portal and send a Skylander when I say so. If it's okay with you? I know the torch was passed to the Royal Sisters of Equestria and I would appreciate if they would agree to help with the opening. I might even show a couple of my Secret Ninja Commando Skills.
Boomsticks to you, Buzz." Eon was going to call the Princesses to do one thing, 'Send the call out to the Skylanders' until the Multiverse Portal activated and spat out some sort of gyro-craft. It was the same gyro-copter that was used in the Battle of Arkus, but this one had a blue and yellow construction to it as the copter landed. The canopy opened revealing the four EQG Skylanders as they climbed out. EQG Legendary Spyro commented,
"Next time, we use a vehicle for a Multiverse Portal, we go first class."
EQG Drobot, who was at the controls spoke, "At least we managed to reach the receiving portal."
EQG Terrafin jumped out, "Now that was awesome!"
EQG Camo spoke, "We're in the Portal Chamber."
Master Eon was about to speak when he realized that the four were not alone. As the boys left the copter, the humanized versions of Celestia and Luna stepped out of copter. Master Eon found his voice,
"Well, this was unexpected for you four to return while bringing the human Celestia and Luna as well."
EQG Celestia looked at the Alicorn Portal Master, "You must be Master Eon, our boys speak quite highly of you."
Eon chuckled, "They are a remarkable group with an incredible ability." He now asked, "So, what brings you two to our world?"
EQG Luna spoke, "Our boys battled a group of sirens called, 'The Dazzlings' we have been suspicious of them for months. But it was in their merged minds, but..."
EQG Legendary Spyro stepped in, "They weren't alone, they also had a group called the 'Doom Raiders' backing them up. There were only two of them, a werewolf called 'Wolfgang' and a crazy scientist named 'Dr. Krankcase' we managed to defeat them until they faded from our mind."
The name 'Doom Raider' struck Eon like an evil version of himself, he said in shock and sorrow, "Oh, my worst fears have been realized."
EQG Terrafin asked, "What fear?" Eon quickly replied, "Its the Doom Raiders that were involved, I know those two. And if they were involved....that means Skylands is in great danger!"
EQG Legendary Spyro sprang out his swords as he said in joy, "All right, the Skylanders are back!" Eon knew for certain to message the Princesses to send the 'Call.'
At Fluttershy's Cottage, Camo finally had a chance for a relaxation day with Fluttershy. It was since that he doesn't have to work at the flower shop today and most of Fluttershy's critters are happy and healthy. He and Fluttershy sat on the side of the cottage as the Pegasus proclaimed,
"It's nice to finally have some time to ourselves."
Camo nodded, "Yep, its nice. After so many hardships, we could relax for now." Fluttershy leaned her head against Camo's leafy side until the dragon burped up a message. He opened the message as both he and Fluttershy read it,
"Calling All Skylanders,
This is a critical emergency, Skylands may be in trouble. We need you in the Canterlot Portal Chamber. The Call has come!
The Royal Sisters"
Seeing that they can't relax right now, Camo and Fluttershy took off towards the train station. They also rounded up the Mini-Skylanders, Equestrian Skylanders and the EQG Skylanders. They rounded up all of the Trap Masters until coming up to Krypt King.
Krypt King sat in the crypt staring at that old photo of himself and the Golden Queen. He was still in question to why he let her go. But his answer was that she would torment others only for an enormous amount of treasure. It wasn't until he reached into his armor and pulled out an Earth Trap,
"Maybe, just maybe."
It wasn't until Grim Creeper arrived and said, "Krypt King, we're being called back into action and it's a big one."
The Trap Master placed everything back into his armor as he followed Grim Creeper. The reaper asked,
"Still thinking about Golden Queen?" Krypt King spoke to his roommate, "I am, but out of curiosity. I fear that she would still be hunting me after all this time."
Grim thought about that, "You did break her golden heart for your deception. And you are numeral Uno on her hit list."
Krypt King realized, "Someday I'll have to throw myself between her and her intended target."
Grim Creeper replied, "That would be you as her target." Krypt King specified, "If she intends to turn someone to a gold statue, I would throw myself in her path."
Grim realized, "Now we're getting somewhere."
At the Apple Family Barn, Terrafin hung a punching bag from the ceiling and began throwing several punches at it. As he punched the bag, he thought back to the time when his job as a lifeguard ended when the dirt sea turned to glass after an explosion. He soon took up boxing and used his skills to defeat the champion of the ring, a strange creature called, 'Gnasty Gnorc'. He didn't know how the Gnorc became champion when the Gnorc relied on magic than fists, but he was a big guy with a nasty attitude when angry with a fist-crazy attack.
As the Dirt Shark struck the bag, he flashed back to his fight with Gnasty Gnorc, the Gnorc was always a tough guy when it came to boxing. But a few jabs in the belly and at the head seemed to be an instant KO when he fell out of the ring. All of a sudden, he was interrupted by Drill Sergeant who spoke,
"Terrafin, Urgent Message from the Princesses and Master Eon."
Terrafin sighed as he asked, "What seems to be the problem, Drill?" The Arkeyan Robot replied,
"The Call has come and all Skylanders are required to report to Canterlot immediately."
Terrafin grabbed a towel and placed it around his neck as he realized, "Always when I'm either wrestling or boxing."
He set the towel down and followed Drill Sergeant out the door.
As the Skylanders arrived at the Canterlot Portal Chamber, they were met by Master Eon and the Princesses...along with the four EQG Skylanders...and the Human versions of Celestia and Luna. Spyro was curious as was all of the other Skylanders. He asked,
"I need to ask, but how come your human counterparts are here?"
Celestia replied, "They came to help us. We have been warned that a trio of Sirens have allied themselves with the Doom Raiders, a dangerous mercenary gang."
Snap Shot chuckled, "So they finally surfaced after all this time."
EQG Luna stepped forward, "You know about them?" Snap Shot nodded, "They are dangerous and crafty at best. But they are also over-confident in their ability."
Master Eon soon spoke as he pointed to the four EQG Skylanders, "These four had an encounter with two Doom Raiders and defeated them. I suspect that they followed them via their own portal and recruited these Sirens to their gang."
Krypt King asked, "Is there anything else we should know?" EQG Legendary Spyro spoke, "The Sirens that attacked us back home...they are called, 'The Dazzlings' they are capable of hypnotizing others, have the victims kneel before them. They also have a monstrous form, so do not underestimate them."
Master Eon looked even more concerned, "Your powers developed in the days that you four have been gone. You used them to defeat these Dazzlings and now they could be a great danger for Skylands."
Princess Luna asked, "What do you know about the Doom Raiders?" Master Eon shifted his magic to the Traptanium Portal of Power, he knew that the Trap Masters would relive old memories of the battle,
"Of the many mercenary gangs the Ape King, Gaul recruited, none were more evil than the most notorious gang of evil doers that the world has ever known; The Doom Raiders."
The Portal showed the image of the Doom Raiders as they plundered various villages and military defenses, "Striking from their lair in the Savage Badlands, the Doom Raiders plundered without mercy, striking at key outposts until no place was safe as they nearly set their sights on the Dragon City of Warfang."
The portal shifted to an image that Krypt King recognized, himself being released from his golden statue prison as the Golden Queen held out her gold hand as he did the same. The image shifted to Snap Shot, Wallop, Lob-Star, Jawbreaker, Gear Shift, Wildfire, Knight Mare and Knight Light forming up at the door, "Fortunately, thanks to Krypt King, an Elite Team of the Warfang Army wielding Legendary Weapons were called upon to track down these villains and bring them to justice. They were..." Wallop smashed through the door as the rest of the team followed, "The Trap Team."
The Golden Queen noticed the Trap Team and ordered the Doom Raiders to attack as the Trap Team charged. But Krypt King just stood back, not even reaching for his sword. All he did was observe as Chef Pepperjack fired a chili pepper from his beaters only to have it deflected and get a Traptanium arrow by Snap Shot.
Knight Mare swung her Traptanium lance and bucked an invisible cat thief as Knight Light battled a glowing villain that almost looked like that it was made from a star.
Snap Shot and Wallop handled Dr. Krankcase and Wolfgang until a massive bulbous slug creature grew large as the monster roared at the Trap Team. Soon the Golden Queen spoke from her post, "I must admit, Trap Team. All of you, even the lion are going to make great golden inanimate statues than Krypt King did. Since I now have him in my golden heart!"
She laughed as she fired her gold staff at the Trap Team, but before it could come into contact, an armored hand grabbed her staff and pulled it slightly upward towards Wildfire as he deflected it with his Traptanium Shield, blinding the monster and knocking the staff out of her hand as she glared angrily at Krypt King, who now pointed his Traptanium Sword towards her golden neck as he said, "On the ground, Now!"
She collapsed to the ground as the bulbous monster collapsed on top of the fleeing Doom Raiders with the Trap Team emerging victoriously. Master Eon continued his narration as the image shifts to a Crystal Prison,
"Once captured, the Doom Raiders were taken to the most impenetrable fortress ever constructed, 'Cloudcracker Prison.' Although one of the Trap Master brought a single Doom Raider to a prison of his own, but that is a different story. Locked away behind walls of Pure Traptanium, the Doom Raiders would never again threaten the innocent and hope to change the tide of the war." The Trap Masters hi-fived each other as they walked away from the Doom Raiders cell, but a sad Krypt King looked a vengeful and heartbroken Golden Queen as he walked up to the cell, lowered his head and say,
"I'm sorry." The Golden Queen didn't take it too kindly as she said, "I trusted you, Krypt King. You betrayed me!" Krypt King silently replied, "I had no choice."
Present Snap Shot asked, "Why are we going into Krypt King's personal thoughts?"
Present Wallop realized, "Now we're getting somewhere." The portal soon shifted to an Ape Army assaulting the prison as Eon finished, "Or so it may seem for many years until the Apes assaulted the fortress and detonated a bomb with the help of a familiar evil who was still the way he was today." The Prison exploded as a familiar evil laugh was heard and it shifted to the Trap Team being swept away,
"The Trap Team was hurled far away from the world and into Equestria as they shrank. But they each possessed a Traptanium shard and the shattered remains of Cloudcracker Prison transformed into powerful traps. And now after so many years, the most infamous evil doers are emerging from wherever they have hidden for so long. And now they need to be found and trapped, but now a great Adventure awaits all of you, Princesses and Skylanders. Behold." The Portal shifted to the opening of a new academy as a rusted up old veteran announced,
"As Head of Security and Secret Ninja Commando Operations *ahem* let me welcome you to the Grand Opening of Skylander Academy!"
As the Mabu began to cheer, Hugo, Cali and Flynn were in the front row as Hugo sounded excited, "Oh boy, this is great, Cali. I mean, a new Skylander Headquarters. There hasn't been one in ages since the war."
Cali replied, "Well, Hugo and Buzz is the most legendary Skylander trainer ever!" She wonders, "But there's something familiar about him."
Flynn spoke, "Yeah, I know what you mean, I've seen his kind before. A War Veteran and a Big Show-off." The pilot realizes, "Sheesh, is he still talking?" Buzz took out a pair of scissors,
"With the opening of the new Skylander Academy, may it usher in a new age of safety, security and..." He stopped noticing something streak across the sky and crash on a nearby island as it let out a shockwave. As it impacted the academy, Buzz realized,
"Holy Guacamole! That thing landed smack-dab in the middle of our Annual Soda Festival!" He assured the crowd, "Stay put folks while the Skylanders and I check this out." The image faded as Ka-Boom the Fire Trap Master approached the Princesses as he spoke,
"Send me in, it's time to reunite with an old friend."
The Princesses acknowledged this and chose Spyro to accompany him. Princess Celestia spoke, "Ka-Boom, Spyro, good luck out there." The Skylanders stepped on the portal.
At the Soda Springs, the entire Soda Festival was being attacked by an enormous slug creature as the Mabu quickly ran for cover. The slug was going for the soda barrels as he bellowed,
"ME WANT SODA!" He took a few soda barrels and scaring the Mabu as they tried to hide. The monster emptied out the soda into his mouth and tossed the barrel aside, only for it to be blown to bits by Buzz, who was holding his custom-made revolver. He looked around and asked,
"Wonder where my Skylander Operative is?" All of a sudden, there were two flashes of light as Ka-Boom and Spyro emerged from it, which had the veteran in awe. Buzz spoke in shock,
"Boomsticks! Ka-Boom, where have you been all this time? I haven't seen you since Munitions Forge!"
Ka-Boom chuckled, "And you have that same commanding tone during Munitions Forge." Spyro asked,
"You two are acquainted?" Buzz noticed, "Yes, we know each other, Spyro. I've also know about your tale. 'The One That Ended The War' as they call you, but I always pictured you to be much...bigger."
Spyro shrugged, "They all say that, but we can talk about War Stories later. We need to get to the bottom of this attack."
Buzz realized, "Sorry, we better get goin' and find out what's going on." He paused, "And Ka-Boom, it's good to have you back."
Ka-Boom replied, "It's good to see you again as well, Buzz."
As they traversed through the Soda Springs, they barely managed to see the giant slug on the other side of those mountains. They managed to destroy a gate and push the turtles as they were clearly blocking the way as they made a bridge across the cola river. The Skylanders found a radio that broadcasts to Troll Radio, the DJ spout nothing but nonsense so they ignored it. As they pushed more turtles out of the way, they came across a sheep that appears to be eating grass like any other sheep. But Buzz spoke as if he recognized this particular animal,
"Careful Skylanders. This may look like an ordinary, harmless little sheep but I can personally assure you that Sheep Creep here is bad news."
The Sheep soon got scared as Buzz realized, "In fact, during the war, he was locked up in Cloudcracker Prison for leading an ill-fated sheep rebellion. But I get the feeling that he still has that evil influence inside of him. But hey! This gives us a perfect opportunity for the Princesses to practice their trapping skills. Which they did to capture that Undead creep, Count Moneybone."
Buzz shouted, "Wait until the enemy is defeated and then throw in the Trap of that Element." A holographic Luna appeared in front of Buzz as she spoke, "We are aware of how the Traps work." She ordered the Skylanders, "Skylanders, take down Sheep Creep!"
As Ka-Boom and Spyro approached Sheep Creep, he realized that his cover was blown and no use for his innocent sheep charade. He sprung out two pistols from his wool and twirled them as he went baa at the Skylanders. At that instant, Sheep Creep fired his Peanut Pistols at the Skylanders as they dodged them.
Ka-Boom fired his Traptanium Cannon at the sheep as the cannon shined with Traptanium in its creation. Spyro took to the air and used his fireball attack on Sheep Creep. He transformed into Mega Ram Spyro and used his charge attack which sprouted a flaming Spyro head as it collided with Sheep Creep. The fight with Sheep Creep was an easy fight to re-introduce the Princesses into Trapping certain enemies as the Sheep was encased in a dome. Ka-Boom shouted,
"Princesses, Use a Life Trap, Now!" A thump of energy occurred as a green vortex emerged, sucking Sheep Creep into the vortex. Celestia emerged in a hologram next to Luna as the vortex disappeared. They had the Trap as Sheep Creep landed inside as he baa'd in shock and somehow Luna managed to translate, "He is saying that he can't believe that he's locked away behind Traptanium."
Celestia spoke to Sheep Creep, "Let me be clear, Sheep Creep. Since we have you inside Traptanium, we offer you a proposal. You will fight for us and you won't have to be inside this trap until you need to rest during the fight. Do I make myself clear?"
Sheep Creep baa'd again in terror and acceptance as Luna replied, "He says that he accepts this proposal because we are frightening his fragile form." Celestia spoke to Ka-Boom and Spyro, "We are going to tag-team Skylander and Villain from this time on. Only one Skylander will have to be pulled out for a captured villain to take his or her place."
Spyro spoke, "I'll be pulled out for Sheep Creep." Celestia spoke the instructions, "If you want to have a captured enemy fight, yell 'Tag' and the captured enemy will take your place."
Spyro yelled, "Tag Out!" Spyro disappeared as Sheep Creep took his place as the Princesses vanished. Buzz spoke in shock, "Holy Guacamole! Glad to see you've changed your ways Sheep Creep! Now for your redeeming act, let's go save this village!"
Sheep Creep and Ka-Boom used a bounce pad to jump up to a ledge, they jumped across as they pushed another stubborn turtle out of the way to make a runway to jump across a gap. As the duo used another bounce pad, they met up with Buzz as he spotted a translucent Crystal Shard surrounded by Chompies. Buzz realized,
"Wait a dag burn minute! That looks like...Traptanium! I haven't seen that magical stuff in a long time!" Sheep Creep was tagged out as Snap Shot now took his place as the leader of the Trap Team said,
"We've seen shards of this stuff all over Equestria. But it looks like that not all of it was swept into Equestria." Buzz noticed, "Probably it might have something to do with you guys being here. As far as I know, this shard wasn't here before, it must've been floating around until you guys arrived."
Ka-Boom looked at Snap Shot, "You know what this means, right Snap Shot?" Snap Shot held out his bow, "Time to mine out some Traptanium!"
The Trap Masters jumped into the pit as they fought off the Chompies and began lashing away at the crystal shard as the weapons clashing with the shard caused a magical shudder that sent sparks into the shard. After a few hits, the shard split open as the shockwave caused the floor to collapse and the Trap Masters fell into the lower pit. But they found treasure in the crater as they opened a treasure chest and took its contents. They used a Bounce Pad to meet up with Buzz, who was standing next to an elemental gate made of Traptanium as well,
"It's been a long time since I've seen you fight, Ka-Boom. But if you and the others want to stay ahead of the game, you need to check out these Elemental Gates."
Ka-Boom noticed, "These gates are different from the ones that the Skylanders used before." Buzz tapped the gate, "That's because it requires a Trap Master of that same element to open these gates." He turned to Snap Shot, "This is a Water Gate, that means you have the power to open it. Once inside, you have access to a brand new area that contains a magical hat."
Snap Shot realized, "A Magical Hat can make us stronger and in any case make us look awesome." He walked into the gate and dealt with moving a turtle into an air current and jumping across to reach the hat. As soon as they left the gate, Buzz pointed to a pink bounce pad,
"You boys remember those bounce pads from earlier? Well this here's a SUPER bounce pad! Take it and find out why." The Skylanders used the super bounce pad and to the twisting top where they encountered a Light Gate where Snap Shot noticed,
"I just realized something. Not all of us are accounted for. We're missing someone." Ka-Boom knew who was missing, "Of course,. We are missing Knight Light!"
Snap Shot was curious, "None of the Royal Guards or the other Skylanders reported seeing Knight Light, he wasn't even with Knight Mare when she arrived with the Minis, only four Light Traps were with them." They knew that Knight Light's whereabouts are unknown until they have any info on their friend, so they moved on and met Buzz by a Life Gate as he said,
"How did I get here without you seeing me walk passed?" Ka-Boom chuckled, "Secret Ninja Commando skills." Snap Shot swapped out for Tuff Luck as she moved in and quickly obtained the magic hat. After Snap Shot came back in, they moved towards a super bounce pad and bounced them to the Sugar Free Landing as a battle gate got in their way.
The enemies emerged, although there was quite a few of them, and we're all dispatched by the two Trap Masters and Sheep Creep took part in the action when Snap Shot tagged for the sheep and Ka-Boom carried the sheep as the sheep used his peanut guns to rapidly fire away at the enemies and the Chompies that appeared. After setting Sheep Creep down, Snap Shot was back in and they encountered Buzz at a Tech Gate as they allowed Gearshift to enter and obtain the magic hat. Afterwards, they moved towards the lowered gate as they heard a familiar shuddering voice,
"GULPER'S GOTTA GULP!!!!" Snap Shot realized, "I know that voice! It can't be, not here, not now!" They ran up the ramp as a barrel was sent hurling towards them as they got into view of the giant bulbous slug as Snap Shot and Ka-Boom stood in shock. Ka-Boom spoke in shock,
"It's The Gulper, after all these years!!" Buzz spoke near a super bounce pad, "That is Gulper all right and he was locked up in the Prison as well before its destruction. There is something really peculiar going on around here." As the Trap Masters looked upon the Gulper as he tossed an empty soda barrel aside as he yelled at the scared Mabu,
"SODA!!! I MUST HAVE SODA!!!!!" His voice echoed as he spotted a full soda barrel and emptied it into his mouth and when he did that, the disgusting slug grew an inch, his echoing voice spoke, "SEE? THAT IS WHY I MUST HAVE SODA!!!!" He looked around and noticed no nearby soda barrels, "GULPER GETTING ANGRY! MORE SO! SODA TASTE GOOD!!"
Ka-Boom said to Snap Shot, "Let's take this slug down!" Snap Shot nodded as they made their way to Buzz as Gulper was making his complaints about no one taking his soda except himself. Buzz had an idea,
"I just had another thought - if it's soda that Gulper wants, it's soda he's NOT gonna get." He pointed to the soda vat, "I've heard the stories about that Party Pony of yours and how she tends to get all excited and works at a bakery, too. She could be useful in draining the soda vats close to Gulper before he can drink it. That oughta hold him for a bit." All of a sudden, Pinkie Pie appeared between the two Trap Masters as she moved towards the soda vat and after five seconds, the vat was empty and Pinkie vanished. Buzz was shocked, "That girl's gonna put my Secret Ninja Commando Skills to shame. But you get the idea of draining the soda vats and destroying them."
The Trap Masters bounced to the empty soda vat and destroyed it. As they progressed they earned cheerful cries of the Mabu as a tower toppled over creating a bridge across the big soda corks. Snap Shot and Ka-Boom heard Gulper complain that he wanted more soda. But as they got close to the cork bridge, Gulper's stomach grumbled and it didn't mean that he was hungry. He let out a huge belch that caused the corks to flip over. Food Fight was swapped in by Ka-Boom as Gulper soon recognized them,
"TRAP TEAM? RUINING MY SODA? I WILL DESTROY TRAP TEAM!!" Food Fight smirked, "We're gonna make more than your belly ache, Gulper!" As the artichoke fired his veggies in Gulper's eyes as the slug was blinded temporarily, "VEGGIE WILL PAY FOR BLINDING GULPER!!"
As they made their way to the other side, Food Fight was swapped out for Ka-Boom as Gulper moved his hand in the way of a soda vat, Buzz slammed his crutch, "Ah, Greeble Grabble, we need to call Pinkie to that soda vat and Gulper's Giant Hand is in the way!" All of a sudden, a cannonball made of streamers slammed into Gulper's hand,
"YEOUCH!!!" Gulper reeled back as he shook his hand as it stung. They saw Pinkie Pie with her party cannon out as she asked, "You were thinking this, right?" Buzz realized, "Yup, that's exactly what I was thinking. Quick, get over there and drain the barrel!" Pinkie Pie replied, "Okie Doki Loki!" She performed her work until the barrel was empty as the Skylanders destroyed it. As they progressed on, Gulper bellowed in confusion, "NO!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHY WOULD YOU--" He burped as he said to himself, "GULPER BURPING ON HIS OWN RAGE HERE!!"
The duo used a bounce pad to jump to a rooftop that had two soda vats, a vat filled with orange fizzy soda with a smiley face and a ribbon while the other vat was filled with a green disgusting soda with crossbones drawn on the side. It looked like something that no one would want to drink, not even Pinkie Pie would want to test her lips against that stuff. Buzz spoke,
"Just had the most awesome idea. Even for me. See these two vats here?" He pointed to the vats, "This Orange Ambrosia Cooler was named Soda of the Year, the other green stuff is bottom-feeding suction eel-flavored and it tastes even worse than it sounds. But if we can switch them up and trick the Gulper into drinking the eel stuff, it might just bring him down to size."
Snap Shot shouted to the Princesses, "Princesses, be ready once we 'cure' Gulper of his enormousness!" He and Ka-Boom went to work to move the Ambrosia over the edge...which disappeared, the whole barrel vanished. The Trap Masters suspected Pinkie Pie, yet again. But now they pushed the Eel Stuff towards the balcony to catch Gulper's attention. Once the soda was in position, Ka-Boom and Snap Shot cleared out as Gulper picked up the bad vat and emptied it into his mouth. The Trap Masters stood on the edge as Gulper felt himself shrinking as his hands got smaller, followed by his crown and soon his whole body shrank down to size as he dropped to the ground as they waved to him.
As Gulper landed, he grasped his trident and was encased in a dome as the holograms of Celestia and Luna approached, he asked, "Huh? What's going on? Gulper already missed Soda Rampage. And who are you, Pony things?!"
Celestia shook her head at the Gulper, "We are the ones to bring you to Justice." Gulper asked as he pointed his trident at them, "With what?"
All of a sudden, Gulper felt a thump of magic as a blue vortex opened up as he pointed his trident at it, "Stay back, swirly thing!" His trident slipped out of his hands, "Hey! My Trident!" Without his trident, he decided to flee from the vortex, but it was too much for Gulper to handle as he was sucked in, he said, "Gulper just wanted to drink Sodaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The vortex closed as the princesses magically held a Water Trap containing Gulper as he said, "What? Hello? Can anyone hear Gulper? And If so, can you bring Gulper some soda?"
Princess Celestia answered, "My sister an I can hear you from within this trap, Gulper. But there will be no soda for you unless you promise one thing."
Gulper, worried about it spoke, "Gulper got to be nice now. Kind of strange, but Gulper get used to it. Because Gulper works for Pony Princesses. But can you use your magic to a least put a bathroom in here? All that soda went right through Gulper."
As they returned to Skylander Academy, Snap Shot and Ka-Boom was shocked by this academy that would serve as a headquarters and a meeting place for all Skylanders to congregate and teach future Skylanders until Buzz showed up, "Boomsticks, another successful mission, but we all know that Gulper was supposed to be locked up in..." He was interrupted by a purple skinned girl wearing a steam punk hat holding a gear staff as she spoke with a Southern accent, "Cloudcracker Prison. And we all know that Cloudcracker is gone when the Apes blew it all wide open!"
The group nodded at that fact since they either read up on their history or are War Veterans, she introduced herself, "By the way, ah'm Mags, Inventor of all the cool stuff that is in this here Skylanders Academy as well as about 87 million other thangs. That's a literal number, too. 87 Million! Pleasure to meet you, Skylanders! Although, Ah was hoping to meet Spyro when ya'll arrived, but some other time!"
Buzz halted her, "Wait a minute, Mags. Cloudcracker was destroyed during the war. Then how come it took until several years after the war for the other loose bad guys to surface? We need to figure that out as soon as ASAP!"
Cali suggested, "Well we could always ask the Stoneheads on Know-It-All Island, they know everything. Problem is, the island has been taken over by trolls." Flynn, in his overconfident nature, "Trolls, no problemo." Buzz turned pointing his crutch at the pilot, "Correction, compadre. Big Problemo! Luckily, you've got me....and Ka-Boom if he wants in on the action. Let's hit the road, Skylanders!"
Ka-Boom held his arm out, "Hold your horses, Buzz. We just got to the academy, we need a chance to explore the academy for a bit." Mags spoke, "'Course I've still got a ton of work to do on it, but please explore!"
Snap Shot asked, "You were announcing the Grand Opening of the Academy...when it wasn't even finished with construction?" Mags and Buzz realized this as Buzz spoke, "Mags builds faster than she looks, Snap Shot."
Flynn informed, "And when you guys are ready to shove off to Know-It-All Island, you just let ol'Captain Flynn know."
Author's Note
The Trap Team Saga has arrived. The portal revealed Krypt King's role in capturing the Doom Raiders and also when he broke the Golden Queen's heart.
As Snap Shot and Ka-Boom explored the Academy, they met Persephone as she used her magic to set up her own house on the Academy grounds. Ka-Boom swapped out as Krypt King was sent in. That's when Snap Shot asked,
"So, you and the Golden Queen were...more than close." Krypt King remained silent as he pondered on his past until Snap Shot realized,
"I understand. It kinda hurts you even talking about her. When Eon narrated into your personal memories."
Krypt King lowered his head as he clenched his fist, "When I was in the Savage Badlands, she saw that I had potential to become a Doom Raider. That she could turn me onto her side...I pretended to be a Doom Raider as part of my disguise. But ever since then, I found myself even closer and closer to the Golden Queen as I continued on. A photo of us was also taken on her throne." He handed Snap Shot the photo as the Crocagator spoke,
"Crikey, she must've fallen in love with you afterwards." Krypt King nodded, "But since you guys attacked and I exposed myself as a Warfang Soldier never to be turned...It left her heartbroken...even vengeful."
Snap Shot frowned, "If it makes you feel better, I once had a friend who fell down the wrong path." The Knight asked, "Who?"
Snap Shot replied, "Wolfgang and I used to be friends when he was a great musician. He was to marry a beautiful princess with me as his Best Man...but on the day of the wedding. He planned to unleash his ultimate symphony to the greatest music aficionados in the world...I was there when he unintentionally discovered the musical note of pain...it drove him mad and I witnessed him change into the very werewolf he is today. When the princess found out, she no longer wanted to marry him. With his dream dead and his love now hating him, he blamed me for his misery and we fought for the first time as his rage was overpowering me. But I used my bow and arrow to get to a distance and fired on him. When I managed to get the upper hand, he said that fighting me will be a waste of his time and fled. Not before swearing that one day, I would pay for the misery that I caused him today. And so on so forth, Wolfgang joined the Doom Raiders and the Dark Armies and he was no longer my friend anymore."
Krypt King was taken aback by this, "I never knew that you used to be friends with Wolfgang. But blaming you for his misery? He did that himself."
Snap Shot spoke, "I know, but he didn't understand the repercussions of his actions."
Krypt King understood as they were soon approached by Flynn as the pilot asked, "If you two are done reflecting on old wounds. You ready to shove off to Know-It-All Island? Buzz has already gone ahead to scout out the area and we're going to meet him there sometime."
Snap Shot asked, "Ready, Krypt King?" Krypt King nodded, "Ready, Snap Shot."
Meanwhile in Kaos' Hideout, a recording of Kaos emerged dating back to the Ape Attack on Cloudcracker Prison, "Hello fellow evil doers! By the time you see this, I Kaos, would've hatched an ingenious plan to liberate you from your miserable existence here in Cloudcracker Prison! And as my Ape Army keeps the Trap Team distracted, I shall liberate you with this!" The camera moved to a strange machine,
"My Evil Frequency Modulator of Evil Doom! Observe!!" He powered up the machine, "With this device I will tunnel my way through these walls and free all of you, The Doom Raiders then, obviously grateful, you will help me as your new supreme leader in turning the tide of this war. Although that fuzz head Gaul has other plans to turn the tide of this war, he reluctantly agreed to this plan, this will mean the ultimate domination of the world!" He laughed evilly as the machine began to act strange as Glumshanks pointed out from behind the camera,
"Uh, Lord Kaos, are you sure its supposed to be this loud?" Kaos shouted, "SILENCE, FOOL!" He calmed down, "Of course I'm sure."
The Modulator's malfunction caused a piece of Cloudcracker Prison to break off, Kaos didn't notice until a piece of the modulator blew off in front of him as he realized that something was wrong. Both Kaos and Glumshanks took the Modulator's malfunction and Cloudcracker Prison was breaking apart as a sign to run but as the modulator exploded, both were sealed in Liquid Ice as the feed ends and showed a picture of Kaos' face.
As the real Kaos laughs evilly knowing that his plan succeeded as the Doom Raiders looked in confusion at the little guy's antics until he finally spoke, "Welcome! Welcome Doom Raiders to my Ultimate Evil War Table...of DOOM!" His voice echoed in his hideout as Wolfgang slammed his fist on the table, "Enough playing games, little man. Krankcase and I came back in defeat, beaten up by those EQG Skylanders as we recruited the Dazzlings into our group. But what do you want from us!?"
Kaos lowered his chair, "Relax, 'friends' Now that I, Kaos, have rescued you, you are now all under my protection. Here in my new hidden lair, complete with holographic camouflage." He told his butler, "Show them Glumshanks."
The troll pulled a lever as the hideout's outer shell turned into a bouncing castle and into an igloo. Kaos spoke, "I know what you're thinking? Ingenious!" One of the Doom Raiders, the Chompy Mage who was defeated by the Skylanders on Wilikin Island during the 2nd War with Kaos, looked at his Chompy Puppet as it shook its 'head' as Wolfgang aggressively,
"That lot of good your protection did the Gulper! Know what else?" He sniffed Kaos' scent, "I don't like your smell, but I hate Snap Shot's smell."
Soon Chef Pepperjack finally decides to open his mouth, unbeknownst to the Chef, Chompy Puppet was lip-synching his words, "Uh-huh, Exactly Wolfgang. As a chef of great renown, I say P-U P-U!" Chompy Puppet pulled away as Pepperjack noticed Kaos' chair, However I do like the chair."
Dreamcatcher floated towards Kaos, "Yeah, let's keep the chair and ditch the creep!" The other Doom Raiders surrounded Kaos and Glumshanks as they prepared to kick him off his chair as Kaos tried to persuade them,
"But wait! I saved you! You're supposed to be thanking me! You haven't even heard my plan!" The Doom Raiders didn't care until a bright golden flash appeared as a voice said,
"Stop!" The Doom Raiders backed away as the Golden Queen appeared, "Don't think us ungrateful for what you and the Apes did, Kaos. You and the Troll can stay." She chuckled, "Only to bare witness to MY Plan to bring Skylands to its knees! And believe me, this one's..." She touched a chair as it turned to gold, "SOLID GOLD!" She laughed as she added a bonus, "Just as Krypt King when I have him in my clutches again."
Kaos remembered that name several times over as he remembered seeing the Warfang Undead Warrior Krypt King decimate several apes several years back. Kaos was angered, "You're hunting Krypt King!?"
Wolfgang face-clawed, "She's been like that ever since Krypt King deceived us. It turns out that his guise as our 'new Doom Raider' was only a deception to gain our trust, but not mine. She's lovesick for him ever since and it so much drives me mad as well!"
All of a sudden, the hideout door flew open as a cat thief entered as he bowed, "My Queen, I do believe that we found him."
The Golden Queen was curious, "Bring him in, Nightshade." Nightshade clapped his hands as a crystal popped into view, holding a frozen Skylander, not shrunken or a statue just frozen in a crystal. Nightshade described the occupant,
"We all remember this one as Knight Light, the Light Trap Master and Luminous' Greatest Enemy. We found him in a place in Equestria called, 'The Crystal Empire' and believe me those ponies in that city have statues of those Skylander Giants like mad, but they also take tribute to that second Purple Dragon as a hero. They were actually celebrating the 'Rise of the Giants' when we came across our friend here, buried in the crystal structure at the palace. We chipped him free and brought him here before those so-called guards arrived to investigate our excavation."
Kaos shouted, "You brought a Skylander to my lair!? Are you out of your mind?!" Nightshade politely said, "Shush, yappy midget."
Kaos felt offended, but before he could say anything, the Golden Queen zapped a Golden Binky on Kaos' mouth. She looked at the frozen Skylander and said,
"A great find, Nightshade. But if we awaken him here, he would recognize us. He would also return to Sunscraper Spire to check on Luminous."
Wolfgang spoke, "We could just give him a friend to give him company and keep him distracted long enough for Luminous to lure the Skylanders to Sunscraper Spire."
Nightshade asked, "Yes, but who?" Golden Queen spoke, "One of the Dazzlings should keep him company. I suggest Sonata Dusk should be tasked for this assignment."
Kaos spat that binky out as he wondered, "Why did I free them in the first place."
As the Skylanders arrived at Know-It-All Island, Flynn, Snap Shot and Krypt King walked onto the island as Flynn spoke,
"Next stop, Know-It-All Island. Supposedly, you can ask these Stoneheads anything." He became agitated, "Like maybe where Buzz is. Made a big thing out of his Secret Ninja Tomato Skills and He's not even here!"
All of a sudden, "Who says I'm not?" Buzz stood right next to Flynn as he frightened the pilot, "Used my Secret Ninja Commando training sneak right up on ya." He chuckled, "Just like I used to deploy a little recon." He gazed at a nearby Stonehead, "Everything we need to know about the Doom Raiders is locked up inside the noggins of these stone knuckleheads. Just follow me boys, I'll take you to them."
Buzz actually pointed across the bridge, "Mags was looking for you guys. She said something about having Gulper make amends for all the damage he caused. You should go speak to her."
The Trap Masters complied as they went over to Mags who greeted them, "Hey Skylanders, I had a little idea I wanted to run by you here."
Snap Shot asked, "Its about Gulper, right?" Mags nodded as she continued, "I think I know a way he could make things up to the good people at the Soda Fest. Just send him over to me and I'll explain everything."
Gulper appeared as he asked, "You want Gulper to make up for soda rampage?"
Mags nodded, "Yep, if you're ready to redeem yourself then come with me then." Gulper accepted as they went to an island that had ten weeping Mabu and a clearing with balloons. Mags stood up on a stone pedestal as she spoke,
"Well, since you ruined the Soda Fest, you made a lot of kids sad and what's a better way to cheer them up than with balloons? According to my balloon books, nothing."
Snap Shot recognized this set-up, "Taking a page out of 'Pinkie Pie's 10,000 Ways To Make A Sad Pony or Mabu Smile' book I see."
Mags turned to Snap Shot, "That girl knows a lot of ways to make people smile despite her randomness." She went back to the subject, "Now Gulper, all you gotta do is deliver each balloon to each kid and we'll consider your apology accepted. Sound Good?"
Gulper replied, "Gulper got to be nice and redeem myself with cheering up the kids."
Mags shouted, "That's the spirit! Now go deliver those balloons!" Snap Shot handed Gulper four balloons has he handed one to the first kid.
Gulper moved further as he spotted a kid surrounded by enemies as he quickly disposed of them and handed the balloon to the second kid.
Gulper smashed a few obstacles as he came across more plant creatures as he dispatched them and handed a balloon over to the third kid. Snap Shot said,
"Nice one, Gulper!"
Gulper returned to the clearing as Krypt King hand three balloons to the Doom Raider, he soon moved across the bridge and down a ridge and defeated a rock dog as he delivered the forth balloon to the forth kid as Mags added,
"Don't worry 'bout those kids floatin' up like that. They'll be fine."
Gulper destroyed a barrel revealing a teleporter back to the balloon clearing. He used it and got a balloon from Snap Shot as the slug spotted two kids nearby, one is high and one is low. He delivered the fifth balloon to the kid on the structure and jumped off to the kid next to the structure to deliver the sixth balloon.
He went back to the Trap Team to get more balloons and soon went across another bridge as Mags spotted a kid and spoke,
"That kid over there needs a balloon." Gulper went to a bounce pad and used it to get up the cliff. He delivered the seventh balloon to the kid that Mags pointed out. He went close to a flat-top structure and delivered the eighth balloon. He jumped to the top of the structure to deliver the ninth balloon and jumped off of the structure and delivered the tenth balloon.
After that, the Mabu kids were cheering for the Gulper as they were happy of his services as the Trap Team cheered while Mags spoke,
"Nice! You've just taken the first step on the path to bad guy redemption. Now lets get back to Know-It-All Island and we'll talk reward."
As they returned to Know-It-All Island, Mags spoke to Gulper, "Well Gulper, ya did a real nice thing for those kids. While that alone is reward enough, I've got a little something extra for you too."
A sudden flash of light exploded around Gulper as his blubbery skin turned from blue to green as Mags explained,
"This Evolved Form increases the damage from your attacks and keeps you on the field for a lot longer until you have to rest."
Gulper admired this, "I'll drink soda to that and Gulper likes this!" Gulper disappeared as Mags spoke to Snap Shot, "Best you go see Buzz and find those Stoneheads."
The Trap Team soon went to Buzz as he spoke, "Gulper was enjoying himself when he redeemed himself. But now, first order of business is opening up this here gate." Krypt King retrieved the key and opened the gate as they moved forward. Buzz looked across the pit and realized,
"Well how's about that - our first knucklehead! Why don't you go give it a looksee?"
Snap Shot looked at the pit and the Traptanium Shard, "An easy fight should do good."
Krypt King acknowledged this as they leapt into the pit and attacked the shard several times until it exploded, weakening the support of the floor as the Trap Team fell down into the pit.
All of a sudden, the Trap Team noticed a gang of bad guys formed up near the pit as the leader was a small sprout creature as he said,
"Let's Tussle, Trap Team!" Both Trap Master shouted in surprise, "TUSSLE SPROUT!?"
Tussle Sprout and his plant gang jumped into the pit as Snap Shot and Krypt King charged forth into battle. Tussle Sprout's minions were easy to defeat until the sprout...well sprouted toxic seeds that spawn toxic gas. But Krypt King used his 'Look Ma, No Hands' trick as his sword slashed Tussle Sprout while Snap Shot finished him off with an arrow.
Celestia and Luna appeared in holographic form as the sprout was encased in a dome of light. Snap Shot spoke,
"Princesses, use an Earth Trap on Tussle Sprout."
Tussle Sprout spoke, "Come on! Go Green." A thump of energy occurred as Tussle Sprout saw a brown vortex appear. As he was sucked in, he yelled,
"I'm totally allergic to Vortexes! AAAACHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!"
Celestia had the Trap as Tussle Sprout landed in it. Tussle Sprout spoke in amazement, "Whoa, my sinus' are clearing up in here? I can actually kind of smell stuff, mustard?"
Luna smiled, "I guess we found a cure for that cold of yours."
Tussle Sprout sighed, "Well, I guess if the seasons can change, so can I."
After that, The Trap Team went to an Earth Gate where they allowed Wallop to access it and obtain a hat. They soon made their way to the first Stonehead as it spoke,
"I know why you're here. You want to know about escaped bad guys. I tell you about Chompy Mage." It cleared its throat as it spoke,
"Chompy Mage like to dance,
Back in Equestria, the mention of Chompy Mage actually had an impact on the Skylanders that fought him. Rainbow Dash asked,
"I thought we defeated that Chompy Fanatic!?"
Twilight spoke, "We might've defeated him on Wilikin Island last time. But when we defeated him, he might've teleported off of Wilikin Island. Flynn encountered Chompy Mage when he was taking the Dinghy for a joy ride."
Rainbow stated, "But it doesn't face the fact that we are facing him again. As if dealing with his brother wasn't enough."
Terrafin spoke, "We fought Chompy Mage on a reality-shifting island where Kaos' dolls come to life and Chompy Mage's trick was shifting between worlds where bad magic becomes good magic."
Rainbow didn't like this, but she understood the concept of her fellow Skylanders fighting Chompy Mage without his sneaky trick until she and the other Skylanders saw the Princesses capture another villain called, 'Buzzer Beak' which accepted being a good guy. Until they saw the two Trap Masters come up an another Stonehead as it spoke,
"I tell you about the Dazzlings," He cleared his throat,
"They look like teenage girls, Flawless and believe superior, But they also sing to brainwash, What they love most of all, Is draining magic from brainwashed victims."
The EQG Skylanders heard the Stonehead as they remembered that battle in their head. They had to morph into their Elemental forms to combat the Dazzlings in their Siren forms. All they know is that they will have to fight them again. But there is one EQG Skylander who felt left out; EQG Spike felt left out when this all happened. It almost felt like he didn't do anything significant. Master Eon noticed this and spoke,
"I know what you are feeling. But you have so much power within you than you can imagine. But when the time is right..." He handed EQG Spike a black box, "Open this box when you are ready."
EQG Spike replied, "How would I know when I am ready?" The Portal Master gently pressed a hoof on his chest, "The words that were used to unlock this power will come to you in time."
EQG Spike placed the box in his pocket as he turned his attention towards the Traptanium Portal.
As Krypt King and Snap Shot approach the next Stonehead as it began to tell them about the leader of the Doom Raiders,
"I tell you about Golden Queen. Even though you specifically know about her intentions for you." He cleared his throat,
"She disires things that glitter,
Snap Shot didn't realize that the Stonehead would tell them about Krypt King breaking the Golden Queen's heart. But it was just that, he understood his pain of revealing the deception and knew about the Golden Queen's fury when his friend revealed his true allegiance. But Krypt King spoke,
"Thank you for telling us about Golden Queen. We can use this information greatly."
Afterward, they went towards a cannon where the accident prone Mabu, Blobbers was waiting as he saw several Troll gunships appear, he spoke in fear,
"Oh no, Skylanders! The Trolls must have sent for reinforcements! We're DOOMED!" Buzz arrived to slap some sense into the Mabu, "What kind of attitude is that, soldier?"
Blobbers pointed out, "I'm uh, not a soldier." Krypt King spoke, "He is an accident prone bystander that took us to several Stoneheads."
Buzz noted, "He did help you out. But the field of battle is no place for him." He looked at Blobbers, "Why don't you take a hike and let the professionals handle this."
Blobbers responded in joy, "With pleasure!" He instantly left as the Trap Masters hopped into the turret and started shooting at the Troll reinforcements. The trolls were easily dispatched by the turret and soon the Trap Masters proceeded through the open gate as they encountered an earth dog that sprung from his camouflage and the two recognized him,
"SLOBBER TRAP!?" Slobber Trap noticed the two as he moved up the ramp and activated a battle gate,
"Now you fell into my Trap, Trap Team!" Snap Shot and Krypt King soon charged in and disposed the plant warriors until the Troll Gunships started dropping their troops to attack. Snap Shot decided to tag out for Gulper as the slug used his trident to fling the trolls either over his head or off the ledge. Gulper bit down on some of the trolls as Krypt King used his sword telepathically to take out the plant warriors. Gulper's time ran out as he was tagged out to rest as Snap Shot was back in the fight.
Slobber Trap decided to join the battle as he pounced on Krypt King as he spoke, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks!"
Krypt King kicked him off as he spoke while slashing his sword, "We will teach you some new tricks."
Snap Shot kicked Slobber Trap and slammed his Traptanium arrow into the ground to create a water spout and slammed into Slobber Trap.
Krypt King finished him off by opening up his faceplate and unleashing his swarms as Slobber Trap was encased in a dome of magical energy and Celestia and Luna appeared in holograms. Snap Shot spoke to the Princesses,
"Use a different Water Trap on Slobber Trap."
Slobber Trap panted, "Oh come on! I'll be good! I'll be good!" All of a sudden, he whimpered to a familiar thump of magic as a blue vortex opened up as he was sucked in. He spoke,
"Is it too late to say I'm SORRRRRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYY!" Celestia held up a Water Trap as Slobber Trap panted, "Hey, hey, hey, what's going on here? Is because I tried to bite Krypt King? Come on, I thought he was a Mailman!"
Celestia spoke, "We can let you out, so long as you don't bite any mail ponies or messengers."
Luna spoke, "And you fight on our side."
Slobber Trap made a 'Tim Allen huh' and spoke, "Oh well, guess its better to be a good dog than a bad dog."
Celestia smiled, "That's a good dog." Slobber Trap was soon thrown in as he spoke, "Let's play, Fetch!"
He took Snap Shot's place as soon as all enemies were defeated, the gates lowered and Krypt King took Slobber Trap to a Mabu who needed his help which made the dog evolve. Slobber Trap was sent out as Snap Shot was back in the field. They made it to Buzz who was standing next to another turret as a Troll Gunship emerged,
"Looks like they're bringin' out the big guns here. Just more of 'em to shoot I say!"
The Trap Masters jumped into the turret as they worked to blow the gunships out of the sky. As each gunship appears an elemental shot from the turret would always send the trolls packing. After every gunship was shot down, Buzz now spoke to the Trap Team,
"Excellent. Between the three of us, we now know all we need to know about this Doom Raider gang. They say knowing is half the battle but you know what the other half is?"
Snap Shot answered, "The actual battling part." Buzz nodded, "So let's get back to the Academy and figure out where we can do some more of it!"
After Mags studied the data and determined that the Doom Raiders were MAJOR Bad News. Especially to Snap Shot and Krypt King, mainly due to their past history with this mercenary gang. Buzz suggested to find these Doom Raiders and capture each one of them. Mags suggested going after the Chompy Mage at his home in Chompy Mountain which raised a question from EQG Legendary Spyro as he appeared,
"What kind of villain leaves the forwarding address to his home?"
Snap Shot replied, "Maybe it was for his brother, Sheep Mage."
Krypt King spoke, "But no one told Chompy Mage that leaving his forwarding address would attract others like us to his lair."
EQG Legendary Spyro facepalmed, "Then Chompy Mage is a sad strange little man."
Author's Note
So now we find out what happened to Knight Light and it appears that Snap Shot has a history with Wolfgang. But what was in that box that Master Eon gave EQG Spike? Well, next up is Chompy Mountain.
After resting for a bit and using the treasure that they collected to have Persephone upgrade their powers, Snap Shot and Krypt King went to Flynn as the pilot spoke,
"So it looks like we're meeting up with Buzz again at some place called Chompy Mountain. Sounds interesting. The Chompy Mountain part I mean. Still not so sure about this Buzz guy. Any whoo, ya guys ready?"
Snap Shot spoke, "You can bet your ship's engine that we are ready to go to Chompy Mountain."
Krypt King spoke, "We're ready to face the Chompy Mage and anything that he sends out to defend himself."
Flynn stated, "Okay, let's shove off for this Chompy Mountain place. And while we're at it, I can tell you more about my awesome piloting skills. Of course, you could observe them firsthand - but they sound even better when described by me."
Krypt King asked, "Unless you are finished talking about your piloting skills from Flight School. Can we get going?"
Flynn felt offended by his statement until he realized that they had to get moving. They all hopped onto the ship and set off for Chompy Mountain. But as they left, Snap Shot asked,
"So what became of the Dread-Yacht?" Flynn replied as he was piloting his ship, "Well, I wanted it to remain in my possession, but Boom Town gave me this ship since they are planning to turn the Dread-Yacht into a museum. I couldn't do anything about it so I left in this ship instead. The idea to convert the Dread-Yacht is...still under debate."
Krypt King spoke, "Yikes." Flynn nodded, "Yikes, it is. I lost my first ship and converting it to a museum is under debate."
In Equestria, Twilight became curious on the system of obtaining treasure and exchanging it for upgrades. She asked Master Eon about this,
"I need ask about one thing." He listened as she asked, "Why do fairies need treasure to upgrade a Skylander's abilities?"
Master Eon spoke in wisdom, "That is the question, isn't it." He levitated a book towards the unicorn as he opened it,
"You see, the fairies use their powers on treasure to upgrade the Skylanders because like the dragons, the Skylanders are very much connected to the magic that dwells deep within any ordinary treasure. There are even Legendary Treasures that are very much magical as the strength of an Earth Pony, the magical horn of a Unicorn, and the Wings of a Pegasus. Each time a Legendary Treasure is found, an image of it would appear in this book. And for the same treasure is used as a decoration for the Skylander Academy."
Twilight looked through the book and saw the many Legendary Treasures that appeared. She saw a lot of blank pages indicating that there are still more to find. But as soon as she was finished, she spoke with a concerned voice,
"I'm now worried about the human Skylanders and their fight with this 'Dazzlings' group. And it occurred in their own mind."
Eon was still questionable, "I wondered about this group and the battle. It wasn't until I realized that those four have a mental bond that exists between them. This bond allows them to merge their minds and have all four of them explore their merged mind."
Twilight asked, "And the Dazzlings?" Eon remembered, "Sirens, the Dazzlings are Sirens. The Stonehead said that they sing to brainwash their victims and drain magic from them. But the EQG four somehow resisted this brainwashing tune by merging their minds. It requires great resolve for those four and they have pulled through."
Twilight was amazed, "They are stronger already."
As the ship approaches Chompy Mountain, which the summit is shaped like the eye stalks of a Chompy. Flynn spoke,
"I'm guessing that's Chompy Mountain over there. Home of our next Super Bad Guy and Fellow Enchilada Enthusiast, The Chompy Mage. You know, I had my own mountain once, too. Mount Flynn-More, it was called. It turns out that is was made entirely of cake!"
Snap Shot asked, "Who builds a mountain out of cake?"
Flynn started to say in a shameful voice, "So, after the first rainy season, WOOSH, the whole thing washed away. Just wish, I'd known ahead of time...I...would've eaten so much of it. Any who, I think I see Buzz." As the duo left, Flynn spoke,
"Good Luck, guys. And if you find out that the Chompy Mountain is also made of cake, let me know!"
As the Trap Masters began to move towards a Mabu Village until they were soon drawn to a lone Mabu at the docks who asked about Sheep Creep leading his kind to victory against the oppressive Buffalo. So they brought Sheep Creep in and traveled to his old pasture where the plan is to use Sheep Creep in an Angry Birds set-up to drive the Buffalo away from the pastures...which was successful.
After Sheep Creep evolved, the Trap Masters soon traveled to the Mabu Village and met up with Buzz as the veteran spoke,
"Welcome Skylanders. I have assembled a crack team of Mabu workers to help us fix the bridges so we can lay siege to this mountain. Only problem is, I tend to become pretty intense in these situations and my aggressive tone has frightened them away."
Snap Shot facepalmed, "My guess is years of peace has dimmed down their courage. I don't blame them either."
Krypt King nodded, "We better find them and convince them to help us. Our appearance can give them a flicker of hope."
As the two Trap Masters entered a house where the first Mabu, Snuckles was hiding in. The Mabu soon saw the Skylanders approach and said, "Okay, I'll admit it! I'm just plain scared so I came in here to hide. Sue me. But now that you guys are here, I'm starting to think that maybe I should get out there and help you guys."
Krypt King spoke, "A time of war is frightening, but it requires courage."
Snuckles replied, "Count me in!" He charged outside as the Skylanders followed behind as they went after the second cowering Mabu, Rizzo who ran into his house, but when they found him, they saw him locked in a jail cell. Rizzo spoke,
"I'm not scared or nothin', Skylanders, I just accidentally locked myself inside this jail cell. Why would a normal house even have a jail cell?"
Snap Shot shrugged, "Converted Jail House, I bet." Krypt King threw a bomb at the iron bars and destroyed them as Rizzo spoke,
"Thanks a million, Skylanders. Now I can help you guys out with taking the mountain."
The Trap Masters noticed a wooden gate in the house and destroyed it, revealing a Magic Gate where they had Blastermind access it and obtained a Magic Hat. After getting Rizzo, they soon went to round up the last Mabu, Nort which ran into his house with the Trap Masters following behind. Once they entered Nort's house, they found Nort himself on top of a platform as he noticed the Skylanders,
"Well howdy there, Skylanders! I've managed to get myself a little stuck. Don't know how exactly I got here but I do know that I can't seem to get down."
Snap Shot looked at Krypt King, "Someone is suffering a little bit of short term memory loss."
Krypt King pointed, "There is a green platform on the other side of the room which is most likely used as an elevator when the user jumps on the platform so many times."
Snap Shot nodded, "Either memory loss or he's lying, but we have to get him off of that ledge."
The duo moved to the platform and jumped on the button several times until it reached the top and Nort got on to the platform and said,
"Okay...I lied about not remembering how I got up here, but I'll pitch in and help out."
After gathering the Mabu Defense Force, Buzz soon ordered the Mabu to open up the gate to get them towards the mountain. Unfortunately, the opening of the gate and the approach of the Trap Masters didn't go unnoticed since a troll in a Bruiser Cruiser robot punted two trolls into the battlefield as Snap Shot used his bow to fire an arrow at the trolls while Krypt King used his broadsword against the opposing trolls. A battle gate lowered revealing a Chompy Coil that was revealed by Krypt King to spin clockwise as it screwed down into the ground as a similar coil nearby screwed down as well. Buzz pointed out,
"Not sure how screwing down the coil would help unlock that big door but see if you can screw down more of 'em." He soon turned to the Mabu, "And you guys, Mabu Defense Force, how 'bout building a bridge for our Skylander comrades over here!"
The Mabu built a bridge as the Skylanders crossed first with the Mabu following behind. Buzz suggested that the Chompy Mage was right inside the mountain, if not it would still be cool to go inside. As they moved on, a balloon in the shape of a Chompy appeared from below as the one who's flying it revealed himself in his introduction,
"It is I, the Chompy Mage and you are not Chompies so I don't like you!"
Snap Shot spoke, "I don't like you either." Chompy Mage recognized, "I don't like bridges or Skylanders either. Especially if you two are on the Doom Raiders' Most Wanted List." He used the cannons on his balloon to destroy the bridge and turned his attention to Snap Shot and Krypt King,
"Now don't try to move too much when I blast you and bringing you two to the other Doom Raiders!"
Chompy Puppet spoke, "It's go time!!" The Trap Masters broke up as they dodged the rockets that Chompy Mage fired as he taunted, "What's the matter Snap Shot and Krypt King, don't like getting blasted?"
Snap Shot pushed a cannon into position and spoke, "No, How about you?" He fired the cannon which slammed at the Chompy Mage's balloon. The Chompy Mage spoke with surprise,
"OW, Blasted by my own cannons! Not Fair!" He soon moved to fire on Krypt King as he yelled, "Bombs Away!" Krypt King pushed his cannon in position and fired at the balloon which made the Chompy Mage mad,
"Not again! I am going to have to fly away now but when we meet again, I will definitely make sure not to leave any cannons around for you to shoot me with!" He flew away as the Mabu Defense Force built another bridge as the Trap Team blew open a wooden gate where Bruiser Cruiser was waiting for them as he spoke,
"Come on Skylanders, Put 'em up!" Snap Shot fired a triple arrow effect while Krypt King launched his swarms on Bruiser Cruiser. The troll's mechanized boxing suit threw some punching charges at the Skylanders as they dodged him. Bruiser Cruiser's robotic suit soon malfunctioned as the troll attempts to get it up and running. Which left him open to a combined attack by Snap Shot and Krypt King. The attack defeated the troll boxer and his suit as a dome of energy sealed him in and the Princesses appeared in a hologram.
Krypt King spoke, "Use the Tech Trap on Bruiser Cruiser!" Bruiser Cruiser spoke, "Oh come on, just give me a rematch!"
Luna stated, "Rematch this!" At that moment, a thump of energy occurred as an orange vortex appeared as Bruiser Cruiser asked,
"Is it too late to say I'm Sorrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!"
Celestia looked at Luna who was holding the Tech Trap in her magic, "Rematch this?"
Luna asked, "Too rough, sister?" Celestia though about it, "I kind of like it."
As the Trap soon lit up indicating that Bruiser Cruiser is inside as he asked, "Where am I, over? Wherever it is, this ain't over, over!"
Celestia spoke, "You are trapped, Bruiser Cruiser. With nothing to punch. But I will ask you, will you fight for good and not evil?"
Bruiser Cruiser spoke, "Wait, I've heard of you and your sister. If this is a job offer, I'm good and as long as I get to punch something, I'm happy."
As the holograms faded, the Mabu Defense Force were entranced by the Princess' appearance that as soon as they vanished, they went to work on another bridge. After the bridge was built, Snap Shot screwed a coil down as the second coil at the door went down. But Buzz gave them a small detail about something,
"I saw a moleskin nearby singing to get his mining team out of a cave-in. But singing won't get the miners out, action will and I suggest that Bruiser Cruiser should get those miners out." All of a sudden, Bruiser Cruiser took Krypt King's place as the troll went, "10-4!"
He went to the mine, destroyed the debris and freed the miners as well as obtaining a magic hat that the miners found and an evolutionary bonus for his service. He spoke, "Winner by Knockout, Bruiser Cruiser!"
Krypt King soon was back in the field as they continued on to the third coil dealing with aggressive bad guys, a lock imp puzzle and a Molekin who wants a famous troll DJ to bring back the hype of Troll Radio once more. All of those were the obstacles that were dodged or fought by the Skylanders until they reached the third coil and screwed it down causing the big door to open as the Mabu Defense Force charged into the mountain like Leroy Jenkins charging into enemy fire.
As Snap Shot and Krypt King entered the interior of the mountain, they ran into Buzz as he pointed,
"As I feared, the Mabu Defense Force were immediately captured and taken to separate jail cells. See if you can rescue those guys and let them know that we'll probably need to spend a bit more time training before their next mission."
The two Trap Masters burst open a gate that led to the first jail cell holding the first Mabu, Rizzo as they fought off Chompies and a plant dog similar to Slobber Trap. The fight was fairly easy since Chompies were easy to beat. Krypt King finished off the plant dog as Snap Shot fired a Traptanium Arrow at Rizzo's cage, destroying the lock in the process. Rizzo spoke in relief,
"Thanks for bustin' me outta here, Skylanders. And sorry we rushed in ahead of ya like that." He boarded an elevator, "But I was able to find out how their elevator system works. C'mon, I'll show ya!"
Krypt King spotted an Undead Gate, "In a minute, I need to investigate that Elemental Gate." After Krypt King explored the Undead Gate and obtained a magical hat, they went back to Rizzo onboard the elevator as the Mabu spoke,
"Goin' up!" The elevator went up and stopped on the second floor. The two Trap Masters found a Legendary Chompy Statue which was a Legendary Treasure and proceeded to fight off the trolls to free the next Mabu, Nort. They used a cannon to get the trolls attention and soon finished them off quickly as Krypt King destroyed the lock to Nort's Cage as the Mabu spoke,
"Awful nice of you to rescue me, Skylanders. Here, I can help you take the next elevator. But there was an overseer that was supposed to make sure that I didn't escape." He pointed to a locked gate, "He ran into that gate, but he also sealed it shut. Only an explosive can blow it open."
Snap Shot asked, "Does your overseer have a name?" Nort spoke with annoyance, "He calls himself, 'Broccoli Guy' He is a healer and sometimes speaks in third person."
Krypt King spotted the same cannon, but it was blocked. That's when he spotted a switch on the OTHER side of the obstruction and immediately ran over to it and jumped on the switch as the obstruction lowered down. Snap Shot noticed this and pushed the cannon in position of the locked gate and fired. The cannonball destroyed the gate and the Trap Masters proceeded through.
As the entered a hidden cave, Snap Shot and Krypt King discovered several enemies and standing on top of a pile of wood is a living broccoli with a staff as he spoke,
"Hey look, Broccoli Guy was framed okay."
The Trap Masters soon attacked the Chompies and Plant Dogs that were in the cave when Broccoli Guy started to heal them from his vantage point until Krypt King unleashed his swarms on Broccoli Guy as the broccoli trashed,
"How will Broccoli Guy deal with these stinging swarms? Because it is really painful."
After dealing with the plant dogs, Broccoli Guy shook off the swarms and said, "Broccoli Guy will have to deal with you himself."
He jumped off his vantage point and began to use his powers for offense instead of healing as Krypt King used his sword telepathically to deal some damage to Broccoli Guy. Snap Shot stabbed his arrow to the ground and moved the water spout towards Broccoli Guy dealing damage to the healer. Krypt King performed a Blade Slam which sent out a purple shockwave as Broccoli Guy got caught in it. Snap Shot performed a Super Slam as he slammed his Traptanium Arrow to the ground close to Broccoli Guy as he was finished off with a Blade Combo from Krypt King. Broccoli Guy was sealed in a dome of magic as the Princesses appeared. Snap Shot spoke,
"Use another Life Trap on Broccoli Guy."
Broccoli Guy spoke, "Hey, Broccoli Guy is cool with whatever you know." All of a sudden, a thump of magic occurred as a green vortex appeared as it sucked Broccoli Guy in as he spoke,
"Oh boy, What's gonna happen to Broccoli Guuuuuuuuuuuuuyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!"
Celestia had the Life Trap as Broccoli Guy landed in it. It lit up with his voice saying,
"Aw man, the Broccoli Guy is getting worse and worse for me everyday, I tell ya."
Celestia spoke, "You are trapped in Traptanium. If you require freedom, you will fight on the side of good. Is that clear?"
Broccoli Guy spoke up, "Hey Princess, you know what? I'm over it, I'm totally over it. I am onboard and blooming with the new plan here."
After the Princesses vanish, the Trap Masters returned to the elevator as Nort spoke,
"You did it, you've captured Broccoli Guy. But, now that he's out of the way and on our side." He activated the elevator, "Up we go!"
The elevator stopped on the third floor as the Trap Masters proceeded to move towards the cage to rescue the cowardly Mabu, Snuckles. As the Trap Masters moved forth, they shoved a few crates out of the way, even one was shoved over the edge towards a lower platform with a troll being frightened by its impact. The Trap Team moved on to fight with the plant dogs and chompies when Bruiser Cruiser spoke from the trap,
"Hey, I feel more powerful in this area, Skylanders. How about you tag me in?"
Snap Shot tagged Bruiser Cruiser into the field as the troll and his mechanized boxing suit laid waste to the plant dogs and chompies that came in from a small hole across from the cell. Krypt King's swarms took care of the rest of the chompies that appeared from their nest. Bruiser Cruiser felt pumped as he spoke,
"THAT WAS AWESOME!!" He asked, "Do I get paid for all this butt-kicking that I'm doing?"
Krypt King did not respond as the Undead Trap Master dispatched the trolls that came out from that little hole that the chompies came out of. Bruiser Cruiser broke the lock on the jail cell, freeing Snuckles in the process as the Mabu spoke,
"Oh thank goodness you got me out of there! I was starting to worry..." He went to the elevator as Snap Shot was back in the field, "I also found out where that awful Chompy Mage is. He's just up on the next floor. I can...uh...take you there."
The Trap Team boarded the elevator as it lifted to the third floor which is the summit of Chompy Mountain. Snuckles asked,
"You don't mind if I wait right here do you? I mean, I'm just getting back into the swing of the whole courage business and..."
Snap Shot replied, "Even the Mabu Warriors of old felt scared, but they knew that they fight to stem the tide of darkness."
Snuckles replied, "I've wanted to be like them...but my cowardly acts hasn't got me into a soldier like state."
Krypt King stated, "You just have to remember, you fight to stem the tide of darkness and in these troubled times. We may need an army soon enough." The Trap Team moved up towards the summit of the mountain and soon moved towards Chompy Mage's house, which looked like the throat of a Chompy. As soon as they arrived, the Chompy Mage appeared on the balcony as the Chompy fanatic laughed,
"It is I, the Chompy Mage and you are still not Chompies, so I still don't like you!"
Snap Shot readied his bow, "Croc Time, Chompy Mage!"
Chompy Puppet spoke, "Let's Rock!"
As the battle commenced, Chompy Mage waved his staff and sent several Chompy Eggs down to attack the Trap Masters. The Trap Team, knowing that having the eggs land on them would do some damage dodged the eggs and fought off the Chompies that hatched from them as Chompy Mage called more eggs to attack, he spoke,
"Chompy, Chompy, Chompy!"
He spawned several Chompies to attack the Skylanders, but were easily dispatched as he spawned more Chompies and these were wearing armored helmets as he said,
"And here comes the chompies!"
He soon spawned a group of Enfuego Chompies as the red chompies charged and attempted to use their self destruct ability, but that proved futile as they were quickly dispatched by the Trap Team. As even more chompies were spawned to try and stop the Skylanders, but that was also futile. Chompy Mage spoke,
"Are you two still here? How irritating. I suppose I should make this a little tougher!"
Chompy Mage soon became his Giant Chompy form and jumped onto the battlefield sending out a shockwave that could hurt the Skylanders. Krypt King spoke to Snap Shot,
"You are mostly good for ranged attacks. When he sends out that shockwave, use your bow and arrow to damage him while he's on the ground. I'll try to avoid his shockwaves and try to get a few strikes on him with sword and swarms!"
Snap Shot agreed, "Good idea!"
They soon went to work as the Giant Chompy soon jumped from edge to edge on the battlefield, sending out shockwaves with each impact and getting damaged by Snap Shot's arrows and Krypt Kings swarms and sword strikes. After bounding over several areas of the battlefield, he soon changed back to his regular form and jumped back on to the balcony as Chompy Mage spoke,
"I see the problem now! I'm not using all of my powers to defeat you. Instead I have just been incrementally increasing the difficulty. Well that's about to change!"
Chompy Mage transformed into his Chompy Form, but this time instead of the usual green skin, his form was covered in magma thus creating his Super Magma Form. As the Magma covered Chompy jumped onto the battlefield, the first impact spawned Enfuego Chompies along with a shockwave. The chompies were defeated as Snap Shot and Krypt King decided to use a combined attack as the Magma Chompy began to change areas to spread out his shockwaves.
Krypt King covered his sword with his swarms as Snap Shot used his bow to launch the sword like an arrow at the Chompy Mage when he was on the ground. It struck as the swarms began to throw the Magma Chompy off-balance as Snap Shot gave Krypt King a boost as the sword returned to its master as the Trap Master made one final slash that caused Chompy Mage to return to his normal form and encased in that same magic dome as the Princesses appeared.
Krypt King spoke, "Use one of the empty Life Traps on Chompy Mage."
Chompy Mage asked, "What's going on now, Chompy Puppet?"
Celestia spoke, "This." All of a sudden, that magical thump occurred and a green vortex opened up as Chompy Mage looked in surprise,
"What the? What did I do to deserve this!?" He was soon trying to prevent himself from being sucked in as he realized, "Oh yeah, All that stuff I did!"
He was soon sucked in as he yelled, "Who will look after the Chompiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!"
Celestia held up the Life Trap holding the Chompy Mage as he asked, "Hey, What's going on? Where am I? It's very dark in here...and it kinda smells like mustard!"
Celestia asked, "Remember us, Chompy Mage?" "The Pony Princesses? I...uh...well never thought of seeing you two again." "And you better listen. If you want to look after your Chompies again, you fight on the side of good and not evil. Do you accept?" "I suppose we should accept this eh, Chompy Puppet?" "Just go with the flow, man."
Meanwhile at Kaos' Hideout, The Doom Raiders soon heard about the absence of the Chompy Mage which left the Golden Queen asking questions while Dreamcatcher was sensing what happened. The Golden Queen asked,
"Tell me, what happened to the Chompy Mage?" Dreamcatcher flew over and replied,
Wolfgang spoke as he was holding a chicken leg, "You know what that means don't you?" He soon got angry, "The Chompy Mage might've flipped. He could be WORKING for the Skylanders now!"
Golden Queen shrugged, "No matter, he already served his purpose by locating all of the Traptanium we need to build my Ultimate Weapon of Infinite Power. Our revenge is almost at hand."
Wolfgang stated, "Yeah about that, this all sounded well and good when we were locked up but...We've already lost TWO of our Pack and I feel like being number three. Maybe it's time for a little change in management."
When the werewolf mentioned a 'Change in Management' she didn't like that, not one bit. Even the others were worried about Wolfgang leading them, she asked,
"What are you doing?! I could've chipped a tooth!" All of sudden, Nightshade approached with his usual gentleman-like charm and spoke,
"If we are done putting the mutt in his place. One of the loudmouth midget's surveillance bots got a video of the final blow of the battle with Chompy Mage."
Wolfgang growled at the Thief's insult, but the Golden Queen replied, "Show it."
Nightshade placed the recording into the holographic projector as it showed Chompy Mage's Super Magma Form battling two Skylanders. The combined attack actually gave them a good look at the Skylanders. They were Trap Team Members and the final blow was struck by...
"Krypt King!" shouted Golden Queen. Nightshade replied, "That was the expected reaction."
Wolfgang spotted a familiar croc in the video, "My Arrow-Stabbing enemy, Snap Shot! When I get my claws on him, I'll tear him apart limb from..." He stopped as the werewolf fell to the ground with a tranquilizer dart sticking out of his hindquarters.
Nightshade spoke, "We all know about his vendetta against Snap Shot, so precautions were necessary."
Golden Queen spoke, "It doesn't matter. But when the Ultimate Weapon is finished, Krypt King will be one of us."
Dr. Krankcase asked, "What about Luminous?"
Golden Queen thought about this, "It will be a matter of time until we allow the Skylanders to know the location of Sunscraper Spire. But with Knight Light, he would immediately return to the Spire. Sonata Dusk has already been chosen to 'be his friend' as he tries to find a way back to the Spire."
Dreamcatcher asked, "What do we do?"
The Doom Raiders complied as a Kaos painting was looking at them as Kaos himself was irritated that they casted him aside like a toy. He spoke silently,
"After all I've done for them, if it wasn't for me they'd still be locked up. Stupid Golden Queen, I bet she's not even real gold."
Glumshanks, who was used as a support spoke, "Uh, maybe but it sounds like this 'Ultimate Weapon' of hers, might actually work."
Kaos replied, "Not if I have anything to say about it. Think fool, if their plan were to utterly fail. They would have no choice but to come crawling back to me, Kaos. There's only one thing to do, Glumshanks. Initiate Operation: Sabotage." Then they fell over.
After they celebrated their victory, Buzz told the Skylanders about their next target, Chef Pepperjack. He said that their was a giant bird called the 'Phoenix Chicken' which caught the attention of a certain Phoenix/Dragon Hybrid as he flashed in,
"I know about her. As a matter of fact, I was one of her guards at the Phoenix Psanctuary. She lays magical eggs once a year and the chef would not resist stealing those eggs and capturing her."
Buzz asked, "How were you a guard there?" Sunburn replied, "I am part-Phoenix, so she saw me as special. Although I was getting a lot of attitude from her Blocker Birds always blocking my way. I only had to at least place a Boingo Nut near them and they went crazy on it. When a Boingo Nut is on the ground, the birds would do anything to get to it."
Buzz spoke, "Quite the story, kid. But before you guys set off, Mags wants to show you guys something."
Author's Note
And now the Chompy Mage is captured, I hoped you enjoyed this chapter.
Of Tombs and Phoenix Chickens
As Sunburn reached Mags, she was standing on the steps of her newest section to the academy as Camo flashed in. Mags spoke, "Hey, Skylanders, I think ya might wanna see what I have found."
Sunburn asked, "What do you need us for?" Mags pointed to a lift, "Ya see, I was busy building this here new area and elemental slot machine when this whole area nearly collapsed. It wasn't till I realized that some of the grounds that the supports were on was hollow. So I used the turbines to keep this area steady while I chained the island to the academy for...further investigation."
Camo asked, "What did you find?" The country technician spoke, "Something I did not expect....a Tomb!"
Sunburn realized, "A tomb underneath the academy? Are you sure?" Mags pointed her staff over the railing to see the chained island with an ancient looking door in a hole. She spoke,
"I've seen the large hieroglyphs on that door and realize that it's for an important figure...but from what I can uncover. Only a Trap Master can open the door to the tomb."
Sunburn came up with a plan, "While Camo and I go to the Phoenix Psanctuary, you and no more than two Trap Masters can explore this tomb. We'll be in touch, telepathically."
Mags nodded, "That sounds like a plan. Now head over there and whip that villainous Chef Pepperjack in the hindquarters would ya?"
The duo nodded as they went over to Flynn and moved on their way to the Phoenix Psanctuary to save the Phoenix Chicken.
As the Princesses heard of this tomb discovery, Celestia and Luna sent Lob-Star and Wildfire to assist Mags in investigating this tomb. Celestia asked Master Eon,
"Do you know any information on this alleged tomb?"
Eon replied, "I have heard stories of the tomb and according to the tales, the first Trap Master is buried there along with a large cache of Traptanium."
Luna asked, "Any history on this 'First Trap Master?'" Eon brought out a book, "The first Trap Master was the first to harness the power of Traptanium and used his ability to trap Skavengers, those who plunder and look for suitable candidates for their arena battles. He used the Traptanium to create Cloudcracker Prison. As he joined the war, he sacrificed himself to take on a thousand apes using his fighting skills and Traptanium weapons. After he won, his powers gave out and his life had ended. But, he found followers along the way and used his example to form the Trap Team, as for his body, he was buried in a tomb surrounded by Traptanium. Where it has remained lost ever since."
Luna asked, "Did he possess anything that caused him to become a Trap Master?" Eon remembered, "His power to wield and forge Traptanium weapons came from a powerful shard of Traptanium that he kept around his wrist. When he died, the shard was passed down through the generations of Trap Masters until now, the shard has yet to choose its bearer."
Celestia realized, "It can choose its bearer and those that possess a strong capability on fighting for freedom of Skylands."
Eon nodded, "In time, the next bearer will reveal himself." He was looking at the black box that he gave EQG Spike that was in his pocket.
As Sunburn and Camo arrived at the Phoenix Psanctuary, Flynn spoke,
"You know guys, just seeing these birds flying all over the place seems to remind me of someone with a certain bird."
What Flynn didn't realize is that certain someone with a certain bird actually touched down on his ship as Camo spoke, "Flynn, she's on the ship right now." Before the pilot noticed, the bird squawked at Flynn, surprising him in the process as the rider spoke,
"Hiya, strangers!" Flynn nearly jumped out of his seat...and almost went overboard as reoriented himself as he cried in surprise, "Tessa!"
Sunburn chuckled as he asked, "What brings you here, Tessa?" Tessa replied, "When I heard that Chef Pepperjack was planning to steal the Phoenix Chicken, I came here as fast as I could. But now that you guys are here, we need to get to the Phoenix Chicken and stop the Chef."
Flynn landed his ship and disembarked as the pilot got onto the back of Tessa's Bird, Whiskers, "I forgot how much it was to ride on this bird, but then came the dragon flight incident in the Well of Souls when Spotlight surprised me by her fast flight which was like light and faster than that boasting Pegasus, Rainbow Paint, I think she's called."
Tessa chuckled as she corrected, "Her name's Rainbow Dash, Flynn." She soon spoke to Sunburn and Camo, "I heard that you were once a guard here, Sunburn. So you remember how those Boingo Nuts work?"
Sunburn remembered, "There is planting them to make vine bridges or for me, using them to get rid of jealous Blocker Birds." Tessa nodded, "Okay, Flynn, Whiskers and I will scout out ahead and keep an eye on you guys, all right?"
Camo spoke, "Got it." As Flynn and Tessa flew off to scout ahead, Sunburn and Camo got to work at taking care of the bad guys to sanitize the area. Sunburn picked up a Boingo Nut and created a vine bridge as Camo battled a couple of trolls who were masquerading as normal eggs. Camo basically looked at those trolls,
"Some of these Trolls sicken me in hiding behind eggshells." Sunburn nodded, "It is sickening, but when Chef Pepperjack targets the Phoenix Chicken and her eggs, it's really sickening."
Camo agreed, "We have to get to the Phoenix Chicken before it's too late."
As they crossed the vine bridge, they noticed Buzz on the Paradise Hideaway next to a bunch of Bird Copters...that look like a Bird Copter that they trapped at Know-It-All Island. Buzz noticed their approach,
"Hey Sunburn and Camo. These friendly, non-evil Bird Copters are having a Family Reunion for the first time since the war. Only problem is that one of the cousins, Buzzer Beak, was locked up in Cloudcracker Prison and has resumed his evil ways since being set free. But with the Princess'...well attractive persuasion, perhaps they can bring Buzzer Beak back to his family where they can make amends."
All of a sudden, Buzzer Beak appeared between the two dragons as Buzz spoke, "BOOMSTICKS! Welcome to the family reunion, Buzzer Beak. I'm sure these other birds will be real happy to see ya!"
Buzzer Beak squawked happily knowing that he was with his family once again and free of Malefor's poisonous way. Until Buzz spoke, "They seem happy enough. Oh yeah, and your Uncle Birdstein couldn't make it."
Buzzer Beak was sad knowing that his Uncle didn't make it to the reunion as Buzz finished, "But he sends his regards and this present from Tall Plains."
Buzzer Beak squawked as he evolved and soon was flashed out as Sunburn and Camo continued their trek to the Phoenix Chicken. The Dragons went to the island next door and pulled a lever causing a cage on the previous island where the seed was planted to turn with the open area facing the solid ground, revealing a bounce pad.
As the dragons used the bounce pad, they bounced up to a platform where they saw two trolls on a giant chainsaw machine called a 'Shrednaught' as 'Troll 1' ordered 'Troll 2'
"Shred ahead, Troll 2." The chainsaw blade turned as Troll 1 turned and noticed the two Skylanders standing there. Troll 1 turned Troll 2's head turns them as he realized,
"Skylanders!" Troll 1 ordered, "Time to shred some Skylanders!"
Sunburn smiled, "Not today, you trolls never put on sunscreen."
Meanwhile, back at the Academy, Mags, Lob-Star and Wildfire reached the door as Lob-Star read over the hieroglyphs,
"To any Trap Masters and their companions who enter my resting place, may you be welcome as the story of my life exist in the Traptanium that dwells within."
Wildfire spoke, "Trap Masters? Whoever is buried here in this tomb might've had an understanding that it would be discovered and had the door only open to Trap Masters."
Mags spoke, "Ah don't know 'bout you, but whatever's in there, wants us to find out what's inside."
Wildfire replied, "There's only one way to find out." He touched the door as the outlines lit up in red as it opens to a dark tunnel as the Lion sprouted out a ball of fire to light the way.
Mags spoke, "Let's git movin'" As they proceeded down the tunnel, the walls began to lighten up a translucent blue which caused Wildfire to dim out his fire claw as they entered a large chamber that had a trail of Traptanium leading to a small flight of steps to the center of the chamber. Lob-Star began to place his hand on the one of the shards as Wildfire asked,
"Wait, what are you doing?" Lob-Star replied, "The glyphs at the entrance gave us instructions. It said that the 'story of his life exists in the Traptanium that dwells within.' So maybe touching the shards in this tomb would give us some backstory into our friend in the Sarcophagus."
Mags looked at Wildfire as she spoke, "Lob-Star is right, if we need to know more about this guy. We need you to feel those Traptanium shards surrounding this aisle to the sarcophagus."
Wildfire sighed, "Go ahead, Lob-Star." Lob-Star touched the Traptanium Shard as his eyes soon began to glow as an image flashed into his head. The familiar site of the Apes flattening everything around them as a voice soon spoke,
"We were at War...Malefor's Ape army raged all over the realm, flattening everything in their path. The Arkeyan Empire was the first to fall or have their have them turned to the side of darkness. When the Ape King, Gaul took command of the army he spoke of a future of victory for the Apes and an end to the most magnificent creatures in our realm, The Dragons." The image shifted to a cheetah craftsman discovering a deposit of Traptanium,
"With nearly everyone locked in war, I was only a simple craftsman for my tribe. I was out of supplies, so I went downstream to search for additional supplies. During my trek, I came across a strange cave that was glowing light-blue. Armed with only a pickaxe and a rope, I entered the cave and discovered a deposit of strange translucent crystals. But what truly amazed me was what was inside the crystal. It held a large Ape Commander deep within its crystalline structure. Out of curiosity, I snapped a small shard off of the large crystal and ran back to my tribe. That was when I went to work on the shard."
Lob-Star lifted his hand off of the shard as the image ended. Wildfire asked, "What did you see?" Lob-Star replied, "It was a narrative flashback, it shows that a cheetah craftsman entered a cave and stumbled upon a deposit of Traptanium containing an Ape Commander, one of the big boys. But the strange thing is...he broke off a shard of the crystals using a pickaxe."
Mags soon spoke, "I'm guessin' Traptanium was easy to break several years ago." Wildfire looked at the next shard, "But how come today, Traptanium can only be broken by Traptanium weapons?" The lion soon touched the shard as an image appeared in his head. The image showed that same craftsman sitting at a table with some tools and crafting equipment,
"Before I got back to the village, I gathered as many crafting items that I could carry in my bag. As I got back to the village, I went into my house to investigate the shard that I got off of that strange crystal. It wasn't like any natural crystal that I had ever seen before, any didn't show any signs of dark magic. Usually when we find any crystals, we send them to Dragon City, so they can be molded into armor for the soldiers. But as a curious craftsman, I wanted to know about this before bringing this to the Clan Chief, and might even make something out of it. But as naive as I was, I didn't know what would happen next."
"I was too quick to determine the idea for the crystal sliver, I thought a necklace or ring would do. But I chose to create a bracer out of the supplies I found and the crystal being the centerpiece. But as I begin working, I noticed that some of my materials were acting strange, but I thought it was just my imagination. When was creating the bracer I was in debate on what type the strap should be and I was stuck between metal and leather. But since I knew leather was more durable, I chose leather. As I finished the main structure of the bracer, I fastened it down so it doesn't fall apart while being worn. I arranged a set of metal claws to fasten the crystal into it and on to the bracer. It was a bracer with the seal of the Cheetah Tribe with the crystal in the center of it. I decided to wear the bracer myself to test it out. I didn't know what happened until after I slipped it on to my wrist when the crystal started to glow light blue and the bracer soon changed from a bracer to just the crystal on a wrist strap...but its re-design was more advanced than I imagined. As soon as I touched the crystal, it sent a jolt of electricity straight through my body as I fell to my knees screaming in pain as I closed my eyes." The image changed to the craftsman looking in a mirror in a strange suit,
"As the painful shock ended, I opened my eyes and realized that...I felt different. I looked at a mirror and saw that my head was covered by a light-blue helmet and a black visor in the shape of an arrowhead pointing down. I soon realized that it wasn't just my head, the helmet had green stripes from the visor to the back and I was covered in a light-blue and green body suit with the green as the secondary color. I was wearing a belt that had the shape of the crystal shard in the center...I was baffled by my appearance and thought that it was a dream when it wasn't. My claws were all covered in gloves and boots...but my tail was still in its original spot sticking out from the suit. I was confused until a weapon soon formed in my hand...it was a one-handed war axe made out of those crystals. I knew for certain that I might need to go back to that deposit and find out what's going on."
As the image faded, Wildfire fell on one knee as he used his shield to support himself as Mags asked, "What did you see?"
Wildfire replied as he rubbed his head, "I saw, the craftsman building something that used the Traptanium shard something familiar. The next image showed the craftsman as an Elite Trap Master...but we had a term for his rank, but I can't quite remember it off the top of my head."
Lob-Star replied, "This stuff is old memories of the craftsman from this time of war. He discovered a deposit of Traptanium, broke off a shard of the stuff from the larger one and built the device to turn him into that."
Wildfire nodded, "Exactly, we need to inform the others about this."
Back at the Phoenix Psanctuary, Camo and Sunburn battled the Chef's flunkies as well as capturing Shrednaught and the troll, Chill Bill who was a famous speaker for Troll Radio. But as they finally made it into the Aviary, Sunburn remembered,
"There's a suction tube at the top of the Aviary that leads to the Phoenix Chicken. We can't let the Chef get his oven mitts on her eggs!"
Tessa nodded, "If he does, it will mean KA-BLAM for everyone and not in a good way." Sunburn replied, "I know how volatile her eggs can be. Its a perfect reason to stop him."
Camo stated, "Let's get to the Phoenix Chicken before it's too late!"
The two Dragon-Hybrids made their way up the spiral ramp that a bunch of giant eggs roll down which made the duo dodge the eggs by moving to the side or destroying them. Camo asked,
"Are these...you know?"
Sunburn replied, "These are not hers. If it were her eggs, they would be at Princess Luna's height, it would also have a coloration of red, yellow and orange. It would also be about 90 degrees warm up close."
Camo smiled, "Thanks for the tip."
The duo soon battled the rest of the Chef's flunkies even called in Chill Bill to put the chill on these guys as the two reached the top of the aviary and used the suction tube up to the nest. As soon as the reached the nest, the Phoenix Chicken took off as Chef Pepperjack noticed the duo,
"Mmm mmm mmm, what do we have here?" Sunburn shouted, "Chef Pepperjack, you leave the Phoenix Chicken alone and your madness ends now!"
The Chef noticed, "Oooh, the former guard with the fiery breath, come to protect 'dis mama bird from the big, bad Chef."
Camo shouted, "Like it or not, Chef. This attack on the Phoenix Chicken is over!"
Chef Pepperjack noticed, "The Veggie Dragon, huh? Also with the Fiery one? I just wanna make an extra spicy omelet and blow everyone up. Is that really such a bad thing?"
Sunburn shouted as his flaming tail ignited more, "You know how volatile they are and there is no way in Tartarus am I going to let you succeed!"
The Chef noticed the Phoenix Dragon's rising anger, "Looks like 'dis Skylanders don't want us making our Spicy Omelet o' Doom!" The crowds around the nest arena were protesting on this remark as the Chef ordered,
"I know, I know. It all sounds crazy to me. So let's get 'em!"
Camo spoke, "Bring it on!"
Chef Pepperjack ordered his trolls in eggshells to attack the Dragon Hybrids, but Sunburn teleported behind them and unleashed his fire breath burning them to a crisp. A troll gunship soon appeared and dropped a bomber and several troll soldiers as Camo spawned a Watermelon patch and used his tail to swing them at the trolls. The explosive fruit smashed into the trolls as they exploded and took them down. The Chef spoke,
"You two are really turning out to be real onions in da Ice Cream."
"You will see onions when we're through with you!" Yelled Sunburn.
The Chef soon spoke, "In my line of work, I always keep track of my tools of cutlery. As in giant chainsaws to slice n dice some Dragon Hybrids!"
The troll dropships were carrying the giant chainsaw tanks to try and slice the duo until Sunburn and Camo performed a combined attack which had Sunburn lighting up the explosive fruit as Camo swung them at the chainsaw and exploded taking the machine with it. The Chef realized,
"Uh oh!" Camo looked up, "No omelets for you, Chef" Chef Pepperjack shrugged, "This is a bit tougher than I imagined. But like they say, you've got to break eggs if you wanna make an omelet and I DO WANNA MAKE AN OMELET! ATTACK!"
Sunburn asked, "Round 2, my friend?" Camo nodded, "Battle Arena Round 2, Sunburn."
Chef Pepperjack's flunkies soon dropped from the Troll Dropships as Sunburn unleashed his Flamethrower breath that was so powerful, Sunburn himself burst into flames as he kept the duration of the breath, burning the trolls to a crisp.
Camo became Thorn Horn Camo and grew 10 exploding pumpkins and hurled them at the trolls causing them to get blown off of the arena. Camo became his normal self as he used several chili pepper bombs at several trolls when one of the floors in the arena popped up and the hatchlings nipped at the trolls.
Chef Pepperjack soon called more chainsaw machines as Sunburn and Camo prepped for battle. The Chef soon spoke,
"Looks like 'dis recipe calls for more bad guys here, boys!" More trolls and chainsaws appeared but were quickly dispatched by the duo as Sunburn spoke,
"Your minions are worthless, Chef. I think we should settle this like men!"
Chef Pepperjack shook his head, "Hows about I add my secret ingredient!" Sunburn asked, "And that is?"
All of a sudden, a large bird landed and punched several trolls out and said, "Who wants a piece of me?!"
That's when Sunburn realized who he sent, "CUCKOO CLOCKER!" Cuckoo Clocker noticed the Phoenix Dragon,
"At last we meet, Sunburn."
Sunburn spoke, "The Chef hired you to keep us from stopping him?" The big bird replied, "And as an added bonus, I get to defeat Sunburn."
As Cuckoo Clocker attacked, Sunburn teleported and used his Flight of the Phoenix attack to hit the giant bird in the back. Cuckoo Clocker started to slam his fists down on top of the Phoenix Dragon until Camo hit the bird with a Pumpkin attack which gave Sunburn enough time to retaliate with his fire breath which made the hybrid burst into flame. Camo fired a sun ball attack on Cuckoo Clocker as both sun ball and fire breath combined and created a combination attack which defeated Cuckoo Clocker.
As the Princesses appeared in their holograms, Sunburn spoke, "Use a Life Trap on Cuckoo Clocker."
Cuckoo Clocker asked, "Now what, Smart Bird?" He squawked until a thump of magic occurred and a vortex emerged. As he was sucked in, he yelled, "Guess this is Bye-Bye BIRDIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!"
As he landed in the trap, he asked, "Hey, I'm in some kind of cage? Guess I better start singing then." He started to sing which would've made Fluttershy's Birds fall to the ground in agony. Celestia soon spoke,
"If you don't want to be a caged bird, you will fight with us on our side."
Luna spoke, "Stand with us or stay in your cage!"
The trapped bird squawked, "Me? A Good Guy? Now that's even more CUCKOO! But since you two caged me...well guess I better change my ways."
As the battle ended, Sunburn and Camo stood victorious, which didn't sit well with the Chef as he spoke,
"Well that didn't go so good. But I still got one more trick up my sleeve!" All of a sudden a familiar small fry holding a weapon dropped down as he yelled,
"It is I! KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSS!!!!!!!" The crowd started to boo him for showing up and announcing his name. He realized, "WHAT!? How dare you boo my supreme awesomeness!"
Chef Pepperjack whispered, "Kaos - your so-called "awesomeness" is not needed round here. I guarantee I have it totally under control."
Kaos persisted, "HA! HA - I SAY! You're just lucky I was passing by." He points his weapon at the duo, "NOW - observe - and see how a true master takes down the Skylanders... Not to mention flawlessly completing MY cunning plan of sabotage." All of a sudden, his launcher jerked up and fired a rocket which reversed and fell back to the platform as both villains jumped off just as the impact occurred.
Sunburn and Camo could finally relax since they saved the Phoenix Chicken until Tessa told them the bad news,
"But the Chef made off with one of her eggs for his Omelet of Spicy Doom!" Sunburn's flames fired up as he got angry at the news,
"NOT.ON.MY.WATCH!" He teleported away and this time, he was away from the Phoenix Psanctuary as Flynn asked,
"Are we sure that's a bad thing? I mean, it sounds delicious." Camo slapped the pilot with his tail as he spoke,
"That Omelet is just the Chef's fancy phrase for a bomb, Flynn. Sunburn is determined that it would not happen. That's why he teleported away!"
Flynn realized, "Then we better go after both Sunburn and the Chef...and maybe stop for some lunch. Because I'm kinda hungry."
Author's Note
You did not expect them to find a tomb underneath the Academy, right? But it's true. So what do you guys think of the chapter?
Sunburn vs Chef Pepperjack
After returning to the Academy, Buzz approached the group and realized that Sunburn was gone as in not with the group at all. Cali approached and asked about Sunburn's whereabouts until Tessa answered,
"When Chef Pepperjack made off with one of the Phoenix Chicken's eggs, he took it very hard and quickly teleported away from the Phoenix Psanctuary. Sunburn is definitely going after the Chef to get that egg back."
Buzz soon got to his senses, "If that Phoenix Dragon is after the Chef, he would head for the Chef Zeppelin, Chef Pepperjack's personal airship/airborne kitchen."
Camo nodded, "If Sunburn is going to assault the Chef's airship, he would be angry with rage at that maniac for taking that egg for his omelet bomb. My guess would be that when Sunburn attacks the ship, it would grab Chef Pepperjack's attention for a while until we arrive."
Flynn was still shocked over what happened, but got the picture, "So, when Sunburn attacks the airship, it would leave the Chef and his flunkies distracted long enough for us to take down its air defenses, so we can board it."
Buzz complimented, "I like your unexpected planning, kid." He soon warned them, "But once you guys attack the airship, their air defenses will turn towards you guys, leaving Chef Pepperjack's minions focused on you more than Sunburn. So be ready when you approach that airship and commence attack."
Camo knew what Buzz meant and asked, "Any news from Mags about what we found?" The veteran remembered about their discovery, "Oh yes, the expedition into what we found underneath the academy. Well, it turns out that it was a tomb this whole time, only opened by Trap Masters of any element. So far Mags sent me the Intel that came from the tomb's Traptanium Crystal shards that make up the place that was placed into the minds of Lob-Star and Wildfire. The Princesses pulled them out and Short-Cut and Wallop were sent to continue this expedition into this tomb. This swapping of Trap Masters occurs regularly since from what Mags told me, that when the Trap Master sees old memories from the tomb's occupant it also gives them a minor headache."
Camo nodded as he turned to Flynn's ship, "Thanks for giving us a report on the tomb. Now let's follow Sunburn and defeat Chef Pepperjack."
Onboard the Chef Zeppelin, Chef Pepperjack remembered that battle and the fire in that Phoenix Dragon's rage. This time instead of gloating about thinking that it would be a piece of cake, Chef Pepperjack was now scared...of Sunburn. Fearful, he decided to contact the other Doom Raiders, He activated the Zeppelin's video communication system and spoke,
"Um...my Queen, I do believe we have a massive problem." The Golden Queen asked, "What problem, Chef Pepperjack?"
The Chef replied, "I managed to get one of the eggs...but those Skylanders have a fiery Phoenix Dragon on their team. And when I got away with that egg...he was mad, like Flaming Mad. More so than the other chefs here on my ship."
Dreamcatcher realized, "Oh great, that one. Out of all those Skylanders that we observed, he has to be the most powerful in his teleportation power."
Chef Pepperjack asked, "If I am correct, he would be on his way here, right about now." Right on cue, the ship rocked due to an explosion on the ship's dorsal structure and an intruder alarm went off.
Wolfgang shook his head, "A confounding Phoenix Dragon, eh? And just one Phoenix Dragon is just going to break through your forces and fight you?"
Chef Pepperjack realized, "Come to think of it, he just sounds crazy. But IF he does get passed my forces and reaches me, He will regret it."
Golden Queen ended, "Stop that Phoenix Dragon, Chef Pepperjack." Soon enough, the communication ended as the Chef hoped what he was doing.
Meanwhile outside on the dorsal structure of the ship, Sunburn was fighting several of the trolls onboard the Zeppelin. The Phoenix Dragon had a feeling in his breath that the others will be here to attack the Zeppelin, so he decided to destroy the AA Guns on the dorsal structure ease off on Flynn getting shot down. Not wanting to relive Capybara Island, he located the first Anti-Air Gun on the backside of the ship that he was on and took out the trolls that were near the gun. Afterwards, he destroyed the entire gun with his fire breath as several troll walker tanks appeared to face the hybrid.
All of a sudden, the troll walkers exploded as Flynn's ship made a pass by the Zeppelin. Tessa was on her bird, Whiskers as they hovered near Sunburn as she spoke,
"We knew that you would be here to stop Chef Pepperjack from escaping. So we came here just to give you some air support. You need to make your way towards the front of the ship and find a way inside."
Sunburn replied, "There are AA Guns on the dorsal structure of this ship. I'm going to destroy those AA Guns in order to draw some fire off of you guys."
Tessa nodded, "You don't always have to tackle this alone, Sunburn. If the battle gets too heavy, you can call us in for Allied Support, and you can also call in a Captured Villain to fight for you."
Sunburn smiled, "Thanks Tessa." After they flew off, Sunburn traversed to the second area on the dorsal structure on the Zeppelin as he spotted both an AA Gun and a turtle bomber with a knack for...bombing. Sunburn asked,
"Who are you?!" The turtle replied in a British accent, "I am Bombshell and I am here to see to it that you get blown to smithereens before ever reaching Chef Pepperjack."
Sunburn realized, "A villainous contractor that is sent to do work for villains. And an escapee from Cloudcracker Prison." Bombshell spoke, "But this quarrel shall be decided elsewhere." A helicopter troll picked up the turtle and carried him to the front of the ship where the last AA Gun was placed.
Sunburn destroyed the second AA Gun as a bunch of Trolls began to surround him until he remembered what Tessa said about requesting Allied Support. So, he let out a large fire breath into the sky as a signal for Flynn and the Skylanders to support the hybrid with the gun. As the ship made a strafing run, Sunburn heard Flynn yell his trademark Boom as the Trolls were taken care of. After the support passed, Sunburn came across a Chompy Wrangler named Cookie who spoke,
"You're Sunburn, right?" The Phoenix Dragon nodded as Cookie continued, "I'm responsible for wrangling all these Chompies. And guess what happens? I get bit. A lot. And I sure didn't study at the Royal Cooking Academy to get bit by Chompies. But Sunburn, I know that you know the Chompy Mage because of your showdown with him years ago. Please send him here, so he can free them. Then I will say it was an accident, so I too can be free of this drudgery."
Sunburn shouted to the sky, "Princesses, Chompy Mage is needed!" All of a sudden, Chompy Mage appeared in a flash of light next to Sunburn as he asked,
"Any Chompy Business, Sunburn?" The Hybrid replied, "Yes, Cookie wants you to free these Chompies, so he can explore more culinary purposes that doesn't involve getting bitten."
The Chompy Mage nodded, "Sounds easy enough, but you better stand back." Sunburn stood back the Chompy Mage summoned a platoon of Chompies that soon broke down that wooden wall with a Chompy Battering Ram. As soon as the deed is done, Chompy Mage evolved gaining a new hood that has the color of the Chompies on the ship. After Chompy Mage was pulled out, Sunburn continued his trek to Bombshell and the last AA Gun. Just as Sunburn was close to the Cooling Rack where Bombshell was waiting, Tessa soon appeared and told him some bad news,
"Flynn took a hit after that last run, he's okay, but I think he would be out of commission for a while."
Sunburn realized, "There goes my support." Tessa retaliated, "Flynn wasn't your only support, Sunburn. Remember, the Princesses are always watching your progress. And Princess Luna told me to tell you about support, If a battle gets too heavy, you can request one of three support options, Allied Support, which involves summoning a Skylander or captured Villain to join you for a short time, Team Support involves summoning a group of 4 Skylanders or Villains to join you for a limited amount of time, and the last support option is EQG Support, this one involves summoning either one or two EQGs to your aid and your powers can link with that EQG's sword power."
Sunburn realized, "That sounds really useful." Tessa decided to pass on a message, "Flynn also wanted me to tell you to give the Chef an extra BOOM to the BOOM." She chuckled, "If you know what that means. I actually didn't, but thought I'd relay the message." She then pointed to a key behind a utensil gate, "Now all you have to do is to get the key over there and use it to open that door to the crew area on the side of the ship. Once you've defeated the Chef, you should be able to teleport back to the academy. Celestia and Luna will keep us informed on your progress. But remember to request any of the three supports."
Tessa and Whiskers flew off as Sunburn entered the Cooling Rack when a battle gate appeared behind him. Sunburn had to defeat every single enemy in the area if he's going to proceed. The Phoenix Dragon soon fought off the trolls that dropped out from the gunships while a pack of little wind up bombs started to attack. Sunburn soon noticed that the bombs would explode if they get too close. So he used his fire breath to take them down at a distance. Until Bombshell emerged as he dropped from the gunship,
"I may be a turtle, but you still wouldn't catch me, Sunburn!"
Sunburn smirked, "I may not catch you, but my fire can!" He used his Flight of the Phoenix move as he lit on fire as he charged at the turtle causing some damage to Bombshell. The turtle threw a bomb which ignited in a purple fire that Sunburn was in as he started to move out of there in pain. Sunburn realized,
"Magic Fire? You're a Magic type!" Bombshell pulled out another bomb, "Just a little trick, I learned from a jealous gnorc back in Avalar. Always wanted to be rid of a certain dragon that has caused him so much pain. It's a shame that it was not you."
Sunburn smiled, "Thanks for that tip." He spread his wings and yelled, "EQG Spike, support!" At that moment, a flash of light emerged and EQG Spike hit the deck with his fist to the ground. As he stood up, his magic swords emerged along with a tint of fire to the blades. EQG Spike asked, "Ready to put the turtle back in his shell?"
Sunburn nodded, "Let's do this!"
Bombshell threw a bomb, "Oh no you don't!" But the bomb was deflected by EQG Spike's swords as it rebounded back towards the turtle as it hit and exploded. It knocked Bombshell back a bit and was finished off with a slash from EQG Spike's swords. The turtle was soon encased in a dome of energy as the Princesses appeared. Sunburn spoke,
"Bombshell is a Magic type, use a Magic Trap."
Bombshell spoke, "So what will it be, ol' chap? Would you like a Demolitionist Turtle in your unit?"
There was no answer until a thump of energy caught Bombshell by surprise as he hid in his shell. A purple vortex appeared and sucked him in as he spoke,
"Bombs and Bomber....AAAWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!" He soon fell into the Magic Trap as he spoke, "I say, it's a bit like being in my turtle shell here. Not so bad really."
Soon Celestia spoke, "Bombshell, you have been trapped in Traptanium. If you want this to be your permanent shell, you will fight for us."
Bombshell recognized the voice, "Come again? I'm a good guy, now? Working for the Royal Sisters of the Pony World? All's fair in love in war, my dear."
After capturing Bombshell, EQG Spike was pulled out as Sunburn grabbed the key to the crew area on the side of the ship. He destroyed the last AA Gun and opened up the door to the crew area.
As the Phoenix Dragon entered the crew area, he noticed a very familiar cook from that time when he, Ghost Roaster and Applejack investigated the Darklight Crypt,
"Batterson?" The cook replied, "Pumpkin Pasta, Sunburn! We were all forced to work on this zeppelin by that crazy Chef Pepperjack! The other cooks don't trust you yet though. They're pretty high strung, being cooks."
Sunburn asked, "How can they not trust a Skylander? I'm trying to save them and stop the forces of darkness out there."
Batterson replied, "They are not very trustworthy of anyone, even if it's a Skylander. The only way to prove yourself trustworthy is to beat them in our Skystones Smash game."
Sunburn asked, "Skystones Smash? I've played regular Skystones, but not Skystones Smash."
Batterson explained, "It's something we made up to temporarily escape the madness of this high-pressure kitchen environment. Here I'll show you."
Batterson rolled out a playing field and gave Sunburn a deck of six stones. Batterson placed his deck face down on the field once everything was situated, Batterson instructed,
"So here it is, Skystones Smash!" A Health meter was placed next to Batterson and Sunburn as the cook spoke again,
"To win the game, you must reduce my health to zero." Sunburn drew a Gulper Skystone and spoke,
"This is a Skystone used for Skystones Smash?" Batterson nodded, "The Sword-y thingies show how much damage this Skystone does..." Sunburn finished, "And the hearts represent the Skystone's health."
Batterson replied, "Correct, now due to the tradition of Skystones, your opponent, which is me always goes first."
Batterson drew three stones as Sunburn drew a Bruiser Cruiser and Cuckoo Clocker stone for his Gulper stone as Batterson placed a Sheep Creep stone on the field. The cook spoke,
"There we go. Very nice. Okey-Smokey, now it's your turn. Choose a Skystone to play." Sunburn chose Gulper as the cook continued, "You can place your Skystone in any of these three spots." Batterson pointed out the space next to his Sheep Creep stone, "Try placing your Skystone here." Sunburn placed the Gulper stone at the designated spot as Batterson pointed out,
"Now these Skystones are about to battle. Yours will win but it will take one point of damage."
The Skystones battled and Sheep Creep was defeated, but Gulper's health was reduced to two. Batterson drew another stone and placed another Sheep Creep stone on the field as Sunburn placed a Bruiser Cruiser stone next to the Sheep Creep stone, Batterson eyed the empty space next to the Gulper stone,
"Oh no! I don't have a Skystone here! That means your stone will do two points of damage to me!" Batterson's health was reduced to 8 points as his second Sheep Creep was defeated.
Batterson placed a third Sheep Creep on the upper area of the playing field as Sunburn placed a Cuckoo Clocker stone next to the third Sheep Creep and destroyed it as the Gulper and Bruiser Cruiser stones reduced Batterson's health from 8 to 4.
Batterson placed a fourth Sheep Creep in the same place as it battled the opposing stone and both were destroyed. But Sunburn's Gulper and Bruiser Cruiser stones finished Batterson off as his health was reduced to 0.
After his victory, Sunburn asked, "Why is your deck filled with Sheep Creep stones?" Batterson replied, "It was training, Sunburn. When new players train for this game, they train from me."
Sunburn smiled, "Thanks Batterson." Batterson soon pointed, "Now try your hand or talon or claw against the other Sous Chefs. Just remember, don't take anything they say personally, it's a very stressful job."
Sunburn went into the kitchen and met with the other Sous Chefs as one of them, Pot Roast asked in a suspicious tone,
"So Batterson says we can trust you." Another Sous Chef, Tar Tar pointed out, "But it will take a little more than that to convince us. Skylander or not."
Another Sous Chef, Pumpernickel stated, "Yeah, we weren't born yesterday here."
The last Sous Chef, Cornichon agreed, "I, uh..haven't got anything to add...I do agree with my fellow Sous Chefs though!"
Sunburn's eyes began to flare up, "Do I have to beat all of you in Skystones Smash just to face Chef Pepperjack? Because that maniac has got it coming!"
Pot Roast shook his head, "You will only have to beat me in Skystones Smash if you want to see the Big Man himself."
Sunburn prepared his Skystones deck, "It's time to Smash!"
As the game commenced, the one thing that Sunburn noticed was that Pot Roast's Life Points were at an 8 while his was at 10. Pot Roast placed a Sheep Creep stone on the field while Sunburn placed the Gulper stone on the field. This resulted in the Sheep Creep stone being defeated.
Pot Roast placed a Tussle Sprout stone in the middle while Sunburn used a Chill Bill stone on the upper end which resulted in Pot Roast losing three life points and Sunburn only one life point. Pot Roast placed a Buzzer Beak stone next to the Chill Bill stone while Sunburn placed a Bruiser Cruiser stone next to the Tussle Sprout stone which resulted in both of Pot Roast's stones being defeated and his 5 life points reduced to 3.
Pot Roast tried to retaliate by placing a Tussle Sprout stone, but it was in vain since two of Sunburn's stones reduced his life points to 0. Sunburn asked,
"Now do you all trust me?"
The other Sous Chefs were shocked to see that Pot Roast was beaten in Skystones Smash by a Skylander. Cornichon spoke,
"Okay, we trust you. You can go see the Chef. But be careful when you enter, He's expecting you."
Sunburn walked passed the Sous Chefs as he replied, "He's most likely scared of me."
As he entered the Chef's quarters, the Phoenix Dragon angered as he saw the maniacal Chef Pepperjack as the crazy chef spoke,
"Mmm mmm mmm, We meet again, Sunburn. Hope you brought an appetite! Because to-night on the menu, We're serving YOU!!"
Sunburn sneered, "I know exactly what you mean by that!"
The Chef nodded, "As in 'going to cook you as a dinner' not in 'presenting the food to you' I can see how that can be confusing. Anyway, Let's Spice Things Up-a!"
Sunburn got into his battle stance, "Bring It!"
The crazy chef soon flung three hot pepper grenades which created three puddles of fire. Sunburn used his fire breath to damage the chef until the Doom Raider charged Sunburn with his beaters, but the Skylander dodged the Chef causing him to crash into the sides causing several pots and pans to fall down on top of the chef. It also left him vulnerable to Sunburn's fire attacks.
But after the attack, the chef retreated and activated several heat beams in order to damage Sunburn, but what the chef failed to realize was when Sunburn took flight.
Sunburn stated as he hovered in front of the chef, "I think you failed to realize is that...I can fly." Chef Pepperjack realized,
"Oops, I failed to realize it!" Sunburn flew straight at Chef Pepperjack and performed several aerial attacks and counter strikes. After Sunburn jumped back into the arena, Chef Pepperjack shook off the attack and decided,
"I say we make this barbeque official and throw some burgers on the Grill!!" Several meat patties dropped down on the arena as several heat beams moved downward as Sunburn flew onto the meat patty as it was unaffected by the beams. The chef soon flung a pepper grenade on the meat patty as Sunburn jumped off of it as it exploded. The Chef taunted,
"You like-a the heat?"
Sunburn retaliated, "How about you?" He unleashed his fire breath on the chef and literally went on fire as the chef flung 5 hot pepper grenades as the exploded near Fire Sunburn as the chef spoke,
"Ooh that smarts!" But Fire Sunburn just walked through the explosion with no problem as the chef charged with his beaters in front as Sunburn returned to normal and flew over the Chef as he crashed into the wall leaving him vulnerable to Sunburn's attack. After the attack, Chef Pepperjack turned up the heat of the grill arena and flung 7 meat patties on the grill. Chef Pepperjack soon stated,
"Time to make things extra Spicy!" Sunburn jumped onto a nearby burger and soon had an idea as he yelled, "Tag Out!" Bombshell took his place as the turtle threw several bombs at the chef as he spoke,
"I guess being a good guy isn't so bad. I still get to use my bombs, but to fight for good not evil."
Bombshell was soon tagged out and Sunburn was back in as the chef started throwing hot pepper grenades on the burgers causing the whole thing to blow up. Sunburn jumped from burger to burger as he soon felt a surge of a new power as his flaming body turned from an orangey red to a flaming blue as he spoke,
"BLUE FIRE SUNBURN!!!" He soon took to the air as he dived towards the chef unleashing several melee attacks on the crazy chef. As he finished his melee attacks, Chef Pepperjack asked,
"What are ya gonna do next, besides clawing at me?" Blue Fire Sunburn smiled as he charged his fire breath and when he released it, it was a powerful blue fire breath because the hottest fires burn blue. That finished off the chef as he was encased in an energy dome, the grill returned to normal and the Princesses appeared as Blue Fire Sunburn spoke,
"Use a Fire Trap on Chef Pepperjack!"
Chef Pepperjack asked, "So you want da appetizer or da main course?""Only a Vegetarian meal, thank you."
A huge thump of magical energy occurred as the Chef looked away to see a red vortex appear as he tried to get away. But he was being sucked in as he failed to grab the handrail as he spoke,
"Don't know where I'm going, but I hope they have good barbequuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!" As the Princesses held up the trap as the chef landed in it he spoke, "Hmm, wonder what we got cooking in here? Something with Mustard? Mmmm."
Princess Luna spoke, "You are now trapped inside Traptanium, Chef Pepperjack. But if you want to stay in there with that Mustard scent, you stand with us on the side of good."
Chef Pepperjack spoke, "Guess you, the Portal Master Chefs now. Although, most pony diets contain fruits and vegetables. But I guess I better check off spicy stuff as well."
As Blue Fire Sunburn made it to the bridge with the Phoenix Chicken Egg on his back, he grabbed the wheel and turned it slowly, changing its course. He redirected it's course back to the Phoenix Psanctuary. After returning the egg which the Phoenix Chicken was grateful to see it return. He flew the Zeppelin back to the Academy, much to the shock of Buzz, Flynn, Cali, Mags and Tessa who saw Blue Fire Sunburn and the other Chefs disembark after he landed the ship.
Meanwhile at Kaos' Hideout, Dreamcatcher looked in shock as the image of Chef Pepperjack being defeated by Blue Fire Sunburn as the floating head sped to the Golden Queen as she spoke,
"More bad news, my Queen. Now the Skylanders have Chef Pepperjack!" Wolfgang, who has had enough that their pack lost three already, spoke, "Please Majesty, Let me go after the Skylanders before they make a mess of everything!"
Kaos soon spoke, "Yes, get rid of the Skylanders, finally! And I, KAOS have the perfectly ingenious evil plan. First we'll get..." He was cut off when the Golden Queen placed a golden binky on Kaos again for talking too much. She spoke,
"Dr. Krankcase, How is work going on my Ultimate Weapon?" The Scientist laughed as he replied, "Oh splendidly, my Queen. I have constructed the weapon..." He pressed a button on the remote that he was holding which showed a hologram of the weapon, "So that it could harness the ginormous energy of Traptanium, soon I will have it up and running and then..."
The Golden Queen finished, "And then, I will have Krypt King and all the gold in the world!"
Kaos got the binky off as he asked in shock and disgust, "Gold? That's it? That's your big plan? Just for Gold and a stupid Skylander!?"
The Golden Queen asked, "What else is there?" Kaos stated, "Well I don't know let me think. How about ruling Skylands as its Ultimate Evil Overlord!?"
The Queen just answered, "I'd rather have both Krypt King and the Gold."
Kaos had enough and said, "Just Gold and a Stupid Skylander is not evil enough! You've pushed me too far! I challenge you to an Evil-Off!"
This got the other Doom Raiders gasping as they were unaware of a small group of swarms that appeared in the hideout. The Queen laughed as she spoke, "That is rich. Tell me, what exactly is an Evil-Off?"
Kaos thought she playing him, "Don't play coy with me! I challenge you for control over the Doom Raiders and all of Skylands. Winner takes all!" He laughed at his challenge until a short time later after the Evil-Off, the unfortunate Portal Master was outside of his own hideout as a gold statue with the other Doom Raiders laughing at his embarrassment. The Golden Queen said in joy,
"I'd want to thank you, Kaos. That was the most fun I've had in a long...long time." Unaware that the swarms passed by the Doom Raiders and into the woods as Wolfgang spoke while gesturing to Glumshanks,
"Yeah, and don't worry about your troll. He'll be just fine with us. Winner take all and all that." The Doom Raiders went back into Kaos' former hideout as a familiar Undead Trap Master emerged from the woods with his Traptanium Sword in hand, he was going to follow them until the hideout took off,
"Drat, they got away! They won't be going back to the badlands, it was already destroyed. But they'll show up. One at a time." He passed by Kaos as the little guy spoke,
"Wait, you're Krypt King, right?"
Krypt King turn towards Gold Kaos, "Well, you've fallen in the same situation I was in."
Kaos spoke, "Well, she is still hunting you."
Krypt King shook his head, "I always knew that she wouldn't let it go."
Kaos realized, "Wait, I want the Doom Raiders stopped as much as you and the other Skylos...lander, Skylanders do. What if we joined forces to stop them?"
Krypt King slammed his fist against the statue, shattering it and freeing Kaos in the process, "It won't be easy to gain our trust. Unless you have a plan to get the others to trust us. Take your pick." All of a sudden, his wrist communicator rang as he answered it, Mags was on the other line,
"Krypt King, I'm taking a select few of the Skylanders to my old house to obtain my Information Squid. But we just got word that the Light Trap Master, Knight Light has been spotted not far from the Academy. He's set up some sort of mansion there. Knight Mare wants another group of Skylanders to investigate Knight Light's mansion. Oh and your up next to investigate the tomb. But any progress on your end?"
Krypt King tried to find Kaos, but he vanished and spoke, "The Doom Raiders got away and they kicked Kaos out of his hideout. But no sign of the little guy."
Mags replied, "Thanks for the info, Krypt King. Return to the Academy."
Author's Note
So Knight Light has been spotted near the Academy. What would the Skylanders discover about Knight Light? And what would the First Trap Master's Tomb reveal more in his story? And to those who kept saying about the Skystones Smash thing, there it is.
After Krypt King returned to the Academy, Cali took Flynn's Ship off to the Rainfish Riviera because Flynn was injured in that last battle. Krypt King went with Buzz who would be substituting for Mags in investigating the tomb. While the EQG Skylanders' Arkeyan Gyro-Copter was transported into Skylands so that Knight Mare, Blackout, Spotlight, Twilight and Rainbow Dash can investigate Knight Light's mansion with EQG Drobot piloting the copter since he built it. He and Mags also built an air defense hanger for storing single-seat fighters and Gyro-Copters for air defense in case the Doom Raiders ever try a direct assault on the Academy. That's where the Gyro-Copter is now attached to a launch system that Mags came up with.
As the passengers were seated, the canopy closed as EQG Drobot initiated the start-up sequence as he went over the checklist,
"Start-up sequence initiated. Manuel checklist. Rotors?" The rotors started spinning,
Flynn soon came on over the comm, "Okay guys, you are cleared for take-off."
EQG Drobot had his helmet on and linked it to the copter as a full Heads-Up-Display of the craft appeared in his view. He placed his left hand on the throttle lever and gently pushed it forward. The craft began to rumble as the engines started and soon enough, the catapult shot the copter to the open hanger door as EQG Drobot increased the throttle and some of his passengers started screaming in fear. The copter detached from the catapult as EQG Drobot pulled back on the stick as the copter went over the edge of the hanger and into the open airs of Skylands. As the copter cleared the hanger, Flynn soon spoke,
"Nice work, Dro. You have cleared the hanger, so restrictions have been canceled. Good Luck."
EQG Drobot raised the landing gear, set the copter on autopilot and set a course for Knight Light's mansion. He turned towards his passengers and asked,
"Everyone okay?" Knight Mare, Spotlight and Blackout were fine, but Twilight had a barf bag as she was empting her stomach contents while Rainbow Dash was in a dizzy trance after that launch despite being a Pegasus. He chuckled,
"Well, I should've warned you guys that this type of launch is kind of extreme."
Twilight, after she finished said, "You should've used Hover Mode to take off and navigate us out of the hanger!"
EQG Drobot replied, "But that would defeat the purpose of our catapult system in the hanger. Gyro-Copters can launch via catapult but also use it's hover mode to take off. But this is the pilot's decision for a catapult launch."
Soon they discussed the next course of action as Knight Mare spoke, "We need to investigate the mansion and find Knight Light. If he isn't home, we'll have to investigate directly."
Spotlight asked, "So we are going to break into his mansion?"
Blackout replied, "That would be a little extreme." Knight Mare stated, "If he isn't home, if he is, we need to patrol from a distance without getting spotted."
EQG Drobot spoke, "The copter has a stealth feature that masks our craft completely from visually being spotted. It also masks the engines so we wouldn't be heard."
Meanwhile in the tomb of the First Trap Master, Buzz and Krypt King journeyed through the many Traptanium shards that were in the tomb. Each shard that was used was marked by a red flag to signify that it was already touched by a Trap Master. Buzz relayed what happened,
"According to the other Trap Masters, the Crafter as they called him, returned to the Traptanium deposit to figure out what has happened to him. The suit he was wearing actually faded at his own will and returned him to his normal clothing. When he investigated further into the Crystal shard, he was ambushed by a group of pirates called 'Skavengers' salty sea dogs that plunder treasure and certain people to use as contestants in their battle arena. Although he fought off a majority of the pirates, he didn't stand a chance against the Captain of these pirates only known as Skaab, who was actually defeated by Spyro several years later.
The Crafter was overwhelmed and brought onto Skaab's ship where he woke up in a cell and was soon called to the arena for a fight against a set of familiar fighters. These fighters were actually like him, prisoners taken against their will and forced to fight for their resolve. The crazy thing was the first fighter that was in this battle...it was a younger version of Wallop. He was young, reckless and pretty much new to fighting and the Crafter somehow sensed this since he was armed with just a tomahawk while Wallop had hammers. The Crafter evaded Wallop's attacks and defeated him by parrying him to a nearby pillar and knocking him out. After which they were sent back to their cells.
Before the memory ended, the Crafter got a letter from another prisoner saying that he doesn't know who he is and why he was on the ship, but the prisoner was warning him that the Skavengers are going to everything they can to see him fall in their battles. The prisoner has already been through five fights for his life against a group of scorpion riders called the 'Blundertails.' He was warning the Crafter that these fights were just executions and if they was something of value for one of their fighters, they would bring in a warrior called, 'The Executioner' to execute the fighter in battle. The prisoner had a name and surprisingly it was Snap Shot who was basically fighting for his life."
Krypt King looked at an unmarked Traptanium Shard and spoke, "This shard should reveal more of this story that was lost to us. If many more of us exist in this story, their must be something." He touched the shard as he was flashed into a memory that showed the Crafter in the arena as the Crafter's voice narrated,
"I've been in this arena for several days and so on so forth, I have faced other Prisoners like Wallop to the Skavengers' own fighters. But my next fight was against another prisoner who was in a league with this Snap Shot character who contacted me. As I prepared to fight, the red bird announced the name of my opponent and surprisingly it was an undead warrior called Krypt King. His armor was black while some of its outlines were gold and the eyes were sort of red. His weapon was a stainless steel broadsword as he held it in both hands since it was a two-handed sword. He was wearing a headdress like one of those pyramid kings I have seen before. These Skavengers wanted the arena to be filled with an immensely large amount of pain.
So we started the duel and it lasted for about an hour and a half. I saw the style that Krypt King performed, he used his swarms as a distraction while he strikes from above. I countered this attack by pulling out a piece of crafting cloth as the swarms reached me and blocked Krypt King's Air Slash. I knew that I had the upper hand at things when I used my crystal tomahawk and clashed against his broadsword. I knew that I had to end this fight quickly, so I performed a spinning tomahawk attack which technically broke the broadsword completely as the Red Bird ordered the fight to come to a close much to the Purple Bird's annoyance. As we left back to our cells, Krypt King whispered in my ear that 'the time to freedom will be soon.'
As I returned to my cell, I came across another note from Snap Shot saying that the Skavengers know about me and how a Cheetah from Avalar who is only a crafter could defeat their fighters. It soon told me that the Dark Armies have placed a Bounty on my head and the Crystal bracelet because it gave me an incredible power. I was shocked until a Skavenger pulled me out of my cell and placed back in the arena where the Red Bird spoke about exciting news involving one of their combatants and I was introduced in front of the crowd. I basically wanted them to release me, but they refused and the Purple Bird wanted me to release a whole amount of pain. The Red Bird soon ordered to 'bring in The Executioner.' At that moment, the gate in front of me opened up and a giant undead knight walked in as it held a sword and shield as I brought my tomahawk to defend myself as the creature laughed in amusement.
All of a sudden, I heard a voice in my head saying to use what I have created. I looked at the bracelet and pressed the crystal as it soon sparked around me. It wasn't painful like last time it was welcoming like I wanted this to happen. As soon as I was in this strange new form, I felt I power within my heart come to life as my tomahawk shined bright as the Executioner shielded its eyes as I placed my left hand on the ground, the Executioner was soon consumed by a crystal shard that came out of the floor and soon released as the creature was ko'd instantly.
All of a sudden, an explosion from the gate behind him occurred as the audience of pirates looked in shock as the ex-prisoners, Snap-Shot, Wallop, Krypt King, a robot named Jawbreaker, a Wood Elf named Bushwhacka, a Golden Lion named Wildfire, an illusion expert named Enigma, and an Air warrior named Gusto burst through the gates and started to get serious as the Skavengers decided to quell this prison break. But with my new powers and a single strike from my tomahawk, I trapped a few of those pirates in those strange crystal shards. Soon enough, Skaab decided to join the fight as the birds' puppet attacked the escaping prisoners until I managed to nearly subdue him. But the Purple Bird had a cannon in that chest on the pirate's back. So I evaded and decided that it would be time to leave this ship before we are recaptured.
Luckily, Snap Shot managed to supply us with a lifeboat since the it's a flying lifeboat like the other ships in Skaab's fleet. As the others boarded the lifeboat, several Skavengers were pursuing us as Snap Shot and I held them off. But somehow I bent the hilt of my tomahawk as the tip near the blade powered up and fired at the pirates. Like one of those old Arkeyan blasters, that I always searched for when hunting for supplies. But we got into the lifeboat and made a break for it before Skaab's ship or his fleet could fire on us. Another voice in my head soon told me the name of these crystals that had so much power. It is called, 'Traptanium' a very fitting name."
The memory ended as Krypt King soon registered what happened. This was a long lost history that he and the others had forgotten about. Crafter's memories of himself, his friends and the prison break was all history that was long forgotten.
At Knight Light's Mansion, Knight Light himself awoken from a peaceful sleep as he took a look at the surroundings of his mansion. He got up, stretched his wings that were on his back and did a few practice flaps until he noticed his signature two-handed sword that he carries in one hand in a weapon rack next to the bed. He picked it up, slid it in his sheath attached to his back and went downstairs to investigate his new house. If there was one thing he learned when being a Trap Master is to investigate new areas to see if there are any new surprises even if it is his house. As he passed by his front door, he noticed the mail slot open and a letter addressed to him. He was going to open it, but he left it on the kitchen table and saved it for later.
He walked outside into his backyard and saw several statues of various Skylanders including his old friend, Knight Mare. He saw a swinging bench near the patio and decided to sit and clear his head. Until he heard a singing voice that came from the inside of his mansion and because this is the first time he heard this voice, he decided to investigate as he went back into the house unaware of the cloaked Gyro craft that flew over him.
As he followed the voice, it was obvious that he wasn't alone. He needed to find out if this person is friend or foe. As he reached what looked like a karaoke room, he saw a girl, light blue skin, blue and silver hair tied up in a ponytail, wore a short skirt and a necklace with a red jewel singing on a microphone. He didn't know what to think of her, but he knew that he had to know who she was. So he jumped and flew towards the karaoke stage as he landed in front of her. The girl stopped singing and noticed,
"Wait, you must be Knight Light. I see you've finally awakened." Knight Light asked, "How do you know my name?"
The girl replied, "The Skylanders sent me to keep an eye on you after they saw you sleepwalking last night."
Knight Light asked, "I was sleepwalking?" The girl nodded, "Your friends got worried about you and sleepwalking. So they sent me to look after you."
The Light Trap Master asked, "But who are you?" The girl realized that she hasn't spoke her name and introduced herself, "My name is Sonata Dusk, I'm a friend of the Skylanders."
Knight Light nodded, "Nice to make your acquaintance." Sonata nodded, "Thank you."
Meanwhile, a spy drone spotted them in the kitchen talking to each other as the Siren silently snatched the letter to Knight Light without him noticing. The spy drone's video feed relayed back to the Gyro-copter as the occupants looked at the video feed as the Trap Master and the Siren soon became emotionally intimate as EQG Drobot spoke in shock,
"Oh no, a Dazzling!"
On the patio on the swinging bench, the Trap Master and the Siren were sitting, although Sonata was on her knees while Knight Light was on his back with his feet against the headrest facing the ceiling. Knight Mare technically thought, "You can take a Trap Master away from Sunscraper Spire, but you can't take Sunscraper Spire out of the Trap Master. This crystal mansion reminded him of the spire and he would think about us. But the problem is, with Sonata Dusk on the scene, he wasn't feeling so lonely anymore, like he's forgotten about us. This was exactly the way that the Golden Queen wanted it to be. And since Knight Light is the only one who can defeat Luminous, this was exactly what he wanted as well. But I noticed a single flaw in this plan, I know for a fact that Sonata Dusk was told to pretend to fall in love with Knight Light and judging by her smile and loving attitude, she was falling in love...for real. There is a phrase called, 'Love changes our perspective of things.' Love can certainly change a Siren's perspective of things...she could even make a good ally."
EQG Drobot spoke, "I think we lost him with that Siren around." Blackout spoke, "That girl is one of the Siren's that tried to kill you?"
EQG Drobot nodded, "The very same and judging that her sisters are not around, she was sent to distract him."
Twilight asked, "From what?"
Spotlight spoke, "The only place that he was needed, Sunscraper Spire."
Rainbow Dash looked at the feed, "Why would a Siren distract him from that place?"
In the video feed, Knight Light was explaining his story on the destruction of Cloud Cracker Prison and when he woke up in the manor, "When Cloud Cracker was destroyed, I found myself flung from the world into total darkness. I didn't know how long I was asleep for. But when I woke up, I was in awe about the manor."
Sonata answered, "I bet you were." Knight Light hugged the Siren, "But when I heard your singing, it felt as if I was in another world." The Siren blushed.
On the copter, Twilight asked a silent Knight Mare about the situation, "You've been quiet this whole time. Do you have anything that will help us get to Knight Light?"
Knight Mare realized, "I do, but it would require us to pick up an old friend of mine."
EQG Drobot asked, "Who?" Knight Mare used the copter's computer as an image of a cat thief emerged,
"Nightshade, Greatest Thief in Skylands, born to a rich family and goes into thieving just to show off his moves. He also acts like a gentlemen on some occasions."
All of a sudden, the communicator opened up and the video feed showed someone unexpected,
"Hello Skylanders, I, KAOS have joined your side to fight the Doom Raiders."
All of the occupants shouted in surprise, "KAOS!!!" Twilight asked, "Why are you on our side!?"
Kaos spoke, "Were you even listening? You're supposed to be an intelligent unicorn. So just listen."
Twilight replied, "I may be intelligent, but I still have common sense knowing that you tried to kill me."
Spotlight placed a wing at the unicorn, "Let him speak."
Kaos spoke, "Thank you, Spotlight. Now I know where the Dark Doom Raider, Nightshade is going. He's going to the Midnight Museum to steal an artifact called 'The Dark Eye of Tomorrow.' If he succeeds, he could use it to steal anything."
EQG Drobot replied, "I can't believe I'm saying this, but Thank you, Kaos. We'll set a course for..." All of sudden, he looked at the fuel gauge and realized that he is on bingo fuel. "Drat, we're low on fuel."
Soon, Cali came on the line, "Don't worry, Dro. We're in position for you to dock with us and refuel."
Cali, who was flying Flynn's Ship showed up as the copter was pulling away from the mansion as a rod began protruding from the gun turret as Cali spoke,
"Check the copter and prepare for refueling."
EQG Drobot hit a switch which cause the external fuel slot to open on the top of the copter. He explained the mid-air refueling,
"Mags upgraded the copter with two external fuel slots, one on top and one on the bottom. I can only use the top slot in Jet-Mode when refueling in mid-air. The bottom slot is when the craft is on the ground."
He positioned the copter close to the rod as it connected with the top fuel spot as Cali spoke, "Commencing Refueling."
EQG Drobot checked his fuel tanks as it went from a 10% fuel to a 100% fuel as soon as he was finished. Cali came on the line and said,
"All set guys, Disconnect." The copter disconnected as it swerved away from Flynn's ship. EQG Drobot spoke, "Thanks Cali. Setting a course for the Midnight Museum."
The copter sped away towards the horizon.
At the Doom Raiders' Hideout, the Golden Queen was waiting patiently for anymore information on either her Ultimate Weapon or Sonata Dusk's distraction of Knight Light. With her was Adagio Dazzle, Aria Blaze, Wolfgang, Dr. Krankcase, and Glumshanks. Dreamcatcher went off to discover the secrets of Traptanium in a Mabu Laboratory by putting every Mabu Scientist to sleep while she ponders their dreams.
Dr. Krankcase actually was looking over the camera recordings from when they kicked Kaos out of his base until he spotted something in a few shots from when Kaos challenged the Golden Queen to when they took off, he ran to her and said,
"My Queen, I've looked over several footages from Kaos' base when we kicked him out. I noticed an unusual swarm of insects that passed by us without us noticing."
The Queen was curious, "Show me." He showed her the footage as her red eyes began to look angry because she recognizes those swarms. Dr. Krankcase soon switched the footage to when they took off as a familiar Trap Master emerged from the forest with his sword ready. That's when she was really ticked off,
"He was tracking us this whole time!? We missed our opportunity to apprehend KRYPT KING!?"
Wolfgang looked shocked, "Whoa, I guess your boyfriend was coming for you. Why not I go after him, I can take him down and bring him back here?"
The Queen looked at Wolfgang, "If we do that then our defeat would repeat itself and I do not want to be fooled by him again!"
Adagio Dazzle decided to enter the conversation, "If you are after him so much, why not just lay a trap for him?"
The Queen asked, "Trap the Trap Master? I'd say that strange things have happened." She soon spoke again, "But Krypt King is more cunning than he is foolish. He also cares for the safety of his friends. There's the Trap Team for one and several of his little friends that are not Skylanders."
They began to think on it until they got a transmission from Nightshade as the thief bowed, "My Queen."
The Queen asked, "How is your progress, Nightshade?" Nightshade replied, "It was all going according to plan until I spotted that grizzled up war veteran and that Cloudbreak Islands girl enter the Museum...before me. They somehow knew where to find me. Their smart, I can tell you that. I should step up my game if I truly am the Best Thief in Skylands." He spotted a gyro-copter approaching in the distance as he smiled, "Ah, yes. Whenever their friends arrive, the Skylanders come following behind. Ta, My Queen. Got to obtain the Dark Eye of Tomorrow before they do. Oh and keep your dog on a leash, he seems more aggressive than a rabid Chompy Worm." The transmission ended as Wolfgang said,
"What a show-off."
As the copter reached the Midnight Museum, EQG Drobot switched to Hover-Mode and decided to scope about the Museum from the air. Knight Mare kept a keen eye out for Nightshade or a good spot to land until Buzz came on the comm,
"Skylanders, I see that you guys arrived to our little game of catch the thief. Tessa and I have already infiltrated all the way to some pinball room. The only problem is, the balls seem to move in a random direction. Ya mind coming down here and helping out?"
EQG Drobot replied, "Copy that, Buzz. I'll set up your coordinates for the pinball room."
Tessa spoke, "It would be a good time to test the transporter ability for your copter. Lock on to our location and beam your passengers to us."
Rainbow Dash asked, "Beaming?" EQG Drobot replied, "You'll see soon enough. Locking onto coordinates, warming up transporter and...ENERGIZE!" He pressed a button which caused his five passengers to emit sparks of yellow light as they disappeared from the craft. He checked his video communicator and asked,
"Buzz, Tessa, did they make it?" Buzz smiled, "See for yourself." The five Skylanders came into view as they shook off the teleportation effect as Twilight spoke, "You should've told us that your copter had a teleporter built in."
EQG Drobot replied, "I always like to test out new stuff to the unsuspected."
They managed to solve the Pinball room as the group progressed on with EQG Drobot on over watch for any sign of Nightshade. As the group reached the Dark Vault, Knight Mare looked around to see if that thief was around because she always knows that Nightshade is always big on making an entrance to show off his skills. As she looked around, Buzz looked at their prime objective and said,
"This is it! The Dark Eye of Tomorrow."
All of a sudden, right on queue, Nightshade dropped down and said, "Indeed it is, my good man. And I will be stealing it."
Knight Mare drew out her lance, "Nightshade!" The thief recognized her, "Ah, Knight Mare. Long time no see, my dear centaur. But if you don't mind, I'll be stealing this artifact - ta!"
He grabbed the Dark Eye and jumped out the window with Knight Mare in pursuit as she made it through before a battle gate came up. Tessa realized,
"We can't let Nightshade get away with that Eye. We need to contact Dro to provide air support for Knight Mare while we catch up."
Buzz opened his communicator, "Dro, this is Buzz. Nightshade has the Eye and Knight Mare is in pursuit. Provide air support for her until we arrive."
EQG Drobot came on the line, "I'm on it, Buzz!"
Meanwhile as Knight Mare pursued Nightshade, the thief actually threw confetti bombs at the dark centaur to confuse her. She pursued him passed several laser traps and Spyclopters that were patrolling the area. Until she finally caught him at a dead end as she jumped from a ledge and followed him to what looks like a battlefield. With nowhere to go, Nightshade turned towards Knight Mare as he stated,
"You are persistent. I'll give you that." Knight Mare smiled, "Glad you've noticed, Nightshade."
Nightshade soon finished, "But I'm afraid I'm going to have to give you a bit of a drubbing as well." He put his fist up, "Engage!"
Nightshade leapt from the platform and on top of one of three pillars that appeared. The pillars were soon covered in shadows as a giant Spyclopter rotated around the moving shadows as Nightshade spoke,
"Normally, one such as yourself would be offering the shadow but this is the place where you might want to make an exception."
All of a sudden, several lasers blasted one of the pillars as the Gyro-copter swooped in and fired at the second one destroying it. The cockpit opened up and EQG Drobot dropped out of the craft as the canopy closed again as it swooped away. EQG Drobot landed with his boots and Wing thrusters powered up as he fired a wrist laser at Nightshade's pillar destroying it.
But upon destroying the third pillar, Nightshade sent out several shadow doppelgangers as he taunted, "Over here, Skylanders...or is it over here?"
Knight Mare swung her lance at the doppelgangers striking the real Nightshade in the process. EQG Drobot formed his Bo Staff and struck the thief several times until he spawn five new shadow pillars. Nightshade jumped onto one of the pillars and was safe from those shadows as EQG Drobot soon brought out three gears in his left hand and targeted three of the five pillars. As each gear embedded itself into the pillars, a beeping sound occurred followed by an explosion, destroying the three pillars.
Afterwards, a magical blast destroyed the fourth pillar while a Rainbow Twister destroyed the fifth, sending out several Nightshade doppelgangers. Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Spotlight and Blackout jumped into the fight as the fought the doppelgangers and getting some hits on the real Nightshade in the process. Nightshade tried to confuse them by saying,
"Hi Skylanders. Hi Skylanders." But it was too much as he spawned six more pillars to spray deadly shadows while spawning his doppelgangers. But EQG Drobot fired his helmet-mounted lasers at two pillars while Spotlight and Blackout destroyed the next two. Twilight and Knight Mare finished off the last pillars with a combined Dark and Magic strike. It left Nightshade in an exhausted state as EQG Drobot grabbed the thief and punched him to the ground encasing him in a dome of light as the Princesses appeared in a hologram.
Knight Mare spoke, "Use a Dark Trap for Nightshade."
Nightshade spoke from the dome, "Well, your highnesses. I suppose it is in your hooves now."
Princess Luna smiled,"Indeed it is."
A familiar thump of energy occurred as Nightshade looked at the black vortex that opened up and he surprisingly said,
"Well, I guess a really couldn't elude capture forever. Well it appears I'll be going away for a bit." He bowed as he was sucked in, "I shall enjoy this capture sequence with dignityyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!"
Celestia was actually shocked, "He took that pretty well, did he sister." "That is...rare to see that happen." Luna soon held up the trap holding Nightshade as he said,
"Ha, No jail can hold the Great Nightshade!" He tried to escape until he said, "Well except this one, apparently."
Luna spoke to the thief, "You have been trapped in Traptanium, Nightshade. If you want to show your skills again, you fight with us."
Nightshade replied, "Well, I suppose I could be persuaded to switch sides. Despite the fact that you and your elder sister represent Night and Day."
On the flight back to the Academy, Knight Mare decided to have a talk with Nightshade face to face. The thief was actually sitting in the seat as he asked,
"So, Knight Mare now that we're friends now and I returned that Crown of Woodburrow that Tessa told me about. What do you wish to know?"
Knight Mare replied, "I need to know about Knight Light. Chef Pepperjack told me that you were the one that found him frozen, not in statue form. Tell me everything you know leading up to the mansion and Sonata Dusk."
Nightshade complied, "Well, my dear, I'll tell what I know about Knight Light unless you know something that I don't."
Knight Mare replied, "I know that Knight Light is the only one to defeat Luminous, Sonata Dusk was told to pretend to fall in love with Knight Light."
Nightshade nodded, "That was their plan." Knight Mare revealed, "From what I saw, Sonata was falling in love for real."
Nightshade chuckled, "And she would begin to question her allegiance to the Doom Raiders."
Knight Mare stated, "But we need to find out what's going on in the mansion. And you are just the thief to do it."
Nightshade thought about and said, "Agreed, We break into that mansion."
The Gyrocopter soon flew back to the Academy to plan their break-in plan.
Author's Note
I wasn't going to skip out on Nightshade now would ya? Well, now with him on their side, they could plan out their break-in at the mansion.
Infiltration and Sunscraper Spire
At the Doom Raiders' Hideout, Sonata Dusk was pacing around her room, thinking about Knight Light. She knows her mission is distract him while the others let the location of Sunscraper Spire slip into the hands of the Skylanders. Sonata knew that her and her sisters' goal was to feed on the magic on Skylands once the Doom Raiders conquer it, but after she looked at a picture of Knight Light on her desk, she couldn't help but feel that what she is doing...might be wrong. She immediately thought back to the first time they encountered the Skylanders, which were only genetic human versions of the original Skylanders. And then she thought back to a certain ability that they did,
"They...used their elemental powers to obtain the ability that defeated us back in their mind. They are strong, stronger than we expected that would've been."
She soon thought back to her recent visit to the mansion, "Knight Light is a kind Trap Master of the Light Element. But there is always something about him that made me feel confident about him succeeding in joining up with the others."
She tried to think of something else until she saw a small scaled version of the Trap Master and clutched the Light Element necklace that Knight Light gave her. She realized,
"I...think I'm falling for him! Not pretend, For Real!" She looked at another picture that was taken on Tuesday of her and Knight Light eating a taco. The Dazzling decided to overlook her perspective of being with the Doom Raiders...it wasn't until she had to go visit Knight Light and decided to wait until she got back.
Meanwhile on the outskirts of the mansion, EQG Drobot decided to give Nightshade a little briefing on his mission as they exited the gyro-copter,
"Okay, Now here's the mission, you need to locate a letter that we placed in there that is meant for Knight Light. It will most likely be in Sonata Dusk's possession since we saw her silently take it. Find her and observe her movements, if you have a clear position, you pickpocket the letter and place it somewhere where Knight Light can find it."
Nightshade stated, "Simple enough." EQG Drobot activated Stealth Mode on his copter as he told the thief,
"I'm going in there as well. As your back-up." "Back-up? I've robbed several mansions like this, this shall be trivial." replied Nightshade.
EQG Drobot explained, "You would need someone to listen in and plus..." He pushed a button as he suddenly turned into Adagio Dazzle, "Sonata Dusk won't recognize me in her sister's form."
Nightshade was stunned as he spoke, "Total Shape shifting system in your suit? Quite efficient for this infiltration."
EQG Drobot's Adagio form smiled as he said in her voice, "One of the many prototypes that were in my arsenal."
Nightshade asked, "Are you sure that it will work?" EQG Drobot said, "Hey, this system can fool my own mother if it has to."
Nightshade chuckled as he vanished, "Well, your mother will have to wait." He pointed to a distant Sonata Dusk, "You've got to fool our Siren friend over there."
As Sonata approached the mansion, she spotted Adagio which was odd to why her sister was here. She approached her sister and asked,
"Adagio, What are you doing here?" Adagio replied, "I was seeing that your task is going well."
Sonata replied, "Well, you see...it is going well, but I ran into a little snag."
Adagio asked, "And that is?"
Sonata realized, "I'll tell you about it later. Right now, I need to visit Knight Light...unless you want to join me."
Adagio agreed as she replied, "I will join you."
Sonata nodded as she and Adagio entered the mansion unaware that Adagio was actually EQG Drobot in disguise.
Nightshade managed to make it into the mansion as he silently tailed Sonata and the disguised EQG Drobot. He knew that infiltration was going according to plan and stuck to the shadows as he silently whispered into his headset,
"Nightshade to Overwatch, Infiltration successful." Flynn was on the other line, with his leg healed up and flying he spoke, "Righty-O, Nightshade. I'm betting that Siren girl is inside as well. Quite strange, they sing and those who listen get hypnotized, pretty freaky stuff there."
Cali soon spoke, "Alright Nightshade, you need to keep close tabs on Sonata's movements. Knight Mare already told you about this Siren falling in love with Knight Light for real thing, if you see anything that can prove her point, let us know."
Nightshade replied, "I appreciate this exchange of information and in deed Knight Mare told me about this little predicament. Dro has already disguised himself as Adagio Dazzle which is Sonata's sister and leader of the Dazzlings. But I have a terrible feeling about his disguise, there is no telling if the real Adagio shows up."
Cali stated, "Spy Rise is down in the turret which he rigged as a makeshift long-distance surveillance camera. If anyone show up, we'll send the recon data to Dro's helmet so he can take cover. But if the real Dazzlings show up, his cover is blown."
Nightshade nodded before ending conversation, "Got it, Nightshade out."
He continued to tail the two until they arrived at the backyard of the mansion that had statues of various Skylanders and in the center of the yard, Knight Light was in the middle surrounded by test dummies as started by swinging his sword in a circle destroying a group of dummies in the process. The Trap Master jumped into the air using his powerful wings and dropped down to the ground slamming his sword on the ground in the middle of a dummy group. He soon raised his hand at another dummy group and rainbows of light emerged destroying another group in the process. He combined his powers so he could use his sword on the last group and used his rainbows on the last few. After it was all said and done, Knight Light stood up with his sword pommel reaching the ground and surveyed the damage that he has done.
It was a total carnage of several dummy parts that strewn all over the training field as he turned around and noticed Sonata Dusk waving at him, she also brought one more person, another girl who had yellow skin and orange hair that looked like a mix at that point. The Trap Master flew over to Sonata and the visitor as he spoke,
"Hello Sonata, it's great to see you again." He turned to the new visitor, "Who is this?" Sonata replied, "This is Adagio Dazzle, she's my sister."
Adagio looked at the Trap Master, "Sonata speaks very highly of you." The Trap Master blushed, "I know, it's embarrassing."
Sonata Dusk soon looked ashamed like she was going to reveal who she truly was. But with Adagio around she couldn't risk it. Which Nightshade noticed as he contacted Dro to go somewhere else and leave them alone for a while. After that, Dro left Sonata and Knight Light alone and met up with the thief as he turned back to normal waiting to see what Sonata was going to do.
Sonata brought out the letter that they were looking for and gave it to Knight Light, "This was addressed to you, specifically." As the Trap Master opened the letter, he read with confusion,
"Knight Light,
I've found out that you were spotted not very far from our new HQ, Skylander Academy. We were writing you this to ask about where were you until now. We all miss you, but reunions will have to wait. The Doom Raiders are back, although Luminous is imprisoned in Sunscraper Spire, they will try to free him. Skylands needs our help and we also need your help. The Academy is not far from here.
Your friend, Knight Mare" The Trap Master was confused since that this was the same letter that he lost on the day he and Sonata first met. He spotted several handprints on the letter as he recognized them,
"Knight Mare, Snap Shot, Wildfire, Tuff Luck, Wallop, Krypt King, Gusto, Enigma, and Gearshift. I remember these prints." He asked, " Sonata, where did you find this?"
The siren replied sadly, "I took it from you yesterday when you were distracted." Knight Light asked, "They were here?" Sonata replied with tears, "They are still here."
Knight Light didn't know what was going on, "I don't know what is going on? Why didn't you tell me about this?" All of a sudden, a flash of light slammed down in front of them and a light-blue alicorn stallion with a white mane, beard and tail, wearing a silver-horned helmet, a blue robe and an amulet that Knight Light recognizes as the alicorn spoke,
"That is because that she wasn't supposed to tell you. But as Knight Mare predicted, Love can change a Siren's perspective." He directed his attention to Sonata,
"You were sent here by the Doom Raiders to distract Knight Light to keep him away from Sunscraper Spire." The shocked Trap Master looked at the siren,
"You're a Doom Raider?" Sonata looked down to the ground as she rubbed her arm, knowing that her cover is blown, she looked at the Trap Master and Portal Master, "I am a Doom Raider, but since I failed, I don't want to face them again. I'm done with the Doom Raiders."
Nightshade and EQG Drobot appeared as the human Drobot asked, "If you're quitting the Doom Raiders, where would you go?" Sonata thought about this and realized that she has nowhere left to go and decided,
"I'll go with you, guys. I'm joining the Skylanders." EQG Drobot asked, "Why do you want to join the Skylanders?" Sonata replied, "I know I tried to kill you, but I'm tired of being with a group of bad guys. Since my sisters are really onboard with their plan, I was onboard until I met Knight Light, that's when I realized that there's a beautiful world out there and now I want to be a hero."
The Portal Master replied, "You are very more unusual than the other two. You are more misunderstood, not evil."
Sonata nodded, "You're right, I am misunderstood. But, who are you?" The Portal Master chuckled, "I forgot my manners, I am Eon, one of the three Portal Masters who have watched over the Portal Network from Equestria. And I accept your offer to joining the Skylanders."
The siren was shocked, "Wait, I'm a Skylander now!?" Eon shook his head, "Not yet, we have to first create a Soul Gem which would possess your element and become the source of your power." He gazed at the red jewel around her neck, "That amulet you wear is the source of your hypnotizing songs, but a Soul Gem is a special type of gem, that holds your power as a Skylander."
Sonata asked, "How do I get a Soul Gem?" Eon smiled, "You will know soon enough. We should return to the Portal Chamber and undergo the..." All of a sudden, Flynn's Ship appeared as Cali shouted,
"The ceremony will have to wait. Buzz contacted us and told us that Mags and the Mini-Skylanders went to Sunscraper Spire to find out more about the Light Element."
Sonata realized, "Their going into s Trap at the Spire!" Master Eon was shocked as he placed his wing against his head, "My worst fears have been realized. There is no time to waste, Sonata Dusk, Knight Light, you two and the Chosen Four must go to Sunscraper Spire and stop the Mini-Skylanders from releasing Luminous. If they already released him..."
Knight Light unsheathed his sword, "We'll have to battle Luminous himself." EQG Drobot pressed a button on his gauntlet as the Gyro-copter appeared from above as the canopy opened as Eon spoke,
"Dro, contact the others, tell them to meet you three at Sunscraper Spire." He looked at Knight Light and Sonata Dusk as they boarded the craft, "The Mini-Skylanders are relatively new and they do not know the dangers of Sunscraper Spire."
Knight Light nodded, "We will stop Luminous." Sonata asked, "But who are the Chosen Four?"
EQG Drobot spoke, "The Chosen Four is basically a term that was used to describe our me and my friends origins back home. None of us mind it, but it's just, Dro, Spy, Terry and Camo to you."
The canopy closed as the copter took off as Eon said before returning to the Portal Chamber, "Good Luck, Skylanders."
As the copter was in it's mid-air refueling phase, EQG Drobot decided to contact the other EQG Skylanders,
"Echo 2 to Echo 1, Spy, are you there?"
EQG Legendary Spyro's voice came on the line, "I hear you loud and clear, Dro. Heard about the infiltration. We're actually kind of shocked."
"That Sonata Dusk decided to join the Skylanders?"
"Exactly, but if Master Eon trusts her judgment, then so will I."
"Okay, I need you and the others to meet us at Sunscraper Spire. The Mini-Skylanders are being drawn into a trap!"
"We're launching from the Academy Hanger, right now. We'll meet you at the Spire, time is of the essence."
"Got it, Dro out!" After that, Flynn's voice came on the line, "Everything's A-Okay for fuel. Disconnect." The fuel slot disconnected with the refueling nozzle as the copter swerved passed Flynn's Ship. EQG Drobot looked at his passengers,
"Let's go stop Luminous!" Knight Light spoke as the copter sped up, "Sunscraper Spire Dead Ahead!"
During the flight to the Spire, EQG Drobot set the craft to Auto-pilot as Sonata started to ask Knight Light, "What is the history of Sunscraper Spire?"
Knight Light remembered, "Sunscraper Spire is a prison for the most dangerous villains of the Light Realm until Malefor's Conflict. The Light Realm wasn't involved in the war until the Radiant City was attacked by the Apes with Luminous leading the Ape Army. He was after the Starlight, the source of the city's energy, the Apes kept most of the city's armies occupied while Luminous retrieved the Starlight. But, he was not counting on me being there, he did not realize that I was the guardian of the Starlight. Knowing how this would end, we took to the skies and fought an epic battle for several days until I emerged victorious. But Luminous got away with his army.
When the Trap Team assaulted the Doom Raiders' Hideout, I fought Luminous again and defeated him. After the battle, I took him to Sunscraper Spire and sealed him inside, never to free himself. And with his powers stored within those seals, he would not be a problem. Then came the Assault on Cloudcracker Prison, the explosion followed by myself being frozen for several years."
Sonata decided to admit, "When Nightshade found you, you were frozen in the Crystal Empire in suspended animation."
Knight Light replied, "So he chipped my frozen form out and brought me here to be awakened."
Sonata asked, "How did you know?"
"Being frozen in crystal gives a lot to think about." stated Knight Light.
EQG Drobot spoke, "So I've contacted the rest of Echo Squadron and they will meet us at Sunscraper Spire."
Sonata asked, "Echo Squadron?" EQG Drobot replied, "That's the name of our air team. Spy leads Echo Squadron."
Sonata decided to ask, "What did that girl mean by 'ceremony?' Does have something to do with becoming a Skylander?"
EQG Drobot pulled out his Soul Gem, "This is a Soul Gem, it holds the elemental ability of a Skylander and is the source of his or her power. The ceremony is technically the creation of a Soul Gem. But we shall speak more of this when we stop Luminous."
Knight Light spoke, "We should be getting close to..." All of sudden a voice cried out, "Echo 3 to Echo 2. Dro, are you close to Sunscraper Spire?"
EQG Drobot replied, "Pretty close, Terry." EQG Terrafin said, "Good, because you might wanna see this. And it's not good." They all looked forward as three more Gyro-Copters joined up as they approached Sunscraper Spire as they saw four Light Energy beams connect with the tower itself as the center ring started spinning while discharging its energy. This sent a shock to Knight Light,
"I'm afraid, we are too late. Luminous is free!"
EQG Drobot replied, "Luminous might be free, but I guess we'll have to go to Plan B."
Sonata asked, "So we have to fight Luminous?" Knight Light replied, "His powers have returned, but he is ambitious. He would do anything to prevent capture again."
EQG Drobot decided, "We'll have to drop out of the copter over the center tower. But first..." He reached into a weapons locker and pulled out a V-shaped guitar that he built and handed it to the Ex-Dazzling, "Take this, it's a prototype weapon that can help you defend yourself against Luminous.
Sonata looked at her weapon, "This is a guitar, how is it supposed to defend me?"
EQG Drobot pulled up a schematic of the Battle Guitar, "The Battle Guitar Mk.1 is a prototype device combining ranged weaponry and sword and shield tactics. The Neck of the Guitar can detach from the main body when the upper left tuner is turned, the strings also detach and merge into a sword. While the body of the guitar changes into a shield automatically after the neck detaches. The V-Shaped Shield is also used as a blaster with the trigger placed on the body on the bottom side of the guitar."
Sonata turned the upper left tuner as the neck detached and merged into a sword as the body, now attached to her left arm turned into a shield. As the trigger and blaster ability powered up as the sword started to glow a bright white. It was odd at first until Sonata realized,
"This is incredible, can I really do this?" EQG Drobot smiled, "There's only one way to find out." He pushed a button on the dashboard which caused all three of them to drop out of the aircraft, while the rest follow up.
Meanwhile, the Mini-Skylanders have reached the Super Bounce Pad that leads to the tower. But as they were about to use it, a flash of light occurred and Dark Spyro emerged in its wake. Spry asked,
"What are you doing here, Dark Spyro?"
Dark Spyro replied, "You guys are being pulled into a trap!" Terrabite asked, "Whachu talkin' about, Dark?"
Dark Spyro stated, "Sunscraper Spire is Luminous' Prison and now you've released him! He's been leading you guys to the four seals to free him this whole time!"
Trigger Snappy spoke, "Mags was..." Dark Spyro interrupted, "Being impersonated by Luminous!"
Breeze asked, "How would know that the Mags we saw was Luminous?"
Barkley realized, "Come to think of it, she was acting strange when we activated the first and second beam."
Eye-Small stated, "When we got curious, she didn't want us to think that she is some bad guy trying to escape a prison."
Weeruptor spoke, "That's what I thought she said. *burp*"
Dark Spyro shook his head, "Now we need to prevent Luminous from escaping. Let's go see what 'Mags' wanted us to see." They used the Super Bounce-Pad which sprung them into the tower as Dark Spyro and the Mini-Skylanders landed in the center of the room as Mags approached, which wasn't as obvious to Dark Spyro due to his eyesight,
"Since you were kind enough to turn the Light Energy beams onto the Spire, I thought you should all be the first to see the wonderful thing that just happened!"
She soon smirked evilly as she slammed her staff down, revealing the real mastermind behind this scheme as the bright figure spoke,
"Hah, the one you thought was Mags was none other than me..."
"LUMINOUS, YOU'RE SHORT TIME OF FREEDOM IS OVER!!" said a voice that was familiar to the Evil Overlord of the Light Element as he looked up and saw the familiar flapping wings of a certain Trap Master. Luminous was shocked,
"Knight Light, how very long has it been since you stuffed me in here?"
"While you were in here, the war has long since been over and I was in suspended animation." spoke Knight Light as he dropped to the ground.
Luminous sprung out three shields that circled around him as he spoke, "Are you ready, Knight Light, to take on my power that your friends unwittingly help me to generate?"
Knight Light smiled, "Yes...WE are!" At that moment, the Chosen Four dropped down to the ground with Sonata Dusk wielding her Battle Guitar with the shield up.
Luminous floated into the air while firing his light beams at the group as they dispersed. Knight Light told the group, "Luminous stops his attacks to recharge, when he stops, his shields go down!"
EQG Drobot scanned the data, "I got it! Once his defense is down, we all attack him at the same time!"
Everyone agreed as Luminous stopped his attack and defense fell, Knight Light slashed his scimitar, the Chosen Four managed to attack Luminous with Magic, Tech, Earth and Life attacks before the Light Doom Raider teleported away as he soon shouted as crystals began falling,
"The Stars shall rain down on you!" As the crystals landed and stuck out of the ground, Terrabite punched and broke the crystal, sending it back to Luminous and shattering one of his shields as Luminous started his beam attack again. He spoke,
"Time to see the Light, Skylanders!" Several Crystal dropped down as Knight Light destroyed a few and shattered two of Luminous' three shields. EQG Drobot spotted a window of opportunity as he brought his glove up and said,
"Double Barrel Blasters!" His Mechanical Wings formed around his hands created the two Barrel Blasters from before as he fired onto Luminous as the Doom Raider spoke,
"I wasn't expecting that!" EQG Drobot's blasters turned back to wings as he spoke, "Then we'll surprise you!"
EQG Camo flung his Vine Whip at Luminous' Arm as the Doom Raider was pulled to the ground and swung around like a toy and tossed back to the ground. Luminous retaliated with a Light beam that knocked a charging EQG Terrafin to the ground. But he managed to stand up and fight.
Luminous knew that if things don't go his way, he would surely be defeated. He called down more crystal shards which the Skylanders shattered, with a stray shard scraping against Dark Spyro as the dragon winced in pain, but still got up. So the Doom Raider decided to speak,
"You know what just occurred to me? I haven't shown you the massive power your friends have unwittingly helped me to generate." He turned around and floated across the bridge as he spoke, "Come Skylanders, right this way. Ooh, this is going to be sweet..."
Knight Light and the others followed as Luminous waited at the edge of a battle arena as four statues emerged with Luminous in the center of the statues as he used his Light Powers to generate it into the statues as two light beams fired. EQG Legendary Spyro and Knight Light looked at Luminous' attack as the Trap Master spoke,
"His attack is very powerful and difficult to dodge. The fact is that he is starting to grow desperate to defeat us."
EQG Legendary Spyro asked, "Could we redirect the light beam to reflect it back onto Luminous?"
Knight Light was about to reply until Luminous started his regular beam attack as they dodged them. He decided to speak while dodging, "We could, but we need to destroy those statues that are generating the beam. We also need a shield to deflect it!"
The human Skylander nodded as he smashed a falling crystal although a shard of it left a cut on his wrist as some blood dripped from it, "But I doubt Wildfire would be of any help at the moment since he's still recovering from his headache!"
EQG Terrafin asked while landing a few hits on an undefended Luminous, "What about Sonata? She's got that Battle Guitar!"
EQG Drobot realized as he smashed as statue, "Of course!" He called to the Ex-Dazzling, "Sonata, When that beam attack occurs, Use the shield to reflect it back onto Luminous!"
Sonata started to wobble in shock, "I...I don't think I...could..." EQG Legendary Spyro shouted as he clutched his left wrist in pain, "Listen Sonata, You're a Skylander now! No matter how scared you are, You can do this! Think about never seeing us again or better yet, think about never seeing Knight Light again if we fail!"
That suddenly jolted her mind into order as she spotted Luminous, just about to unleash his Mega Beam Attack with Knight Light caught in the crossfire. Instantly, she gripped her sword, eyes turning red with anger as she sped towards Knight Light as the she went in front of the Trap Master with her Battle Shield deflecting the beam as her blue translucent Siren wings appeared which generated the power of Light and reflecting it towards Luminous as the Doom Raider saw this,
"What the...." He was instantly blasted by his own attack and it actually hurt more than he generates it. Soon enough, he was encased in a dome of energy. Sonata Dusk lowered her shield as her wings disappeared, she panted in exhaustion knowing that Knight Light was safe as the rest of the group came to her as EQG Drobot spoke,
"Nice job, Sonata!" EQG Legendary Spyro stated, "That's what a display of power feels like."
Sonata replied, "That was astonishing. I never thought my powers would be like that...I absorbed Luminous' power and sent it back to him."
EQG Camo stated, "Probably from your Siren powers." EQG Terrafin spoke, "Well, I guess I owe you five dollars now."
Knight Light smiled, "Now, what to do with Luminous." EQG Legendary Spyro knew what to do as the Princesses appeared in a hologram, "Use a Light Trap on Luminous."
Luminous spoke from the dome, "Don't worry, I am sure your choice would fall on you soon."
Celestia replied, "And it has!" A thump of energy occurred as a yellowish white vortex emerged right in front of Luminous. He looked at it, took off his helmet revealing his round yellow head as he spoke,
"I must head towards the Light without fear!" He tossed his helmet towards the vortex as he ran towards it as well, "Even in defeat, I shall shine like a STTTTTTTTTTTTTTTAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The vortex faded as Celestia held the trap containing Luminous as the villain spoke from the trap, "Uh, How is this going to effect the status of my evil plan? I assume negatively, but I thought I would check."
Celestia spoke, "You are trapped within Traptanium, Luminous. And I know how much you fear the dark even your own shadow." "I suggest leaving him in my room for a couple of days, sister."
Luminous replied, "The embodiments of Night and Day!? Uh...well...I suppose I've seen the light...not wanting to be blasted by my own power again. I am at your service, your highnesses."
Knight Light looked shocked as the holograms faded, "He actually accepted his fate better than when I sealed him in here." EQG Drobot replied, "It's rare. Anyways, let's go to the Portal Chamber and make our friend, Sonata Dusk into an official Skylander."
Dark Spyro and the Mini-Skylanders approached as the dragon replied, "I couldn't agree more." He looked up to the sky, "Princesses, Pull us out!" And they all disappeared in a flash of light.
At the Doom Raiders' Hideout, Dr. Krankcase couldn't believe the day that he is having right now. Not only have the Skylanders have cut off their supply of green goo to power the Stinkocity for the Ultimate Weapon, their plan of freeing Luminous has failed and the worst part of all, is Sonata Dusk betraying the Doom Raiders to join the Skylanders! Not only will the remaining two Dazzlings not like this, but the Golden Queen wouldn't like any of it!
As he sped up the steps to the throne, Dr. Krankcase occasionally saw Wolfgang always having the troll, Glumshanks wave that fan at the werewolf. The scientist often agreed with Nightshade about 'putting the mutt in his place.' But now that the thief was captured, he still agreed with his funny negative statements towards Wolfgang. But now he turned his attention towards the Golden Queen, who was looking at that same picture of Krypt King, he soon spoke,
"Problem, My Queen. The Skylanders have cut off our supply of slimy green goo!" Wolfgang blandly stated, "If you ask me, we're better off without all that stench!"
Krankcase scientifically stated, "Stinkocity to be exact. And believe it or not, it's one of the most powerful forces in Skylands." Wolfgang ignored his statement and nagged,
"Blah, blah, it still smells horrible!" The scientist soon continued, "Anyway, without enough stinkocity to start the reaction, our Ultimate Weapon will simply WILL NOT work!"
The Golden Queen was really angry about this, "Are you telling me? YOU FAILED, DR. KRANKCASE!"
Dr. Krankcase actually had more, "No, no, no, I still have more bad news!" The Queen kept her staff trained on him as he spoke,
"Luminous was captured by the Skylanders...and Knight Light was among them!!" All of a sudden, Adagio Dazzle and Aria Blaze appeared as the leader spoke,
"I thought Sonata was supposed to distract him!" Krankcase pulled out a recon drone that he sent to the spire, "Well, that's the thing, the drone recorded this when Luminous was defeated." He played the recording that showed Luminous' Mega Light Beam being used against him as the image of a very familiar siren standing with a shield up in front of the very Light Trap Master they had to distract. Aria Blaze replied in rage,
"That Taco-Eating Traitor!! She ditched us for them!" The Golden Queen was way beyond total rage when she saw this recording, "So she has Betrayed us! And now what do have to say for this?!"
Dr. Krankcase decided to reveal a Plan B, "I have a solution to all of this!" He held up a piece of stinky cheese, "We can replace the Stinky Goo with this!"
Wolfgang sniffed the cheese and said, "That's not near as stinky enough!" Krankcase stated, "It will be in the next 5 to 10 years." He explained his plan, "All we need to do is to bury this thing, go into the future and bring it back. By then, the stinkocity vector would be off the charts!"
Adagio asked, "I'll leave the stinky cheese chase for Wolfgang. But what are we going to do about Sonata's betrayal?"
Dr. Krankcase pressed a button on the recon drone which popped out a singed strand of yellow hair, a black dragon scale and a vial of dragon blood. He soon explained,
"I came up with this project just if any of the three of you had second thoughts. Since Sonata left, the recon drone recovered these three samples of DNA from the EQG Legendary Spyro and Dark Spyro. If the study of the four's origins are correct, we can create an evil version of the leader of the four."
Aria asked, "A Darker version, are you serious?" Krankcase replied, "Certainly serious."
Adagio realized, "If he would fight for us, he would be a suitable replacement."
Krankcase smiled at this, but realized one fatal flaw in his future cheese solution, "But about the cheese plan, naturally to travel through time...We're gonna need a Portal Master."
Wolfgang spoke, "What? Is that all? I hate to inform ya, mate. There's only One Portal Master in Skylands, Kaos. And we just gave him the boot!" The Golden Queen soon spoke, "What are you waiting for? Both of You! Retrieve Kaos...at once. I WANT THAT CHEESE!" She soon reminded the Dazzlings, "And as for you two, I Want that Super-Soldier created at once!"
Dr. Krankcase spoke, "The Birthing Tank where the final phase takes place, is in my new lab...its at Kaos' Wilikin Factory."
The Queen angrily stated, "Then get it done! I don't want those Skylanders delaying us any longer!"
They all acknowledged this and left the throne room leaving the Golden Queen alone with the exception of Glumshanks as the leader of the Doom Raiders looked at the Krypt King picture,
"It will soon be over, Krypt King. Once I have Skylands, you will have no option to bend to me!"
As the group appeared in the Portal Chamber, Knight Light and Sonata were in awe at the whole set up. They just stepped off the Traptanium Portal of Power as they approached the Royal Sisters along with their human versions as Sonata recognized them,
"You were with them?" Principal Celestia replied, "Just as you decided to join them. That was a brave thing you did."
Knight Light met up with his other Trap Team companions as they reunited with each other. Master Eon soon approached Sonata as he smiled,
"I am very proud of you for what you did at Sunscraper Spire. The Battle Guitar worked its charms as well as your abilities as a Siren."
Sonata asked, "But what about this ceremony?" Eon nodded, "I suppose it's time for you to join our ranks."
As all Skylanders gathered around, as Eon pulled out a beaker containing the elemental serum. He spoke to Sonata,
"Sonata Dusk, You have been called upon to obtain an Element of Skylands. To harness a single element, to control and hold it within your very soul." He handed her the beaker, "And from this moment forth..." The Siren drank the serum, "You are a Skylander."
After this, Sonata's hands started to glow bright yellow as she felt a piece of herself separate from her physical form as she fell to her knees. When she looked up, she saw a translucent version of herself glowing a yellowish-white as it soon shifted into the symbol of the Light Element before shifting into a gem. As soon as it was completed, the gem soon floated into Sonata's hands as she looked in shock. Eon smiled as she got up,
"It is finished. Welcome, Sonata Dusk of the Light Element."
They all cheered as they saw their former enemy become a Skylander. But now is not the time to celebrate. As Eon saw Kaos appear as the little guy spoke,
"Eon, this is no time to celebrate...I just received a postcard from my old Wilikin Factory announcing its re-opening...Under New Management. It's got to be those stupid Doom Raiders! Oh, This is the last straw!"
The Alicorn Stallion nodded, "Of course, it is, Kaos." He turned to Sonata, "Go with the Chosen Four to the Wilikin Factory and find out what they are up to. You are now a member of the Echo Squadron."
Kaos soon spoke, "HOLD IT, EON! SHE's now on OUR SIDE?" Celestia soon stepped in, "She is, Kaos! Keep in mind that you also agreed to help us."
The little guy shrugged, "Fine, but I'm going with them. It's time those Gloom Raiders were taught a lesson. And when I teach a lesson, brother, it stays taught!"
Soon enough, the Chosen Four, Kaos and Sonata jumped into the portal with the boys shouting, "COWABUNGA!!!"
Author's Note
Finally, Sonata Dusk has left the Doom Raiders to join the Skylanders to fight against her sisters. But the main question is, what awaits our heroes and Kaos in the Wilikin Factory? What would happen when this Dark EQG Skylander is deployed?
Find out in the next exciting chapter of Skylanders X MLP.
The flight to the Wilikin Factory was kind of awkward to say the least. While Kaos was onboard Flynn's ship, Echo Squadron was following up right beside the ship in their gyro-copters. Kaos was looking at the postcard of his Wilikin Factory while Flynn set the ship to autopilot. Kaos smiled in seeing the postcard and decided to speak about it as they were nearing their destination,
"Ah there it is, My old Wilikin Factory. Mother said that I would never be able to make friends, but I proved her wrong. I've made hundreds of them...OUT OF WOOD!" He lost his grip on the postcard as it flew away from the ship and slammed into something metal. That metal object turned out to be Dr. Krankcase's New Laboratory. This sent a shock into the Dark Portal Master,
"Wait a minute? What happened to my Wilikin Factory!?" Flynn chuckled as he patted Kaos on the back and spoke, "I'm still kinda creeped out about the whole 'You making friends out of wood' thing." Flynn turned back towards the cockpit.
Kaos didn't like this one bit, "I've SEEN ENOUGH! I demand you take me down there AT ONCE!"
Flynn jumped into the pilot seat as he radioed, "Enchilada 1 to Echo Squadron, we're proceeding for insertion."
EQG Legendary Spyro spoke, "Got it, Flynn. Sonata and I will be on the ground while Echoes 2, 3, and 4 provide air support from above."
After that, Flynn and Kaos spotted two gyro-copters, one with the Magic Symbol and another with the Light Symbol land near the dock as the pilot's got out. The Dark Portal Master knew that one of them was Legendary Spyro's human counterpart and the other was the Dazzling, Sonata Dusk. She joined the Skylanders and became a member of Echo Squadron complete with her own gyro-copter. The copters took off automatically as Flynn pulled his ship up to the dock as the pilot asked,
"Hey short-stuff, while you're in there. Could you pick me up some Churros?" Kaos was very irritated at that question of his factory making churros. The pilot asked that question several times during the flight and Kaos always replied with the same answer,
"I've told you several times, Flynn. MY FACTORY DOESN"T MAKE CHURROS!!" Flynn noted the little guy's attitude as he said in a soft voice,
"Sheesh, no wonder he didn't have any friends." He soon spoke loudly, "See ya!" Flynn flew off as the three gyro-copters remained on station ready for air support. Kaos noted the two human Skylanders following him.
Although he noticed that they had went into a nearby house because he heard Sonata say something along the line of a Wilikin Band needing Shield Shredder to make SPECIAL NOISE for their band and therefore evolving the redeemed villain. He soon followed his Skylander 'companions' even that was too much to be true for the Dark Portal Master, into another house as they found a scroll containing and as EQG Legendary Spyro spoke in irritation,
"What's this? Argh! Flynn's Meditations on 'Boom!' Again! This stuff keeps turning up everywhere. Has Flynn been flying with his zipper pockets open?" There was no response as he shoved the scroll into his pocket as the three of them left.
As soon as they went outside, Spy and Sonata followed Kaos to a pipe opening as Kaos spoke,
"That ridiculous Dr. Krankcase, probably has the factory all locked up but I know a secret way in."
EQG Legendary Spyro replied, "Specifically, the tunnels right?" Kaos nodded as he walked up to the tunnel entrance, "Glumshanks was always forgetting the key so I made him dig out this underground tunnel. I'll squeeze through and open the door from the inside. Meet you there Sky-lose..."
EQG Legendary Spyro spoke, "Careful Kaos, remember you agreed to help us." Kaos retaliated, "Err...I mean friend-er."
Kaos entered the tunnel as he closed the door while Spy and Sonata took the above ground route. After assembling a bridge and meeting a Wilikin who told that the factory is under new management and asked,
"Do you want to pull this switch? Go ahead! It will be FUN!" Still the way the Wilikin speaks is still really freaky, but they were still friendly.
As Sonata pulled the switch, the gate on the rail track opened as several rail cars started rolling out of a tunnel. So the two decided to fight their way up to the tunnel. Several Evilikin, the evil version created by Dr. Krankcase were being literally blown to pieces either from EQG Legendary Spyro's Katana skills or Sonata's skill with her new Battle Guitar Mk. II. While Spy had his two Katanas, Sonata impaled an Evilikin soldier and used her Shield gun and fired several beams of Light Energy at the remnants.
As soon as they reached the end of the rail line and all Evilikin were dealt with, a massive Evilikin entered as it crouched down saying, "It's Garbage Day, see!"
He lifted his faceplate and firing his three cannons before laughing. EQG Legendary Spyro spoke,
"Well, another obstacle in our path."
The villain spoke, "I'm no ordinary obstacle, see. I am Scrap Shooter, see! And the doc sent me here to try and slow you down, see."
EQG Legendary Spyro was curious, "The bad doctor scared or something?" Scrap Shooter smiled evilly, "Let's say that he and his lady-friends are preparing a special friend, see."
Sonata's eyes widened as she realized, "They're here!?" EQG Legendary Spyro realized this as well and said,
"Whatever is going on, it has to end! But first we'll have to go through you, Scrap Shooter."
The villain chuckled, "Bring it on, see!"
At Dr. Krankcase's lab, the doctor himself was looking over the birthing tank which was fully active and a simple scream was heard inside as the subject that he was working on finally came to life as Krankcase hit a switch that had several life-support tubes attached to the back of the subject. The Dazzlings were with Dr. Krankcase as he spoke,
"Eureka, Thanks to the knowledge behind the power and evil nature of the original Dark Spyro, I've created a human version of the dragon before he turned good!"
Adagio looked closely into the tank as the subject was sleeping inside the water of the tank. Despite being in the tank, she managed to point out several characteristics of this new EQG. He has a Dark skin color, silver hair signifying the scale color and horn color of the original. When the samples merged, a set of colors appeared with the body of the new guy as it was exactly how the Chosen Four were created.
He wore a Dark zipper-up sweatshirt, silver undershirt with a visible Magic symbol. He wore Dark pants with two silver streaks going down the sides and the shoes were Dark and silver. The eyes were closed signifying that after that scream, he was aware, but asleep in the tank. Adagio smiled,
"I wonder how he acts when we open the tank?" Krankcase looked through the data, "Silent, Aggressive, Loner and a Combat Specialist." Aria Blaze looked at the tank,
"A perfect match against his counter-part."
Dr. Krankcase was about to respond until he got a message from the outskirts from his Evilikin Soldiers, he looked at the message and read,
"Skylanders have breeched outlying perimeter, Scrap Shooter captured by Skylanders and has flipped sides. Dazzling Skylander possesses the power of the Light Element, trying to hold off, but being obliterated one-by-one."
Dr. Krankcase soon realized that the Skylanders have arrived and are bowling over the defenses like tissue paper. He went towards a control panel near the tank as he spoke, "Well, we have a problem. It turns out that the four EQG Skylanders breeched our perimeter and your sister is among them with the power of the Light Element."
Adagio looked at the birthing tank and at the control panel, "How long will it take until we can open the tank and let him out? I really want Sonata to see what we did when she betrayed us!"
The scientist looked at the control panel that showed the fluids that's being pumped into the super-soldier, "According to the rate of blood being pumped into him, he will be ready to be let out in 5 minutes."
Aria Blaze spoke, "We have to wait 5 minutes for the tank to be ready to open?"
Krankcase nodded, "Yep." He looked at a nearby camera displaying both the Skylanders and Kaos as the little guy was complaining about what he did to the place. He soon turned to Aria,
"I have a small task for you to do." Aria looked at the screen and understood this as she went off to get Kaos.
At the factory interior, Kaos was in shock that his whole factory was turned into this by that idiotic Krankcase. He first noted to the Skylanders that Krankcase removed all of his de-motivational plaques. His second statement was that today was Evil Donut Day, but all he saw was bowls of fruit. But the worst part of all is that he saw a picture of himself with a bow on his head, he was wondering what he did to deserve all of this. Although EQG Legendary Spyro was going to answer, but the little guy told him not to answer that. Instead the leader of the Chosen four spoke,
"Never make deals with a Mercenary Gang."
Kaos was about to repeat until he said, "Actually, that's kind of what happened." He leaned against a railing, "You two just go on ahead, I come find you once I conquer my furious rage!"
Sonata Dusk looked around until her eyes started to glow white as she saw an image in her head about a tank, Dr. Krankcase and her sisters. But it's what was inside the tank that caught her attention. It looked human that's for sure, but as the image zoomed in towards the closed eyes. They soon opened revealing a pair of red eyes which snapped her out as she clutched her head. Kaos soon asked,
"Eh, what's with her?" Sonata replied, "They're here, Kaos. Adagio and Aria, they are here with Dr. Krankcase and there's...something else."
EQG Legendary Spyro asked, "Something else? As in some sort of weapon?" The Siren spoke, "It looked human, but it was in some sort of birthing tank. When I got closer, its eyes opened with a shade of red."
Kaos soon realized, "After I battle this rage, I'll search for terminals for what you saw in that mind of yours. I'll contact you when I find something."
After that, they all separated to investigate the interior of this factory. EQG Legendary Spyro and Sonata went up ahead as they passed by several portraits of Kaos that don't have a bow. It's like Krankcase only cared about one Kaos portrait, but that didn't matter since there are several Evilikin soldiers in the factory. But EQG Legendary Spyro decided to update the air team,
"Echo Team, Report!" EQG Camo came on the line, "I hear you, Spy. You've managed to make it into the factory. Now all you have to do is find Dr. Krankcase."
EQG Legendary Spyro replied, "I wish it were simple, but we got bad news." He paused for a moment and then resumed, "Sonata sensed the presence of the remaining two Dazzlings and believes that they are growing a secret weapon."
EQG Drobot came on the line, "Growing a weapon?" EQG Legendary Spyro nodded, "As in genetically creating a human weapon to fight us. And from what Sonata saw, it was about to wake up." Sonata soon spoke,
"If they are here and they are growing that thing, they must've been aware of my defection."
EQG Terrafin spoke, "We need to find out exactly what that thing is."
EQG Legendary Spyro replied, "Kaos is looking for any terminals that hold any information on this weapon, Terry." The EQG Skylander and the Siren jumped up to some crane level which had barricades, cranes and bombs. EQG Legendary Spyro passed by a loudspeaker as it suddenly came online,
"Ahem, human Legendary Spyro, I've managed to find some terminals that had some information on what your friend saw." The EQG replied, All right. Shoot."
Kaos continued, "According to Krankcase's files, it's called 'Project: Dark' and I'm not referring to the Dark Element. Project: Dark is a genetic replication project for creating an EQG of their own in case one of the Dazzlings had second-thoughts."
Sonata asked, "So it's meant to replace me?" Kaos answered, "You had second thoughts after falling for Knight Light. Any who, Krankcase recovered three gene samples from Sunscraper Spire after your battle with Luminous."
EQG Legendary Spyro asked suspiciously, "What did they look like?" Kaos replied, "Hey Sky-Blunderer-er-er-Lander, Skylander. That's going to be hard to get used to. Anyway, He recovered a strand of your hair, a dragon scale and dragon blood. He placed them in the birthing tank that's in his workshop. I'm making my way towards his workshop right..." Something interrupted him on his side, "Hey what are you doin..."
There was silence for a while as both ground and air teams wondered what happened to Kaos until a new familiar voice spoke,
"Long Time No See, Boys. Too bad for Kaos because the doctor wants to have a word with him. We also have a new friend that is dying to meet you four and Sonata."
EQG Legendary Spyro asked angrily, "What are you hiding, Aria Blaze?!"
The Dazzling chuckled, "Your Match!" The communication soon broke off as they realized that Kaos has been captured. Now knowing that the other two Dazzlings are involved. Sonata realized this,
"We've got to get to that workshop!" EQG Legendary Spyro replied, "Got it!" The duo soon battle their way through the rest of the Wilikin factory and also solved the puzzles around the factory as they were lead outside with Krankcase's workshop in the distance. EQG Legendary Spyro took out the communicator,
"All hands on deck for this one guys. It's time we find out what we're dealing with as a team!" There was no answer, but it was followed by the sound of the three gyro-copters landing right behind them as the remaining members of Echo Team joined them on the ground. EQG Drobot stated,
"We all throw in this fight as a team."
They all acknowledged their situation as they began to make their way to Dr. Krankcase's Workshop. Although the Evilikin Soldiers were kind of worthless when being destroyed by the EQG Skylanders. Sonata used her shield blaster on a pair of bad guys while EQG Drobot tossed several exploding gears into the mix. EQG Terrafin burrowed under the ground as he snuck up on some unsuspecting enemies. He popped out of the ground and slammed his three bladed gauntlets into every Evilikin soldier. EQG Camo performed a Whip It Good move which involved him tying up a group of Evilikin and using his Vine Whip to lash at the tied up bad guys before tossing a watermelon bomb into the center. He turn his back away from the captors as the melon blew up, taking the soldiers with it.
They all cheered in victory as they reached the entrance of Krankcase's Workshop. All of a sudden, a familiar voice spoke, "I'm surprised that you managed to make this far. Even with Sonata on your side."
They all looked up and saw both Adagio Dazzle and Aria Blaze standing above the doorway in a position that looks like they were blocking something. EQG Legendary Spyro replied,
"Adagio Dazzle, We meet again!" The Dazzling Leader chuckled, "The same goes for you, too. Instead, this would be the last time that we meet." She turned to Sonata, "And Sonata, you chose the Skylanders over your sisters? Are you that blind!?"
Sonata stood her ground, "I made my choice, Adagio. If I want to fight, I would fight with my 'brothers in arms' I'm not a Dazzling anymore, I'm a Skylander."
Adagio soon grinned evilly, "Then I will not weep when your replacement disposes of you and the boys!" She looked behind her, "Ready for your first battle?" They were confused until the two Dazzlings moved to the side revealing a third character. It was a male EQG, dark skin, silver hair, wears a dark jacket, silver undershirt with dark and silver pants. The shoes were a mix of silver and purple as the new guy looked at them in a confused but sarcastic tone,
"So, these are the creatures that have been causing you a hard time? Hmmph, Pathetic."
EQG Dark Spyro sneered, "I've learned that desperation leads to creation from the Doctor."
He jumped up to face his opponent. But he was knocked to the ground as the EQG Dark Spyro had a magic sword of his own. Unlike Legendary's, Dark's swords was more rough and jagged than the smooth and sharp Katanas. EQG Dark Spyro pointed his jagged sword at the recovering EQG Legendary Spyro and said,
"Let's Fight!" He jumped down towards their level as EQG Drobot attempted to use his gear discs on him. But the Dark EQG dodged them with great agility. EQG Dark Spyro used his jagged swords in a sweeping motion which caused the mechanic to fall to the ground. EQG Terrafin placed his bladed gauntlets in the way of the Dark EQG's swords that deflected them from landing a critical hit on Dro.
EQG Terrafin fought the Dark EQG as he began to deflect constant blows from the Jagged Swords with his Knockout Gauntlets. He fought several fighters before, but this Dark Spyro is relentless. It was like they filled him with adrenaline when they first let him out of that tank. After deflecting one attack, He was soon deflecting another attack from the Dark EQG. All of a sudden, he was soon knocked to the ground by the pommel of the Jagged Swords.
EQG Dark Spyro looked at his downed opponent as he smiled in amusement. He suddenly felt a grip on his right arm as he saw a green vine wrap around his arm. He looked at his assailant to be the EQG Camo as he attempted to pull the Dark EQG towards him. But in reality, the Super-soldier pulled the Life EQG towards him and punched him directly in the face, knocking him out. EQG Dark Spyro looked at his downed opponent and spoke,
"What a pathetic move." All of a sudden, he felt something hit his foot as a chili-pepper bomb blew up, throwing the Dark EQG towards a wall. He fell to his knees as he looked up to the sword end of Sonata Dusk's Battle Guitar. He chuckled,
"This fight is between you and your sisters." He looked up, "Aria, would you please teach your sister a lesson?"
Aria Blaze soon jumped from the platform as she spoke, "With pleasure." EQG Dark Spyro turned to the Chosen Four, "You four are no longer worth my time. For Now. Go and meet the Doctor, but we will meet again." He soon joined Adagio on the platform as the Chosen Four looked at Sonata as EQG Legendary Spyro spoke,
"You're stronger than you think you are. Use your Siren powers along with your skills as Skylander. Remember Sonata, even apart we will still be at your side."
Sonata smiled knowing that they care for her. She was treated like an equal ever since she joined the Skylanders. Sonata smiled as she closed her eyes, "Good Luck with Dr. Krankcase...Brothers."
The four were very reluctant on leaving Sonata behind to face Aria. But she was happy to know that the four cared for her. But now they had to focus on their main objective which is to defeat Dr. Krankcase and rescue Kaos...yeah for real. As they arrived in the outdoor section of Krankcase's Workshop, they entered some sort of battle arena as they spotted the Doctor himself standing on an upper level as he lifted his goggles and spoke,
"Well hello again, My name is Dr. Krankcase. And you four are the Skylanders from that other universe." He used his spider-like legs to climb a wall as he pulled a lever, retracting the bridge which they came across from. "I'm just asking, I just want to know that I'm talking with the right guys. Oh yeah sure, I hope you guys enjoyed my little super-weapon back there."
EQG Legendary Spyro spoke, "That Super-Weapon is quite the fighter and a symbol of the Doom Raiders' Desperation." Dr. Krankcase soon took out his goo gun as he spoke, "Oh great, great. He fights good, alright, Let's do this then."
The scientist soon jumped towards their level as he twirled his spider-like legs as EQG Drobot fired his helmet lasers at the scientist causing some damage while the Doom Raider began spinning his legs in a hovering formation as he moved towards him. EQG Legendary Spyro flung summoned a fireball and flung it at Dr. Krankcase, catching him by surprise. As Krankcase stopped, he laughed as he stated,
"Round and Round she goes!"
He started to hover towards the four again until EQG Camo flung a vine whip at Dr. Krankcase as the scientist realized,
"Uh oh!" The EQG pulled the scientist towards him and swung him around. He flung Krankcase towards him as a pepper grenade was planted on the scientist. He was flung towards a wall as the grenade exploded. Krankcase was covered in black soot as he shook it off. Knowing that it wasn't working, the scientist decided to jump back to his platform and pull a lever as he sang,
"Filling the vats with goo, filling the vats with goo, I'm filling the vats with goo!" As what he sang, the two vats at the edge of the arena filled with goo. Krankcase soon laughed,
"Hehehe, I just realized what this party needs!!" A conveyor belt emerged on the upper area as several barrels dropped, "Barrel! Rise my Barrel Baddies!" When the barrels reached the goo, the barrel baddies appeared from the goo. EQG Legendary Spyro spoke,
"Guys, we got to stop those barrels or else we'll really have our hands full!" All acknowledged it as another conveyor belt appeared as all four went to work. Once all the barrels were destroyed, Dr. Krankcase jumped back into the fight and when he's on the ground, he was vulnerable. EQG Camo lashed at Krankcase as he hurled a chili pepper bolas which exploded on contact.
The doctor soon hopped back up onto the platform as several more barrels came down to form more Barrel Baddies. But the EQG Skylanders were so fast, the barrels were destroyed before they even reached the goo. Dr. Krankcase spoke,
"Hey, I really hate doing this to ya, but I'm a pretty bad guy."
EQG Terrafin spoke, "And we like to at least kick your butt because we're the good guys!"
Krankcase soon realized, "And that reminds me! Speaking of bad guys, Check this out!" He pointed towards a barrel that hopped onto the platform as it opened up revealing Kaos as the portal master spoke,
"What the? I demand that you release ME!!!" He soon had the barrel close itself up with Kaos inside as it sat there. Krankcase laughs, "HE Demands! That's a good one." He powered up another conveyor belt as barrels came rolling down as he asked,
"Hey, I just hope we can be friends when this is all over." EQG Drobot threw three exploding gears at the barrels destroying them while EQG Terrafin smashed several others. But Dr. Krankcase decided to shoot goo down on top of them as Kaos spoke from the barrel,
"Evade Dr. Krankcase's goo attacks, Skylanders. It's very painful to the touch and stinky."
EQG Legendary Spyro soon slashed another barrel to pieces while EQG Camo bombed the other conveyor belt of barrels to pieces. Once all of the barrels have been destroyed, a crate dropped down as Dr. Krankcase jumped into and began working as he said,
"Mmmm, What do we have here?" As soon as he was done, an Evilikin Super-soldier appeared as it jumped to the Four's level and started to attack. EQG Legendary Spyro soon spoke to EQG Camo,
"Camo, Tear it to shreds!" EQG Camo nodded, "Never thought I'd do this again." The Life EQG soon concentrated as his formed changed to Dr. Krankcase's surprise. EQG Camo's eyes opened as he took on his Werewolf form as he howled up before attacking the Evilikin.
EQG Drobot looked out in confusion, "Wonder how Sonata is doing against her sister?"
Sonata Dusk, no sooner had the four went to confront Dr. Krankcase, found herself fighting Aria Blaze. To Aria, it was teaching her a lesson in betraying them. But to Sonata, it was to prove that even separated from the four, their voice can still guide her. She had her shield raised when Aria shot at her with a blaster that fires music notes, one of Dr. Krankcase's creations. The Ex-Dazzling dodged another attack as she used her shield blaster on Aria Blaze. She managed to get a hit on her sister, but she was still standing. Aria soon spoke,
"You made the dumbest mistake in joining them. Your friends abandoned you to fight Krankcase. To them, you are nothing but a roadblock."
Sonata shook her head, "You're wrong about everything. They didn't leave me because they thought I was nothing. Spy said that I'm stronger than I know. They are still with me...even if they are not at my side."
Aria shook her head, "What a lame comeback." All of a sudden, a powerful shock hit Sonata's Battle Guitar after she merged her sword back into the main body. Sonata soon realized that the Battle Guitar became a mega blaster as she noticed the energy emanating from the tip. She was soon attacked through a flurry of punches from her sister which were blocked by her weapon. She retaliated with a whack at Aria with the guitar which is mounted to her arm like it is in Shield Mode. Aria re-oriented herself as she taunted,
"Is that your best? Even as a Skylander?" Sonata concentrated as her powers reached her peak and thought about one thing...the other four.
She opened her eyes as four elemental spirits of the Chosen Four emerged from her thoughts. She soon pointed her Mega Blaster towards her shocked sister as the four appeared at her side with their left arm pointing outward although Dro's right arm was pointing outward as they simultaneously fired. Their combined powers struck Aria Blaze as she was flung towards the wall. She collided as she fell to her knees and a similar dome of energy appeared.
Sonata soon fell to her knees as well as the elemental spirits dissipated. The Princesses appeared in a hologram as Celestia spoke,
"Chin up, Sonata. You did it. Although, Adagio and that EQG Dark Spyro got away."
Sonata lifted herself up as she replied, "Well, that was a lot of magical energy. More than I would've consumed."
Luna soon spoke, "Now about your sister, Aria Blaze, she would be a Light Villain. But it is your choice."
Sonata thought about it and replied, "Use the Trap."
Aria Blaze looked around the dome and towards Sonata, "I...had no idea that you were this strong."
All of a sudden, a thump of magic occurred as a yellowish white vortex emerged as Aria spoke, "This is what happened to the others. A vortex emerges during a capture sequence and they get captured!" She was soon sucked in, "I'm going to end up like the otttthhhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrssssss!!!!!!!!"
The vortex vanished as the trap containing Aria Blaze appeared in Celestia's magic. The trap was glowing as it's new occupant spoke,
"That was not cool, Sonata. Why does this place smell like mustard?"
Celestia soon spoke, "Our human counterparts knew about you and the Dazzlings this whole time. Think of being locked up in Traptanium as a fitting punishment for what you've done." "So now, Aria Blaze, you're only chance of freedom would be to stand with us on the side of good." "They...they knew about us! So much for the Battle of the Bands plan back home. I hate to say this, but I will join you in your fight to save Skylands." "Do you swear that you will help? In all honesty?"
The captured Dazzling replied, "I swear!" Luna smiled, "Very Good."
After the princesses vanished, Sonata had a brief moment to relax until she realized that the rest of the team need her. She soon ran full force into the workshop.
After Werewolf Camo pulverized Krankcase's Evilikin Enforcer and changed back, Kaos' barrel soon toppled over as the little guy popped out. He soon spoke,
"Oh thank goodness, you saved me, Skylanders. Now if you'll just un..." All of a sudden, a howl occurred as all attention turned towards the top of the goo vat where Wolfgang appeared. He looked at the scene and spoke,
"Looks like I'm late to the party!" Dr. Krankcase soon replied, "The important thing is that you showed up. Now help me take down these Skylanders will ya?"
Wolfgang soon looked at the Chosen Four and asked, "Looks like that Super-weapon of yours failed in his task."
Dr. Krankcase explained, "He chose to fight them another day, Wolfgang. But now we need to finish these guys off. But the one with the whip is the one we need to be cautious of."
Wolfgang looked at EQG Camo and laughed, "Him? You're afraid of a weakling such as him?" Krankcase soon tried saying, "But he's a W..."
"Worthless waste of being afraid!" Interrupted the cocky Werewolf. He soon jumped to the platform where Kaos was and spoke,
"And as fun as ripping these four to pieces sounds, I'll leave that part up to you." He soon grabbed Kaos, "But I do like to borrow Kaos for a bit." Just as the Werewolf was about to leave, a light beam struck Wolfgang in the back as he felt to his knees. All attention turned towards the entrance of the arena where Sonata Dusk is standing with her Mega Blaster arm raised in a firing position.
Wolfgang sneered as he spoke, "So the Traitor finally shows herself."
"Oh, but I will. With Kaos here, I can use the clock in Time town to go to the future."
"If it's because of that stink needed to power the queen's weapon, even if it's operational we will still destroy it!"
Wolfgang scoffed, "Argh! Who needs ya anyway, Sonata? As long as I get to kill Snap Shot, I'll be happy. In fact, tell old Snappy that Wolfgang wants to have a duel...in the next 10 Years!" He grabbed Kaos and left as Dr. Krankcase spoke,
"Well if you can't trust an Undead Werewolf, then who can ya trust?"
The scientist knew that with Wolfgang gone, he was all alone with nothing but his arena and his Evilikin Enforcers, but with Echo Team's Life Werewolf tearing them to shreds, he would basically run out of options. As he turned around, he realized that the group was standing over him, EQG Camo took on his Werewolf form again, Sonata and EQG Drobot raised their weapons onto Krankcase as EQG Legendary Spyro pointed his Katana at the scientist. Krankcase soon asked,
"Ummm...If you guys don't mind but, can we call this a tie and you know have a cup of fruit punch?" He smiled in a last ditch effort. The team chuckled as Werewolf Camo cracked his knuckles. Krankcase soon gulped as he was soon defeated by the team.
Krankcase was soon encased in the energy dome as Werewolf Camo spoke, "Use a Tech Trap!"
The doc soon spoke, "Well I'm sure you have a tough decision to make. So, I'll just leave you to your thoughts." The decision was immediately made as a thump of energy occurred and an orange vortex emerged as Dr. Krankcase realized,
"A Vortex!? I've really been trying to stay out of those things lately!" He was being sucked in as he grabbed a hold of the shattered goo vat as he yelled, "Hey!" His hat soon flew off as Krankcase realized,
"That Hat had only two weeks til RETIREMENTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!" The Princesses appeared with Luna holding the trap containing Krankcase as he spoke from inside, "Captured? Me? That doesn't sound like something that would happen to me! Although it would explain the vortex."
Luna soon spoke, "You are now on our side now, Dr. Krankcase. Stand with us or stay in the Trap." "Okay, okay, I see. Do Good stuff instead of Bad stuff. After this, can I be hired as one of your scientists? Because I really want to know how you guys can generate magic."
Author's Note
So Wolfgang captured Kaos, Sonata Dusk defeated Aria Blaze and Adagio Dazzle got away with the EQG Dark Spyro. About this future that Wolfgang needs to go to. Where would he go?
(I'm going to start the next chapter to after they rescue Kaos and follow Wolfgang 10 years into the future.)
Supercharged Future Part 1
After returning to the Academy, the Skylanders went after Wolfgang almost instantly to a massive clock tower in Skylands that controls time itself. They fought valiantly, captured the villain known as Cross-Crow and rescued Kaos...which is kind of shocking to rescue their greatest foe. But as they arrived at the tower in Time Town where the Dark Portal Master was, Wolfgang spun the gear that Kaos was strapped to and disappeared in a flash of light. So they rescued Kaos, but Wolfgang got away almost thinking that there was no way to follow the werewolf through the flow of time. But luckily for the Skylanders is that the Mabu from Time Town, Da Pinchy can send a group of Skylanders 10 years into the future. Kaos actually ran from the sight of Da Pinchy's watch due to his experience with Wolfgang's torture. Da Pinchy waited over by the Adventure Portal of the Academy until they are ready to go.
During that time, Echo Team volunteered to go to the future, but EQG Spike, Skylander Spike and Spyro decided to join with the others to go to the future and defeat Wolfgang. As the whole group were in agreement that they would go to the future. They went to Da Pinchy as he noticed the group,
"Ah yes, we meet again once more! And this time, so the Da Pinchy can send you far into the future. Are you ready to travel the time, Skylanders?"
Spike soon stepped forward, "We're ready to go, we can't let Wolfgang to be free to do whatever he wants." Another voice spoke, "You're not going into the future without me, guys."
Snap Shot approached as he continued, "I'm coming with you." Spyro asked, "Why?" The Crocagator replied,
"I know Wolfgang, I know his moves, his skills, his musical note for pain and his attitude. And if anyone is going to be the one to fight him to save the future. It would pretty much be me."
EQG Camo spoke, "He did swear that he would tear you limb-from-limb if he ever sees you."
They soon realized that there is no way that they could talk Snap Shot out of coming to the future. So they all agreed as Da Pinchy spoke,
"Hey! All right! The Da Pinchy now send you into the future to stop the evil Wolfgang. Just hold-a real still please..." All of a sudden, the Skylanders vanished in a flash of light as all nine Skylanders were thrown 10 years into the future. What obstacles that await them is something that they do not know for now.
Meanwhile at the Golden Queen's Lair, Adagio Dazzle was standing before the Golden Queen as the Dazzling spoke,
"Aria Blaze was captured by Sonata Dusk, my queen. Somehow becoming a Skylander doubled her strength and when she talked about the other four, she saw them as brothers."
The Queen nodded, "Yes, as it may seem, Adagio. But you need to make sure that 'Super-Weapon' of yours puts an end to those interfering Skylanders. If this keeps up, they will ruin everything!"
EQG Dark Spyro was sitting near the steps to the throne facing away from the two as he had a confused expression, eyes looking angry as if something was amiss. Adagio looked at the genetically created EQG and asked,
"Is there anything you want to explain?" He quickly turned to her as he spoke in his emo-like voice, "They are gone. The human Legendary Spyro and his crew are gone."
The Golden Queen asked, "And where do you think they have gone?" The Dark EQG spoke coolly, "They are following Wolfgang to the future, most likely to stop that cheese power source."
The Queen asked, "And how do you know that?" Adagio replied, "His Dark blood is also Legend's blood which means that he can sense where his counter-part is going on some occasion."
"And that's because you tend to monologue your plans on some occasion, 'My Queen.' It seems obvious that you are obsessed with Krypt King." Spoke EQG Dark Spyro as he turned back to his original position with his eyes closed.
The Golden Queen knew that if the Skylanders interfere in the future and destroy the cheese, the whole weapon would be a bust. So she decided, "Adagio, you and our Dark Spyro must stop these Skylanders before they interfere with Wolfgang's mission! I want that Cheese for the weapon!"
EQG Dark Spyro's eyes opened as they flashed red while his Jagged Swords appeared in his hands, "Round 2, Legendary."
Adagio joined him as they ran outside the throne room.
In Skylands, 10 years later, set in a region of Skylands known as Gadfly Glades. There were two Skylanders battling it out in a forest region where there are poisonous bugs, Toxic Tushies and one giant crazy Elven Collector out to capture them and place them on display in her collection. So in reality, the Skylanders themselves have actually been shrunk down to size because of a challenge that the still over-confident Flynn accepted and betted the two Skylanders for something that they needed urgently.
But the current Skylanders were not like any Skylanders that existed, one of them was a giant turtle-like creature with a green spiky shell, armor pieces on the torso, shoulder and knees. He had bracers on his wrists and were spiky, he also had a yellowish snout and reddish hair on top of his green head. His weapon was a hammer that he wielded with pride. He also had an attitude and was easy to anger, only if presented with something enjoyable.
His partner on the other hand was a much different story, this guy is actually big ape with brown fur, yellow and red jumpsuit with a red necktie with the initials 'DK' on it. This DK character also carries a barrel that he throws and another one spawns directly in his hand. DK is also good with his fists and using his barrel as a bongo drum with very lethal music.
Although DK couldn't speak, his turtle friend could as he said, "C'mon DK, we need to summon your Barrel Blaster so we can get to Pomfrey and then get out of here!"
DK just oooked like some apes should as they reached the end of a ridge where a rift opened to DK's Barrel Blaster vehicle. It was yellow and red, had two barrel wheels and two sidecars while the right sidecar had a cannon which is manned by a little monkey with a red jumpsuit and a red cap on his head. DK jumped into the driver's seat while his friend jumped into the left sidecar. The Collector spoke in awe,
"Confetti and Cupcakes, You come with a vehicle!? THAT IS SO SPARKLEY!" The turtle creature yelled, "FLOOR IT, DONKEY KONG!!"
The Barrel Blaster sped off to the distance as they battle a bunch of poisonous bugs along the way. As they soon sped forward to another speed zone, the Collector taunted,
"Run, run as fast as you may! But you're going in a box and on display!"
The turtle felt irritated as he shouted to the top of his lungs, "NO ONE EVER PUTS BOWSER KOOPA, KING OF ALL KOOPAS ON DISPLAY!!"
Bowser, so he is now called, felt insulted by this collector, she was crazy enough to try and capture both him and Donkey Kong to be put on display. But it wasn't until she went as far to stomp them into oblivion until they escaped her. But as they were making a landing, some sort of rift appeared which threw the Barrel Blaster off course and crashing near a bunch of mushrooms flinging all three off of the vehicle. Donkey Kong, Bowser and Diddy Kong, the little monkey on the vehicle looked at the rift to see nine Skylanders emerge from it. Which left them all in a shock as Bowser whispered to Donkey Kong about the purple and green human,
"I thought Master Eon said that their human Spike was not around?" Donkey Kong shrugged he picked up the intact Barrel Blaster and set it down as the strange rift disappeared leaving the three with total strangers. The new arrivals soon turned to the three as a familiar purple and orange dragon asked,
"Who are you?" The Koopa King soon replied, "Wait, don't you know me? I'm Bowser, King of all Koopas and a Skylander of Fire."
The purple and green dragon spoke, "You must be the Skylanders from this current time." Donkey Kong was confused until Diddy Kong spoke in a language that only Bowser and DK knew as they suddenly get the feeling of realization as Donkey Kong oooked in joy as EQG Camo surprisingly translated,
"He's saying that we are from the past and that he's in shock." The group looked at him until he replied, "Flutters taught me how to translate animal language."
Bowser soon replied, "So you guys, Spyro, Spike, Snap Shot and the human Skylanders came here from the past? But why are you here?"
All of a sudden, a thump emerged as the collector was searching as she bellowed, "Come Out, Come Out wherever you are. I've got a nice display box with your names on it!"
Diddy Kong squeaked as he jumped into the right sidecar of the Barrel Blaster and went into a vehicle rift. Donkey Kong soon oooked at Bowser as the Koopa King understood,
"You're right, DK. I tell you what, you nine help us out with defeating this collector and we'll play 20 Questions with you guys all day. But we need to rescue a famous author named Pomfrey LeFuzzbottem and this crazy collector shrunk us down to the size of worms because of our cocky pilot, Captain Flynn! We need to get to the author before the collector catches us and I DO NOT WANT TO BE PUT IN A BOX! I've got eight kids to worry about back in our world."
EQG Spike soon asked, "What was that vehicle you had?" DK oooked as EQG Camo translated, "It's called the Barrel Blaster and it's a trusty vehicle that me and my little buddy, Diddy Kong rely on. But with old grouchy here, a second cannon car was built for him. Buzz said that it's powered by a Rift Engine when it was built at the Academy."
Before they could process the Rift Engine concept, they now had to help Bowser and Donkey Kong save this author. As they bounced off several mushrooms as Bowser spoke that it 'reminded him of a neighboring kingdom that was defended by two Italian Plumbers.' They came across a sea vehicle zone as the Twitterpillars called for help as they sat helplessly on lily pads. Bowser soon yelled,
"Hey Princesses, We need to borrow Gill Grunt's Reef Ripper!" At that moment, a rift opened up revealing a submarine in a fish shape. Spyro asked, "Which one of us would rescue those guys?" All of a sudden, the Reef Ripper vanishes and appears on the other dock with the Twitterpillars grateful of their rescue as EQG Drobot stepped out of the sub. He looked at his friends and asked,
"What? I know how to drive vehicles." Bowser, Donkey Kong and the other Skylanders were shocked on how quick that Dro managed to rescue the Twitterpillars without them realizing that he was gone. But they soon moved on to where the rescued Twitterpillars went as one of them challenged the Trap Master, Snap Shot to a game of Skystones Overdrive as Bowser spoke to the Trap Master,
"Overdrive is a new version of Skystones Smash, but a vehicle stone is added to the deck. I'll walk you through it." As the game began, Bowser told Snap Shot that Overdrive plays like Smash. But instead of attacking after both players had a turn, Snap Shot played his Dr. Krankcase Skystone which attacked his opponent's Rock Skystone destroying it instantly. The meter on the Vehicle Stone filled one half as Bowser spoke,
"The meter on the bottom is the Overdrive Meter, it shows how many rounds left until the vehicle stone is ready to be used." Snap Shot nodded as he continued on playing the game as his Skystones Deck was dominating the game. It wasn't until the meter opened up as the vehicle stone revealed itself as the Barrel Blaster Skystone. Bowser soon spoke about Vehicle Stones,
"The Vehicle Stones are so important because of their special abilities to deal damage to opponents or opposing Skystones, causing both players to redraw Skystones from their deck and other types of specials. It's recognizable via symbol on the bottom right corner of the Skystone."
Snap Shot played the Barrel Blaster stone which healed his Skystones by one heart. Afterwards, his Skystones soon attacked as the vehicle stone reduced his opponent's health to zero causing the Trap Master to win the game.
After playing Skystones Overdrive, the team soon made their way towards the land vehicle zone when they spotted a cobweb above them which the Collector took notice of the bug on the web,
"Oh, look at this! A Rare Encrusted Weeble!" She flicked it off of the web as it landed in front of the team as the insect decided to attack. Bowser yelled,
"LOOK OUT, THAT'S A TOXIC TUSHIE!" Snap Shot fired his Traptanium Bow and Arrow at the bug as it swiped it's fangs upward as the Trap Master dodged it while Spyro and EQG Spike ganged up on the bug as the EQG's Magic Swords swiped at the enemy while Spyro performed a Lightning Strike on it, finishing it completely.
Soon enough, several other bugs emerged as Bowser slammed his hammer down, turning himself into a large, magma version of himself. Donkey Kong turned into Super Donkey Kong when his upper torso was exposed and wore two barrels as Boxing Gloves as he punched the remaining enemies directly in the face, abdomen or thorax. As all enemies were defeated, the group made it over to the Land Vehicle Zone where they reached a dead end because,
"There's too many of us to fit in the Barrel Blaster." Spoke Bowser. Donkey Kong was thinking about something until he had an idea as he oooked up to the sky and several flashes of lights emerged in the shape of 5 land vehicles. These vehicles are which Bowser recognized,
"The Hot Streak, Gold Rusher, Shark Tank, Crypt Crusher and Thump Truck?" DK oooked again as he explained what he did which EQG Camo translated,
"He's saying that we can use these vehicles to traverse this zone to get to Pomfrey. Although we have to stay close to the Barrel Blaster."
EQG Legendary Spyro replied, "I wouldn't say no to any form of transportation."
Snap Shot soon said, "All right, Now let's roll!" All Skylanders got aboard their vehicles as Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong and Bowser sped off first in the Barrel Blaster.
Bowser soon called everyone saying one phrase, "Drivers drive and Gunners are shooting!"
Soon enough, all vehicles started to open fire on any obstacles that blocked their way while collecting gearbits which worth a lot in gold. EQG Drobot spoke,
"Now this is an armored battle convoy!" The convoy soon reached a ramp that soared over a sheep as they got up close and personal which several bees on the sticker bush vine as they jumped the ramp into the bee hive as the crazy collector soon echoed,
"AAHH! Don't Go in the Bee Hives! You're going to get all messy! And they REALLY don't like visitors!"
EQG Terrafin was getting angry with this collector as he shouted to the top of his lungs, "WILL YOU JUST SHUT UP!!!"
Soon the collector was shocked, "That...that voice...no that can't be! I thought all of you guys were dead?"
EQG Camo was shocked, "What did she mean by that?"
Bowser looked at DK as they knew that now was not the time to explain. Bowser soon shouted, "Now is not the time! Attack those Bees!"
The battle soon raged on as the Skylanders and the Bees attacked. The bees were guarding that door that would bring them close to Pomfrey LeFuzzbottem. But no matter how many bees they keep defeating, they just keep coming. But the EQG Skylanders used the power of the vehicles and the weaponry that they possess. But as several bees began to fire their stingers, EQG Terrafin jumped from the Shark Tank as a multi-rocket launcher formed on his right wrist. While airborne, he fired several missiles which impacted several bees as EQG Terrafin's left Knockout bracer muscled the other bees into next week. He landed back onto the Shark Tank as the missile launcher faded away. He spoke,
"Well, that was weird." All of a sudden, a new challenge awaits them in the form of a Queen Bee. As the Queen Bee emerged, several other bees appeared to protect the Queen. The Queen Bee soon fired her stingers at the Skylanders, which they evaded until a stray stinger slammed into the Shark Tank as EQG Camo was thrown from the vehicle as Terry yelled,
"CAMO!!" EQG Camo soon used his vine whip to attach itself onto the Shark Tank's dorsal fin while he used his modified skateboard to convert itself into a hover board so he can glide along the sticky ground with ease. He soon spoke,
"I'm fine guys!"
The Gold Rusher soon opened fire on the Queen Bee while Bowser and Donkey Kong keep the worker bees occupied. Snap Shot fired music notes at the Queen Bee as she fired her stingers at the Trap Master. But thankfully EQG Camo snatched the stingers up in his vine whip and tossed them back at the Queen. Sonata Dusk who was driving the Gold Rusher was in position as Spyro was manning the weapons on the vehicle. But the dragon asked,
"What are you planning to do?"
Sonata pulled out her Mega Blaster as she had her right hand on the wheel while her left hand was facing outwards targeting the Queen Bee. She noticed the Hot Streak attack the Bee with fire and a nitro charge and knew for certain that this was all in. She replied,
"I'm going to finish this thing off!" She moved the Gold Rusher into a good position as she closed her eyes and felt the energy coursing through her as she felt the elemental spirits of the other four, but this time, it wasn't the four that were with her, but five elemental spirits. It was EQG Spike's elemental spirit as they all fired on their enemy and finished off the Queen Bee, opening the gate they led them out of the Land Vehicle Zone.
As they all got out of their vehicles, although EQG Camo's hover board was strapped onto his back in case he needs it again, they noticed that they were in a garden area with that crazy collector looking over them,
"Yer getting yourself all grubby trudging through that dirt! I need to get you all clean, sparkly and ready for display!" EQG Terrafin has definitely had enough more so than Bowser as the EQG spoke in rage so much that even his Knockout claws emerged,
"WE ARE NOT TOYS, YOU CRAZY ELF!! WHEN WE ARE BIG AGAIN, I'M PERSONALLY GOING TO PUMMEL YOU INTO NEXT WEEK!!"
The collector replied, "Strong loud words coming from a ghost, but still you need to be ready for display. BATH TIME!!"
EQG Terrafin was super angry until EQG Camo spoke, "Easy Ter, that collector will get what's coming to her."
The Earth EQG calmed down as they soon reached a vehicle upgrade station as Bowser explained, "This upgrade station can upgrade vehicles. We can spend gearbits to upgrade the weapons and shields on our vehicles. We can also have the pit crew to modify our vehicles with other special pieces. For example, Donkey Kong's Barrel Blaster can be equipped with a Kong Crafted Engine and Banana coal cart."
DK shook his head knowing that he doesn't like those since it decreased his handling. Bowser noticed, "Just an example DK. You always take things seriously. It's not like King K. Rool stealing your Banana Hoard again." Donkey Kong apologized as Bowser made one last issue,
"But only a Supercharger Skylander can upgrade vehicles." This made EQG Drobot ask,
"What are Superchargers? Are they a new class of Skylanders in this time?"
Bowser remembered the knowledge of it and decided to shorten it, "Supercharger Skylanders are powerful new Skylanders. Those vehicles that you saw, belonged to a Supercharger. And when a Supercharger is with his or her correct vehicle..." He turned towards EQG Terrafin, "It Supercharges and becomes immensely powerful to take on an army. Like DK said, the vehicles are powered by Rift Engines which could tunnel through another area."
EQG Terrafin asked, "Why are you looking at me?" Bowser replied, "I saw that trick you did back there. The missile launcher appearing on your arm and the Shank Tank Supercharging when you entered the driver's seat."
Donkey Kong soon interrupted them by saying his usual language as EQG Camo translated, "We can talk about this another time. We still need to get to Pomfrey's cage."
Bowser soon nodded as they continued up the bouncing mushrooms while dodging several drops of water that fell when the sprinklers activated. They even came across a twitterpillar trapped in a water bubble as she noticed them,
"Hello there, Skylanders, heroes of legends. It appears that the time of the great flood is upon us."
EQG Legendary Spyro spoke, "I don't like the sound of this." The twitterpillar continued, "She has awakened the Golden Spi-Gotts of Endless Typhoonism. Guess we're not getting collected. Kind of a bummer."
EQG Camo replied, "That's Bad News on both ends!" All of a sudden, Snap Shot's radio soon rattled,
"You need to find a way to destroy those faucets, Skylanders. Hurry, before this whole village is washed away!"
Snap Shot soon spoke, "Is that you, Tessa? Even after 10 years, you still sound as lovely as you are."
Tessa realized, "Sna...Snap Shot? But that's impossible! I...thought you were dead?"
Snap Shot replied, "I'll explain it later. Right now one of us will have to destroy those faucets."
All of a sudden, a vehicle rift opened up as a familiar vehicle emerged. It was an Arkeyan design, its fuselage was blue, had the insignia of Echo Squadron on the rudder and it had the name emblazoned near the cockpit, "Legendary 'Spy' Spyro."
EQG Legendary Spyro was shocked, "This...this is my Gyrocopter. But...how?"
As the EQG boarded his copter, it soon became Supercharged as it shifted to Jet-Mode. The rudder soon sported a dragon-like spike on the back while the armor on the copter got a dragon scale armor on the fuselage. He flew off towards the flooded areas where the faucets were. He was closing in on the first faucet when suddenly his warning alarm went off indicating that there was an enemy on his tail. He pulled away from the faucet and noticed the presence of several bees flying around the area of the faucets. He wondered,
"I guess they didn't like it when we destroyed their hive."
That was very obvious since they did go through the bee hives and made a mess out of the place. It was a perfect reason why they would be after them. But now he needs to focus on shaking these bees off and going after the faucets. Although he had to land the copter to investigate some toolboxes containing vehicle parts and spin chests containing treasure and a magical hat. Afterwards, he set his sights on the first faucet as he got a lock on,
"Echo 1, Fox 2!" A missile flew off of the copter and impacted the faucet destroying it completely. This caught the collector's attention,
"Hey, that was a Special Edition Fau-cet!" He soon spoke, "Special Edition or not, it was still going down!"
He was heading for the second faucet when he noticed a bee on his tail firing it's stinger at him. He decided to pull a counter-maneuver on this bee as he slowed down and did a barrel roll over the bee until the copter was right behind the insect. He opened fire with his Arkeyan cannon as the bee was put out of action. EQG Legendary Spyro spoke,
"Splash one, Bee."
He soon locked on to the second faucet as he fired a missile at the target. It was destroyed as he cheered in satisfaction. But the collector said in a sad tone,
"You're ruining the complete set!"
Which is a good thing since those faucets are going to flood the twitterpillar village. He soon lined up a shot with the third faucet as he fired and destroyed it which left the collector angry,
"OH, There's no way, I'm letting you win now!" That meant that she was going to be serious on not letting them win this little game of rescue the author as he destroyed the last faucet, saving the village from being washed away. But as EQG Legendary Spyro was going in for a landing, EQG Drobot called him,
"Wait, something is approaching at high speed towards you're 12 o'clock. Abort landing!"
EQG Legendary Spyro aborted his landing procedure as he dodged something that passed by his craft at high speed. He turned to the object that was slowing down to reveal ANOTHER Gyro-copter, but this one was a more black and silver coloring to it. It had a Magic Symbol on the rudder as Spy realized who it was,
"No...it can't be. You...you followed us!"
A taunting laughter came from the opposing copter as a familiar voice spoke, "Surprised Legend? You're surprised that Round 2 would mean an Air Duel between the both of us."
Spy soon wondered, "Where's your handler, Dark? Is she not around to keep you on your leash?"
EQG Dark Spyro soon got agitated, "Adagio is not my handler! She does not keep me on a leash!"
EQG Legendary Spyro replied, "From the way I see it, you were always at her side." Dark stated, "Enough talk, Fight or Die!"
Spy soon contacted the ground team, "Guys, I've identified the bogey. It's him!" EQG Drobot was shocked, "That's impossible, how did he follow us here?"
Spy replied, "I don't know, but I intend to find out! Don't worry about me, you guys have to get to Pomfrey's cage!"
Dark asked, "Are you ready to fight, Legend? Let me give you a little kick start!" EQG Legendary Spyro soon felt several thumps on his vehicle as he banked away and did a counter-maneuver by barrel rolling over the black gyro-copter as he got behind his opponent. He heard Dark taunt,
"So you've now got an urge to fight. Try to impress me." EQG Legendary Spyro soon fired his Arkeyan Cannon at EQG Dark Spyro's copter as it started to make tight turns so his opponent can shake him off. All of a sudden, his opponent performed a Cobra Maneuver which made him dive underneath one of the grass stems as the opposing gyro-copter was now pursuing him. Dark's copter was now opening fire on EQG Legendary Spyro as he began to perform several evasive maneuvers while his opponent fired. EQG Legendary Spyro allowed his opponent to get close to him as he hit the hover mode switch as the opposing copter passed by him as he switched back to jet-mode. EQG Legendary Spyro spoke,
"I'm not letting you get away, Dark!" His opponent replied, "We will see about that, Legend." His copter soon sped out of the garden...right towards the collector as EQG Legendary Spyro pursued. The collector spotted the two gyro-copters, "So you've brought friend to also join you in a box when I put you on display!"
She was about to grab the dueling copters when she noticed the ground team speeding towards Pomfrey's cage, "I'll deal with you later, I won't let your friends take my prized collectible!" She stormed off after the ground team while EQG Dark Spyro spoke,
"She's such a crazy collector and a sad strange little elf. She's willing to take in living things to her collection." He sped off into the tunnel with EQG Legendary Spyro pursuing him. He was going down the Land Vehicle tunnel to pursue Dark and rescue the author. He kept close to the gyro-copter as he opened fire on his rival. Why would his rival dive into the tunnel when it was meant land vehicles? Unless...he is going after the only things that matter to him. EQG Dark Spyro soon spoke,
"Let's see what happens when you see your friends in danger of being crushed by the collector...or blown to pieces by me."
EQG Legendary Spyro realized, "I won't let you go after them!"
He pursued his opponent to an opening at the end of the tunnel which the ground team was battling the insects and not become a Skylander pancake because the collector is attempting to stomp on them. He noticed Dark Spyro was going to make a strafing run on the ground team, but Legendary Spyro initiated a Dogfight which drew his counterpart away from the team. Dark asked,
"Are you coming for me, Echo Leader?" It was already answered since he started to get some hits on Dark's craft. But just as he was about to finish him off, Dark performed a Counter-Maneuver saying,
"Too Slow, Legend!" His opponent was now on his tail, opening fire on him. Legend stated, "This guy's good!"
Until he heard a transmission from the ground, that was directed to the ground team from EQG Drobot,
"Echo 1 is engaging Dark over our battle-zone! All vehicles, distract the collector, keep her away from Echo 1!" Soon he heard EQG Drobot speak directly to him,
"Dark was going to strafe us until you distracted him. Legend, stop Dark from performing another strafing run on us!"
EQG Legendary Spyro replied, "Got it!" He performed a counter-maneuver which made him do a small loop over the black gyro-copter as he shouted when he got a missile lock,
"FOX 2!" The missile launched and slammed into the gyro-copter. It was still intact, but a simple transmission from Dark spoke in rage,
"Don't think that this is over, Legend! We will meet again!" After that, the copter bugged out away from the garden and Gadfly Glades itself while trailing smoke.
Although he had the urge to go after him, he refrained himself from doing that. Because that action would leave his friends defenseless. But by the time the air duel was over, he heard the collector shout,
"NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" He looked and saw that his friends have reached the cage of Pomfrey LeFuzzbottem.
After that, everyone was back to their original size as the Collector was lying on the ground in defeat as she spoke,
"Well, a deal's a deal. You won Pomfrey fair and square, Skylanders." Snap Shot spoke, "What a twisted game this has been."
Bowser spoke, "You said it." EQG Terrafin holding back his rage asked the collector, "Why did you say that we were dead?"
Bowser soon spoke, "Buzz said that Kaos killed all of you when he rose to power."
EQG Legendary Spyro stepped out of his copter, "What do you mean?" All of a sudden, Flynn and Tessa from this time period appeared as Tessa spoke,
"Well, Kaos escaped from the Academy's Traptanium Vault thanks to the last fragment of The Darkness. He constructed a massive station called, the 'Sky-Eater.' The Superchargers were formed in order to combat the Sky-Eater."
Snap Shot turned to Tessa, "Tessa, even after 10 years you are still as lovely as ever." Tessa's eyes teared up when she saw Snap Shot, "One of Kaos' first victims when he escaped...was you and Echo Team. But Spyro and Spike survived and tried to fight, but now it seems like Kaos has control of all Skylands even severing the Portal network to the one in Equestria."
Spike replied, "We failed...they were all counting on us and we failed!" Flynn spoke, "Well not fully, since these Rift Engine thingies reactivated the network, its a full blown war now."
EQG Spike soon realized, "This future is a nightmare." After loading the author onto the Gyro-copter, Bowser soon thought about something, 'Since these guys are from the past...maybe if Eon can give them a clue of what to do in the past...maybe it could save our future and prevent this from happening.'
In the Canterlot Portal Chamber in the future, several Skylanders and Supercharger Skylanders were shocked to see the development unfold before their eyes. Several Skylanders came from the past, but what are they after? These next generation Skylanders were the offspring of the previous Skylanders who fought for freedom of all worlds. A plant dragon-Pegasus hybrid spoke,
"These Time-traveling Skylanders have showed up for some unknown reason. But why?"
A stone dragon with crystal wings replied, "We need to know what their intentions are before we act."
A blue unicorn mare wearing alchemy gear asked, "Why did they come here anyway?"
The Supercharger, Big Bubble Pop Fizz spoke, "They are probably following someone who came here before them." That same unicorn replied, "That's a plausible reason, Dad."
Soon enough, a cloaked and hooded figure appeared as the Skylanders turned to him, "These Skylanders came here from the past to find something or someone. That air-duel we saw indicated that someone was hunting them as well. But like it or not, this is a perfect opportunity to ensure that they don't make the same mistakes like we did."
To Be Continued...
Author's Note
So our group of nine have arrived in an almost war-torn future where the Superchargers are coming up with a solution to destroy The Darkness for good. But the better question would be...how are they going to find Wolfgang in this mess?
And what are the Skylanders of this time going to do ensure that they change the past and save their future? Stay tuned for Part 2!
Supercharged Future Part 2
After arriving at the Academy of this time period, the nine were given a lesson from the Master Eon of this time period explaining of the Fall of Echo Squadron and what they had to do in order to prevent the fall which was pointed directly to EQG Spike to light their darkest hour back home. They were soon told about the origin of The Darkness which revealed to be a piece of Malefor's influence summoned by the Dark Rift Engine from Convexity. There was no doubt about it that Kaos would attack the Academy after his former butler Glumshanks warned them, so EQG Drobot built a robot with the supplies and called him 'Blaster-Tron.' EQG Legendary Spyro, Snap Shot and Glumshanks journeyed to an ancient vault and recovered the Dark Rift Engine. Along the way, a mercenary squadron called 'Avenger Squadron' joined them in the fight against the Sky-Eater as the Supercharger flyers trained Mabu pilots for combat. Once training and preparations were complete, assembled in the Academy hanger, all Supercharger flyers were in their vehicles alongside a small squadron of trained Mabu pilots with Echo Squadron leading the charge. EQG Drobot was inside his Gyrocopter as he decided to make a role call on all wings, "All Wings Report in."
Bowser was onboard his Clown Cruiser as he spoke, "Red Leader Standing By." "Jet Leader Standing By." "Slicer Leader Standing By." "Gold Leader Standing By." "Grey Leader Standing By." "Green Leader Standing By." "Echo Leader Standing By."
After all wings reported in EQG Drobot decided to give everyone the lowdown, "All right boys and girls, listen up. The Sky-Eater is on its way to stop us from using the Core of Light. If we all know Kaos, he'll probably monologue on how we are preventing our inevitable doom. That's when I'll strike at the Sky-Eater using an EMP missile provided by our friends from the patrolling Avenger Squadron. Once the Sky-Eater is disabled, that's when all fighters commence attack on the Sky-Eater. Our job is to ensure that our human Spike get inside the Sky-Eater and activate the Dark Rift Engine in the Control Center. Doing so would open the portal of convexity and kick The Darkness back to where it came from. Avenger Squadron is going to provide support for Spike to fly into the station."
All green signal lights flashed at EQG Drobot as he smiled, "Good, Wait for my signal and then launch." He launched from the hanger and cloaked to prevent detection from the Sky-Eater.
At the Core of Light, Mags was working to install the Eye of the Ancients into the machine, accompanying her was Sharpfin and Blaster-Tron as he scanned the Core's condition,
"Machine is ready for Eye of the Ancients." Mags nodded, "It sure is ready, Blaster-Tron. I bet that Kaos won't 'See' that coming." She laughed, "Get it?" That wasn't such a good joke as Sharpfin face palmed while Blaster-Tron shook his head. Mags continued to laugh at her joke until everyone heard a sinister maniacally laughter as Blaster-Tron yelled,
"Enemy Approaching!" They all looked up and spotted the Sky-Eater looming overhead as Kaos spoke over the intercom,
"Attention miserable do-gooding fools! You may have thought you could hide from your doom! But you have only managed to prolong the inevitable. BEHOLD as I, KAOS! Personally destroy you and your STUPID CORE OF LIGHT!" Kaos was just about to activate his rift weapon until the intercom soon activated and a familiar voice caught everyone's attention,
"Not so fast, Kaos!" Kaos soon recognized that voice, "You! I thought I've killed you!"
"Ten years ago perhaps, but not today! Today is where you will not destroy the Core of Light. Today is the day where your evil schemes come to an end!"
Kaos retaliated, "Oh yeah? With what? I have the most powerful station in all of Skylands and no Super-Losers are going to destroy it! Only I KAOS! Control the power of Land, Sea, and Sky!"
Kaos asked, "What? Who is this?" The voice replied, "You know who I am, you shrimp! I was a member of Echo Squadron until you killed them! I watched my brothers die, my human Drobot dying in my arms ten years ago!" EQG Drobot realized that this was coming from the leader of Avenger Squadron. What Master Eon told him, he and Sonata were shot down during the battle of the ultimate weapon. The fact that Avenger Leader mentioned him dying in her arms, he was going to save it for later as he decided spring his surprise,
"Kaos, try to activate that rift. I dare you, I double-dare you, Shorty! Activate that Rift!"
Kaos snickered, "You have just sealed your DOOM!!" The rift activated as EQG Drobot smiled, "Oh really?" He got a lock-on, "Echo 2 FOX 2!" The copter decloaked as the missile fired and struck the Sky-Eater. The EMP Shockwave is similar to that of a Crystal Geode exploding. The shockwave disabled the station's weapon and its shield. Kaos spoke in surprise,
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY AWESOME DOOMSTATION OF ULTIMATE DOOMSTRUCTION!?" EQG Drobot replied,
"Something that had to be done!" That served as a signal for all fighter groups to launch and join formation to attack the Sky-Eater. EQG Drobot smiled as he said,
"Say your prayers, Kaos!"
As all squadrons got in formation with Echo Squadron leading the formation, EQG Legendary Spyro spoke,
"All right people, keep an eye out for any defensive fighters around the Sky-Eater. Avenger Squadron, create a perimeter around Spike. We need him to get inside the bad year blimp."
EQG Spike replied, "The Dark Rift Engine delays my turning, I'll need you guys to keep me covered."
Avenger Leader spoke, "Don't worry, my boys and I got you covered." EQG Drobot soon spoke, "Wait, you mentioned that you were a member of Echo Team and I died in your arms! Who are you, really?"
Avenger Leader decided to transmit through vid-comm. She spoke, "I guess I couldn't hide myself forever...not even from myself." Her statement was towards Sonata as she was confused. Avenger Leader soon placed her hands onto her helmet and with a slight hiss, the helmet was removed, revealing a battle-scarred but still recognizable face of Sonata Dusk of this timeline. This got a shock to others as Super Shot Stealth Elf spoke,
"Sonata? But I saw you go down ten years ago." The Future Sonata replied, "I did go down...but I survived and I wasn't alone." The image of Avenger 2 appeared, helmet also off as a battle-scarred, but recognizable face of the EQG Camo,
"I'd like to talk about this, but now we have a Sky-Eater to destroy."
EQG Legendary Spyro nodded, "Jet Group, Slicer Group, Gray Group, go after the Sky-Eater's defense turrets. Red Group, Gold Group, Green Group, you guys are with us. We're going after the fighters!" Future Sonata analyzed this strategy and spoke,
"Avenger Squadron and Echo 6, we'll make our insertion run while the others draw their fire away from us!"
EQG Spike, shaking off from that revelation replied, "Copy Avenger Leader, I'll be right behind you." Jet, Slicer and Grey groups descended to the surface of the station, several defense turrets started spinning up while the fighters were maneuvering out. Jet-7 spoke,
"Heavy fire, boss. 20 degrees!" Hurricane Jet-Vac answered, "I see them. Stay Low!"
As Slicer Group was weaving through enemy fire from those turrets, Gray group was also maneuvering out and in to draw enemy fire away from Avenger Squadron and EQG Spike. Suddenly, although carrying important cargo, EQG Spike's gyrocopter sped forward as he announced,
"Spike, Pull Up!" He pulled back on the stick as he eased upward above the surface. He heard Stormblade ask, "Are you all right?"
EQG Spike shrugged, "I got a little cooked, but I'm okay."
"Watch yourself, there's a lot of fire coming from the right side of that deflection tower!"
EQG Spike nodded, "I'm on it!"
EQG Spike nodded, "Red Leader, this is Echo 6."
Future EQG Camo spoke, "They will handle they fighters. We have to destroy those deflection towers."
EQG Spike replied, "Got it, let's go to work!" The team soon started to cut across the exterior of the Sky-Eater towards the first deflection tower.
Meanwhile, Echo Squadron along with Gold and Green Group were going after the fighters that are going to attack the Academy directly. EQG Legendary Spyro spoke,
"Accelerate to Attack Speed, draw all fire away from Academy and the Core of Light!"
Astroblast spoke, "Copy Echo Leader." The Sun Runner flew passed the fighters that were trying to act the Core of Light until its presence caused the fighters to go after the Sun Runner as Astro mocked,
"Hey, I'm your target, not that machine!"
EQG Legendary Spyro asked, "Dro, What is the capabilities of those fighters?" EQG Drobot did an analysis, "These are Kaos' Doom Jet fighters, they are capable for a multirole combat mission and depend on numbers to overrun any squadron. I'm thinking he called them Doom Jets because 'Doom' is his basic word. But they are also unshielded, their multirole capabilities is downgraded by their lack of shields."
They saw several Mabu fighters swerve around and shoot down several Doom Jets that were trying to destroy the Medical Tower of the Academy. This was soon interrupted when an enemy fighter was opening fire on Legend as he maneuvered away from the offending fighter as he barrel-rolled over the fighter and used a missile on the craft, destroying it. All of a sudden, they spotted several more Doom Jets fly passed the Academy. EQG Legendary Spyro asked,
"Where are those fighters heading?" His questioned was answered when he saw the fighters diving directly at the ship pulling the island. He yelled, "All craft, there is a squad of enemy fighters heading straight for the tow ship!"
A Mabu pilot flying standard issue fighter craft spoke, "I'm on it, Echo Leader!"
The Mabu fighter intercepted the fighters while shooting down two with the same shot as Super Shot Stealth Elf spoke, "Good shot, Green 2!"
Legend noticed several fighters gaining on the Stealth Stinger, "Stealth Elf, watch out! Bogeys are on your tail!" Super Shot Stealth Elf spoke in surprise, "I see them!" The Stinger disappeared as Super Shot Stealth Elf finished, "Now they don't."
"Fighters down!" EQG Legendary Spyro spoke, "I see it, Stealth Elf, good work." He soon contacted Avenger Squadron, "Avenger, what's the status of those deflection towers?"
Future Sonata replied, "Spike and two members of my squadron have already destroyed two out of three towers."
EQG Legendary Spyro contacted Red Group, "Bowser, what's the status of those fighter squadrons?"
Bowser replied, "Fighters are down to 20% Strength. We got this in the bag, just enough for your guys to make their run!"
EQG Legendary Spyro nodded, "All right, keep up the good work!" He soon ordered Jet Squadron and Slicer Squadron to open fire on the surface guns and deflection towers in order to create a clear path for Avenger Squadron and Spike to make their run. It wasn't until he heard a transmission from Buzz,
"All Fighters be advised, the black copter has been sighted!"
Legend asked, "Where?""We've spotted him on the radar a few minutes ago. But he dropped off soon after. He may be in possession of stealth technology for his ship. Stay heads up, Echo Leader!"
Legend nodded, "High Copy, Academy." Legend soon pursued a Doom Jet fighter that was attempting a strafing run on the academy grounds. The mere presence of the blue and gold gyrocopter caused the fighter to pull back as the copter pursued. He got a good line of sight on the fighter until he heard EQG Drobot yelled,
"Spy, Look out, there are fighters on your six!" He realized the situation as he pulled away from his target with his pursuer behind him as he was maneuvering out of the way to shake him. So he decided to ease off on the throttle so the Doom Jet could get close to the copter. Once the fighter was close enough, Spy swapped to hover mode as the fighter flew past the copter before switching back to Jet-Mode. He was closing in for a shot with his cannon until he saw several fighters form up on his target. He heard Sonata speak,
"Spy, use your SP Weapon on those fighters!" Legend switched from his missiles to his Advanced Long Range Air-to-Air missiles or XLAA for short. He locked on to four targets including the one that he was pursuing and fired the XLAA missiles.
These were designed to launch and seek in on their locked-on targets. These missiles were also fired simultaneously and traveled at high speed towards their intended targets. The missiles impacted and destroyed the enemy fighters as EQG Terrafin spoke,
"Nice work on the fighters, Spy!"
The EQG pilot nodded as he replied, "Thanks." He soon contacted the others, "All groups this is Echo Leader, What's the situation at the Sky-Eater's mouth?"
EQG Spike spoke, "This is Spike, we've destroyed the deflection towers. Red Group is currently keeping the fighters all tied up."
EQG Legendary Spyro soon contacted Bowser, "Echo to Red, give me a Sitrep!" Bowser replied, "Bowser here, we've taken care of the fighters guarding the mouth!"
Legend knew that this was the moment of truth, "Confirmed! Avenger Squadron and Echo 6, you are cleared to start your run!"
Future Sonata spoke, "Roger, proceeding to insertion." The copters from Avenger Squadron soon formed up as Echo 6 joined them and flew into the mouth of the Sky-Eater. Future Sonata spoke,
"This is Avenger Leader, we're in. But there are still fighters out and about attempting to come in after us!"
EQG Legendary Spyro replied, "Got it! We'll deal with the rest of fighters. Be sure to send Kaos our regards." After that all flight groups began to pursue the remaining enemy fighters to stop any of them from going in after Avenger Squadron Legend spotted three fighters gaining on Hurricane Jet-Vac, "Watch yourself, Jet-Vac! There's a flight of fighters on your six!"
Hurricane Jet-Vac noticed, "I see those blasted fighters! Time to give them a plate of haggis! Jet 3, Jet 2 drop in on them.""Got it!" Two Mabu aircraft dropped in on those Doom Jets and shot down those craft. Jet 2 noticed, "Three more fighters, coming in at twenty degrees!"
Stormblade was with her group as the Mabu fighters took down several Doom Jet fighters on their own. She trained these pilots for this battle and knew that it was the right decision until she noticed a fighter on her tail as she performed a counter-maneuver as the Sky-Slicer flipped over the Doom Jet and opened fire. The Doom Jet was destroyed as her squadron formed up on her craft.
Thrillipede was flying his Buzz Wing through a group of Doom Jets surprising the enemy and allowing his Mabu wingmen to take them down. The Mabu were surprised by the millipede's courage and heard stories about the Legendary race with Flynn and how he said that he 'let Thrillipede win' but after witnessing it first-hand. It was more like Flynn was jealous of him.
As for EQG Legendary Spyro, he spotted a group of Doom Jet fighters trying to dive into the Sky-Eater after Avenger Squadron. But Legend surprised the fighters and convinced the fighters that he was a top priority and not the infiltrators. Legend maneuvered in front of the fighters and switched to his SP Weapon. As he got in range, six red reticles appeared over the fighters as he pulled the trigger,
"Fox 3!" The XLAA Missiles launched and impacted the fighters, destroying them and that was pretty much the last of them. Now with the sky sanitized they thought it would be a time to relax until EQG Terrafin yelled,
"Gold Leader has been hit! ASTROBLAST!!" He followed the crippled ship as he spoke, "Astroblast, are you okay?!" There was no response for a while until a cough came on the radio followed by the Light Supercharger speaking, "I'm fine but the Sun Runner is done for."
Legend replied, "Bail Out!" Astroblast replied sadly, "I can't, I keep pulling with both hands, nothing is happening."
Astroblast asked, "What are you..." Legend replied, "I'm going to shoot your canopy off and then drop out of the Sun Runner!" Astroblast tried to say, "I don't think..." Legend ordered, "DO IT!!"
Astroblast inverted until the Sun Runner was completely upside down as EQG Legendary Spyro lined up his shot with the Sun Runner's canopy. He knew for certain that he's only got one shot at shooting off the canopy to save Astroblast. He got a lock on the Sun Runner and squeezed the trigger, firing the cannon at the Sun Runner, hitting the canopy as it blew off the ship with Astroblast dropping out of the ship as it explodes. He looked out to see the Supercharger hovering down as he announced,
"I See Him!" Everyone was relieved to know that Astroblast was safe. But as EQG Legendary Spyro looked out to the distance and saw the familiar black copter speeding towards him as he spoke,
"Dark." EQG Dark Spyro spoke, "Legend."
"All Echo Members form up on me! We're going North-Northeast after Dark Spyro!" Blaster-Tron spoke from the Academy, "What is the status of Gold Leader?"
"Gold Leader's Beacon is lost." Legend yelled, "ASTRO!!" He calmed down as he activated the refueling sequence and spoke, "Refueling pods activated!" All of the refueling pods were activated as the team docked with each other to refuel.
At the Canterlot Portal Chamber of this time period, Celestia of this time period was speaking with the mysterious hooded quadruped as she began while the creature's hood was down,
"They have entered the Sky-Eater with the Dark Rift Engine onboard the human Spike's copter."
Now with his focus back, he soon turned to the remaining Next Generation Skylanders as he spoke, "Now with that aside, the leader and number 2 of Avenger Squadron are indeed survivors from Echo Squadron. Surprisingly, it was Sonata Dusk and our EQG Camo, they somehow survived the battle 10 years ago. And soon they became determined to get revenge on Kaos for what he did to the rest of the squadron. I'm guessing that they formed Avenger Squadron to avenge Echo Squadron."
Fizzy Sparkle asked, "But what of the other Avenger Squadron members?"
Luna of this time period replied, "That doesn't seem possible unless they were with child before that fateful battle." The Supercharger Spitfire spoke, "They must've been with child before that battle. I could even sense my human counterpart as Avenger 4."
The hooded creature nodded as he spoke, "We better keep our heads up for any new updates." He watched as Avenger Squadron reached the interior of the station.
Inside of the Sky-Eater, EQG Spike and Avenger Squadron travelled through the intake and erosion tunnels to get to the interior of the Sky-Eater. But there was still the energy orbs in the station and the interior defense turrets. Glumshanks asked,
"Hey, um...Sonata, so when are we actually going to land?"
Future Sonata replied, "When we are right next to the Control Center, so I can place my boot to Kaos' neck!"
EQG Spike was worried, "Did our death really get her this vengeful?"
Soon they heard Avenger 3 spoke, "We overheard your conversation. Yes, we are going to get our revenge...but we will not kill Kaos."
All of a sudden, the radios on all copters soon spoke, "Academy to Avenger Team, Echo Squadron has pulled out of the battlefield."
Future Sonata asked, "What was the reason, Buzz?" Buzz replied, "Dark Spyro has made his appearance and kicked it off by shooting down Gold Leader, but he ejected safely. Search and Rescue is underway to recover Astroblast."
EQG Spike leaned his head at the moment that Dark Spyro was mentioned. He knew that the Dark EQG followed them to the future, but he's basically Echo Squadron's problem, with Spike being the sixth member of Echo Squadron. He soon heard Buzz asked, "So what's your status?"
Future Sonata replied, "We're about to enter a Land Vehicle Zone. All Avenger units are preparing to switch to Land Vehicle Mode." EQG Spike asked,
"Land Vehicle Mode?" Mags soon came on the line, "Your copter can switch between Land, Sea and Sky modes. There is a switch on the dashboard that activates the mode changing sequence. Switch it to Land Vehicle Mode."
"Okay Mags, I've switched to Land Mode, we'll be following the track to the Control Center." Mags replied, "Alright, ya'll better get to the Control Center and give that Kaos a good ol' butt whooping."
Future Sonata warned, "Watch where you are going, guys. There are turbines that sprout up all over the path. Avoid them at all costs and Spike, you need to be careful as well."
EQG Spike replied, "Copy Avenger Leader. I'll watch my surroundings."
The now ground side Avenger Squadron and EQG Spike drove down the track of the Land Vehicle Zone of the Sky-Eater as they avoided the turbines that appeared at random and collecting the gearbits that are all around the track. As they reached an opening with two large switches that are supposedly powers the two ramps. All of a sudden, the monitor came on with an image of Kaos of this time period as a pinkish arm appears in dark magic. Glumshanks spoke,
"Kaos knows that we are inside the station!"
Kaos' voice boomed over the loudspeaker, "Foolish Sky-Losers! You think you could disable my Sky-Eater and get away with it? You saboteurs will soon feel the Wrath of EMPEROR KAOS!"
The hand soon clenched into a fist as it attempted to crush Avenger Squadron. It wasn't until EQG Spike saw the dark fist and the two buttons as he got an idea on how to proceed on. He soon contacted Future Sonata and the rest of the squadron,
"Guys, try to get the dark fist to smash one of the buttons. That could open one of the doors so we can get through!" Avenger 4 spoke, "I'm going in to have the fist smash one of the buttons."
Avenger 4 caught the hand's attention as he moved towards the right button as the fist came down on the button, missing Avenger 4 in the process because the Gyrocar activated its nitro boost, similar to the Hot Streak. The ramp and door opened up and the squadron went through the open door as they made a turn around and jumped a ramp right towards the left door as all seven craft opened fire on the closed door as the missiles blasted a hole big enough for seven hybrid craft to fit through. They soon sped down the track as Avenger 4 spoke in an excited tone,
"Now that is what I call an explosive entrance!" Future Sonata chuckled, "I knew you would enjoy that, Spitfire. Nice work!" He chuckled, "I get it from my mom."
Glumshanks spoke, "We are not out of the woods yet. Kaos is aware that we are inside the Sky-Eater. Be careful of the defenses around the track, keep on your toes, Avenger Team...and to you as well Spike since I'm onboard your hybrid craft."
Future EQG Camo replied, "Thanks for the heads up, Glumshanks."
Future Sonata spoke, "You heard the troll, let's be careful." As they traveled down the track, they constantly heard Kaos' whining continuously saying,
"You Meddlers will not escape the Wrath of EMPEROR KAOS!!" Future Sonata hacked the loudspeaker and replied with, "You won't have to look far Kaos. We're coming for you and your master.""I have no master! I am my own master and I do what I want and no one, not even a supposed ghost is going to tell me what to do. The only thing I can do, is to DESTROY YOU!!!" As Avenger Squadron reached an area with three doors and three buttons, Kaos now spoke,"Now behind one of these doors is a way out and behind another is a surprise. But is it a good surprise or a bad surprise?"
Glumshanks guessed, "Bad Surprise. It's always a bad surprise."
Future EQG Camo spoke, "Heads up, guys! Kaos has sent a couple of tanks to try and slow us down!"
EQG Male Spitfire spoke, "I'm on them in a hot streak." He directed his cannon and fired on one of the tanks, destroying it in the process. Future Sonata complimented,
"Good shot, Avenger 4." EQG Spike noticed, "We've got air units attempting to strafe us!"
Sunblast spoke, "Copy that, I'll focus on the attack fighters." His copter soon went to Sky Mode as he took to the air and pursued the fighters. Avenger 5 spoke,
"Watch out, Kaos' fist is still trying to pound us. I'll lure it over to one of the buttons!"
Future Sonata replied, "Be careful out there and remember what I've taught you."
Avenger 5's craft burrowed into the floor of the arena as the hand followed him until he popped out of the ground near the button as the fist came down...but the craft avoided it in the nick of time. This made Kaos mad,
"Stop doing that!" The center door opened as all seven copters drove through and Kaos now tried to intimidate the heroic squadron,
"You are wasting your time. There is nothing you could do to stop my awesome and evil reign. Skylands is doomed. DOOMED I TELL YOU!" Future Sonata decided to speak,
"How can Skylands be doomed when you now have a broken Sky-Eater to go up against Avenger Squadron?" There was no response as they thought they heard the sound of something dripping on Kaos' end as she finished, "I thought so, Kaos. There is no hiding from us now...and you might want to change your robe after wetting it."
Kaos was angry, "I did not wet my robe!! Now will you excuse your Emperor for a moment while he uses the nearest changing room...of DOOM!!"
Glumshanks spoke to the Avenger leader, "He did wet himself as always. When something he never expected would happen, he would always do that in shock."
Future Sonata stated, "He didn't expect that we would launch a surprise attack on his station to counter him nearly destroying the Core of Light, sabotage the rift weapon and infiltrate his station."
As the squadron jumped the ramp, they switched back to Sky Mode as they entered some sort of chamber with a strange liquid. Glumshanks spoke,
"This is the Liquification Chamber: The place where the magic in Skylands is consumed by The Darkness. It's what powers the Sky-Eater...and other things." He turned his attention towards the mechanisms, "It would be a matter of time before the Sky-Eater regains is power, but if you switch to Sea Mode, you can disable the mechanisms and weaken Lord Kaos...I mean Kaos, it will also weaken the Sky-Eater's capability to regain power. It would buy us some time to get to the control room." Glumshanks saw an eel-like creature appear,
"But, there's also a Hydra Hatchling in there, feeding on the magic. Can't ever have too many of those."
Future Sonata spoke, "All right, team! Our target is the Hydra Hatchling feeding on this liquefied magic. But we have to destroy the mechanisms to drain it this magic out so we can lure the hydra. All craft prepare to dive!”
"Quick lesson, Spike. In Sea-Mode, your missiles have been converted into torpedoes for enemy sea vehicles. You can also jump by diving and surfacing immediately. But if you see an enemy on your tail, you can lay mines to catch them in your trap."
EQG Spike replied, "Got it." The squadron soon fired their torpedoes at the mechanism as it was destroyed. It soon opened a way into another area of the Sea Vehicle Zone as several enemy patrol boats trying to stop them. They managed to destroy the boats and the second mechanism blocking their way.
As soon as they reached the next area of the chamber, Sunblast warned, "My sonar has picked up something. It's got to be the Hydra Hatchling we've been warned about."
Future Sonata realized, "All craft, keep your eyes open for that hatchling!"
Glumshanks spoke, "If the hydra was to attack, it would attack from below. Watch your sonar carefully and be ready to evade if you spot it beneath you."
EQG Spike nodded, "You got that, guys?" All hybrid subs flashed green lights, "All right, let's take this thing down."
The battle commenced as the squadron spread out to patrol the area and catch the hydra's attention. Future EQG Camo spoke, "Be patient and watch your sonars."
Avenger Squadron moved around in an attempt to lure the beast out until Avenger 4's sonar went off,
"Whoa, it's coming up under me! Evading!" At the exact moment as the sub moved out of the way, the purple hydra hatchling burst from the water as it snapped its teeth in an attempt to chomp down on one of the members of Avenger Squadron, but that failed and the hatchling looked confused...leaving it open for an attack as Future's Sonata and EQG Camo fired their torpedoes at the beast. The impact of the torpedoes caused the hydra to dive in shock...but also anger.
The attack of the hydra hatchling also attracting the attention of some patrol boats. Future Sonata spoke,
"Watch out, I believe we got their attention! And the hydra is now angry at us for disturbing its dinner and attacking it!"
Avenger 6 spoke, "Got it, I'm handlin' the PTs! You guys deal with the big fish!" As Avenger 6 went off to deal with the patrol boats, the remaining members of Avenger Squadron and Spike went off around the battlefield looking delicious to attract the hydra hatchling. At an instant as the team moved away, the hatchling popped up trying to snatch one of the subs, but failed and left it open to a torpedo attack by the subs. After realizing that it had been hit again, it dove beneath and ambushed EQG Spike as it tried to get a nibble on the top engine. But EQG Spike dove underneath the snapping jaw and jumped up out of the water and unleashed a torpedo attack on the hydra. Enraged, the hydra dove underneath again as EQG Spike spoke,
"That did it, now it's really angry! And it's almost down for the count!" Future EQG Camo spoke, "Got it. Keep it up! Once this hydra is destroyed we could be able to weaken this station's ability and get to Kaos."
All of a sudden, EQG Spike's sonar starts pinging as he saw the position of the hydra and where it was going." Realizing this, he contacted Avenger 6, "6, watch yourself, the hydra is heading straight towards you!"
Avenger 6 spoke, "I got the fish on my sonar!" Avenger 6 narrowly avoided the hydra as it popped out of the water and tried to snap at the sub. After avoiding it, Avenger 6 turned his sub around and said,
"Fish fried tonight!" His torpedoes fired as they struck the hydra straight in the head. The hydra screeched one final time before going limp beneath the water as the substance itself drained out. Soon enough, Glumshanks spoke in relief,
"That was close, who knows what that hydra would've done if it were fully grown?" Skylander Spike replied, "That wouldn't paint a pretty picture on the alternative."
Glumshanks pointed, "The path to the Control Room is up ahead. But we'll have to land at the entrance to the control room and then confront Kaos."
EQG Spike nodded, "Thanks. Let's go Avenger Squadron!" The subs switched back to Sky-Mode as the continued on.
Meanwhile, North-Northeast of the Sky-Eater, in a stormy area of Skylands, there was a squadron of pirate fighters being led by skeletal aircraft with amps on it. The flight leader also had a refueling hose attached to a certain black gyrocopter as it was refueling. Once the refueling process was complete, the copter disconnected from the skeletal craft as the refueling pod jettisoned. The copter soon got in the center position with the pirate fighters escorting both copter and skeletal craft.
What the squadron already knew is that Echo Squadron is already closing on their tail. As EQG Legendary Spyro spotted the black copter, he spoke,
"That's definitely Dark Spyro!" The pirate fighters broke off to engage the offending squadron, EQG Terrafin realized,
"Those fighters are probably trying to buy enough time for Dark Spyro to get away!"
EQG Drobot spoke, "I handle the fighters while you guys concentrate on Dark Spyro!" He noticed that the skeletal fighter was staying by the black copter's side, so he ran a scan on the craft and the results were as he informed the others,
"Guys, the aircraft that's not turning towards us is Wolfgang! His aircraft is the Sub-Woofer, a skeletal fighter that reminds him of being an undead werewolf; it has amps on it to also reminds him of his rock and roll arts."
EQG Camo realized, "It looks like Wolfgang is riding shotgun!"
EQG Legendary Spyro nodded, "Okay, we need to maintain pursuit of Dark Spyro. Don't get tangled up in those fighters!" All of a sudden, a Mabu voice spoke,
"Echo 1, this is Whiplash 1, we're closing in on the two targets head on." EQG Legendary Spyro replied,
"Got it, Whiplash 1!" While Echo Squadron was pursuing the Sub-Woofer and the black copter, Whiplash Squadron was flying straight towards the fleeing fighters. But the Mabu fighters were surprised when both aircraft opened fire and downed a few Mabu fighters as Whiplash 1 spoke,
"Whiplash 2 and 3 are hit and going down!" Whiplash 4 spoke, "I see a couple of chutes!" EQG Legendary Squadron spoke, "Whiplash Squadron, Fall Back! You won't survive out there against those two!"
All of a sudden, another voice spoke, "Don't worry, Spy. I've got your back." A conventional Mabu fighter swerved by Spy's side as the pilot waved as Spy realized,
"Snap Shot, you crazy Trap Master! I thought you were back at the academy?" Snap Shot replied, "I found a vacant fighter and took off with Whiplash Squadron when I heard that you were pursuing Dark Spyro. Besides, his escort is turning to engage us because of my appearance."
The Trap Master wasn't lying since they spotted the Sub-Woofer changing course and heading straight for them. As the Sub-Woofer started to attack them, Dark Spyro's copter was accelerating away from the battle. Snap Shot spoke, "I'll draw him off, you guys go after Dark Spyro! But Camo, you're with me on this one."
EQG Camo knew what he meant because of Wolfgang dismissing him as a major threat back at the Wilikin factory. EQG Camo's gyrocopter soon maneuvered towards Snap Shot's aircraft as the rest of the squadron accelerated after the black gyrocopter.
As the two craft got a visual on the Sub-Woofer, a voice spoke, "So it's come to this, Snappy? An Air Duel between the two of us and with a member of Echo Squadron at your side."
Snap Shot spoke, "You were always overconfident and quick to judge your opponents before you fully understand them."
Snap Shot asked, "You think I'm an idiot, Wolfgang? I don't abandon my friends for personal glory. I help them for the good of all Skylands."
Snap Shot's aircraft soon evaded the deadly music notes that the Sub-Woofer fired. The Sub-Woofer soon got behind Snap Shot's aircraft as it started to open fire on the Trap Master. Unfortunately, the Sub-Woofer was soon hit by the number 4 of Echo Squadron, who stayed behind to help Snap Shot. This attack caused Wolfgang to pull away from Snap Shot's craft as EQG Camo soon pursued him. He decided to contact the werewolf,
"Hey Wolfgang, remember me?" Wolfgang taunted, "Well, the one that Dr. Krankcase seems to fear. I don't know why he fears you when you are not worth pulling a trigger on."
EQG Camo smirked, "There is a perfect reason why Krankcase fears me." Wolfgang was confused until he was ambushed by Snap Shot as the Trap Master's craft strafed the Sub-Woofer in the engines. Wolfgang was soon losing altitude as his craft was trailing smoke.
Wolfgang tried to regain control of his craft when he heard a ferocious howl approaching him. This howl was more ferocious than his own as he looked to where it originated and spotted EQG Camo drop from the gyro-copter and took on his Werewolf form. Wolfgang was surprised by this as the beast used a vine whip to on the Sub-Woofer as it climbed the vine and up to Wolfgang. The large werewolf asked,
"Surprise Wolfgang!" The smaller shocked werewolf didn't answer until he was lifted from his seat by Werewolf Camo, he stuttered,
"Wait, why don't we...you know call it a draw?" He chuckled as Werewolf Camo smirked as he brought a fist up and pummeled Wolfgang until the Sub-Woofer crashed. But luckily, both Werewolves jumped off before it hit the ground. Snap Shot landed as Wolfgang was seal in a dome of energy. As the holograms of the Princesses of this timeline appeared, Snap Shot spoke,
"Use an Undead Trap on Wolfgang!" Wolfgang was dazed on this turn of events as he spoke,
"Oh come on, I didn't know that he was a werewolf! I thought he was just some weakling that Dr. Krankcase got scared of."
All of a sudden, a thump of magic occurred as Wolfgang saw a vortex open up. He noticed his bone harp being pulled into the vortex as he jumped after it. He now knew that he couldn't get away from the vortex as he said,
"Stick around for the ENCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!" Princess Celestia held up the Undead Trap containing Wolfgang as he spoke from the crystal, "What? What happened? Oh well, the show must go on." He soon played a guitar solo briefly as Celestia spoke,
"Your power cords of pain was no match for the side of good." Luna soon spoke, "We're sending you back to your time period and when you see us again ten years ago, you will fight with us."
Wolfgang for the first time frighteningly said, "W...well, if that monster doesn't beat me up again, I better change my tune then." After that, the holograms vanished as Snap Shot and EQG Camo nodded after he went back to normal. The Trap Master spoke, "Let's go after the rest of the Squadron."
EQG Camo spoke, "I can use my copter to lock on to their beacon. It's used for emergency purposes like getting lost." After that, they got aboard their aircraft and flew off after Echo Squadron.
Back in the Sky-Eater, EQG Spike, his dragon counterpart, Glumshanks and Avenger Squadron landed near the entrance to the control center and unloaded the Dark Rift Engine as they pushed it into the Control Room. As the group entered, EQG Spike took a look around and noticed the amount of dark magic swirling in the center of the room. He asked,
"Glumshanks, is that?" Glumshanks nodded, "Yep, that's The Darkness." Dragon Spike looked at it,
"This is the thing that we've been fighting this whole time?"
Sunblast spoke, "And now we are here to send it back to where it came from."
Glumshanks pushed the Dark Rift Engine close to The Darkness as Future Sonata spoke, "Let's fire up the Rift Engine and send The Darkness back to Convexity." She pulled a switch which caused the engine to power up. She stated,
All of a sudden, a floating throne appeared as a familiar laugh was heard as the chair turned around revealing Kaos in his emperor robe, "You foolish Sky-Fools have bothered me long enough, but I have an ace up my sleeve. The Cataclysmic Mega Rift is almost fully operational, the only weapon that survived that little shockwave which broke my beloved station." He noticed Avenger Squadron,
"And look at you, the well-known Avenger Squadron of Skylands, come to face me to 'avenge' Echo Squadron. Have you've known better, you would've stayed away from the Sky-Eater. But now you are here to finally meet your doom."
EQG Spike stepped forward, "They won't be facing you, Kaos. I will fight you for the fate of Skylands!" Kaos was laughing, "A mere time-traveling Skylander who's fate was sealed ten years ago? I will enjoy killing you again!"
Glumshanks spoke, "Lord Kaos, you don't have to do this! Stop this before it gets out of hand!" The symbol on Kaos' forehead flashed as the Dark Portal Master looked in confusion and soon decided, "Save your breath, Glumshanks! I've made up my mind and you've made up your mind when you joined their side!" He now stated,
"Now, prepare, all of you to meet your most ULTIMATE of ULTIMATE DOOMS! At the hands of Supreme Emperor KAOS! Dark Overlord of the UNIVERSE!"
Soon both Spikes were on a dispersible platform as a voice spoke to Kaos, "Now Kaos, show these fools the true power of The Darkness." Kaos spoke, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, I got it, I got it."
Kaos soon expanded from his normal size to a large size as he floated over the duo. Dragon Spike transferred some of his powers over to his human counterpart as Kaos started throwing spiked balls from the pieces of the platform at the duo. Dragon Spike used his traditional Fire Breath on Kaos as the Portal Master thrashed around trying to shake it off (no pun intended) but EQG Spike had his elemental swords charging with Electricity as he clashed them together and shot them at Kaos.
Kaos soon jittered in agony as he was being electrocuted. He shook off the electricity as he warped around the platform trying to ambush them. But the Dragon and human Spike were always one step ahead of him to the Portal Master's surprise he called,
"Glumshanks, come here and protect me at once!" He soon realized, "Oh wait...forgot!" He laughed at his own joke.
As Kaos warped, the duo stood back-to-back waiting for Kaos to appear again. But when he did, he made three more copies of himself as they surrounded them. They soon realized the difference between the copies and the real Kaos. The copies were not wearing that crown while to real Kaos wore the crown. But the copies will still attack them, so they dealt with the copies before going after the real Kaos.
The copies were easily disposed of as the real Kaos warped back to his throne as he spoke,
"Fear me and my awesomeness!" He generated a shadow hand, "Now made even more awesome by The Darkness!" The hand pulled out a sword as EQG Spike saw the vision of himself getting impaled through the chest by Kaos, ten years ago. But he pushed that aside as he dodged the shockwaves that the sword sent out when it slams down on the arena.
Kaos did this several times until he warped back to the platform creating five more copies of himself and surrounding the duo. He spoke,
"Why don't you just surrender already!? You know that you can't win this!" All of a sudden, a voice spoke, "That's where you're wrong, Kaos!" A fireball slammed into the real Kaos as he thrashed about until he put it our. But that was not it, it was followed by a blast of crystal power and magic power as Spyro appeared along with three cloaked and hooded creatures as Kaos recognized,
"You from the past?! How dare you interrupt my glorious victory!" The center hood spoke, "Glorious for you, Kaos. But disastrous for us, my father didn't stop fighting until he knew that Skylands was free. And now I'm here to see that it's done along with my sisters!"
At that instant, a white claw gripped the hood and cloak and in a slight tug, the cloak came off revealing a unicorn/dragon hybrid similar to Whirlwind, but this one was a male and had a white body with green spines, underbelly and tail. He also possessed feathery wings as they flared like they are ready for battle. The two others to his side removed their cloaks as two unicorn/dragon hybrids emerged. They were more equestrian as they had hooves instead of claws.
The male hybrid spoke, "We are the children of Equestria's Purple Dragon and we are here to see that you know the error of your ways!"
Kaos sarcastically said, "Oh, I'm shaking in my robe! HA!! Even if you are the children of the second thorn in my backside, you will never stand a chance against me!"
The male hybrid smiled, "Dad always said that you were cocky." He looked towards his sisters, "Emerald, Jade, you girls ready to give him a taste of what we believe in?"
The hybrids smiled as the purple one spoke, "Always with you, little brother." The white one replied, "Until the very end."
Kaos tried to use his sword to send out the shockwaves again, but the trio actually shot the sword out of Kaos' phantom hand. Kaos looked in shock at this as the hybrids teleported next to Dragon Spike as the trio smiled at the dragon. Skylander Spike smiled as well as he jumped up towards Kaos and unleashed a flurry of melee attacks like the claw strike and tail swipe.
Kaos decided to teleport and use his clones to try and destroy the 'miserable Sky-losers' if it were so easy. He even said,
"Hold still, so I can destroy you already!" But Kaos was struck by an Electrical Charge attack by EQG Spike and Spyro as EQG Spike asked,
"What is that you're doing, Kaos?" Kaos was frustrated, "What does it look like I'm doing? Victory, Victory for ME!!!" He teleported back to his throne as he prepared his sword and said,
"Prepare for your inevitable defeat!!" Spyro saw the sword and yelled, "Not this time! All powers merge for a mega strike!" All members of the team formed up as all of their powers merged to one as they fired a fury of multiple powers at Kaos' sword and destroyed it before it could strike. This shocked the Dark Portal Master as he yelled,
"NO! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!" Suddenly, that eerie voice spoke, "Oh Kaos, you are disappointing me." Soon two phantom hands appeared as the voice ordered, "Now Kaos, go forth with the full might and power of The Darkness!" Kaos said in joy,
"Yeah, that's what I'm talking about!" The hands soon started to flip the platform pieces in its shockwaves as the team evaded. Spyro decided to look for a way to strike at Kaos until he had an idea. He looked at the team and said,
"Guys, I have an idea, but the human Spike will have to undergo this plan." EQG Spike asked,
"What do you mean?" Spyro replied, "We are going to merge our powers with yours. It will give you an edge against Kaos." EQG Spike asked, "But what if..."
Dragon Spike replied, "Think about it, all of us has the blood of the Purple Dragon, even the hybrids may look different..." The male hybrid finished, "But our blood is Purple Dragon blood."
EQG Spike thought about this until he dodged another attack from Kaos' dark hands as he yelled,
"DO IT!!" Soon enough, the elements of Fire, Electricity, Ice, Earth, Magic, Crystal, Laser and Flight surged through EQG Spike's body as a sudden flash occurred which actually caught Kaos' attention as he stopped attacking. He yelled,
"WHAT IS THIS!" As the flash faded, EQG Spike hovered over the platform, swords equipped with spiky hair, jacket and pants changed to yellow. He also had yellow and white dragon wings until he opened his eyes to reveal his new red eyes as Kaos yelled in shock,
"IT CAN'T BE!!" Super EQG Spike twirled his swords, "But it is, when the powers of the Purple Dragon is united with a human with the blood of a Purple Dragon, he becomes unstoppable!"
Kaos angrily stated, "Even with your mystical Purple Dragon malarkey, It will be no match for the awesome power of The Darkness!"
Super EQG Spike smiled as his swords powered up, "I was hoping you would say that." As Kaos lashed his dark hands at Super EQG Spike, the hands moved right through him as they exploded, leaving both team and Kaos in shock. Emerald spoke,
"He took them down without even moving!" The male hybrid corrected, "He did move...we just didn't see it to the naked eye."
Jade nodded, "You're right, brother. He moved really fast." Kaos was shocked,
"NO! MY BEAUTIFUL HANDS!" He glared at the EQG, "So that's how you wanna play, do you?" He charged up a magic attack, "Well, take this!" He flung a magical orb at Super EQG Spike as he caught the orb and flung it back at Kaos as it impacted the Portal Master as he was shaking in desperation,
"THAT'S IT!" He charged at Super EQG Spike as the EQG's eyes started to glow as Fire, Electric, Earth, Ice, Crystal, and Laser rings formed around him as Kaos impacted Spike. The Elemental Rings soon formed around the midget as he struggled. Kaos asked,
"What are you doing! My power is supposed to surpass you! Why can't I defeat you!?"
Super EQG Spike replied, "Because, a Dark Portal Master's power can never surpass that power of a Purple Dragon which is in my blood! And why can't you defeat me? The answer is, because I'm aware of what you did to me ten years ago!"
Super EQG Spike's swords formed into twin dragons which launched at Kaos as they began to bite what's left of his power as the portal master was reverted back to normal. He soon fell through the platform as Spyro and the hybrids disappeared. As EQG Spike and Skylander Spike touched the floor of the control room, EQG Spike wasn't super anymore as Avenger Squadron looked at the downed Kaos. Magic Dasher spoke,
"For all of his talks of him being a superior overlord, he does get dethroned pretty easily."
Avenger 5 nodded, "At least, he's defeated and not dead." Soon enough, there was a ding from the Dark Rift Engine as Future Sonata spoke,
"That fight bought us enough time for the Rift Engine to charge up." Future EQG Camo spoke to Avenger 5, "Rumble Jack, would you like to do the honors?"
Rumble Jack spoke as his right punching gauntlet vanished, "For the ones we love." He reached for the lever on the Rift Engine when suddenly, he froze as an ominous purple magic covered them in complete stasis, "Why...can't I move?"
The rest of the team felt it as they were frozen in place as they saw the face of The Darkness appearing over them as it commended, "I am impressed, Skylanders. Sabotaging the Sky-eater and activating the Dark Rift Engine was pretty strategic...and yet I am on the verge of total victory and you're still fighting. Unfortunately for you, it all ends now."
The Darkness spoke, "Foolish troll, he answers to me now. Isn't that right, Kaos?" Kaos was about to speak, but stopped as The Darkness stated,
"You see, Glumshanks? That's how you handle your minions. Now Kaos, destroy the Rift Engine and crush their hopes once and for all!"
Kaos soon stood at the Rift Engine as he prepared his spell until he heard a voice in his head saying, "Kaos, don't do this?" "You're not doing this for yourself. You're doing this to satisfy The Darkness!" "The Darkness is controlling you through the emblem on your head. It seeks out followers to manipulate and further its plan."
Just as Kaos' spell was at its peak, he stopped and pushed the lever forward on the Dark Rift Engine, activating it. This shocked The Darkness as Avenger Squadron was freed, "Kaos, what have you done!?"
Kaos stated as he threw down his crown, "No one tells Kaos what to do except Kaos. And that's me and I'm him and CONVEXITY AWAITS YOU!!" As a portal to Convexity opened up, Future Sonata was shaking off being frozen until she noticed, "I don't believe it, Kaos...saved us."
Soon enough, there was a few explosions going off as Avenger Squadron decided that now was the time to get out of the Sky-Eater. They all went back to the copters, followed by Kaos and Glumshanks, who was happy to have his master again. But as they left, The Darkness was struggling not to go into the portal as it stated,
"I won't go back, the universe is mine! You'll pay for this, Kaos! No one betrays The Darkness! KAOS!" As the squadron made their escape, the Sky-Eater exploded as cheering went on from the Skylander Academy. EQG Spike looked at the explosion and said,
His new passenger, Kaos decided, "I've wanted to ask on how you spoke with me through my head?"
Future Sonata spoke, "Academy, this is Avenger Leader, Sky-Eater has been destroyed.""Mags and I saw the station go down. All units, it's the end of the war!" There were cheers of Mabu and Skylanders saying, 'They finally did it!' 'Avenger Team did it!' 'They took that eater out!'
That noise of cheering would probably be a time for celebration. But it was too good to be true since the portal of Convexity was not closing and keeping the portal open, using the parts of the Sky-Eater as a body was The Darkness. It peaked out of the portal and spoke,
"You didn't really think this was over, did you? You can't defeat me, fools! Skylands will be doomed and the Universe is mine. All shall fear and obey me! I AM THE DARKNESS!!" Avenger Squadron soon heard a voice in their heads, the voice of the Princesses,
"The Darkness is trying to escape from Convexity. You cannot allow it to cause havoc on the universe!" spoke Celestia."Everything we all fought for prepared us all for this battle. The malevolent reign of The Darkness ends here and now!" Master Eon's voice soon spoke to them, "And now would be the time to unleash our secret weapon. Avenger Squadron and Echo 6, go to the Core of Light!"
Soon enough, all Gyrocopters went to the machine as it linked with the copters. It generated its power and was lifted off of its base. The machine separated as the copters began to merge with pieces of the Core of Light and transform. The seven Gyrocopters began to take the shape of large robotic arms and legs along with a robot head with the Core of Light serving as the torso covered in Arkeyan armor. The robot had large jet boosters on its back and feet, a cannon on the left arm and a missile launcher on the right arm. The robot face had a molded faceplate with a battle helmet with horns similar to Eon's helmet. The robot's chest had all ten elements of Skylands as well as the insignia of Equestria. Inside the robot, all members of Avenger Squadron as well as their passengers were sitting together as Future Sonata spoke,
"Avenger Omega, Ready for Battle!"
The Darkness saw Avenger Omega stop in front of him as he asked “Why throw away your lives so recklessly?" "NO! I'LL CRUSH YOU ALL WITH MY BARE HANDS!" The Darkness struck as he pulled Avenger Omega into Convexity.
Author's Note
You would not believe what I went through for this. After countless error messages from deviantart, I barely managed to complete this with my sanity intact. But I guess I'll have to make a part 3 on this, I hate going against everything I say.
Supercharged Future Part 3
The two combatants struggled until Avenger Omega kicked away from The Darkness as Avenger Squadron moved the robot away from their foe as it taunted,
"Come foolish Avenger Omega, come and face the All-Powerful Darkness!" Its goggle-like visor came down as a ring appeared. The male Spitfire spoke,
"Guys, I see a Rift Surge Ring! If we go through several of those rings, Avenger Omega can launch a massive offensive on The Darkness!"
Future Sonata spoke, "Thanks for the heads-up. Powering up Jet-Boosters!" The boosters of the robot fired up as Avenger Omega sped after The Darkness. Future EQG Camo spoke,
"Spike, you've got the cannon for the robot. I've got the missile launcher while Rumble Jack handles the melee combat system."
EQG Spike nodded as Magic Dasher spoke, "I'm on the elemental attacks."
EQG Spike yelled, "Let's Go!"
The Darkness sent out several dark fences to block the robot's way as Sunblast used the sun ball function to Avenger Omega as the robot fired at the dark fences. Future Sonata piloted the giant robot through a rift surge ring as the robot charged up to 50 percent. After dodging or destroying dark fences, they went through another surge ring as it charged the robot to 80 percent. The Male Spitfire spoke,
"Almost there, just one more surge ring left!"
The squadron acknowledged this as they approached one more surge ring as the robot's power reached its peak. The male Spitfire announced,
"That's it! Avenger Omega! Supercharge Attack!" With a slight jolt, the giant robot charged at full speed towards The Darkness as its robotic fist slammed into its face, leaving The Darkness dazed as his visor goes up. The Male Spitfire ordered,
"Rough him up, Rumble!" Rumble Jack used Avenger Omega's punching ability to give The Darkness a little beat down as the dark creature came back to his senses as he angrily stated,
"You won't get away with this! I Am The Darkness!" The Darkness soon teleported away from them as he said,
"You can't evade me forever!"
The Darkness grew agitated, ”Silence, Underling! You have no say for my powers!”
Future Sonata stated, “I do have a say in it because I’m still a Siren.”
The Darkness retaliated, “Siren or not, my power is beyond what magic you’ve consumed!”
Future Sonata remembered the story, “Then how come you always run when there’s danger?”
The Darkness was agitated more, “Silence, Foolish Siren! I command you!”
Future EQG Camo joined in, “You ran when the Skylanders lured you to the Core of Light, you are already running away from us when we revealed Avenger Omega! You’re not the all-powerful Darkness, You’re a Coward!”
The Darkness was furious, “You fools won’t be laughing at me when I turn your robot into scrap metal along with the Core of Light!”
EQG Spike joined in, “Bring it!”
The whole argument between Avenger Squadron and The Darkness was actually a diversion to have the male Spitfire pilot Avenger Omega through the surge rings as he turned over piloting controls back to Future Sonata as he said,
“Avenger Omega Supercharged!”
EQG Spike yelled as he worked the cannon controls, “Cannon Buster Attack!”
Future EQG Camo spoke, “Missile Barrage!” The arms of Avenger Omega pointed forward as the cannon arm fired a massive laser while the launcher arm fired a barrage of missiles which impacted The Darkness as he grunted in pain. Avenger Omega followed up as the cannon arm turned back into a robotic fist as it clobbered The Darkness square in its face. The Darkness clenched his face in pain as he turned really agitated at the battle robot and spoke,
“YOU WILL TREMBLE BEFORE MY TERRIBLE MIGHT, I PROMISE YOU!”
Soon enough, The Darkness transported both him and Avenger Omega to a much more open area. He looked at the robot and said to its occupants,
”You’ve made a grave mistake challenging me where I am Most Powerful! Behold!”
The Darkness summoned several of his shadow guardians to attack Avenger Omega, Future EQG Camo locked on to the shadow guardians as Future Sonata deployed a shield to protect the robot from attacks.
Future EQG Camo yelled, “Fox 2!” The missiles fired as they destroyed the fighters as The Darkness gloated,
“The Universe will be mine! You can’t stop The Darkness!”
There were more shadow guardians trying to damage the robot’s shield, but EQG Spike used the robot’s cannon arm and shot more of those fighters down. The Darkness soon projected his emblem as he said,
“All shall fear and obey The Darkness!” The emblem acted as a spotter for the dark being to attack. So Avenger Omega stayed out of its light as the robot charged towards The Darkness as he spoke in shock as the torso of the robot started to glow,
“No…NO!”
Magic Dasher yelled, “Core of Light Ability on! Eternal Air Source! THUNDER PUNCH!” The Thunder Punch caused the robot’s arms to turn into thunderbolts as a shocking punch to the face was delivered to The Darkness. The attack left their opponent dazed as several dark crystals were being thrown at the robot as the defensive shield was being hit. Future Sonata spoke,
“Shields are down at about 80%”
Future EQG Camo spoke, “Thanks for the tip, Sonata. I’ll reboot the shield, but we also need to make sure that The Darkness is weak enough to use the Core of Light.”
They soon progressed on and destroyed anything that stood in their way. The battle robot used the functions to fight off the fighters and obstacles that block its way until The Darkness appeared as he said,
“The Darkness has finally come for you, Skylanders!”
The Male Spitfire said, “We’ll see about that!” He activated another ability of Avenger Omega,
“NO…NNOO!!!” The fire sword attack dazed The Darkness as the robot continued on. The robot worked its marvels on the enemy fighters as well as the crystals that were trying to block their way. Soon enough The Darkness tried again for a third time as he spoke,”This will be the Final Battle, Skylanders!”
Future Sonata smiled, “And that it is…” She activated Avenger Omega’s next ability,
The right arm of the robot shifted into a crossbow that was glowing with the power of the Light Element as a bolt of Light was automatically loaded into the crossbow as it fired at the shocked Darkness,
“NNNOOOOOO!!!!” The bolt struck The Darkness as he was dazed again as Avenger Omega reached a rift tunnel that leads back to Skylands.
Once again, the robot had to go through several Rift Surge Rings in order to power itself up while evading the obstacles sent by The Darkness. The Darkness taunted the same thing about Avenger Omega not evading him forever. But they weren’t evading him, they were actually beating him. It wasn’t until they reached the last Surge Ring as Rumble Jack announced,
“Avenger Omega, Supercharged! Core of Light Ability on! Eternal Earth Source! Legacy Power on! EARTH LASSO!”
“Legacy Power on! STAMPEDE!!” Soon enough a stampede of summoned animals ranging from rabbits to raging bulls as they charged at the surprised Darkness as they did more damage to the entity before fading away. The Darkness now grew more desperate,
“You fools should know better than to mess with The Darkness!”
EQG Spike asked, “We should know better? Maybe you should know better than to mess with us!”“Silence fool! You cannot hope to stand against my might!”
EQG Spike replied, “We’ll see about that!”
The robot continued the same routine which is go through the rings and dodge the obstacles sent out by The Darkness. But still, there was one thing that separated the heroes from The Darkness…It was hope and determination for peace for all living creatures of the universe. They fight for justice while The Darkness only wants domination. It was a clear description of the team when they performed another Cannon Buster/Missile Barrage attack on The Darkness as the entity yelled,
“Don’t you know when to quit!?”
He soon summoned his emblem to spot and strike at Avenger Omega. But our heroes were able to evade the emblem and get away from it when it spots them. They still had to charge up the robot’s power for another attack on The Darkness as they traveled through the Surge Rings several times as they performed a Legacy Attack which involved three explosive gears launching from Avenger Omega’s left hand and impacting on The Darkness as he asked in shock,
“How are you doing this? I am All-Powerful!”
Future EQG Camo replied, “We are Skylanders and that’s the reason why we are beating you!”
EQG Spike nodded as he activated the Core of Light’s true purpose,
“I will not die! My Destiny cannot DIE!!!”
EQG Spike Yelled, “FIRE!!” The Cannon unleashed a green beam similar to the effects that the Eye of the Ancients gives off as it impacted The Darkness as he yelled,
“NNNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!” The team saw The Darkness explode as they flew back to Skylands emerging victorious from Convexity.
“Boomsticks! They did it!”
Mags was cheering as the fighters formed around Avenger Omega as it began to transform back into six gyrocopters while the Core of Light returned to its original position at the Academy. Mags stopped cheering and saw a bright light in the distance,
“Check it out, Buzz. The sun’s comin’ up.”
The old veteran knew what she meant, “Even after the Darkest nights, morning always comes after.”
Soon enough, the male hybrid flashed in as he spoke, “And for those we lost, they gave their lives to end this war. Living this day to the fullest is the highest tribute that we can offer to their memory.”
Soon enough, the copters landed as Avenger Squadron disembarked from their copters while Kaos himself ordered Glumshanks to bring his luggage because they are moving into Skylander Academy as the new Ultimate Evil Consultant of Ultimate Evil. Everyone agreed that the little guy could use a job at the Academy.
As for Skylander Spike, he asked the hybrid, “Who are you really?”
All of a sudden, EQG Spike started up his fully refueled gyrocopter as he said,
Dragon Spike realized what this meant as the hybrid spoke, “Don’t worry, we’ll meet each other soon in time.”
But as the sixth member of Echo Squadron soared off into the distance, Future Sonata approached the Male Spitfire, who was receiving a pat on the back from Flynn and said,
Future Sonata held up an amulet that was in the shape of the Tech Symbol, but also merged with the Fire Symbol. It was something that was worn around the neck as it was given to him…he clicked open the amulet and saw a picture of his parents while his mother who had the same name as him was pregnant,
“This was my father’s amulet…the amulet you told me about.”
Future Sonata nodded, “Your father gave me the amulet in his dying moments when we were both shot down. Somehow I survived…but he didn’t. I also made a promise to take care of you guys...” Male Spitfire nodded as his grey gloves gripped the amulet,
“And you kept that promise.” But they knew for certain that if Echo Squadron can change the past, things would change.
Somewhere in the middle of nowhere, Echo Squadron pursued Dark Spyro’s copter all the way to his destination, it was a Pirate Train that was moving in mid-air and was guarded by Pirate Fighters. The fighters spotted the black copter and his pursuers as they began attacking the pursuers. This caught EQG Drobot’s attention,
“Legend, we got several fighters coming in!”
EQG Legendary Spyro realized, “It’s a Trap!”
“There’s too many of them attacking us!”
EQG Terrafin spoke as he waved off the fighters, “We’re outnumbered by these fighters!”
EQG Legendary Spyro looked at the sky-train and spotted EQG Dark Spyro sitting idle on the caboose of the train before going inside and a few minutes later, his copter launched to join the fight. Echo Squadron was outnumbered by this hornet’s nest of pirate fighters, but EQG Legendary Spyro shook off his shock and said,
“Guys, go after the fighters, I’ll go after Dark Spyro!”
EQG Drobot replied, “All right, usually attacking the Flight Leader would attract the attention of the fighters. We’ll keep the enemy fighters off of you.”
EQG Terrafin warned, “Be careful, Spy. Remember Gadfly Glades, he would intend to use us to weaken you!”
EQG Legendary Spyro replied, “I’m well aware of that.”
Sonata spoke, “You can count on us to keep the fighters off of you.”
Legend now ordered, “Echoes 2, 3 and 5, go after the fighters! I’ll handle Dark Spyro!”
The squadron broke formation to go after the fighters as Legend spotted his rival’s copter. He soon got a transmission from the black copter, “There you are, Legend. I had a feeling that you would hurt yourself before the final act.”
Legend spoke, “I’m coming for you, Dark.”
Legend smiled, “We’ll see about that!”
Legend’s threat warning alarm went off as it indicated that Dark Spyro has fired a missile. But he pushed a button to release a chaff of flares to disorient the missile as it passed by him and slammed into the pirate train. He soon barrel-rolled over the black copter as he fired a missile and impacted the black copter which had his rival trail smoke. It was then he realized that EQG Dark Spyro’s copter was still damaged from their brief fight over the Academy.
He chased Dark Spyro’s copter through the pirate fleet as several explosions went off due to the intense air duel.
“Your skills are no match for mine!”
As his rival opened fire, EQG Legendary Spyro’s vision slowed down as an image of how to perform a certain maneuver appeared as he shifted his craft upwards, killed the engines as his opponent passed him. He reignited the engines and shifted his craft forwards as his vision returned to normal. He soon spoke,
“You’re good, but I’m better!”
Dark Spyro retaliated, “You using my maneuver against me does not make you better, Legend!”
EQG Legendary Spyro replied as he opened fire, “We’ll see about that!”
He managed to get a bead on the black copter as it tried to use a counter-maneuver…but the leader of Echo Squadron countered that maneuver by easing off the thrust and opening fire on the black copter before passing by his opponent. He actually heard his opponent yell,
“No! My Shields!”
EQG Legendary Spyro knew that EQG Dark Spyro’s shields were down, but even without his shields, he still has the same combat capabilities as Legend. He flew underneath the Pirate Train as his rival was closing in from behind. He knew for certain that Dark would want to shoot him down at this very moment, so he continued to duck and weave hoping to throw his rival off track. It was working until his threat warning alarm went off indicating that Dark fired a missile, he dodged the missile as his rival opened fire on his copter. He continued to perform evasive maneuvers until he heard a voice yell,
“Legend duck down!” He did so as two gyrocopters and a Mabu Aircraft strafed EQG Dark Spyro’s copter, damaging it. One of the craft spoke,
“Sorry we’re late, Legend! We had a hard time trying to locate your beacon until Spike showed up.”
EQG Legendary Spyro asked, “Camo, Spike, Snap Shot, Nice of you to join the party!”
Snap Shot spoke, “No problem mate! We just wanted to catch up with you guys.” He noticed the damaged black copter, “Your rival’s trailing smoke and is heading for that pirate train!”
Spy saw this and realized, “He’s retreating back to the train.”
EQG Spike spoke, “We’ll keep you covered while you land on the train to go after him.”
EQG Legendary Spyro remembered, “Dark is not alone, Adagio will most likely be there as well…and I’m not going alone either.”
He contacted Echo 5, “Sonata, you’re with me. We’re going to land on the Pirate Train to go after Dark Spyro.”
Sonata’s copter formed up on Legend’s Copter as the two craft landed on the caboose of the train.
After disembarking from their copters, EQG Legendary Spyro and Sonata looked at the group of Sky-Pirates in front of them as they readied their weapons. Legend spoke,
“Adagio and Dark Spyro are in the front of this train. We’re going to have to sprint through and take down anything in our path.”
Sonata readied her Shield blaster, “I’ll be right behind you!”
Soon enough, the duo sprinted through the pirates while uses their weapons and abilities to take down anything in their path. As the pirates tried to fight back at the sprinting duo, Legend summoned a boomerang and threw it at the pirates as several of the defenders were taken down. Although their little brawl caught the attention of the ships outside as they nearly began to open fire on the train until the ships were destroyed by the still fighting Echo Squadron. The duo soon fought the pirates throughout the length of the train and is set to reaching the front where their foes wait for them to battle. The battle throughout the train was hard fought and the many ships that tried to open fire on the train were destroyed by Echo Squadron.
As the fighting duo reached their destination, they blew the door to the front of the train open as they used the momentum to skid to a halt right in front of their foes that had their backs turned. Adagio turned to the duo and looked at Sonata,
“So, the traitor has finally come to fight.”
Sonata pointed, “You and I have a score to settle, Adagio.”
Adagio smiled evilly, “I’ve been waiting for this moment to finally see you pay for your treachery.”
She pulled out two Magic scimitars as her Siren wings appeared as Sonata unveiled her own Siren wings as the two clashed with each other. EQG Legendary Spyro had a sense to help her out until his eyes started to flash as time slowed down, that flash made him realize that danger is imminent. He turned and saw his Dark rival attempt to surprise him, but Spy did a backflip evading the attack as the two Spyros clashed in a duel. Spy was soon facing his rival as the Dark EQG spoke,
“You’re not going anywhere. This fight is between you and me.”
Leg. Spyro knew that it’s mono-a-mono for this fight; he got a quick glance at the dueling sisters and then back at his rival who was pacing with his Jagged Swords out. He soon ignited his Katanas as he shows that he’s ready to fight.
EQG Dark Spyro charged forward as EQG Leg. Spyro charged as well as their blades clashed and used their powers for each of their attacks. As the rivals locked their blades, Dark Spyro spoke,
“So this is our Round two in dueling.”
Leg. Spyro spoke, “You won’t have to send someone in this time!” The good EQG pushed his strength towards his rival as they unlocked their blades as Leg. Spyro’s vision slowed down as his rival attempted to strike at him, but he lifted his swords causing their blades to lock as Dark Spyro spoke,
“Your friends couldn’t defeat me. So why should you?”
Leg. Spyro replied, “I’ve defeated you before and I will defeat you again!” Dark tried to push forward, but Legend pushed him back as he leapt over his rival and delivered a drop-kick which staggered him a little bit. But as the rivals dueled with each other, the dueling sisters were relentless in their fight.
Sonata was quick to deflect Adagio’s attacks with her shield and counter-attack with her sword. Her Siren Wings gave her the ability to generate her Light Powers into her shield’s blaster power. She lunged forward and used her sword arts on Adagio’s dual scimitars. Both Sirens were quick and decisive in their attacks until Adagio launched her scimitars at Sonata as the former dazzling timed it at the right moment and raised her shield, deflecting the spinning scimitars back to Adagio, striking the enemy Siren as she knelt down. Adagio said,
“You…you are more powerful than I thought. The Skylanders have taught you well.”
Sonata replied, “I may be powerful but I still have a lot to learn from them. But you have nothing more to offer me.”
Adagio stood up as she yelled, “We had a purpose! We’re Sirens and we are supposed to feed on magic! You threw it away to join the Skylanders!” Sonata replied as she merged her weapons into her Mega Blaster,
“You can say that, they are more accepting and see the benefit of having a Siren in their ranks. Let me show you why.”
Sonata powered her blaster up and pointed it at the shocked Adagio as her vision showed the images of the EQGs Leg. Spyro, Terrafin, Drobot, Camo and Spike appear until their elemental forms stood beside her, pointing their weapons in Adagio’s direction. This action soon caught the attention of EQG Dark Spyro who was struggling against his good counterpart. The Dark EQG abandoned his duel and ran towards the shocked siren as he pushed Adagio out of the way as Sonata opened fire.
The beam struck the Dark EQG as he was knocked into the air and fell down to the ground tumbling around as he landed on his stomach. He tried to get up, but he soon went limp as he passed out and encased in a dome of energy as the princesses appeared in a hologram. EQG Leg. Spyro said,
“Use a Magic Trap on Dark Spyro.”
Soon enough, that familiar thump of magic occurred and a vortex opened up. It snapped Dark Spyro back to consciousness as he looked up and noticed the vortex and Adagio running towards him. When she reached him, she said,
“They will not have you!” She pulled out a remote and pressed the button, opening a Time Portal as she gave him a sealed container as he asked,
“Adagio, what are you doing!?” Adagio spoke as she was blocking Dark from being sucked in, “I’m sorry, but this is the only way!”
The Dark EQG was confused until the Dazzling pulled off her pendant and gave it to him,
“I don’t want them to have you…so you’re going on without me!”
Dark Spyro was shocked, “No, I won’t let you do it!”
He was trying to convince her until the Dazzling leaned in and linked her lips with his. Although struggling against the vortex, she pushed Dark Spyro into the Time Portal as he yelled,
“NNNOOOOOO!!!”
She was soon sucked into the vortex as it closed as well. Both EQG Legendary Spyro and Sonata were shocked by this turn of events. Not only EQG Dark Spyro got in the way of Sonata’s blaster attack, but Adagio allowed herself to be captured and allow him to escape. They would’ve thought about it until they realized that the train was falling apart. So they ran back to the gyrocopters and escaped.
As they returned to Skylander Academy, Echo Squadron was pretty much ready to return to their time period. Blaster-Tron also wants to return with the rest of the squadron. But before they were sent off, Master Eon halted them for a moment,
“Before you heroes leave, there is someone that wants to see you off.” He stood aside and revealed a Supercharger Skylander that EQG Leg. Spyro recognized,
“Astroblast, you’re alive!”
Astro chuckled, “Luckily, they managed to pick up my distress beacon and pick me up.”
Spy nodded, “It’s good to see you’re okay.” But then he spoke to Eon about Blaster-Tron,
“If we do change our fate, would Blaster-Tron still exist?”
Eon nodded his head, “Blaster-Tron was created by Drobot and when you reshape the past, the robot will still exist.” He looked at the group and said, “You have a great battle ahead of you. For our time period to change, all of you must survive.”
EQG Spike nodded, “We won’t let the future down.”
Future Sonata replied, “We know that you won’t let us down.”
The cockpits on the copters closed as the squadron lifted off and into a Time Rift created by the Rift Engines to return to their time period. Eon wished,
“Good Luck, Echo Squadron.”
Author's Note
So the Supercharged Future arc is pretty much over. The Skylanders are now returning to their own time period to finish the fight against the only Doom Raider left to challenge them.
Now to explain one thing about the Legacy power.
Sunblast's Stampede was an inherited trait that he got from his mother, Fluttershy.
(Forgot about the Next Generation Skylanders)
Well, That's all for now. See you in the next chapter.
Aftermath and Skyhighlands
Back in the present time of Skylands, a time portal opened up in the desert and out came EQG Dark Spyro along with a special package that was retrieved from the Future. The Dark EQG was exhausted from the battle that he passed out in the sands of the desert. Although, his return didn’t go unnoticed by the Golden Queen when she and Glumshanks set off to find him and retrieve the package that he brought back. It turned out to be quick since they discovered him as Glumshanks shouted,
“Um…Golden Queen, I think I found him!” The Doom Raider looked at the exhausted form of EQG Dark Spyro, “He’s still alive.”
She turned to Glumshanks, “Get my guards to carry him back!” The troll ran back as she knelt down towards the genetically created EQG and noticed the package,
“At last…revenge will be mine!”
She noticed the EQG squirm a little, but she said, “Relax, you have been through a lot.”
The Dark EQG remained still as the Queen’s guards arrived and carried him back to her lair. She was relieved to know that the package contained the extra stinky cheese. It had the exact stink to power up her Ultimate Weapon and exact revenge on the Skylanders. But first there was EQG Dark Spyro, the genetic Super-Soldier; there was a reason why he was sent back alone with the cheese. She knew exactly what happened when the Dark EQG rose from his bed asking,
“Your Highness, where’s Adagio? Is she all right?”
The Golden Queen shook her head,“I believe she got captured to save you.”
EQG Dark Spyro was shocked, “That…that can’t be! She was safe when I took that hit. I saw her unharmed by that blast!” He soon felt something in his pocket as he pulled out Adagio’s pendent…which did nothing but show the truth of what happened. This caused the Dark EQG to have tears in his eyes due to the sight of her pendant. He soon stood up and yelled,
“NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!”
The Gyrocopters soon returned to the present Skylander Academy and landed in the Academy’s hanger bay. As the occupants disembarked from the copters, they were met by Buzz, who asked,
“So what took you guys so long to get back?”
EQG Legendary Spyro replied, “You have no idea what we’ve been through in the future.”
EQG Drobot spoke, “We just had to fight a war that would occur in the future to destroy a sky-eating station that was built by our resident midget portal master. Only to be followed by Dark Spyro resulting us to go after him.”
EQG Terrafin took over, “And we managed to capture Wolfgang and Adagio, she took Dark’s place in the trap that was meant to be for him.”
EQG Camo finished, “In term, Dark Spyro escaped and returned back to our time zone.”
Sonata added, “And he wasn’t willing to let her go.”
Buzz thought about it and spoke, “So…he’s weakened?”
Blaster-Tron stepped forward, “The enemy is indeed weakened due to losing a loved one.”
Buzz looked at the robot, “Well, you must be quite smart for a robot from the future.”
EQG Drobot spoke, “Well, he’s as smart as me when I built him.”
EQG Spike decided, “Blaster-Tron is as smart as Drobot…but, before we came back…Master Eon of the future gave us a warning of a battle that could decide the fate of Echo Squadron.”
Buzz noticed the unease that the six were going through when he realized, “I see, the future was a nightmare and somehow all of you need to survive in order to change the future.”
EQG Legendary Spyro asked, “Wait…interrogation?!” The Squadron soon flashed out as returned to the Portal Chamber. The group was hoping for a welcome home greeting…but what they came back to…was a group of Skylanders guarding a prisoner…a female EQG with an all-too familiar sunset colored hair who was sitting on her knees. She was especially familiar to EQG Spike as he eyes squinted in anger as he said the first word,
“YOU!”
Principal Celestia spoke, “Calm down, Spike. She’s with us now.”
EQG Spike was not buying it, “With us!? After everything she has done? How can she be with us when she tried to kill us?!”
Soon enough, the prisoner, Sunset Shimmer spoke, “Because I came here willingly, I wouldn’t be calm if I came here unwillingly!”
This caused EQG Spike stop as his eyes started to glow as he felt a voice in his head speak to him,“She didn’t show any resistance when they discovered her, Spike. I know this, but you do not.”
He rubbed his head as he approached his former-enemy, “If you came here so willingly when we were gone, what was your reason?”
Sunset Shimmer replied, “Something is going on with Malefor…he’s not like what he used to be since the Conflict…he’s changed…something's are things that I can’t explain.”
The voice in EQG Spike’s head soon spoke, “A troubled girl who used to work for an evil dragon…but yet there are something's that was left unexplained. Ask her what became of Malefor?”
EQG Spike asked, “What did you see?”
Sunset Shimmer replied, “I don’t know, but Malefor said something of using mechanical objects to improve himself.”
The voice soon said, “Cybernetics? Very Bizarre of Malefor to use. I would guess that he’s growing desperate.”
Sunset continued, “I didn’t want any part in this despite being his apprentice…so I left and came to the Academy…where I actually begged Buzz to grant me an audience with the Princesses and Principals.”
The voice soon described one part of Sunset, “Her eyes are full of a misunderstood nature, just like that Sonata girl.”
EQG Spike held his hand out as his former-nemesis grabbed it as he pulled her up to her feet, “If what you say is true, then you are welcome to stay with us for protection.”
Sunset smiled, “Thank you, Spike.” She hugged him as EQG Spike was taken by surprise before accepting the hug. After the hug was finished, Master Eon asked,
“How long do you think that Malefor planned this?”
Sunset replied, “His plan would take a matter of months.” The alicorn nodded as soon turned back the matter at hand,
“Right now, we need to find the Golden Queen and end this war.”
The Golden Queen has the cheese and soon enough, her ultimate weapon would be fully operational. The queen decided to address Skylands as its ruler as her image appeared throughout the areas that the Skylanders have been to.
“Attention all of Skylands, It is I, your magnificent Queen…” Krypt King, Buzz and Flynn looked up as she continued, “I would like to take this opportunity to present, ‘The Three Golden Rules’ that I now expect all of you to follow:
Rule #1: All Skylanders must surrender to me at once and release my fellow Doom Raiders.
Rule #2: All Gold in Skylands must be delivered to me as fitting tribute.
And Rule #3: I reserve the Royal Rite to make up an infinite number of…More Rules!” She laughed as Krypt King lowered his head knowing that she needs to be stopped.
Onboard the Weapon, Glumshanks has placed the cheese into the reactor as a stink shield covered it. So now with the large amount of Traptanium plus the Stinkocity from the cheese, the weapon is now operational.
The Golden Queen soon continued, “And just in case, let me show you what will happen if you break any of my rules!”
“Now I got Skylands right where I want it! But there is one more demand that I require…Turn in the Skylander, Krypt King to me and you won’t suffer the same fate as these ‘unfortunate’ subjects!”
She soon faded as Krypt King dropped his broadsword in shock knowing that she would go this far. Buzz spoke,
“Boomsticks, your girlfriend is going all tyrannical on Skylands just to get to you.”
Krypt King sat on the ground as put his hand on his faceplate in sorrow,
“I can’t turn myself in; it will do more harm to others than good.”
Flynn spoke, “Well come to think of it, things really weren’t that great since this war started.”
Krypt King lowered his head down, “Everything, this war, the weapon was all because of me…she’s doing this just to hunt me down.”
Buzz placed his hand on the knight’s shoulder, “Ya know, kid. At times like these, I thought that is was over for the good guys. But you know what kept me and my squad going?”
Krypt King was curious, “What kept you from giving up?”
Buzz replied, “Hope, son. Hope to see another day. Hope to see the world in peace instead of oppression, that’s what’s kept me going all these years.” The veteran picked up the broadsword and pointed the hilt end towards the Trap Master,
“You can’t lose hope that you could stop her. You stopped her once even though it was through deception. But you can beat her again in straight up combat.”
Krypt King soon placed his hand on the broadsword as he used it to raise himself up as he spoke,
“You’re right, Buzz…I can’t give up now.”
Buzz patted the Trap Master on the shoulder, “That’s the spirit…but the only question is; where is she hiding?”
Kaos soon approached, “Don’t be ridiculous! She keeps her stupid temple in some stupid secret location so nobody can steal her stupid gold!”
Krypt King realized, “Wait…Gold!” Kaos asked, “What are you blabbing about?”
Krypt King spoke, “I know a gang of air pirates that have a base up in the Skyhighlands. They have a magic prism that can point out large deposits of gold…”
Flynn finished, “Riiight - and since Queenie there is totally made of gold, that pirate-y plunder prism should lead right to her. Boom, let’s go there now!”
Krypt King shook his head, “Flynn, none of our ships have the capability of reaching the Skyhighlands.”
Flynn realized, “Boom withdrawn. If you been there before, how did you get there the first time?”
Krypt King replied, “I stowed aboard an Arkeyan Gyrocopter that was stored inside a rocket and blasted off to the highlands during the war. They were one of the few floating islands that existed until the end of the war…that’s when I found the prism…and the pirates. They didn’t like visitors so I managed to evade their fire and escape.”
Buzz decided, “We might not have a rocket, but the trolls do. All we need to do is to get our hands on that rocket; I’ve already sent the Mabu Defense Force to commence Operation: Troll Rocket Steal.”
Krypt King nodded, “I’m on my way.” All of a sudden, his left hand began to spark and flash as the Trap Master gripped his hand,
“What’s happening to me!?”
Buzz looked at what was going on and realized, “Yep, just as I suspected. When you touched the Traptanium shard in the tomb, the memory that was shown to you left a mark on your hand. I’m no expert in magic, but I believe that mark would be very useful in combat.”
Krypt King looked at the visible mark and said, “I’ll find out what this mark does.”
At the Golden Queen’s lair, the Queen was pretty much snickering to herself as the snow globe that contained Time Town sat on her throne. She is now on the verge of conquering Skylands and with her Ultimate Weapon at her disposal, she cannot be stopped. But that didn’t stop her from noticing her Super-Soldier approaching,
“It’s not going to work.”
The Queen asked, “What did you say?”
EQG Dark Spyro taunted, “Did I stutter, ‘your highness?”
The Golden Queen stood up, “Don’t you dare mock me!”
EQG Dark Spyro stated, “The Ultimate Weapon plan is not going to work!”
The Golden Queen approached, “How dare you say this to your Queen!”
EQG Dark Spyro stood unfazed, “Your overconfidence is your weakness. The Trap Master will come, but he will not come peacefully!”
The Golden Queen scoffed, “Me? Overconfident? Don’t be ridiculous! My revenge is bittersweet and soon enough I will have Krypt King, one way or the other. And you have the nerve to question my authority; I should just have you end up like my unfortunate subjects in Time Town.”
EQG Dark Spyro’s red eyes glowed as the Dark EQG saw the memories of the Queen and the Trap Master that she’s after before breaking the link…but before the Queen can question him further, he vanished.
He was in his living quarters as he sat on the bed, “Her memories…it’s not just revenge…its sorrow. She’s ashamed for losing that Trap Master due to his deception. That is almost like…”
It was in the future, he and Adagio were sent to track down Echo Squadron. It was before they encountered the Pirate Train and the two had set up camp for the night. On this particular night, Dark was sitting outside, staring at the horizon until Adagio decided to join him. She sat down next to him as he noticed her,
“I was created to fight Legendary Spyro…I nearly had him…but I had to back off.”
Adagio spoke, “You shouldn’t get yourself worked up on fighting him. It would only leave you weak when you fight him.”
EQG Dark Spyro asked with an accusing tone, “You think I am weak?”
Adagio shook her head, “You are not weak, but you need to think about something else for now until you go after the squadron.”
The Dark EQG was puzzled, “Something else? What else should I think about?” It wasn’t until he felt something touch his hand; he looked to his left and saw Adagio’s hand covering his as he asked,
“What are you doing?”
The Dazzling replied, “Relax, Dark Spyro. I just wanted to tell you something since you first stepped out of your tank.”
EQG Dark Spyro asked, “And that is?” Adagio stuttered for a bit, “I…I sort of like you, even before you were flushed from the tank.”
EQG Dark Spyro was curious, “What do you mean?” Adagio leaned her head towards his shoulder, “You may be a tank-bred human version of Dark Spyro…but sometimes there is more to your existence besides fighting.”
EQG Dark Spyro wondered, “What do you mean?”
Adagio stated, “It’s being with someone who likes you.”
EQG Dark Spyro replied, “I’ll…need to think on this.”
After flashing out of that memory, EQG Dark Spyro soon wiped his tears with the sleeves of his jacket as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a gem, it was a black and purple color which emitted an enormous amount of magical energy. He remembered Adagio saying that the gem was on him when he was flushed from the tank. He doesn’t know the reason behind the gem, but he was always holding on to it like it was a piece of him. But even the gem couldn’t calm his sorrow for losing Adagio,
“Why? Why did you have to get captured?”
In the Throne Room, the Golden Queen stood in shock at what the tank-bred just did to her. Ever since he got back, there was nothing obedient about the Super-Soldier; he didn’t even possess the fact that his mission was complete. The only thing that he shown was a rebellious nature and sorrow for losing Adagio at the battle in the future. She was wondering why he decides to say that her ‘Three Golden Rules’ would not work. She asked,
“Who does he think he is? He should remember that I ordered his creation! He was created to do my bidding!”
She introduced her hand to her face as she used her staff to pull up an image of EQG Dark Spyro lying on his bed gazing at Adagio’s pendant. The Queen realized,
“This…reminds me of…” She turned her head towards her picture of Krypt King and finished, “Myself after losing Krypt King.”
The sight of Krypt King not only brought her sorrow, but anger in the Trap Master deceiving her. She looked at the image of EQG Dark Spyro as he gets up and speaks,
“She got herself captured just to save me…I took that blast from her sister’s attack and yet she took the trap vortex for me.”
He kissed Adagio’s pendant as he spoke, “You give yourself for me…but I hope, we could see each other again…maybe if Skylanders can end this stupid war.”
This made the Golden Queen cross, “He WANTS the Skylanders to win!? Has he lost his senses completely?”
The Dark EQG looked up as his eyes glowed again, “I can hear you talking, you know.”
The Golden Queen was soon struck with images of what he experienced as it flooded her mind until he broke the connection. After that he continued to lie on his bed and rest for a little while. The Queen shook off the experience and was now determined to get the Dark EQG under control for when she needs his assistance.
The Golden Queen sent Glumshanks to eavesdrop on EQG Dark Spyro and the clumsy troll discovered some useful information that he reported back to the queen. He said that EQG Dark Spyro has a gem that he carries around a lot. He noted that the tank-bred was showing signs of emotions, mostly sorrow and love. He was still swearing revenge of EQG Legendary Spyro, but he only does that on a rare occasion. The Golden Queen realized,
“Hmm…He wants revenge on his counterpart? Very interesting.”
Meanwhile Krypt King and the Skylanders managed to recover the Troll Rocket and trap the troll in charge of defending it. Now with everything set up, their air team was ready for the assault on the pirate base in the Skyhighlands with Krypt King and Echo Squadron leading the formation. Krypt King was onboard his own gyrocopter that was Arkeyan Red which differs his from Echo Squadron.
Once the rocket reached the Skyhighlands, it separated revealing Flynn’s ship, Tessa and Whiskers, the Dread-Yacht, a blue Arkeyan Robot and the eight gyrocopters. The air-team approached the base as Mags spoke,
“Hot buttered toast with all kinds of cinnamon – there she is!!”
Flynn spoke, “Alright everybody, stick to the plan. On my signal, we’ll get their attention by crashing into each other.”
Tessa shouted, “Wait, no Flynn. That’s not the plan. Remember?”
Krypt King decided to relay the plan, “Alright Strike Team, listen up. You and Echo Squadron are going to create a diversion to draw the pirates off of me while I board the mining platform. I’ve been here before so I know my way around the place. Once I get onboard, the fighters will try to strafe me, so don’t let that happen. Keep me covered until I locate that Gold-Finder and then…the moment of truth.”
Cali spoke, “We all know what this means to you, Krypt King. Once you activate it, it will lead you right to her.”
Soon enough, EQG Legendary Spyro spoke, “Guys, watch out! We got several Pirate Fighters and Gunships heading right towards us!”
Krypt King soon hit the throttle and armed the copter’s weapons, “Strike Team, Engage!”
Cali soon spoke, “The Dread-Yacht’s weapons are still booting up and I’ve got pirates all over me!”
Krypt King spoke to EQG Legendary Spyro, “Echo Squadron, Defend the Dread-Yacht!”
The seven gyrocopters sped forward to defend the ship from those pirates. Krypt King was evading a gunship when Whiskers swooped down and plucked the gunner from his ship. Due to the bird landing on the ship, it became unstable as the pirate gunship crashed into one of the floating crystal geodes surrounding the mining platform. Tessa spoke,
“Now’s your chance to land on the platform, we’ll keep them occupied!”
Krypt King nodded as he saw his friends bravely fight this battle to buy him time. He switched to hover mode and landed on the platform. He stepped out of the copter and spotted a turret over to his left. He made his way over to the turret and realized,
“This turret is in bad shape…I can’t make my way to the prism knowing that my friends still need help unless…” His left hand started to glow blue as he raised it up and yelled,
“Ah, Krypt King, what do you need my assistance for?”
Krypt King spoke, “Since you use to be a professor and carry those homing missiles, I need your help to fix this turret because our friends need help.”
The Troll looked at the turret, “Should not be long to fix.” In a flash, the turret was as good as new as Threatpack jumped into the cannon and fired his homing missiles at the pirate airships destroying everything hostile in his path. Threatpack jumped out and said,
“If you need my help with taking down the airships, just use that mark on your hand to call me.”
Threatpack vanished in a beam of light as the Trap Master began to make his way up the mining platform to locate the prism while fighting off some of the defending pirates trying to stop him. He fought through the pirates and noticed a locked gate, so he went into the Stolen Property Room and found the key being protected by pirates. After defeating them, he noticed a radio and noticed that Chill Bill was doing his warning about not saying ‘Argh’ in front of an air pirate since it would make them angry. Krypt King simply grabbed the key and opened the gate outside.
After that he noticed a battle gate and several air pirates appeared to stop him from reaching the prism, but he made short work of them with his swordsman skills. Once the enemies were defeated the gate opened, but Krypt King was soon blocked by the leader of the pirates, which was a bird wearing a ninja’s garb,
“Who dare disturbs the Great Hawkmongous and his evil band of pirates?” The Trap Master was about to respond until the bird spoke, “Wait, wait, don’t tell me. It’s more fun to guess. Let me think on it. And while I’m doing that, why don’t we play a game of Skystones Smash? If you win, I’ll even let you by. C’mon, you can trust the Great Hawkmongous!”
It sounded like a challenge, the Krypt King sheathed his blade and got out his Skystones deck, “I accept your challenge!”
Hawkmongous was pleased, “Excellent! Good to meet someone with an appreciation for such gamesmanship!”
Soon enough, the two played Skystones Smash, it had its ups and downs and in the end, Krypt King won the match as he stored away his deck.
Hawkmongous couldn’t believe that this mysterious intruder beat him, “Hey! How did you beat me just now? Guess that’s more food for thought though, huh? But we’ll meet again whoever you are. Mark my words. Go ahead. Mark them!”
The bird soon jumped off the platform and onto a gunship as it flew off. Krypt King advanced forward as he noticed Tessa and Whiskers being pursued by pirates. He noticed the nearby turret and used it to take down the airships before any harm can be done to his friends. Although before destroyed a gunship, it got a few shots off at him.
After destroying the pirates, Krypt King had to use a gear elevator and encountered Diggs the Molekin in a room with a tough geode ore that could only be destroyed by Grinnade. Krypt King used the mark on his hand to summon Grinnade as the grinning bomb blew up the ore and redeemed himself in the process. After that, Krypt King journeyed up to another turret that was defended by more pirates.
But they weren’t that much of a challenge, it wasn’t until the gunships started to drop off troops to stop the Trap Master until a missile from Echo 2 destroyed the gunships and caused the defense team to break off and attack EQG Drobot. Krypt King looked at the turret and used the mark to summon Threatpack,
“Our friends need help, Threatpack!”
The troll jumped into the turret and used his homing missiles on the various pirate fighters and gunships that were pursuing the air team. The gunships were actually turning their attention towards the turret, but were quickly shot out of the sky by Threatpack’s homing missiles. Once the airships were destroyed, the gate opened up as Threatpack was pulled out. Krypt King continued on before encountering Hawkmongous again,
“Hey, those turrets are for US to shoot YOU, whoever you are! Still haven’t figured that part out yet. But I will. Oh you’d better believe I will…”
Krypt King spoke, “Don’t tell me, you want a rematch of Skystones Smash?” The air pirate pulled out his deck, “Great! I do deserve a second chance you know.”
The Trap Master pulled out his deck, “It’s Time to smash!”
Although the match was long and a few Skystones were down, the Trap Master came out on top and beaten Hawkmongous a second time. As per agreement, he let the Trap Master pass as he said,
“The only thing more baffling than who you are is how you keep winning at Skystones Smash. Ugh, but next time, NEXT TIME, I’ll…have to figure that part out too.”
The leader soon jumped onto another gunship as the Trap Master progressed onwards while finding a Geode Key, a Legendary Treasure, a perfect decoration for the Academy. He soon took the upper gear elevators to another turret guarded by air pirates; Krypt King used his mark to summon Grinnade as the little bomb blew all the pirates to next week. As the Trap Master patted Grinnade on the fuse, Mags contacted him as her robot flew by while being pursued by pirates,
“I got a blueberry problem here, Krypt King!” There was a pause until Mags said, “I call pirates, “blueberries’ for some reason, can’t remember why, but anyway, help shoot them down with that cannon, will ya?”
Krypt King and Grinnade nodded as they jumped into the turret, it was a combination of Fire and Undead as both undead energy and fire energy was shot from the cannon. Each time a pirate fighter went down, Grinnade would beep in joy that an enemy was down. Krypt King couldn’t help but chuckle at the time bomb’s elation over downing an enemy airship whether it would be fighter or gunship. He looked over to Grinnade and said,
“One lesson in being a good guy: Better to be respected than feared.”
The little guy beeped in acceptance of that term and shot down two gunships that attempted to open fire on them. Soon enough, the fighters and gunships were shot down as Mags remembered something,
“Just remembered why I called them blueberries, met a pirate once called ‘Bluebeard’ and I just misunderstood his name. Anyway, Echo Squadron would handle it from here. You go on up and find that prism!”
Once they jumped out of the turret, Krypt King noticed Grinnade beep in exhaustion as the Trap Master spoke, “Rest now, my friend. You need to save your strength.”
Grinnade was pulled out as he went through the open gate and up the stairs to what he was looking for. Krypt King flashed into a memory of himself seeing the gold-finder once before escaping the pirates before. He shook off the memory as he approached the prism, but the mark on his hand sparked when he realized that he’s not alone. He looked up and towards the platform and saw Hawkmongous standing on the hilt of his katana as he stated,
“No one dares disturb the Great Hawkmongous and his rag tag band of air pirates on their floating mine outpost! Except you apparently. But since no one else ever has, I still have no idea who you are.”
The leader of the air pirates looked at the prism then to Krypt King, “What I do know is that we won’t allow you to use our prism for good. Only evil! And because you are not evil, you must be attacked!”
Hawkmongous ordered, “Get that, whoever that is!!” The air pirates started turning their attention to Krypt King.
He gripped his broadsword as he went into battle with a few slashes at the air pirates that were guarding the prism. It wasn’t until several gunships began offloading troops, Krypt King signaled Echo Squadron to offer him support, soon enough one of the gunships exploded as a blue gyrocopter passed by while opening fire on another gunship. Krypt King soon noticed that the prism was powering up and realized that it was being used as a weapon as Hawkmongous spoke,
“We shall emerge from this battle victorious or my name isn’t the Great Hawkmongous!”
The prism fired as the Trap Master dodged it and lured the big guys into its line of fire. The Trap Master sent out his swarms to sting the pirates into the prism’s beam before it stopped firing. Hawkmongous noticed,
“This is going less-awesome than I expected.”
As more enemies emerged, Krypt King decided to call for help; he raised his left hand high and used the mark to summon Threatpack,
“Did someone call for a professor?” After that, the Troll worked his scientific genius while Krypt King spun around as his sword slashed the air pirates in his path while some were taken out by Threatpack’s homing missiles. Hawkmongous realized,
“Perhaps I should’ve played you in Skystones Smash again.”
The Prism fired again as the duo evaded the beam while using quick tactics to lure enemies into the beam’s path. Threatpack was starting to get tired as he spoke,
“I’m getting exhausted, I need to rest!”
The troll professor was pulled out as Hawkmongous had enough of seeing his pirates get defeated by some strange knight. So the leader of the pirates decided,
“Let’s fight!”
He hopped off his katana as it came down with him. He soon was on the prism platform with his katana in ready position,
“My boys couldn’t take you down, but now I will take you down, whoever you are! But this time, my name is changed to Tae Kwon Crow!”
Krypt King raised his broadsword, “Your move, Tae Kwon Crow!”
His opponent soon teleported away leaving Krypt King open to an attack. As the bird charged, Krypt King raised his sword to his back as the katana clashed with his sword. He soon teleported in front of him and attempted to drop slash him. Only having his katana stuck in the floor, leaving the bird vulnerable for an attack by Krypt King. The Trap Master sent out his swarms to attack the leader of the pirates as they started to sting the bird several times as he thrashed around trying to shake them off.
After that, he teleported again to catch the Trap Master by surprise, but thanks to the mark on his hand, Krypt King was able to stop Tae Kwon Crow’s attack as he counter-attacked with a jab in the gut with his pommel. Tae Kwon Crow flew to the ground when he got the wind knocked out of him. He tried to teleport and attack again and again, but still Krypt King got him and countered him until he was defeated. As the Princesses appeared, Krypt King spoke,
“Your highnesses, I need a Dark Trap to capture Tae Kwon Crow.”
After a while, his mark sparked in a dark color as Luna spoke, “The Dark Trap is in. Use the mark on your hand.”
Tae Kwon Crow spoke from the energy dome, “Maybe I should’ve played you in Skystones Smash again.” He raised his hand high as a thump of energy occurred as a vortex emerged. The bird looked up as he was sucked in,
“Why did I make the change to Tae Kwon CROOOOWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!?” Celestia soon held the trap that held Tae Kwon Crow,
“Aha! Who dares beat me at Skystones Smash, defeat my minions and now capture me! I still want to know!”
Celestia spoke, “That would be us that captured you, Tae Kwon Crow.”
Tae Kwon Crow was shocked, “Wait, I know you! The Princess of the Sun herself…if you captured me…than that means…the one that beat me in Skystones Smash and defeated my minions was…Krypt King! Have I got it right?”
Luna spoke, “You are correct!” Tae Kwon Crow was even more shocked, “The Pony Princess of the Night!?”
Celestia now stated, “You are now trapped in this crystal. If you want to be free, you fight with us for the greater good. Do I make myself clear?”
Tae Kwon Crow soon spoke, “The Great Hawkmongous accepts his fate…and his new name of Tae Kwon Crow, pretty cool actually.”
“So all we have to do is shine this light through this prism and it will point the way to the Golden Queen’s super-secret temple?”
Buzz spoke, “Yep, if she’s as gold as everyone says she is, then this oughta do it. Krypt King, since this is personal for you. Can you do the honors?”
The Trap Master acknowledged this as he pointed his hand at the device. The mark fired a beam as the device activated; it fired a blue beam to signify the prism’s cooperation with the mark on his hand as it went into the mining platform and onto the horizon.
In the Golden Queen’s Lair, she was trying to find a way to break her super-soldier of his pathetic sorrow over losing Adagio to the Skylanders. But still trying to convince him was a fruitless effort; it was basically infuriating to know this. It wasn’t until she was hit by a blue beam and she heard a familiar voice,
“Of all things, putting all of Skylands at ransom to do your every whim is not something worth fighting for. But now, the moment of truth has begun. I am Krypt King and I send this message to the Golden Queen…” The voice started to become threatening as he demanded,
“Leave Skylands alone! I’m coming for you.”
Author's Note
So mares and gentlecolts, the aftermath of Supercharged Future. So Krypt King now knows the location of the Golden Queen, now the moment of truth will come.
After the heroes discovered the location of the Golden Queen, Cali realized, “Of course! She’s in the Golden Desert! Seems kind of obvious, now that I think of it.”
“Obvious or not, she would stop at nothing to get me. But this time, she won’t have to look far.”
Cali replied while she piloted the Dread-Yacht, “You are taking a dangerous risk, you know? When we get back to the Academy, we’ll plan our course of action from there.”
Krypt King shook his head, “You guys go back to the Academy. I’ll go to the Golden Desert and scout the area from the air.”
Cali set the ship on auto-pilot, “Are you serious? You would get captured for sure and she would pretty much have you!”
Krypt King replied, “I can’t risk losing you or the others.”
Cali knew that despite his determination to go to the Golden Desert, he can’t risk the lives of his friends. But because of her scouting instincts, she spoke,
“She will most likely be expecting an attack and that message you sent through the prism will most likely get to her expecting you to attack.” She soon added, “But you’re not scouting the desert on your own. You need a scouting expert like me to help.”
Krypt King was going to retaliate but he realized that she is right, “You do have more experience in scouting enemy territory. I will accept your assistance in this scouting mission.”
Cali replied, “I’m glad your instincts kicked in.”
The Trap Master activated his wrist communicator, “Krypt King to all units, Cali and I are going to the Golden Desert to scout the area and gather Intel on the defenses.”
Buzz soon spoke, “Nice use of the word ‘intel’ Krypt King. Maybe you and Cali will be Secret Ninja Commandos in no time!”
Flynn spoke, “I may not have ninja tomato skills, but I’m still the best pilot in Skylands.”
Mags spoke, “Um…keep that in mind that Echo Squadron is the best squadron of Ace Pilots in Skylands.”
Flynn asked in shock, “How does one become an Ace!?” There was laughing from Echo Squadron at Flynn’s comment on becoming an Ace. Soon enough, EQG Legendary Spyro ordered,
“Echo 1 to Dread-Yacht, Permission has been granted to break away and head for the Golden Desert.”
Cali replied, “Got it, Spy. We’re on our…” Soon enough, she looked at the fuel gauge and realized,
“Uh oh, low on fuel.” Buzz soon spoke, “Don’t worry, young lady. Flynn’s rust bucket is already in refueling mode. Check your ship and prepare for refueling.”
Flynn spoke, “My ship isn’t a rust bucket.”
Buzz laughed, “Just a joke, Flynn.”
Cali and Krypt King soon prepared the Dread-Yacht for refueling as a refueling nozzle extend towards the refueling port as Cali worked the controls on the ship until it was connected. She held the ship in position as she looked at the fuel gauge as it steadily climbed to maximum fuel. During the refueling process, Krypt King’s communicator was still on as he heard EQG Camo comment,
“Like waiting in line for the restroom, doesn’t it?”
Soon enough, Flynn spoke, “All set you two, disconnect.” The Dread-Yacht disconnected from the refueling hose as Krypt King spoke,
“Once you are able, meet us in the Golden Desert. Don’t keep us waiting; this is our chance to end this war.”
Flynn replied, “Righty-O, Krypt King. Keep Cali safe until I get there, okay?”
Although the Trap Master knew that Cali could handle herself, he spoke, “I’ll keep her safe.” After it was done, the Dread-Yacht broke off and headed to the Golden Desert.
As the Dread-Yacht reached the outskirts of the Golden Desert, Krypt King knew that a large ship like the Dread-Yacht will attract attention. He spoke,
“Cali, land the ship in a secluded area. I need you on the ground for a groundside reconnaissance.”
Cali asked, “What about you?” She saw Krypt King get into his gyrocopter and take off as he contacted her,
“I’ll scout out from the air. The best way is to know your enemy from both air and ground. That’s why I need you on the ground.”
Cali understood this and landed the ship in a secluded area as she pulled out her binoculars and spotted several walls blocking the paths. Besides the fact that several guards were patrolling the area, there was a path into the Queen’s temple. She decided to call up Krypt King,
“Scout 1 to Knight Eye, I found a path to the Queen’s temple.”
Krypt King answered, “Knight Eye here, I’ve confirmed your path to the temple, but my observation has pinpointed out walls as you’ve already noticed. But we have a bigger problem, there are Chompy Worms guarding the area as well.”
Cali looked at the areas where the Chompy Worms are and realized, “Yikes, that’s huge. But you know how to deal with them?”
Krypt King saw the catapults from the air and said, “We could use the catapults to chip away at their armor. If we do that enough times, they would spread their wings and fly away.”
Cali asked, “And you know this, how?”
Krypt King answered, “I read about the many species of Chompy from the library.”
Cali soon looked over at the information and said, “I’d say we have enough Intel for the mission. Krypt King, land in this clearing, I’ll be waiting.”
The Trap Master soon brought his copter in for a landing as Cali stood back and shielded her eyes from the sand being brought up from the copter. The engines shut off as the canopy opened and Krypt King stepped out. The two soon discussed their way to get into the Queen’s temple, mostly involving Krypt King’s Chompy Worm solution and lots of explosives to destroy the walls blocking the way.
After a while, they spotted Flynn’s ship over the Golden Desert, Cali waved to catch Flynn’s attention and soon enough, Flynn came running to the landing site. They two realized that he brought two extras with him which was Snap Shot and the Mini-Skylander, Barkley.
Krypt King and Snap Shot fist bumped as the Crocagator asked, “So this is it, huh?”
The knight replied, “The Golden Desert, the area where the Golden Queen’s temple is located.”
Snap Shot stated, “This is your show, Krypt King if she shows herself; I won’t stand in your way.”
Krypt King expressed his appreciation, “It is good to have friends.”
Cali smiled at this, “It’s good to see two Trap Masters have a friendly greeting before going off into battle.” She turned to Barkley, “So, are you ready for battle?”
Barkley replied, “I have the bark and the bite!”
Krypt King soon relayed the info, “We found a path into the Queen’s temple, but it’s guarded by some of her giant Chompy Worms.”
Cali finished, “Thanks to Krypt King, we know how to deal with them.” Flynn, who was shocked at the sight of a nearby Chompy Worm, decided to sit this one out. But Cali calmed him down saying,
“Don’t worry Flynn; we’ll need you to keep watch from above.”
Flynn accepted, “No problemo, Cali, just call me your Guy in the Sky!” A sort of romantic music filled the area as Flynn said,
“Go ahead, say it, come on.” The music kept playing as Flynn looked up, “Hey Pinkie, what are you doing?”
They saw Pinkie Pie with a record player as she said, “Just thought I’d lighten the mood for a little bit!” Cali looked up, “Now is not the time.”
Pinkie Pie joyfully replied, “Okie Dokie Loki!” She soon vanished in a flash of light as Cali turned to Krypt King, Snap Shot and Barkley,
“Skylanders, I’ll meet you over by the catapults.” She placed her hand on Flynn’s shoulder, “And Flynn, you’ve always been my guy in the sky.” This made the pilot say, “Boom-a-shaka-laka.”
Snap Shot chuckled, “Come on Romeo, we need you to keep an eye on us.” Soon enough, he got into the air as the three Skylanders began their journey through the Golden Desert. There was a Molekin that required a robot’s help to excavate treasure from the sands and it worked out thanks to Blaster-Tron. The trio encountered a few enemies along the way even ran into Tessa who needed Tae Kwon Crow’s help with researching the gophers in this area.
After that they met up with Cali at the catapults as she said, “As you know, this desert is crawling with Chompy Worms. We won’t be able to make it across with them out there.”
Krypt King finished, “But we can use this catapult to keep the Chompy Worms distracted while you clear the other side. You’re our fast runner out there; we’ll keep the Chompy Worms off of you.”
Barkley got onto the catapult as the Chompy Worm emerged from the surface. Snap Shot commented,
“That is one…ugly…motherf…” His statement was cut off with Cali shouting, “Barkley, cover me!”
The Mini-Skylander fired the catapult at the Chompy Worm as it took off a good chunk of its armor. Krypt King looked at it before it dove beneath the sand,
“Direct hit!” The Chompy Worm surfaced as Barkley opened fire, scoring several direct hits on the creature. After so many hits, the Chompy Worm’s armor molted off as wings appeared as the creature flew away. Barkley and Snap Shot were amazed by this and so was Cali. After the whole sight of the Chompy Worm flying away, the team approached Cali as she said,
“You did it, guys! And now I’ve got the explosives in place so use the plunger to detonate them.”
Snap Shot pushed down on the plunger as the wall exploded, Cali commented, “Now THAT was a BOOM!”
Krypt King looked beyond, “We still have a long way to go. No doubt that the Golden Queen would know that we’re here.” The mark on his hand sparked as he clenched his wrist with his other hand. Snap Shot noticed,
“It’s the mark, isn’t it?” Krypt King nodded, “Everytime it sparks, it means that a must trap villain is nearby.”
Barkley noticed, “Well whatever it is, it will have to fight us.”
Cali nodded, “I’ll meet you guys at the next wall. Be careful out there.” The team soon moved to another area where a bunch of the Golden Queen’s royal guards tried to attack them. But they were utterly defeated by the combined strength of three Skylanders. And soon enough, the source of what caused Krypt King’s mark to spark was none other than a Bone Chompy.
Although this particular Bone Chompy was a must trap villain, the battle was short since they defeated and trapped Bone Chompy. After defeating the rest of the enemies, the team met up with Cali at the next catapult where a Chompy Worm was swimming around its guard zone. Cali noticed,
“Another section with more Chompy Worms, all right guys, you know the drill.” The team nodded as Krypt King got onto the catapult and started to blast away the Chompy Worm’s armor. Cali ran into the sandy field yelling,
“Cover me, Krypt King!” He fired on the Chompy Worm taking a part of its armor off before it dove into the sand. Usually blasting the Chompy Worm was supposed to be a hard task, but this one has back up because several turtle bombers with appeared and were possessed by a Masker Mind as several of them kept coming to draw the knight’s attention away from the Chompy Worm until several Traptanium Arrows and Photosynthesis cannon shots went out into the field as Snap Shot and Barkley opened fire. Snap Shot spoke,
“Blast these Chompy Worms!”
Barkley spoke, “We’ve got you covered!”
Soon enough, the Chompy Worm surfaced and was charging towards the catapult. Krypt King fired several shots at it until it rammed into the catapult, throwing Krypt King in a dazed state until he shook it off. But the Chompy Worm was dazed as well, so the knight jumped from the catapult and onto the beast. The Chompy Worm thrashed about trying to shake the Trap Master off, but he kept a firm grip on the huge worm as slashed his sword at its armor. The Trap Master rode the Chompy Worm like some kind of demented rodeo until the last of its armor was removed and its wings sprouted up.
Krypt King jumped from the Chompy Worm as it flew away and landed with a somersault onto the ground where the creature once roamed. As the Trap Master stood up, he noticed his friends in front of him as Cali said,
“Krypt King, that was incredible!”
Snap Shot commented, “Who knew that you could do that?”
Barkley spoke, “You are a real Garden Gladiator, Krypt King!” The Undead Trap Master chuckled as he pushed down the plunger as the explosives detonated and destroyed the wall that blocked their way. But after the wall was destroyed, Krypt King’s mark sparked once again as he clenched it again as Cali asked,
“Krypt King, what’s wrong?” The Trap Master said in a shocked tone, “She’s near!”
Right on queue, an angry voice yelled, “HOW DARE YOU DESTROY MY WALLS!?!?” Cali, Snap Shot and Barkley looked up the stairs as the Golden Queen herself approached, “AND YOU”VE TURNED MY CHOMPY WORM PETS INTO WORTHLESS BUTTERFLIES! Well, two can play at that game!”
The Golden Queen trained her staff on Cali as she fired at her. But soon enough, something grabbed Cali from behind and tossed her out of the way. She looked up and saw Krypt King holding his Traptanium Sword in front of him attempting to block the beam from the Golden Queen’s staff. But as he was blocking it, his strength was failing as well and as soon as he lowered his blade, the beam turned him into a gold statue which earned a couple of gasps from Cali and the two Skylanders. The Golden Queen, although shocked smiled evilly knowing that she finally has him,
“Finally, I finally have what I have wanted for so long and much more valuable to me!” She laughed as the golden statue of Krypt King floated away with her.
Cali couldn’t believe what she saw and neither could Snap Shot and Barkley. She said, “He took the gold beam…to save me?”
Snap Shot remembered, “Krypt King cares about his friends and would gladly put his friends first before himself.”
Barkley realized, “Even though he’s been turned into a statue, we can still save him.” Cali knew for a moment that they have to go after the Golden Queen and help Krypt King.
Cali picked herself up as she had a look of determination in her eyes, “Let’s make sure that she doesn’t keep him for long.”
Snap Shot understood this, “We came too far to see our friend captured!”
Barkley nodded, “Let’s go after her!” The three put their hands in as they lifted them up and yelled,
“For Krypt King!”
Meanwhile inside the temple, the Golden Queen was snickering to herself now that she finally has what she always wanted. The statue of Krypt King floated beside her as she looked at her captive,
“So, Krypt King after all these years, you have my attention. First you capture my fellow Doom Raiders and then deliver yourself?” She laughed,
“If I knew that you would just come all the way to my palace, I would’ve never considered hunting you in the first place.”
The statue stood motionless as a statue should be as she noticed that something hasn’t changed, “You still possess the Golden Kiss that I placed on you when I released you the first time.”
Although inside the statue, Krypt King thought, ‘Golden Kiss?’
The Golden Queen explained, “The Golden Kiss was meant so that only I can break your gold statue form. Which I won’t until you accept your defeat and agree to be with me.”
Krypt King thought, ‘I will never surrender…not to work for you.’
Soon enough, the Golden Queen and the Gold Statue Krypt King reached the Jeweled Coliseum where she placed him on a stand. She looked at the statue and said,
“Maybe seeing your little friends getting beaten by my royal guards will get you to surrender.”
This made Krypt King yell from inside the statue although he couldn’t speak, ‘NO!!’
The Doom Raider laughed as she proceeded up to the higher levels leaving Krypt King alone in his statue form. The Trap Master needed to find a way to break out of his statue form, there just had to be a way. She was right about the Golden Kiss, only the Golden Queen can release Krypt King. So he stopped struggling and calmed down as he felt a power slowly build up.
It wasn’t until Cali, Snap Shot and Barkley arrived at the Jeweled Coliseum as Gold Krypt King was happy to see them again, ‘My friends, my teammates, my great allies!’
Although the Golden Queen was less than pleased to see them as she spoke, “Didn’t I warn you, Skylanders? Didn’t I warn you to stay away from my sacred temple?”
Snap Shot spoke, “Warning us will not cut it from what you did!”
The Golden Queen replied, “Well I have been very busy lately. It was definitely on my to-do list. Anyway, I suppose you’re here to save Krypt King? ”
Barkley punched his fists together, “Give us Krypt King and this won’t have to get ugly!”
The Golden Queen shook her head, “But he is no longer your friend and fellow Skylander. He has become much more precious and important to me…And I have no intention of giving him back!”
Cali brought out her pick-axe, “You’ve asked for it!”
The Golden Queen announced, “Royal Guards Destroy the Skylanders and their little friend!”
The trio yelled, “FOR KRYPT KING!” The trio soon charged into battle as several of the Golden Queen’s royal guards were destroyed by the ferocity and determination of our three heroes.
As the heroes were battling against the Golden Queen’s forces, the statue of Krypt King remained inert as Krypt King himself was thinking of a way to break the Golden Kiss that the queen placed on him. He knew that his friends were in trouble, he wanted to find a way as quick as possible. Although he could hear the queen demanding his friends to stop resisting, they ignored it and the queen started firing eye lasers from a statue just above him which made him worried of his friend’s safety even more.
All of a sudden, the platform rumbled as a bomb was thrown at one of the statue pillars which made the Trap Master realize that his friends are going to destroy the platform that he was standing on. This made the queen say,
“Perhaps that fool Kaos was right about you all along. You are quite a powerful foe as it is, not as much to save you but still worth noting.” Soon enough, the sands in the arena started to rumble as the mouth of a Chompy Worm appeared as the queen stated, “Even the very sands you stand on must submit to my rule.”
This made the trapped Krypt King think harder on how to break out until he heard a voice in his head speak to him,
“Don’t struggle Krypt King.”
Krypt King asked, “Who are you?”
The voice replied, “I am someone from your past. Someone who can help you break what the Golden Queen has placed upon you.”
Krypt King asked, “Why should I trust you? You’re just a voice in my head.”
The voice stated, “A voice in your head that could help you save your friends from these fiends that the queen has let out.”
Krypt King, who was determined to save his friends made his decision, “Tell me what I need to do.”
The voice replied as he gave him his instruction, “The mark on your hand is the key.”
Krypt King thought about this, “The mark is the key?”
Soon enough outside of the statue, the left hand started to spark in a powerful energy. The Golden Queen was determined to defeat these heroes as she spoke,
"Look, I’m sure in some circles your bravery and heroism is really quite appreciating, but it’s getting in the way of MY World Domination! So I’ll be putting a stop to all of it right now.” She noticed, “Since none of the currently undead seem capable of defeating you, I’m afraid I would bring someone very special back to unlife.” She announced,
“GRAVE CLOBBER, ARISE FROM YOUR TOMB!” Soon enough, a tomb rose up from the sand and shown a burly mummy with a burial mask as he looked at the heroes,
“I’m going to bury you!”
As the mummy approached, Snap Shot and Barkley fired their respected weapons as Cali snuck behind for a pick-axe strike at his back. This infuriated the mummy as he tried swatting the adventurer several times and she always dodges it. It wasn’t until something caused all fighting to cease as everyone turned their attention to the statue of Krypt King as it started to glow from the left hand until it expanded throughout the statue. Soon enough, the statue shattered as a ball of light flew from the platform to the center of the arena.
As the dust settled, everyone from the heroes, the crowds to the Golden Queen and Grave Clobber saw as the figure was still bathed in light until the left hand glowed once again as the light faded. Once it faded, Krypt King revealed himself, but the only thing that shocked everyone was the color of his armor, it did not possess the black and yellow coloring, but a more golden yellow and white coloring. Instead of white bones, they were the color of black like his broadsword, but the most defining feature was his eyes, instead of red they were blue as he now stood in his battle stance. The Golden Queen yelled,
“Impossible! Only I had the power to release you!”
Krypt King flashed his hand as the mark sparked, “So did I and I didn’t even know it.”
The queen pointed, “Yet, you’ve retained your gold color!” Krypt King replied, “I am not a golden statue and this might be a gold color. But I am not Gold Krypt King…I am NITRO Krypt King!”
The Golden Queen was furious, “Grave Clobber, Capture Krypt King one way or the other!”
Cali was smiling as well as the rest of the Skylanders knowing that they are glad to see Krypt King again as they stood back.
Grave Clobber bashed his fists, “You're History!” He charged as Nitro Krypt King charged as well in an incredible speed. When he reached the burly mummy, he leaped and slashed at Grave Clobber, knocking him to a wall as he got up. He opened his faceplate and let loose his swarms as they began stinging Grave Clobber as he thrashed around,
“Get them off me, get them off!!” That left him open to an open strike to the head as Nitro Krypt King used his pommel to knock Grave Clobber into the last statue pillar, knocking the entire platform on top of him. His mark soon sparked a brown color as he used it to open a capture vortex as Grave Clobber yelled as he was being sucked in,
“Hey, I want my…MUMMMMYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!” The vortex closed as Nitro Krypt King looked up at the Golden Queen,
“Is that all you got?”
She was furious as she said, “Don’t think that this is over, Krypt King. Not by a long shot! We will meet again!” She soon vanished as Nitro Krypt King returned to normal. He noticed his friends approach as Cali spoke,
“Krypt King, you freed yourself from being a gold statue!”
Snap Shot noticed, “You’ve also manage to gain a Nitro Power on your own.”
Barkley jumped, “Way to go, Krypt King!”
The Trap Master nodded, “I know, but the Golden Queen has retreated into her palace. She will most likely be in her Throne Room.” He pressed a button on his communicator which sent a signal to his gyrocopter as it rose up from beneath the platform,
“I need to finish this.” Cali spoke, “I’m going with you. If you’re finishing this fight, I will see that it will be finished.”
Krypt King nodded as he turned to his fellow Skylanders, Snap Shot put his hand up, “We’ve fought enough. This is your fight, Krypt King and you should end it.” Barkley just gave him a thumbs-up as the two disappeared in a flash of light. The copter landed as both scout and knight nodded before boarding the craft and taking off towards the golden pyramid.
Meanwhile in the Throne Room, the Golden Queen was beyond furious knowing that she was outsmarted by Krypt King yet again. It was nearly driving her crazy as she was turning some of the décor to gold,
“How dare he outsmart me again!” She turned a plant to gold, “And the rest of his friends attacked me! I tried to be fair about this!” She turned a sheep to gold, “Was it too much to ask for all Skylands to follow a few simple RULES!?” She pointed to the only person in the room, “Glumshanks!”
The troll frighteningly replied, “Yes…I mean no…I mean whatever you say, your royal golden queeness.”
The Queen was impressed, “Good answer, well if the Skylanders, more importantly Krypt King is trying to test my mettle? IT’S TIME FOR HIM TO TASTE MY 24 CARAT FURY!!!” She knew just what to do,
“Glumshanks, move the Ultimate Weapon to target…THE SKYLANDER ACADEMY!!”
Soon enough, the Weapon was in range of the Academy, while the others were preparing for battle, Buzz knew for certain that Krypt King and Cali didn’t come back. The veteran knew that the Trap Master was not going to stop until the Golden Queen is defeated. Buzz soon said,
“Good luck out there, Krypt King. I know you can beat her!”
Author's Note
The Showdown between Krypt King and the Golden Queen has begun. I hope you enjoyed the revelation of Nitro Krypt King.
Krypt King vs Golden Queen
As Cali and Krypt King arrived at the Lair of the Golden Queen, the copter went into hover mode as it scanned the area. Although being inside the Queen’s lair made Krypt King feel uneasy which Cali noticed,
“I know how you feel about this, Krypt King. You’ve been running from her for years.”
The Trap Master understood, “I know Cali, but ever since this war started I blamed myself for this. But now I have a chance to correct my mistake.” The mark on his hand sparked once more, “This time with assistance from an old friend, I’ll be able to take her down before she uses that Battle Station on all of Skylands.”
She noticed a good landing spot, “Let’s land over there.” The Trap Master noticed, “I’ll drop you off there.”
Cali asked, “What do you mean?”
There was no response as the copter dropped Cali off in her landing zone and remained in hover mode until something bizarre happened, the copter transformed. The jets/rotors became mechanical feet; the wings became legs, the cockpit extended upwards as the legs moved back as it lowered itself to the ground. Cali was amazed and shocked by this revelation as the canopy opened revealing Krypt King,
“What do you think?”
Cali asked, “How long did you know about this function?” Krypt King simply stated, “The human Drobot refurbished it to a working order all while adding the walker feature to it.”
“Do you think you can open that door with your walker?” There was no response as the walker powered up a beam with the same signature as the ones that power up the doors in the palace. It fired towards the lock on the door and opened it up. The walker soon pushed the stone blocks away as it progressed further into the palace.
Krypt King entered the Hall of Treachery as he carefully moved the walker across the bridge and encountering enemies in the process. He activated the walker’s weaponry and blasted every enemy that got in his way lowering the battle gate in the process. Before Krypt King could continue on, Cali yelled,
“Wait, before you proceed, I need to tell you something about that bridge. Not all the tiles would support the walker’s weight, so don’t get too comfortable!”
Krypt King looked at the cracked tiles on the bridge and moved the walker towards the bridge while hitting the throttle causing the walker to run across the bridge in an incredible speed before the cracked tiles could even collapse to its weight.
All the while, he stopped the walker in front of Glumshanks as he explained that he made a spare remote to the Golden Queen’s battle station, unfortunately he dropped it down the nearby sand pit. He needs someone like a villain called ‘Bad Juju’ to kick up enough wind so the troll can find it.
Krypt King understood that working for someone like the Golden Queen is really bad. So he decided to move on and keep an eye out for this Bad Juju in the process. He came across another bridge with cracked tile and tiles that have spikes coming out of it. Krypt King moved the walker quickly across the bridge while dodging the cracked tiles and spike tiles when he came across another beam puzzle. The walker pushed the blocks out of the way so the walker can get passed and directed the walker’s beam to the door opening it in the process.
Beyond that door stood a large bridge of regular tiles, cracked tiles and spike tiles along with the new hot tiles which would hurt those that stand on it and green tiles with a cross on it meaning that it will heal those that stand on it. And there was a key on one of the tiles as Krypt King used the walker’s boosters to briefly jump to a safe tile and hover over the dangerous one until he touched down on a safe platform near the healing tiles. He got out of his walker and quickly went to the cracked tile with the key, obtained it and went back to the platform where the walker is parked. He noticed a locked gate and used the key to open it, revealing a winged sapphire which lessens the amount of treasure needed to upgrade a Skylander’s powers.
He got back into the walker and used its boost to go to the other end of the bridge where a pile of treasure was at and a door to another area in the palace. He entered an area where a block puzzle was situated; he solved the puzzle and went up to the next area where he found Cali and noticed a bunch of Spyclopters. Krypt King realized,
“It’s a high security area; this just about does it for the walker.” He shifted back to copter mode and powered off its engine. He finished, “I’m going to go on foot for the rest of the way.”
Cali replied, “The walker would be too big to sneak passed security.”
The Trap Master nodded as he proceeded into the high security area, evading the Spyclopters that were patrolling the area. He made it across and encountered just one enemy that threw bombs, the knight caught the bombs and threw them back at the enemy, causing a nearby pillar to collapse and crush a nearby Spyclopter in the process. He made it across into the next area where he found Cali face palming to herself when she noticed Krypt King she described her situation,
“Flynn decided to go after us when we didn’t return to the Academy and he was captured by the Golden Queen’s Royal Guards when he tried to sneak past security. They’re holding him in a labyrinth and I’m thinking the only person who can get access to that place is the Grave Clobber, the foe that you fought in the coliseum.”
Krypt King’s mark sparked as he used it to signal to princesses to send in Grave Clobber. It worked as the mummy touched down. Cali spoke,
“Okay, Grave Clobber, I’ve got a big mission for you. I can’t promise that it will be easy.”
Grave Clobber replied, “In fact nothing is easy.”
Krypt King decided to finish, “Rescuing Flynn is never easy and you’re the only one that can gain access to the labyrinth where Flynn is.”
Cali spoke, “You’re going with me to the labyrinth to save Flynn while Krypt King continues on with reaching the Throne Room.” Soon, the three separated as they went to continue their assignments.
Krypt King ventured pass another area where Spyclopters patrolled and came to a battle zone where several tombs popped up and the Golden Queen’s Royal Guards appeared to fight the Trap Master. But Krypt King was destroying the tombs with his broadsword before they could come up. But for some that did come up, Krypt King was fighting from the most basic foot soldier to the most bizarre of creatures when he spotted what looked like a flying eyeball attached to a dragon-like body surrounded by other flying eyeballs. They were in a ring around the creature and it would send them out to strike on an air raid style. It also left the creature defenseless as the Trap Master unleashed his swarms on it combined with broadsword strikes to finish it off.
He thought it was over until the mark on his hand sparked in a light blue color as an enemy spirit appeared several times before appearing in the center saying,
“Oh, you awakened the wrong spirits now!” Krypt King realized who this was, “Bad Juju!”
The villain soon summoned a tornado and a lightning strike on the Trap Master, but he dodged her attack and retaliated with a strike with his broadsword. She tried to get the Trap Master caught in another tornado, but was caught by his swarms and defeated with a slash to the back. Bad Juju was soon sealed in an energy dome as the Princesses appeared,
“Use an Air Trap on Bad Juju.”
The air villain spoke, “Choose as the spirits move ya.” Soon enough a thump of energy occurred as a vortex appeared,
“Maybe you capture me now, but I still can revenge with VOODOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!”
Krypt King used the mark to close the vortex after Bad Juju was sucked in as the holographic Celestia held the trap that Bad Juju was sealed in as the occupant said,
“Me not some much mad that I got caught in a trap. But I did think I could do the sorcery myself.”
Celestia replied, “I don’t think so, Bad Juju. Why don’t you turn around and use your abilities for good instead of evil.”
Bad Juju was shocked, “The Goddess of the Sun…wants me to do good? Okay, but Good Juju doesn’t quite have the same ring you know.”
Celestia soon vanished as Bad Juju appeared in front of Krypt King as he said, “The troll, Glumshanks needs your help in getting an item out from the sand pit.”
Bad Juju nodded, “Right away.” She vanished as Krypt King finished off the remaining enemy forces. After the battle was over, the Trap Master saw one of the queen’s Mabu servants, Nut standing next to the gate as the Mabu spoke,
“I know you’re probably on your way to the big showdown with the Queen but why not play a little Skystones Smash first? Ya know, to clear the old mind?”
Krypt King got out his Skystones deck, “I accept your challenge.” The knight knew that he has to win in Skystones Smash in order to get to the Queen. Nut set the game up and the two played until Krypt King came out on top and won Skystones Smash. But his victory was caught by his opponent as he said,
“Oh you are just like my brother, Mut! Beating me and rubbing it in my face like that! Oh wait, that’s not what you’re doing. I’m sorry, I have some issues I need to get over.”
Krypt King nodded, “As it was foretold.”
The gate opened and the Trap Master proceeded and entered the Seat of Flowing Gold, the most highly secured area in the temple. There are Spyclopters all over this area, so Krypt King will have to play this very steady. He noticed a spyclopter patrol a fork in the path. The right end led to a heavily guarded area with those spy-bots around while the left end led to a bridge with those tiles. The Knight took the less guarded side and jumped over each tile with ease as he made it to the other side. He ran up the stairs and went up to another flight of stairs where he met up with Cali as she pointed to the large door straight ahead,
“This is it, Krypt King! We’ve almost reached the throne room.”
Krypt King asked, “What of Grave Clobber and Bad Juju?” Cali replied, “Grave Clobber successfully rescued Flynn and Bad Juju succeeded in her task. They’re safe and sound back in the portal chamber.”
Krypt King stood beside Cali as she said, “This is the moment of truth, Krypt King.” The Trap Master understood this as a figure in the doorway appeared ahead as a voice said,
“Welcome Krypt King such a pleasure to meet you again – FOR THE LAST TIME!” Krypt King jumped onto the battlefield as he raised his sword,
“Not today, Golden Queen!” The Queen soon floated onto the battlefield as she said, “You don’t know how long I have been waiting for this moment! Time to say you pay for what you’ve done all those years ago!”
Soon enough the showdown has begun as the queen erected a barrier so Krypt King’s attacks won’t affect her. She slammed her staff down creating a shockwave that could hurt him. He evaded her shockwave as the barrier went down which gave him an opening. He charged forth and slashed her with his broadsword and after coins seem to bleed out of her as she gasped,
“Ah, My precious coins!” He collected a few until the rest of the coins went back to the queen, healing her.
Cali shouted, “Those coins appear to be healing her!” Krypt King knew that he has to be quick in this fight. He noticed that her barrier was up as she spoke,
“GOLD POWER – I SUMMON THEE!!” She summoned a gold device as it started shooting gold discs at Krypt King as he dodged those discs, but the device move as well. Krypt King looked at the device and unleashed his swarms on it. The swarms did their job perfectly and destroyed the device as coins erupted from it as the queen’s barrier went down and the coins didn’t go for her…that’s when Krypt King noticed that the mark on his hand sparked as the coins went for it. He soon attacked the Golden Queen as she was vulnerable. She began moving to another part of the battlefield while she was vulnerable. She was summoning shockwaves and another gold device to stop him.
But Krypt King was still standing as he used his swarms on the device and used his broadsword attacks on the Golden Queen. The device was destroyed by the swarms as the queen was down on the ground while most of the coins went to the mark on Krypt King’s hand. Soon enough the Golden Queen as she snapped her fingers and yelled,
“FISTS OF FURY…AND GOLD!”
Krypt King saw giant claws of the Golden Queen taking off chunks of the battlefield starting with the sides before vanishing. He remained proud as he attacked the still vulnerable Golden Queen as she was sending out three shockwaves at a time.
“Ring-a-ding-ding!” She taunted. Krypt King kept attacking with his broadsword as the Golden Queen summoned her golden claws to take off more chunks to the battlefield as she said,
“As you see Krypt King, Gold has many uses!”
He soon replied, “But those uses have limitations!” He opened his faceplate and unleashed his swarms on the queen as she thrashed around trying to shake them off. It left her open to another attack from Krypt King as she summoned another one of those devices to throw the Trap Master off balance. The knight held his hand out and yelled to his swarms,
“Attack the device, my minions!” The swarms moved away from the Golden Queen and started to attack the device instead. The swarms succeeded and destroyed the device as Krypt King continued his attack on the Golden Queen until her barrier came up again and the battlefield was back in order. The two foes stared at each other as the Queen said,
“It’s only a matter of time before I defeat you! Why delay to inevitable?” Soon enough, the claws took away every part of the battlefield as the Queen’s barrier became solid gold as she yelled,
“Give up Krypt King; you’re in over your head!” The solid gold ball rose up and began to towards the platform that Krypt King was standing on, but another platform appeared and the Trap Master jumped to that platform before the ball impacted the former platform. The process repeated itself several times until he jumped to the center platform as four more of those devices appeared on each corner of the platform. The devices kept shooting out gold discs at the Trap Master as he dodged them with ease as he unleashed his swarms on one of the devices. Soon enough, the mark on his hand sparked again as he raised it to another device and fired a beam which destroyed the device instantly as his swarms dealt with the first one. The swarms moved on the next one while Krypt King used his mark on the next device. Both were destroyed as the Golden Queen was weakened and the battlefield was back to normal.
But she turned into a gold ball and slammed down and the battlefield sending out a shockwave that would’ve sent Krypt King tumbling into the molten gold below, but he jumped the gaps at the correct moment to prevent it from happening. Soon the upper part of the battlefield was gone as both Krypt King and the Golden Queen stared at each other as she said,
“I’d say you finally met your match, Krypt King! But of course, I’m so much more than that!” She descended into the molten gold as Krypt King looked over the edge wondering why she did that. Until a giant hand appeared along with the Golden Queen who turned giant because of the molten gold as she laughed,
“Ready to give up?”
Krypt King looked up and realized, “That’s really huge, but you know what they say…” He flash his hand open as the mark sparked, “The bigger they are!” He raised his hand in the air yelling,
“Nitro Power!!” He turned into Nitro Krypt King as he finished his statement, “The Harder they Fall!”
The giant Golden Queen used her power to summon those golden discs to hit Nitro Krypt King, but the knight was a blur when in this form so the discs never found their mark. But due to her weakened state, the Golden Queen slumped to the floor of the battlefield, leaving her open to an attack as Nitro Krypt King attacked her head was on the battlefield. Each of his attacks would cause treasure to appear due to the queen being submerged in molten gold to become her giant form. Soon enough the queen would regain consciousness and start up her attack again. Cali cheered,
“Good work, Krypt King. You’ll have this queen captured in no time!”
The Golden Queen began sending out shockwaves along with those discs. But still, Nitro Krypt King’s surprisingly quick abilities pay off as he evaded everything that was thrown at him. As soon as the attacks ended, Cali yelled,
“She’s vulnerable!”
Nitro Krypt King attacked the Golden Queen as she slumped towards the floor of the battlefield. He unleashed his swarms on the queen and used his broadsword to attack the queen. This whole thing when she unleashes her powers to attack and then slumps to the floor of the battlefield due to her exhausted state repeated itself until the queen used the gold claws to collapse the battlefield leaving only the Trap Master on the center platform. She summoned those disc launchers as they rotated in a circle around the Nitro Krypt King.
The Trap Master soon used the mark on his hand, his swarms and his sword attacks to destroy them as the Golden Queen asked,
“WHY DO YOU KEEP DESTROYING TREASURE?! BEAUTIFUL TREASURE!?”
Nitro Krypt King soon answered, “Because it weakens you!”
Once all disc launchers were destroyed, she slumped to the floor of the battlefield once more as Nitro Krypt King let loose of his swarms onto the Golden Queen followed up by Krypt King’s broadsword attacks. Soon enough, the Queen got up and yelled as she started to move towards Nitro Krypt King,
“NOW YOU’RE REALLY GOING TO PAY!!”
Nitro Krypt King looked at Cali as she motioned, “I strongly suggest that we run away here – Really fast!!” The knight dashed towards the stairs where they came from with the Golden Queen behind them. As Nitro Krypt King destroyed the rubble that was in their path he and Cali could hear the queen yell,
“ENOUGH! ENOUGH WITH YOUR INSOLENCE, INSUBORDINATION AND…THAT OTHER THING!!”
Both Adventurer and Trap Master kept running and destroying rubble in their path as the queen yelled,
“ATTACK!!!” They didn’t who she ordering to attack, but it never came as they ran underneath the arch that they saw when they came in, with the Queen underneath that arch. Cali yelled,
“The Arch! Knocking down the Arch is the only way to stop her!” Nitro Krypt King saw the arch and threw his broadsword at the arch as it collapsed on top of the Golden Queen.
She was defeated and reverted back to her normal size as Nitro Krypt King’s mark flashed, reverting him back to his regular self. He was exhausted from that battle, so much that he had to use his broadsword to keep him up. The Princesses appeared as the knight pulled out the Earth Trap that he kept in his armor,
“Use…the Earth Trap on her.” The trap vanished as Krypt King’s mark sparked in a brown color, Luna spoke, “You can use the mark to trap her now.”
The Golden Queen spoke from the energy dome, “Choose wisely, Goddesses. Wealth beyond your wildest dreams or…whatever the ridiculous alternative.”
Soon enough, Krypt King pointed his hand out as the beam fired and a thump of energy caused a vortex to appear as the Golden Queen looked at Krypt King and at the vortex. She said,
“Wait, I never got to make more demands! Here’s one…” She never got her demand out as she was sucked into the vortex as Krypt King closed it.
Celestia was holding the trap that the Golden Queen was in as the occupant said, “What? How dare you put me in here! Although I guess, now I think about it, it kind of a taste of my own medicine.”
Celestia spoke, “And consider it to be a fitting punishment unless you want to stand with us on the side of good.”
The Golden Queen asked, “Me? Working on the side of good? I’d say stranger things have happened, but I’m not sure they have. Other than considering that you and your sister are goddesses.”
After that, Krypt King was still exhausted after that battle, Cali held him up despite his size and pressed a button on his wrist to signal the copter to pick them up.
Once they returned to the Academy, Flynn and Cali walked into the main hall as Buzz stated that it was all over. Cali even said,
“Thanks to the Princesses and the Skylanders, the Doom Raiders are all rounded up. It’s finally over!”
Flynn was skeptical, “I don’t know. Something doesn’t seem right.”
Buzz spoke, “My Super-Ninja-Commando senses tell me we’re all done here and trust me, they’re never wrong.”
Cali realized what the pilot was saying, “I think you may be on to something, Flynn. Anybody see Kaos?”
Flynn wondered, “Yeah, where is that little twerp?”
Onboard the Ultimate Weapon, Kaos and Glumshanks went into the main reactor as he laughed, “HAHAHAHAHA, Yes, Yes! Here it is Glumshanks and it’s mine! All Mine!” Kaos was going into the reactor when Glumshanks said in shock,
“Wait Lord Kaos, don’t go in there! That much Stinkocity is very dangerous!”
Kaos overconfidently said as the contamination door closed, “Nonsense Fool! That stupid Golden Queen only got it half right! Traptanium IS the Ultimate Power Source! But it has a much different effect in the hands of a Dark Portal Master. By absorbing its power, it will make me, KAOS!! Truly Unstoppable!” He laughed as he turned the valve operating the stink shield on the cheese as it opened up.
The stinkocity from the cheese consumed Kaos as the little guy coughed at the excruciating stench from the cheese. He fell to the ground as Glumshanks said,
“Um, sir?” Soon enough, Kaos rose from the cloud of stinky cheese smell. But this time, he was more of a light purple Traptanium color as he looked at his surroundings. Glumshanks asked,
“Um, Kaos?” Kaos was amazed, “This is absolutely incredible! I see everything now! Finally I have a power to do something I never could’ve done before!” He soon stated his intention, “For me to conquer Skylands once and for all, I need to destroy the only thing that stood in my way!” He pointed forwards, “You!”
Glumshanks asked, “Wait, me?!” Kaos yelled, “No, No, No fool. Not you!” He pointed towards somewhere else as he said,
“You! Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, Goddesses of the Sun and Moon in Equestria!” The Princesses appeared in a hologram as Celestia said,
“So you can see us this time.” Kaos said, “That’s right! Surprised? I can see right through that ridiculous Portal of Power that you have in your palace!” He soon stated,
“Now prepare yourselves Loser-Masters, to meet your unimaginable doom at the hands of Ultra Traptanium Power Kaos!” He laughed as Luna stated,
“Your overconfidence is your weakness, Kaos!”
Kaos laughed, “Oh yeah? Well, if your Skylanders step foot on this station, they will come face-to-face with my Dark Guardian!” Soon enough, a figure appeared behind Glumshanks as his hood came down to reveal EQG Dark Spyro and instead of his usual red eyes, they were glowing purple as Celestia asked,
“What did you do to him?” Kaos pulled out a gem and showed it to the holograms, “Just a little pick me up from the Doom Raiders and something that I can control! Thanks to this gem, he’s under my command!” He laughed as the Princesses vanished.
With Kaos in control of the battle station and in control of EQG Dark Spyro, the war is not over yet.
Author's Note
Uh oh, Kaos now has control of the Ultimate Weapon and has EQG Dark Spyro under his control. The battle that will determine the fate of the future is approaching. Will they succeed or suffer the same fate as the future? Find out on the next exciting chapter of Skylanders X MLP.
The situation is now dire at Skylander Academy, not only did Kaos betray them and take over the Ultimate Weapon, he has also set his sights on the Royal Sisters and is now attempting to defeat them for good. But that’s not all, thanks to Celestia and Luna’s brief confrontation with him; they also discovered that he somehow managed to get control of EQG Dark Spyro, the tank-bred human version of Dark Spyro. Flynn was basically pointing out,
“How do you like that? The second evilest guy ever in Skylands actually evil-y betrayed us! I gotta tell ya – I did not see that one coming. And he somehow managed to control the Human Dark Spyro that was grown in a vat to fight us.”
Soon enough, Adagio approached and asked, “How…how did Kaos control him?” Master Eon soon flashed in and spoke,
“I know the cause behind Kaos’ control over EQG Dark Spyro.” He used his magic to show an image of Kaos in his Traptanium powered form,
“The gem that Kaos is holding is EQG Dark Spyro’s soul gem.”
Buzz soon spoke, “But, a Soul Gem is the source of a Skylander’s power. How could this one control EQG Dark Spyro?”
Eon soon leaned his head and said with a sad tone, “It’s a Dark Soul Gem, it’s a soul gem that is meant to be in possession of the bearer at all times. When Kaos took hold of it, the tank-bred human was under his command…against his will.”
Cali realized, “So Kaos mind controlled him…but besides mind control, what differs a Dark Soul Gem from a regular one?”
Eon replied, “The Dark Soul Gem has the mind control effect on the bearer if anyone else holds it. But it all depends on the emotions of the bearer alone, if someone that the bearer cares about takes hold of the soul gem, the bearer would not fall under mind control.”
Buzz spoke, “So the Skylanders will have to fight Kaos in order to get that soul gem.”
Eon shook his head, “Remember the war-torn future that Echo Squadron journeyed to?”
Buzz realized, “Yes, I remember. It involves the human Spike fighting Kaos alone.”
Eon nodded, “If we are to change the future that they spoke of, Echo Squadron must survive this fight.”
Buzz was now sure and said, “But now since Kaos has fused with Traptanium, he has limitless power. We must stop Kaos before he charges himself up even further! If we don’t, the Princesses will be in danger, even you are in danger!”
Eon smiled, “I’ve braved losing a body and gaining a new one in the process, Buzz. Whatever Kaos is planning, I will see it to the end.”
Buzz smiled and then said, “I’ll go inform Echo Squadron.” He soon turned to Adagio, “You know the human Dark Spyro, and so you’re going with them for this assault.”
At the hanger, EQG Spike looked up at the battle station and flashed into that foreseeable moment of Kaos impaling him through the chest. Soon enough, that voice from the back of his head spoke,
“You fear that moment of Kaos killing you, do you?”
EQG Spike said, “Yes, I do.”
The voice stated, “The reason why Kaos killed you in your vision was because of the disintegration of your two friends that was told in the future.”
EQG Spike asked, “What are you saying?”
The voice replied, “Your friends dying left you vulnerable for Kaos to finish you off.”
EQG Spike realized, “So you’re saying that I need to fight Kaos…alone?”
The voice noticed the fright in his voice, “It may seem strange, but you are the only one with the power to defeat Kaos for good.”
EQG Spike asked, “But who are you and why am I hearing you?”
The voice stated, “Who I am is not important, not yet. But for why you are hearing me…” EQG Spike’s pocket was glowing, “The power now calls to you, Spike.”
EQG Spike pulled out the box that Eon gave him and opened it up revealing a device that could help him get an edge over Kaos.
Soon enough, Echo Squadron, the Trap Masters Snap Shot, Lob-Star, Gear Shift, Jawbreaker, Wallop, Wildfire, Krypt King, Knight Mare and Knight Light, The Doom Raiders and the Dazzlings stood in the hanger as Buzz spoke,
“Okay, Strike Team, we need to get onboard that battle station and stop Kaos before he uses the Traptanium that’s onboard that thing to become unstoppable.”
Wolfgang asked, “So why are we here?”
Buzz spoke, “Since it was you guys that built it you must know the layout of the station. Hopefully, we would find a way to destroy it.”
Dr. Krankcase realized, “Quite the irony to destroy the weapon that we built.”
Jawbreaker spoke, “Don’t worry about it, we’ll be helping out.”
Gear Shift joined, “You guys know the technical readouts of that battle station.”
Buzz spoke, “The next part you guys need to worry about is the human Dark Spyro. Kaos has him under mind control due to his soul gem being in the Dark Portal Master’s possession.”
Gulper asked, “How are we supposed to stop something that powerful?”
Snap Shot thought of something, “Although EQG Dark Spyro is powerful, he can be outsmarted. If he can be outsmarted, he can be knocked out and rendered incapacitated.”
Golden Queen asked, “What about Kaos?”
EQG Spike spoke, “I’ll handle Kaos.”
Dreamcatcher shrugged, if she had a body, “I would’ve liked to give that creep a piece of my mind. But a head can dream can it?”
Krypt King knew for certain, “This is going to be the battle to determine the fate of Skylands.”
EQG Legendary Spyro spoke, “And the future as well…” He turned to his crew, “Echo Squadron, stay alive out there.”
Buzz finished, “All right, Strike Team. Get to your ships while Echo Squadron prepares for take-off.”
Soon enough, Echo Squadron got to their copters while the others went to board Flynn’s ship.
Echo Squadron took off and joined up with Flynn’s ship that was carrying the nine Trap Masters while the Doom Raiders were taking the Chef Zeppelin. All ships formed up on the copters as EQG Legendary Spyro contacted every ship,
“All ships report in!”
EQG Drobot spoke, “Echo 2 standing by!”
EQG Terrafin spoke, “Echo 3 standing by!”
EQG Camo spoke, “Echo 4 standing by!”
Sonata reported, “Echo 5 standing by!"
EQG Spike spoke, “Echo 6 standing by!”
Flynn reported, “Boom Pilot standing by!
Chef Pepperjack, who was operating the zeppelin reported, “Doom Raiders standing by!”
Once all ships reported in EQG Legendary Spyro remembered something he learned from the future,
“Okay guys, listen up. We can’t do an all-out attack on the battle station because Kaos would activate the air defense weaponry and there would be casualties on our end. Our plan is to land on that thing and get inside the station and find EQG Dark Spyro. Spike will handle Kaos while we deal with Dark Spyro.”
The Chef spoke, “I know a good landing site. There’s a loading area near the weapon.”
Flynn noticed, “Yeah, I see it too.”
All of a sudden there was a yelping sound on EQG Spike’s end as Flynn asked, “Hey Spike, is there something wrong on your end?”
The human Spike replied, “I’m fine, but I just found two stowaways in my copter. It’s the Twilight and Rarity from my universe.”
EQG Legendary Spyro realized, “Why are they…” He realized, “Well, we need all the help we can get.”
Soon enough, the ships landed while the copters went into walker mode. As EQG Spike’s copter went into walker mode, the cockpit opened revealing EQGs Twilight and Rarity inside with EQG Spike. He said,
“I’d ask why you two are here, but we have no time to lose.” Before the two girls could say anything, the walker lowered the cockpit head down to the ground as the girls got out of the craft. EQG Spike just said,
“Stay close to the team.” The canopy closed as the strike team formed up. They were about to move forward until a voice shouted as a mabu came running and stopped in front of the Golden Queen,
“Greetings your majesty! My name is Noobry, Dr. Noobry now. I was hoping if you could help get my Piggybank-o-Matic 3001 dispense treasure? Which will hopefully lead me to finally getting a patent.”
The Golden Queen asked, “A device that dispenses treasure?”
Krypt King joined in, “I noticed another device close to our landing site, no doubt that there are others scattered throughout this station.”
The Queen accepted as she focused her gold power on the piggybank-o-matic as the device activated and spat out treasure until it was finished. Dr. Noobry was thrilled,
“You did it! Ooh, I am going to make a fortune selling these things! Oh and please, enjoy the treasury fruits of your labor, my Queen. And a little something extra.”
Soon enough, the Golden Queen felt her power build up as a flash occurred and her attire changed from gold to a type that most recognize as Krypt King said,
“By the bones, it’s Platinum!”
The Queen looked at herself, “I’ve heard of this type before. But how could it be like this?”
Krypt King placed a hand on her shoulder, “You’ve evolved and redeemed yourself like your fellow Doom Raiders have done before you.”
Golden Queen smiled at the knight’s statement as she said, “Thank you, Krypt King.” She now remembered their mission, “Now we don’t have time to lose. We need to get inside the weapon.”
Soon enough, the team ran up the stairs towards a Super Bounce Pad where a mobile loudspeaker approached them as a familiar voice spoke,
“Stop Right There, Skylanders! Oh, you may have thought that I was on your side but it was all part of my brilliant plan! Wait – why am I even talking to you?”
He soon shifted his voice to the sky as he shouted, “Attention Pony Princesses! Can you hear me? I assume the answer is “Yes” and that you are too paralyzed by fear to respond. Well don’t bother of sending your miserable pests to try and stop me. I am growing even more powerful by the second; making your horrible, inevitable fates even more horribly inevitable! HAHAHAHA!”
Chef Pepperjack shook his head, “He just loves to run his mouth.”
EQG Twilight spoke, “It doesn’t matter if he runs his mouth or not, we need to stop him before he unleashes his power on the Princesses!”
The ground team stepped onto the Super Bounce Pad as Echo Squadron went into flight mode and flew over to the receiving area as the squadron reverted back to their walker modes. That loudspeaker appeared again,
“Hey! Looks like those Princesses didn’t listen to me! So now I’m going to take it out on all of you! MINIONS ATTACK!!”
EQG Legendary Spyro spoke once Kaos’ forces started to attack, “Snap Shot, Wolfgang! Range Attacks!”
The Trap Master and Werewolf nodded as Snap Shot fired his Traptanium Arrows while Wolfgang used his painful music notes.
Lob-Star and Dreamcatcher used their powers in water and dreams to cut down more of Kaos’ minions.
Krypt King and Golden Queen used their powers to leave Kaos’ forces either thrashing about due to swarms or stiff due to being hit by the Queen’s staff.
A remainder of Kaos’ minions was cut down by Sonata’s walker. Once it was over, a bounce pad opened as the team found a way inside the battle station and entered a relay station with a pulse puzzle as that loudspeaker appeared again,
“You fools! Even if you could figure out how to solve my pulse puzzles – which you can’t, defeat all my minions – which you won’t, AND find me, there’s no way you’ll be able to save your poor Princesses from their terrible fate! HAHAHAHAHA!!”
In the Portal Chamber, the image that showed the team switched to an image of Kaos in his Traptanium form with his finger pressed on a button as he laughed,
“My Power is growing, Princesses! Soon I will crush your pitiful Skylosers, that miserable Loser Squadron and then – I’M COMING AFTER YOU TWO!!” Glumshanks spoke in the background,
“Uh sir, you really need to take your finger off the button when you’re done taunting. It’s a ‘Push to Taunt’ button you know?”
Kaos yelled, “Quiet Fool! I knew that!”
Celestia shook her head, “Clearly you did not.” Kaos heard her, “Quiet Celestia! Just keep in mind that once your Skylanders are dead then you and your sister are next!”
Luna yelled at the little guy and said a very un-princess like statement, “Well thou can kiss thy cutie marked flanks, Fowl Fiend!”
Kaos didn’t know what to think, but he put on his confident look to hide what he was thinking as he pressed the button and switched back to the team. Which at that time, they completed the first puzzle as they progressed their way through the station. The team continued fighting enemies as they progressed further throughout the station until they reached the top as Snap Shot opened a gate, that loudspeaker appeared as Kaos said,
“Okay, remember when I said that it was too late to stop me? Well now it’s even later than that! And whatever you do, DON’T hit that button!”
Snap Shot sensed that it was a trap as he stood back. EQG Spike decided to hit the button even though he knew that it was a trap. The team stood back as the walker hit the button as the floor gave way and dropped the walker down into the lower levels of the battle station.
EQG Twilight and Rarity yelled in worry, “SPIKE!”
Kaos taunted, “I can’t believe one of you FELL for that one – LITERALLY!” The walker shifted back into a copter as it went to jet-mode as it dived down and reverted back to walker-mode. EQG Spike contacted,
“I’m fine; I’ve landed on a repair platform down here!”
Knowing that there friend was safe, the rest of the team jumped down to meet him. There were still enemies all over the place, so they still had to fight and push their way to up to Kaos. They defeated the minions that were in the repair station and moved their way out to the External Power Sorter.
The team hitched a ride on the walkers as Echo Squadron boosted through the power pulses with the walker’s incredible speed. The team solved another one of those pulse puzzles and went up the ramp to find Buzz waiting by a gate,
“Hey team, you guys don’t mind if I pitch in to blow this thing sky high would ya?”
EQG Legendary Spyro replied, “We can use the help.” Buzz pointed to the gate, “I need to place explosives on the circuit breakers…but they are on the other side of this gate. I need you to find Smoke Scream, Capture him and send him my way to help destroy the gate.”
The leader of Echo Squadron nodded, “Got it.” But before the crew moved on, Buzz stopped them,
“Be careful when going after Smoke Scream, my Secret Ninja Commando senses say that EQG Dark Spyro is somewhere close-by.”
Soon enough, the team progressed further into the battle station, immediately running into a troll with a flame-throwing troll walker as he said,
“Where there’s smoke…” He didn’t finish his phrase since Echo Squadron defeated him as EQG Camo finished,
“They Pinch Back!”
EQG Legendary Spyro spoke, “You’ve been defeated by us, Smoke Scream. And now we need your help.”
Smoke Scream asked, “Already?! No Capture Sequence? No voices from those Princesses?”
EQG Drobot spoke, “Now is not the time, we need you to help our friend, Buzz destroy a gate guarding the circuit breakers for this station.”
Smoke Scream reluctantly said, “Alright, but I still get to shoot stuff, right?”
Wildfire spoke, “Only the bad guys.” Smoke Scream got up and said, “I’m on my way!” The troll left as EQG Legendary Spyro spoke to EQG Spike,
“I think it’s time that you take it from here, Spike.”
EQG Spike asked, “What do you mean?”
EQG Legendary Spyro’s walker ‘head’ tilted upward as he said, “Because we found our target.” The team looked up and spotted EQG Dark Spyro looking at them from a railing with his purple eyes staring down at them. He looked at the team and said,
“So, it has come down to this. My creators, my enemies, all here to get to Kaos. Pathetic, especially for those that grew me in that tank.”
He eyed the walkers, “Legend, get out of that walker! You and me will fight, one-on-one and no distractions!”
EQG Legendary Spyro jumped out of his walker as EQG Dark Spyro leapt from the railing and landed in front of the team. Both rivals faced each other as the EQG Leg. Spyro said,
“You don’t have to do this, Dark.”
EQG Dark Spyro asked, “Would you strike me down by surprise?” He chuckled, “And here I thought you were supposed to be clever.”
EQG Legendary Spyro shook his head, “No, we want to take you away from this place! But Kaos has control over you and he’s using you for your power because he’s weak. Once he absorbs the Traptanium on this station, he’ll toss you aside!”
EQG Dark Spyro struck with his jagged swords in anger as Legend deflected the attack, the Dark EQG asked,
“Are you saying that I am a slave to Lord Kaos!?”
EQG Legendary Spyro stated as he stood in a defensive stance in case his rival attacked, “We know that you are being controlled by him. To him, he is your master and you are his slave, an underling compared to him!”
EQG Dark Spyro yelled, “Shut Up!” He struck again, but Legend jumped over him and drop-kicked his back which staggered his rival a bit.
As for EQG Spike, he saw this opportunity to go on without the team while they deal with Dark Spyro.
EQG Spike reached an area called ‘The Grinder’ which had a complicated pulse puzzle all over the place. Just as he was about to move, that same loudspeaker appeared as Kaos’ voice said in frustration,
“UGH! Seriously? You again? But it seems that you are on your own for now on…I suppose your idiot friends ran into my Dark Guardian. But seriously, don’t you know when you’re beaten?”
He described the puzzle, “Well this next pulse puzzle should drive the point home! And speaking of home…”
The Portal’s image soon changed to Kaos in his terrible Traptanium form, “Surprise Princesses, it’s me again, KAOS!! And I have an update…” He began speaking like a spokesperson, “This just in…” he pointed to the Princesses in his regular voice, “You’re both DOOMED!!! That’s right; I have mildly complete control of your Traptanium Portal! Ready…” He pulled out a remote, “BEHOLD!!” he pushed the button as he taunted,
“So, he does that make you feel, eh? Scared? Powerless? TOTALLY AT MY MERCY!!!”
Princess Celestia had an unamused look as she said, “You should remember who you are dealing with, Kaos.”
Kaos asked, “A namby-pamby pony Princess who is now at my mercy?” Before she could reply,
And soon Princess Luna stuck her head into the portal once again, saying a fitting insult to Kaos. Celestia didn’t know what Luna said, but judging that Kaos was blown to the back of the room as he covered his ears, Luna used her Royal Canterlot Voice on the midget.
The image switched back to EQG Spike completing the pulse puzzle and getting through the grinder to the upper exterior of the station. EQG Spike moved his walker on the platforms of the station as he solved a pulse puzzle which activated a spinning gear with platforms on it. As he used the walker’s hover mode to jump from platform to platform, that voice in his head said,
“There is a lift at the top of these platforms; it will take you straight to Kaos. Keep in mind, once you board the lift, there is no turning back.”
EQG Spike asked as the walker reached the top where the lift was, “Are you sure I can beat him?”
The voice spoke, “Even with all of his power, he can still be defeated like any other.”
EQG Spike was scared, “But my vision…” The voice finished, “Remember what I told you, Spike. Your vision happened when your friends died.”
EQG Spike realized, “Maybe it was just fear of failing.” He soon looked at the blue gauntlet on his left wrist, “When should I use it?”
The voice replied, “I would let you know when the time is right.” EQG Spike decided to leave his walker and tapped a button on his belt to signal the walker to transform and fly back to the Academy. EQG Spike was equipped with a blaster rifle and a pistol for ranged attacks and he has a sword for duels.
As he readied his weapons and stepped into the lift as it took him to Kaos. EQG Spike entered the arena where Kaos was and by the looks of it the arena looked like it was stuck in a rift corridor as the little guy looked mockingly frightened,
“Oh no! It’s a Skylander! That means the others are here! Okay, okay I give up!” EQG Spike was not fazed by this charade as Kaos laughed,
“Fooled you, I was totally kidding right there, Skyloser! Anyway, you are TOO LATE! There is nothing you can do to stop me from capturing your miserable Pony Princesses!”
EQG Spike yelled, “I came here to stop this madness forever and see you behind bars!”
Kaos asked, “You? Defeat Me? All by yourself?” He laughed, “You are nothing, I shall defeat YOU!”
Kaos soon enlarged himself while transforming into his more powerful version of his Traptanium form, “But since you have now chosen to interfere with my Ultimate Evil Traptanium Powered Victory! I would be more than happy to destroy you first.”
EQG Spike looked at his foe as he gripped his blaster rifle, “So Kaos, you show your True Traptanium Form!”
Kaos laughed as he sent out shockwaves all over the arena as the human Spike dodged the waves. He trained his rifle on the Traptanium Powered monster and opened fire as several blue blaster pulses hit Kaos. The fool even stopped to taunt EQG Spike which left him open to an attack from his sword straight to his Traptanium face. But he shrugged as he taunted,
“It’s a shame that you could not be on the winning side, Spike.”
EQG Spike replied as he fired his rifle, “I am ON the winning side, Kaos. You are just keeping us from ending this war!” EQG Spike’s rifle shots hit Kaos again as the Portal Master sent out more shockwaves which the human dodged easily. Kaos had a barrier that prevented EQG Spike from getting close to him, but it didn’t stop the shots from his rifle from getting through to Kaos as damage was done to the overconfident portal master.
When the barrier fell, EQG Spike brought out his sword and slashed at Kaos, dealing damage to him. After so many attacks, Kaos decided to turn his attention to the Princesses,
“Now it is time, Princesses, to pull both of you into my world and deal with you once and for all! Hold still now!” He reached his hand into a rift as he grinned evilly until he pulled his hand back in shock as he clenched his hand in pain,
“OW!! WHY YOU LITTLE!!” While Kaos was distracted; EQG Spike pulled out a bomb and threw it at Kaos. It exploded as it dealt damage to Kaos as he was throwing a tantrum,
“Stupid Princesses! No matter, I will deal with you before trying again!”
Kaos soon summoned his elemental bullet attack as he yelled“FIRE BULLETS!MAGIC BULLETS!”
Soon enough, the Fire Bullets moved directly towards EQG Spike as the voice spoke,
“You need to bring in a villain that matches the Fire Element, quick!”
EQG Spike shouted, “CHEF PEPPERJACK, I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE!” Soon enough, the chef appeared as the Fire Bullets were destroyed by him. The Magic Bullets approached as EQG Spike absorbed them as well, the chef spoke,
“Whenever you need help with his bullets, just call one of us!” EQG Spike nodded as the chef vanished. Kaos also took damage due to blaster fire from the human Spike’s weapon. Kaos soon started another elemental bullet attack,
“Now cower in fear at… LIFE BULLETS!MAGIC BULLETS!”
The Life Bullets appeared first as EQG Spike summoned the Chompy Mage to deal with the bullets while EQG Spike dealt with the Magic Bullets. Both actually did damage to Kaos before the Chompy Mage vanished. Kaos said,
“This is no way to treat your destroyer!”
He tried another Elemental Bullet attack with Tech and Magic, but it was the same result, EQG Spike summons Dr. Krankcase to deal with the Tech Bullets. They still did damage to Kaos while he was vulnerable before the doc had to return to the others.
Kaos summoned those shockwaves once again and still took damage from EQG Spike’s blaster fire. This made the portal master say in frustration,
“Why won’t you stay still and let me destroy you!? Didn’t you hear that it was pointless to resist?”
EQG Spike was too busy shooting Kaos to respond to his question. The Traptanium Powered Portal Master summoned another Elemental Bullet attack with Magic and Water but was shot down by EQG Spike when he summoned Gulper. After Gulper went back with the others, Kaos sent out more shockwaves and did another Elemental Bullet attack with Air and Magic causing EQG Spike to summon Dreamcatcher as the duo destroyed the bullets and did damage to Kaos before the Air Doom Raider went back to the others. Soon enough, Kaos started to summon his Doom Sharks as he said,
“Feel the power of my pretty Doom Sharks!”
EQG Spike managed to avoid the sharks as much as he could; he even got in close to one of them to avoid it which healed him of any injuries that he sustained. When all of the sharks passed, Kaos said in anger,
“Hey stop cheating, that’s MY job!”
EQG Spike smiled, “It’s not cheating when you’re using weapons to fight dark magic!”
Kaos sneered and summoned his shockwaves as the human dodged them with ease while opening fire on Kaos as the Traptanium Powered monster was fantasizing on his victory,
“Ah, Ultimate Traptanium Powered Emperor Kaos, Overlord of Skylands! I like the sound of that!”
EQG Spike spoke as he continued to fire on him, “How about ‘Overlord of Insanely Long Titles!’ I mean do you ever quit with those things as well as talking about yourself?”
After dealing a considerable amount of damage to Kaos, the portal master moved into the center of the arena as he began to charge himself up, healing himself in the process while gaining two large Traptanium blades as he taunted,
“Your ridiculous attacks only serve to amuse me!” He slashed at EQG Spike as the blades destroyed his blaster rifle, causing the EQG to pull out his pistol. The portal master now stated,
“Now I, Kaos, have a show of my own and believe me, it has a punchline that would BRING DOWN THE HOUSE!”
Kaos summoned those shockwaves once again as EQG Spike fired his blaster pistol at Kaos as the portal master actually felt the shots hitting him as he said,
“Lucky shot, Spike!”
Kaos soon moved to the other side of the battle zone as the voice warned EQG Spike,
“Watch out, Kaos is going to slash straight at you! Dodge him, quick!”
EQG Spike jumped out of the way as Kaos slashed his massive blades in a straight line. Kaos was soon shot at by EQG Spike’s blaster pistol. The portal master decided to turn his attention to the Princesses,
“Why don’t you just give up, Princesses? Surrender your stupid Skylander and let me destroy you and your miserable Equestria once and for all. I promise it would be…very horrible!” He reached his hand into the rift as he started screaming in pain as he was being electrocuted from the rift before retracting his hand as he clenched it again.
Princess Luna stuck her head out of the rift as she was holding a huge hand buzzer as she said,
“Shocking, is it not, fiend?” She retreated back into the rift.
Kaos was really throwing a temper tantrum like an immature child as he yelled, “Gah! Tricked again by those Princesses!”
He was soon hit again by blaster fire from EQG Spike’s pistol until Kaos was weakened. The majority of it came from when he gripped the hand buzzer. The rest of it came from EQG Spike’s blaster pistol, so he pulled the pistol out of EQG Spike’s hands as he said,
“I can’t have you using this little ‘peashooter’ to interrupt my ultimate victory!”
He clenched his fist on the pistol, destroying it in front of EQG Spike. The portal master soon moved to the center of the arena once again as he charged up again,
“Power! I MUST HAVE MORE POWER!!”
The power of the Traptanium caused Kaos to sprout dark Traptanium feathered wings as he laughed evilly. The Traptanium Powered Portal Master said,
“Even when I am powered up to the point where I would be invincible, YOU still persist to try and stop me! But as you can see, I CANNOT BE STOPPED!!”
EQG Spike pulled out his sword, “Traptanium might be the ultimate power, but you have no abilities beyond looking like a monster and summoning those old tricks of yours.”
Kaos yelled “I’ll make you eat those words when I ultimately defeat you. Now human Spike…” He rose up into the air as several Traptanium Swords formed around him,
“Behold My Ultimate Attack! These Traptanium Swords will spell your FINAL DOOM!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!”
EQG Spike saw the swords skid across the floor, leaving lasers in their wake. EQG Spike dodged the lasers released by the swords as he swung his sword at Kaos as the two began to duel. EQG Spike used Kaos’ larger size to avoid the sword attacks as it only aggravated Kaos even more as EQG Spike struck Kaos in the left wrist causing the portal master to drop the Traptanium sword that he was holding.
The portal master soon used his right sword to try and fight EQG Spike, but the human was moving too fast as Kaos said,
“Stay still and let me DESTROY YOU!!!”
As EQG Spike dodged the sword attacks, the voice in the back of his head spoke, “This form shows that he’s desperate and is unleashing all of his powers to stop you! It will now be the time to use it!”
EQG Spike dodged another attack from Kaos’ swords until he was suddenly grabbed by the dark portal master and held in his left hand. Kaos looked at his foe and said,
“I should be applauding you right now, since you managed to survive this long.”
EQG Spike guessed, “I guess I might be a worthy opponent for you.”
Kaos laughed, “Worthy? You? HA!! You are in my clutches and I am going to be squeezing the life out of you.” He began to squeeze as he spoke,
“Spyro, Twilight, your dragon counterpart and your princesses will all be trapped in Traptanium. And it will all start once you are dealt with, I must admit, I haven’t had this much fun since I first destroyed that stupid Core of Light and now it all comes to an end!”
The voice soon yelled out loud as it echoed, “NOW!”
EQG Spike activated the gauntlet as he yelled, “TRAPTANIUM WAVE CHANGE! SPIKE POWER UP!!” The gauntlet started to glow as a strange song emitted from it.
Kaos caught this as he said in shock,
“What…what is this?”
EQG Spike was released from Kaos’ grip as he became a flash of light. He went a few meters away from Kaos as the light faded as the voice spoke,
“ARISE…MEGAMAN RANGER!”
The light revealed EQG Spike, wearing a special battle suit that was Traptanium blue, the gauntlets and boots were light blue with a hint of silver to it. The chest piece had the Magic symbol with inside what looks like a Traptanium Shard. The helmet possessed a light green visor that partially covered his eyes. His mouth was exposed as a part of his spiky hair stuck out of the back of the helmet. While feeling the power of his new self, he discovered the identity of the voice in his head,
“The Crafter?!”
Kaos was angry seeing this and yelled, “NO, THIS IS MY POWER AND MY POWER ALONE!!” Kaos was going to attack until his Traptanium swords slipped off of his hands and latched onto EQG Spike. The right sword turned into a Traptanium Tomahawk while the left sword turned into an Arm Cannon in the shape of a Dragon’s head. Kaos’ wings soon tore off and latched onto EQG Spike as they shifted into Dragon wings as a sign of EQG Spike’s Dragon heritage. He pointed his tomahawk at the portal master as he said,
“This is the end of the road, Kaos!” He charged forward as he swung his tomahawk yelling,
“SHATTER STRIKE!!”
The impact caused Kaos’ Traptanium form to shatter completely as Kaos himself appeared face down on the floor as the portal master pulled himself up with a look of fear. EQG Spike pointed his arm cannon at Kaos as he yelled,
“TRAP VORTEX!!!” The cannon soon opened a vortex that caused Kaos to be sucked into the arm cannon as he yelled,
“NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!”
Soon enough, he spotted EQG Dark Spyro’s soul gem and picked it up. He placed it in his pocket as he teleported into core of the battle station. He held up his arm cannon as it began to glow bright as he said,
“Now…Light Our Darkest Hour!!”
The cannon sparked as several shards of Traptanium from all over the station formed around EQG Spike as they went into the cannon. He sucked all of the Traptanium from the station, but before he had time to relax, an explosion erupted from the core. He knows for certain that he has to regroup with the others and get off the station before it blows.
There were explosions all over the station as a detached pipe hit EQG Dark Spyro in the head, knocking him out cold. EQG Twilight asked,
“Dr. Krankcase, what’s going on?!
The doc quickly explained, “The Traptanium is drained from the station and the stinkocity is overloading!”
Jawbreaker approached, “Now let’s get out of here!” The group soon started to run as fast as they could, with EQG Dark Spyro slung over Wallop’s shoulders. But as they were running, EQG Rarity stopped briefly and pointed,
“Look!” The group saw a figure running towards them with an explosion following way behind him. Once he was close enough, EQG Rarity realized who this was,
“Spike!?”
The Trap Masters and Doom Raiders were shocked by this since EQG Spike was in his new form. He stopped in front of the group as he yelled,
“All right gang…” A motorcycle with two sidecars appeared from the Traptanium shards in front of them as he went on it, “Grab a Traptanium Vehicle and Roll Out!” EQGs Twilight and Rarity were in the sidecars as Snap Shot and Wolfgang saw a vehicle form in front as the Croc said,
“I knew he had potential!”
The rest of the team boarded the vehicles provided by EQG Spike as the quickly escaped the battle station. They were spotted by Cali, who was on Flynn’s Ship as she said,
“There they are!”
Flynn looked, “Wowsers, they actually did it!” Looking at the station, a ship departed from the station, presumably Glumshanks as the Ultimate Weapon blew up in a tremendous explosion. The team soon landed at the Academy as Buzz was officially announcing the Grand Opening of Skylander Academy. He turned over the speaking to EQG Spike, who spoke,
“Let this mark the end of the Traptanium Wars as we move on to a time of peace and harmony! FOR ALL WORLDS!!”
The crowds cheered ‘For All Worlds’ several times as Buzz smiled knowing that the boy has given a rebirth to a legend that was lost for many years. As for EQG Dark Spyro, he regained consciousness and saw Adagio and because that annoying Portal Master no longer had control over him, he recognized Adagio and the dazzling hugged him, knowing that he’s back.
At the tomb of the First Trap Master, EQG Spike entered the tomb as he looked at the many flagged shards and walked up to the sarcophagus as he asked,
“Was this the power that you’ve wanted me to unleash?”
“It’s the same power that I used when I was alive.” Said a familiar voice that EQG Spike recognized. He wondered where it came from because it wasn’t from his head; it was like it was right near him. The voice spoke again,
“I’m on your left arm, Spike!” EQG Spike looked at his left arm and saw the arm cannon’s eyes moving as it spoke,
“Surprised, kid?” EQG Spike replied, “I’m very surprised that you’re on my arm!”
The cannon laughed, “I know, but now you see why I’ve guided you through that battle. It was meant for you to become what I once was.”
EQG Spike realized, “You’re the First Trap Master!?” The cannon replied with assurance, “That’s me, The Crafter as your friends call me, but you can call me Drago.”
EQG Spike asked, “So why Drago?”
Drago assured, “It was my name by birth. I know it is strange for a cheetah to have a draconic name. But when I lived through my life, discovered the Traptanium Shard and formed the Trap Team, it was worth it.”
EQG Spike asked, “So this is your resting place?”
Drago replied, “To be fair, it was my body’s resting place, but for me…it’s always been this gauntlet until you took possession of it.”
EQG Spike realized, “You’re a spirit?” Drago nodded, “I am a spirit, Spike. I also have something for you. It’s inside my sarcophagus.”
EQG Spike soon flashed back to normal as he approached the coffin and opened it up, revealing Drago’s body wrapped in linen with a strange pair of Traptanium Eye Wear on the torso of the body. He reached in and pulled out the eye wear, which looked like a pair of sunglasses until Drago’s voice said from the gauntlet,
“Wear them, Spike.”
As he put the glasses over his eyes, his vision changed and saw Drago in front of him as he backed away in shock. Drago had blue claws, torso and a draconic head with horns and green eyes. The inner portion of Drago was light blue with a spirit tail and the bottom. Drago asked,
“Impressed kid?”
EQG Spike replied, “I’m astonished that I can see you!”
Drago replied, “One of my last creations before I died. That visor not only allows you to see me, but also the roads that emanate from Traptanium.”
EQG Spike was confused until he looked up and saw several light blue energy roads emanating from the crystals. The boy was shocked, “I don’t believe it!”
Drago placed a hand on his shoulder, “What Kaos and the Doom Raiders didn’t understand is that there is more to Traptanium than meets the eye.”
EQG Spike asked, “I have one more question. Why did you call me Megaman?”
Drago replied, “The name suits your abilities.” Soon enough, the gauntlet opened to reveal a Trap Crystal with Kaos’ head on it as it said,
“Well, my reputation is ruined now. I guess I better be good for now on?”
Somewhere in the darkest reaches of Skylands, a pair of yellow eyes looked shocked and disappointed,
“So it has come to this…” It’s revealed to be Malefor, “My noble servant, Kaos…bound to Traptanium and a legend has been reborn. But like all things, his usefulness has come to an end.”
He turns to a vial that contained a dark substance, “Darkness, my old friend, there are somethings that the human Twilight loves. To study the science behind magic…when the time comes, her curiosity would be her greatest downfall and you will be there to ensure that happens as she soon falls under your control.”
He turns to an image of the Eternal Archives and observes Hugo as he laughs, “The bookworm of a mabu, his curiosity would bring forth a more promising ally of mine than Kaos ever was.” And he soon turned to an image of Spike the Dragon,
“This dragon has proven to be quite the nuisance and he refuses to accept the true role of his heritage. When we face each other again…I will show no mercy.”
Author's Note
So the battle to save the future has just ended. This decisive victory allowed the Skylanders to put an end to the plans of Kaos. Nevertheless, There is still a much larger threat to Skylands even at this time of peace. EQG Spike soon caused the rebirth to a legend that was lost for many years.
Somewhere in the Dragon Lands, Spike and Trail Blazer traversed the volcanic areas in hopes of running into the Dragons. The Fire Unicorn looked at the volcanic activity going around the area and commented,
“You know, this is actually my kind of place.”
Spike replied, “I’m surprised that you find highly volcanic areas very pleasing to you.”
Trail Blazer stated, “I am a Fire Unicorn after all. Fire doesn’t affect me that much, even if these dragons threw me into a lava pit, I would be fine.”
Spike nodded as they continued onwards towards a large boulder in the middle of a large clearing. That’s when Spike stopped as he tilted his head down which Trail Blazer noticed,
“What seems to be the problem?”
Spike replied, “I just don’t understand. Malefor is going to make a move on this world and Celestia wants me to play politician to call for help from the other kingdoms. But the Dragons here wouldn’t want to help ponies; they would just burn their homes to the ground and take what they want.”
Trail Blazer spoke, “Let me give you some advice, Spike. When times are tough, not many would want to see the true threat. But right now, this whole world needs a symbol of hope, an individual they could look up to and rally behind. You think Celestia asked you to undergo this task because you are her son?”
Spike didn’t say anything as the unicorn continued, “She sent you on this quest because she saw that you would that symbol, a dragon that everyone would look up to.”
Spike took in what Trail Blazer said and thought back to the Battle of the Crystal Empire when he defeated Malefor. The Crystal Ponies gathered around him and praised him as a hero. He remembers his vision and his duty,
“You are right, this world needs a symbol of hope in order to survive…and my friends can’t do that on their own. But once we return to Equestria, it will be the best time to prepare.”
Spike looked around the clearing until his Emerald Fire Amulet flashed with great speed…like someone or something was approaching them. At that exact moment, the clearing was briefly covered in shadows as several dragons dropped down from the skies above the duo. The dragons landed as they surrounded the Purple Dragon and Fire Unicorn. The rock in the middle of the clearing was now occupied by a large dragon with grayish artic blue scales, pale, and light grayish gold-to-moderate vermillion horns. The duo saw the large dragon and Trail Blazer whispered,
“That’s the head honcho?”
Spike nodded, “That’s gotta be.” Spike decided to make a first impression as he stepped forward. The Dragon’s eyes widened,
“By the Oracles, I remember you!”
Spike asked, “How do you remember me?” The Dragon replied, “You were just an egg when Celestia brought you to these lands. She was looking for answers on you when you were an egg.”
Spike was confused, “But who are you?”
The Dragon spoke his name, “I am Dragon Lord Torch, I am ruler of these lands until now I will be stepping down as Dragon Lord.”
Spike was shocked, “Stepping down? You’re resigning!?”
Torch nodded, “My time as Dragon Lord is over.”
Spike pulled out a treaty, “But you can’t step down, Equestria requests the aid of the Dragons to aid in the fight against Malefor!”
At that instant, the gathering dragons began to shiver at the very mention of Malefor while the other dragons were confused on why the ponies want their help. Torch shook his head,
“I am well-aware of the treaty that we signed with Equestria and I am full-aware of Malefor’s presence. He poses much of a threat to us as he does to the ponies.”
Spike asked, “So you will help us?”
Torch frowned, “I would if I didn’t announce myself stepping down.”
Trail Blazer stepped forward, “Do you even have a successor? An heir to carry on your legacy?!”
Torch looked at the Fire Unicorn, “The unicorn with the fire abilities?”
Trail Blazer was surprised, “So you’ve heard of me?”
Torch nodded, “All dragons in these lands know of both you and Spike.” The unicorn asked, “But how did the dragons already know about us?”
A female voice began to speak, “I was the first to know about you two.”
The Fire Unicorn and the Purple Dragon turned their attention to the boulder that Torch sat on. But next to him was a dragoness roughly about the size of a both Spike and Trail Blazer. Her scales were Brilliant Cyan with a Pale Turquoise underbelly and a wing membrane of moderate indigo to light cobalt blue. Her spikes were moderate phthalo blue while her eyes were brilliant red. Her horns were light apple greenish gray as they were curved down in a J-shape.
Spike had a strange feeling that this dragoness is important, “Who are you?”
The dragoness spoke, “I am Princess Ember, daughter to Dragon Lord Torch.”
Trail Blazer realized, “So you found out about us before we even arrived?”
Ember nodded, “I was curious to know how powerful you and you companion are.”
Spike had an expression on his face which pretty much said ‘curious much’ as he remembered Trail Blazer’s statement,
“If you’re Torch’s daughter, maybe you should become Dragon Lord!”
Torch stepped in, “That is out of the question and it is not my place to decide! It is the Gauntlet of Fire that should decide the next Dragon Lord.”
Trail Blazer’s flames were starting to spark as he asked, “And what is the Gauntlet of Fire?”
Torch stated, “It is a race to recover the Bloodstone Scepter from the nearby volcano.”
Spike realized, “The first one to recover it…becomes the new Dragon Lord.” The large dragon nodded as he ordered the rest of the dragons who are participating to disperse and get ready, so he could speak to the duo alone. He actually barred Ember from joining the participating dragons in irritation and flew off.
Trail Blazer asked, “The world is going to the brink of war and you are holding a race to determine a successor?! Why not let Ember participate or better yet pass the title to her?”
Torch shook his head, “I had to forbid her from participating due to her small size. But you two however, I will allow you two to participate in the race.”
Spike asked, “Why us?”
Torch stated, “You are the Purple Dragon, the most powerful breed in existence and your friend is a powerful Fire Unicorn. You two prove that size does not matter when it comes to a battle.”
Trail Blazer noticed, “You barred your daughter, but you allow us to get in? You are starting to sound like a hypocrite if you ask me.”
Usually those who say those things would get stomped on, but Torch nodded, “I know and you must also know why I’m letting you two in. There are some dragons that want revenge on the ponies for embarrassing them. If any of them get the scepter, Equestria would be in grave peril.”
Spike realized, “So you want us to get the scepter?”
Torch nodded, “You two are the only ones that could save Equestria from any hot-headed dragons.” All of a sudden, a flash of light appeared in the distance above the volcano where the scepter lies. A massive vortex appeared over the volcano as several creatures fell from it while some of the creatures flew from the vortex towards them. Spike recognized them and yelled,
“MOVE!!” The three moved as several Grublin Wyverns swarmed over the area dropping off troops and heavies. Spike took the initiative and unleashed his Ice Attacks on several of them while Trail Blazer’s flames ignited as he charged at a group of Grublins as two more copies of him appeared and bowled over the enemies. Torch, due to his large size, dealt with the Grublin orcs and trolls and burned them down with his fire breath. Torch saw the vortex above the volcano and yelled,
“Those creatures are swarming all over the volcano!” Spike saw this and realized,
“Lord Torch, your lands are under attack by Malefor’s army!”
Trail Blazer asked once he finished off another group of Grublins, “Why are the majority of them gathered at the volcano? They caught the dragons completely by surprise. Why are they only gathering around the volcano instead of blowing them to pieces when they had the chance?”
Spike noticed and said, “Good point.”
Torch realized this and spoke, “These invaders are after the Bloodstone Scepter! You have to stop them, Skylanders!”
As Torch warned them that the creatures are going after the scepter, another flash of light occurred as the Skylander, Eye-Brawl appeared. He looked at Torch and said,
“Celestia has sent me to help retrieve the scepter.”
Torch nodded, “Now go Skylanders, get the scepter before these beasts do!” With that being said, the trio left Torch to retrieve the scepter while Torch himself went to warn the participants. Spike looked at his companions and said,
“Skylanders! MOVE OUT!” The trio now ran in full speed towards the volcano. Spike actually shook his head,
“This mission keeps getting better and better.”
Trail Blazer asked, “Sheesh! How did these creeps even get into the Dragon Lands in the first place?”
Eye-Brawl answered, “Teleportation!”
The unicorn asked in shock, “What?” The Undead Giant stated, “They used a Teleportation device!”
Trail Blazer asked, “How does Malefor even have a thing like that!?” Spike reminded them,
“We’ll find out later, right now we have to get the scepter before those Grublins do!”
Eye-Brawl spoke, “The only way to reach the volcano is to go through the path for the Gauntlet of Fire!”
Trail Blazer asked, “Isn’t there another route?”
Eye-Brawl shook his eye, “No, there is no other alternative. The Gauntlet is fast and it goes directly to the volcano.”
Spike understood this and said, “All right, boys! Let’s get into the gauntlet!”
The Skylanders soon charge forth into the Gauntlet of Fire as they noticed several dragons clashing with Malefor’s forces. The dragons were tough, but all that toughness was outdone by numbers when the Grublin flies swarmed them. Spike fired an electric beam at the flies and took them done as the dragon thanked him for it. So Spike decided,
“Let’s give the dragons some support as we head to the volcano!”
Trail Blazer charged forth, “Way ahead of ya!” He charged at a group of Grublin axe-men as they had a group of dragons pinned. The impact threw the attackers off balance as Eye-Brawl’s eye detached and shot his eye beams at the Grublins while Spike finished them off with an Earth Shot. The dragons said,
“Thanks for the save, Skylanders!”
The Skylanders nodded as they continued on towards the gauntlet. They soon noticed a group of dragons being pinned by large Grublin Trolls. Spike saw this and said,
“Eye-Brawl, pummel the first troll to the ground! Trail Blazer, you handle the second one while I’ll deal with the third!”
The two acknowledged this as they sped towards the trolls that were attacking the dragons. Eye-Brawl threw his fist at the first troll which knocked the four-legged moss-covered creature aside and got the attention of the other two trolls. This time, Trail Blazer moved in and attacked the second troll as he did his flaming buck attack which burned the troll to a crisp. Spike attacked the third troll and unleashed his fire and ice breath on the troll, destroying it instantly. Eye-Brawl finished off his troll as the rescued dragons looked at the Skylanders. One of the dragons recognized Spike,
“Spike, you made it and about time!”
Spike recognized the familiar red dragon from before, “Garble, It’s been a while.”
Garble asked, “Is that pony a friend of yours?” He was talking about Trail Blazer as the unicorn asked,
“Is a horse that likes being in a volcanic area weird?”
The dragon couldn’t respond to that statement until Spike remembered, “We can trade questions for after the job is done.” He looked at Garble, “The Grublins are after the scepter and if they grab it and escape with it…you might wanna guess who becomes Dragon Lord.”
Garble, despite being an overconfident jerk of a dragon, understood what it means if the Grublins escape with the scepter. So he asked, “So what do you plan on doing?”
Spike replied, “We’re going to stop them and get the scepter…but I need your help.”
Garble asked, “Why would you need my help? You’re powerful enough that you don’t need any help!”
Spike face-winged, “I’m not alone, I have some of the best at my side.” He reminded the overconfident dragon, “And we all need to stand by each other, side-by-side and I need the dragons to help us win this fight.”
Garble’s companions were actually taken by Spike’s words as Garble sighed, “What do you need us to do?”
Spike pointed to several areas where the dragons and Grublins are locked in combat, “Rescue the others dragons that are pinned by the Grublins. When we make it to the volcano, they will most likely try to come in after us. That’s where you and your team come in, take down as many Grublins as you can and watch out for the Grublin wyverns, they will drop troops from above.”
Garble nodded as he said, “I guess I should be thankful for your timely arrival. But now, it’s time to kick some Grublin butt!” Garble’s friends nodded as he said, “We’ll clean up out here!”
Spike nodded as he, Trail Blazer and Eye-Brawl ran down the path to the Gauntlet of Fire.
The Gauntlet of Fire was a path to the volcano where the scepter is hidden, but the volcano happens to be on an island in the middle of a lake with water geysers going off every minute. It was a huge bummer for those that didn’t have wings. The trio was stumped since only Spike and the eye of Eye-Brawl can fly, but Trail Blazer and the body can’t. Trail Blazer looked at the geysers and shook his head,
“Time for me to use a trick I learned.”
Spike asked, “What trick?” Trail Blazer didn’t respond as fire spewed from his horn and latched onto his back as they formed into wings. They were shocked to see Trail Blazer’s wings as he said,
“I could conjure up my own wings with my own fire ability and they work as well.” He flapped his wings and flew a few meters above them until he saw a dot ahead of them. A dragon was crossing the geyser fields and was attacked by the Grublin Wyverns. The crosser was easily overwhelmed and is now falling towards the water.
Trail Blazer flew as quickly as possible towards the falling dragon as he turned into a streak of fire as he reached top speed. The Fire Skylander caught the falling dragon before it hit the water and flew the dragon back to his friends. The dragon was wearing a gold-colored armor so it was hard to assess any damage, so Trail Blazer removed the dragon’s helmet until to realize that it was a dragoness and not just any dragoness…The three Skylanders said in unison,
“Princess Ember!?”
The Dragon Lord’s daughter opened her eyes as she saw the three Skylanders standing over her. Spike asked,
“I thought your father barred you from participating!?”
Ember said, “I don’t care what my dad said! I’ll show him and every dragon who thinks I’m just a little princess that there are better things than being big and strong!” She pointed to Spike, “And you are the very example of it all!”
Trail Blazer asked, “Can’t we save the cute banter for after we get the scepter and stop these Grublins?”
Eye-Brawl said, “We have a job to do and standing here will solve nothing.”
Spike regained his focus, “Save the Dragon Lands first, worry about other things later.” He turned to Ember,
“We need to work together in order to stop these things from getting away with the scepter.”
Ember reluctantly accepted, “Fine, I’ll help you, Skylanders. We’re pretty much the only ones heading to the volcano.”
Eye-Brawl’s flying eye popped off as the headless body went into the water. Trail Blazer’s fire wings ignited as the Dragon and Dragoness opened their wings and took to the sky. The four soon flew low as they grazed the surface of the water while barrel rolling away from any geysers that erupt. As they were half way across the water, Spike looked up and saw several Grublin Wyverns emerging from both the volcano and the portal. He yelled to his companions,
“We got company!”
The other three saw the creatures closing in on them as Trail Blazer saw the closest ones as he said,
“I’m taking you all down!” He fired two fireballs at two wyverns and fired a third fireball at a third wyvern and all three were blown out of the sky. Trail Blazer smiled,
“This flying ability doesn’t hinder my fire powers one bit.”
Eye-Brawl’s eye maneuvered around the wyverns as he fired his eye lasers at the creature and blew it out of the sky. Spike spotted a group of wyverns gaining on him as he unleashed his Ice Attacks on the creatures, followed by an Electric attack which caused the wyverns to explode as several spirit gems travelled into the Purple Dragon as his energy restored itself.
Ember was being pursued by those creatures as she noticed how the Skylanders fought their foes. She decided to brake as the wyverns flew past her as she was now pursuing them. She struck the creatures were her melee attacks as well as using her own fire breath from time to time. Once she defeated her foes, she failed to notice a wyvern charging right at her from behind. But the creature was blown out of the sky by a fireball, an Earth Shot and Eye Lasers as Ember turned and saw the falling foe. She saw the three Skylanders hovering in front of her as Spike said,
“Lesson 1 of working with the Skylanders: Always rely on your teammates because they are always there to help you out.”
Ember asked, “What was that supposed to mean?!”
Trail Blazer spoke, “He means that you let your guard down and we gave you a helping hand. That’s what friends do.”
Ember shook her head as she said, “Dragons don’t do friends!”
Spike replied, “You might not do friends…but this dragon does and having friends at my side got me this far.”
Ember was not amused by this dragon, but had her thinking on how he progressed this far. But she would save it for later as she said,
“Should we get a move on?”
The Skylanders acknowledged this as they sped off towards the volcano. As they landed on the shore of the island, Eye-Brawl’s headless body came out of the water as the eyeball landed back on the body. The Undead Giant couldn’t help but look up at the portal,
“That is one large portal building up there.”
Spike understood this as he spotted an entrance to the volcano, “I know, but once we stop these Grublins and get the scepter, we could be able to close that portal!”
The four went to the entrance of the volcano where they spotted an injured dragon, grey scales with white spines and wings at the entrance. He recognized Ember,
“E…Ember?”
Ember knows this dragon, “Charcoal! Spike, Charcoal was one of my dad’s bodyguards! He’s injured badly!”
Spike asked, “What happened to you?” Charcoal spoke, although his injuries made it hard for him to speak, “We were…sent to guard the scepter until the competition started…but these…these creatures appeared from that hole in the sky…and started destroying everything.”
Spike asked, “How many were you when the Grublins attacked?”
Charcoal replied, “We…were only a dozen strong…but they overwhelmed us…the Grublins overwhelmed our post…this one was with them…a Grublin that talks!”
Trail Blazer was confused, “A talking Grublin? That’s something you don’t hear about very often.”
Charcoal finished, “It…it was leading these beasts! If you are looking for him…he’s in…the center of the volcano.” The dragon was feeling pain everytime he talked until Spike yelled out to the sky,
“WHIRLWIND!!!” Soon enough, Whirlwind appeared in a flash of light and fired her healing rainbows at the injured dragon as he gasped in shock as his wounds healed. Whirlwind approached and noticed,
“I managed to heal most of his injuries, but he requires actual medical attention from a medic.”
Spike asked Ember, “Do the dragons have medics?”
Ember replied, “We only have a few, but they are for minor injuries.”
Spike turned back to Whirlwind, “Take Charcoal back to the dragons and tell Master Eon to send a few Mabu Doctors to help.”
Whirlwind nodded as she approached the injured dragon as she and Charcoal disappeared in a flash of light. Ember shook off the sight of the injured bodyguard and asked,
“So these creatures talk?”
Spike replied, “Not in actual words, they talk in a garbled language. But an actual talking Grublin would mean one thing.”
Ember asked, “What does it mean?”
Trail Blazer spoke, “The Grublins are evolving.”
Spike knew that it was something to be concerned about the talking Grublin. But they still had a job to do, so they entered the volcano.
As they entered the volcano, the four had to keep their eyes open since the volcano is occupied by the Grublins. The inside of the volcano was the second leg of the Gauntlet of Fire, the Grublin presence in the volcano had only increased the difficulty of the competition. There was also Charcoal’s warning of the talking Grublin leading this attack on the Dragon Lands, only knowing that this is a disaster. Spike looked around the caves of the volcano and said,
“Stay vigilant and look out for ambushes. There is no telling what would appear around the corner.”
Eye-Brawl’s eye detached as he said, “I’ll look ahead.” The flying eyeball moved through the tunnel and scouted out the caverns. After that, he returned to the headless body as he said,
“There is crystal and stalagmite traps scattered all over these tunnels, I spotted a few Grublin flies wandering through these tunnels.”
Spike asked, “How large of a force?” Eye-Brawl replied, “There is only a small force of them.”
Trail Blazer guessed, “They’re probably making us think that their forces in the tunnels are small so they could ambush us.”
Spike noticed, “If they are trying to trick us, we need to keep our surroundings checked and watch out for those traps.”
Trail Blazer noticed that Ember was quiet for most of the time, “You’ve been quiet all of a sudden.”
Ember noticed, “I know, but this was my chance to prove that I’m more than just a little princess. Soon enough, these creatures start tearing up these lands.”
The unicorn replied, “I would immediately be set ablaze when a competition is attacked.”
The Dragoness asked, “But you’re already on fire?” Trail Blazer replied, “I rest my case.”
“Be on the lookout for Shadow Apes. They will try to jump us from the shadows.”
Ember asked, “Shadow Apes?”
Spike replied, “The Apes served Malefor only to have them doomed to remain in the shadows. They are skeletal apes that are used for ambushing unsuspecting victims, so check your surroundings.”
They progressed on through the tunnel as Spike’s suspicion came true as a Shadow Ape tried to jump the Purple Dragon, but Eye-Brawl smashed the enemy into the ground as it turned into crystals and was absorbed by Spike. Trail Blazer spotted a Shadow Ape and used a fireball to lure it out and finish it off. Ember was keeping a watchful eye out for any enemies when she felt something scratch against her armor; she turned to the Shadow Ape responsible for it and she rammed her head into the skeletal ape as a response.
After progressing through the Shadow Ape infested tunnel, they came to the tunnels where all the traps were. The Grublins were pretty much waiting for our heroes when they made it passed the apes. Spike examined the layout of the tunnels and sensed if the traps were nearby and a lot of traps were near. The team navigated around the trap–rigged tunnel and they were successful, even though Trail Blazer nearly fell into a lava pit, but they reached the Grublins and disposed of them.
Spike and his team moved through the tunnels as he said, “Well, that’s the second leg of the gauntlet done. If we keep this up, we’ll reach the center of the volcano in no time.”
Trail Blazer nodded, “Once we finish the third leg of this competition, the scepter would be right ahead and that talking Grublin.”
Ember asked, “So what do you Skylanders intend to do when we reach the scepter?”
Eye-Brawl spoke to the dragoness, “The first step would be to close the portal that is allowing the Grublins to enter the Dragon Lands.”
Spike noticed, “We’ll figure the rest out on the way.”
Trail Blazer looked forward, “Well I hope we brought a map of this place.”
Spike asked, “Why?” The unicorn pointed his hoof to the next area as he said, “This next task…is a giant maze.”
The unicorn wasn’t kidding when he said that the third task was a maze. There were doors to several different areas of the volcano and one of the paths should lead to the center of the volcano. Spike looked at the paths, then back at his companions and decided,
“Let’s split up, we could cover more ground through this maze if we split in two. Eye-Brawl and I will take one path while Trail Blazer and Ember take another path. We’ll meet up in the central chamber if we can.”
Eye-Brawl agreed as he went with Spike towards one path of the maze while Trail Blazer and Ember took another path.
On Trail Blazer and Ember’s side, the unicorn and dragoness were checking their surroundings, looking for any possible paths to the central chamber. Trail Blazer decided to ask,
“So, how did you find out about us?”
Ember was reluctant to answer, but she answered anyway, “I actually heard about the Dragon Migration where the nine dragon Skylanders attended…from the Oracles.”
Trail Blazer asked, “The Oracles?”
Ember described them, “They are statues of four dragons that talk. No one knows where they came from, only that they say that they came from another world.”
Trail Blazer realized, “So they are experts in other worldly magic.”
Ember nodded until she noticed that Trail Blazer stopped for a second, “Why are you stopping?”
The unicorn motioned her to get close to him as he said, “There’s Grublins in the next area of this maze…wait…” He paused until he realized, “They found something, buried in this maze, something powerful.”
Ember asked, “Something buried here?”
Trail Blazer nodded, “Whatever they found, they can’t get away with it.”
Ember smiled, “Well, let’s stop them and retrieve what they found.” The unicorn smiled back as he agreed.
They entered the room where the Grublins were and defeated the occupants of that room, leaving them with just the artifact. The artifact was in the shape of an engine, gold like color with fire emanating from it. Trail Blazer recognized this device,
“No way…can’t it be?” Ember asked, “You know what it is?” The unicorn nodded, “It’s a Rift Engine, these things were once used tunnel into other areas and other worlds…how convenient that this one ended up buried in this volcano.”
Ember wanted to further inspect the Rift Engine, but when she touched it, a torrent of fire consumed her as the unicorn shouted, “EMBER!”
The dragoness didn’t know what was happening, but she heard a voice say, “No Element Detected. Prepare for Reassignment.”
There was a slight pause until the voice said again, “Princess Ember – Designation, Fire Element.”
She was even more confused when the voice designated her as a Fire Element until she realized, “Wait…am I?”
The voice spoke, “You have been chosen to defend your people and your world from the forces of darkness. Rift Engine Engaged. Commence Supercharging.”
A huge flash occurred as Trail Blazer turned his head to avoid getting blinded by it and as soon as the light faded, the unicorn turned his head back to the area where the rift engine was and saw Ember, now sporting a much more powerful armor than her previous one. Her armor had a fiery red tint with the secondary color being brilliant cyan; she wore a helmet with an open bottom guard with a brilliant cyan visor. She had a field of fire surrounding her when she looked around in shock. Trail Blazer was speechless,
“It was just like when Echo Squadron traveled through time…Supercharger!”
Ember realized, “That thing turned me into a Supercharger?!”
Trail Blazer nodded, “It did, but at least it’s out of the hands of those Grublins.”
Ember remembered, “I have been chosen…that’s what it said.”
Trail Blazer nodded, “Well, we better find the central chamber. If it chose you, then we better meet up with the others.” The two progressed on through the maze to find the central chamber.
Meanwhile, Spike and Eye-Brawl had made it through the maze and reached the central chamber until Eye-Brawl noticed,
“Trail Blazer and Ember were supposed to meet us here…but there’s no sign of them.”
Spike noticed, “They must’ve run into trouble in the maze…” Spike’s amulet flashed as his eyesight changed from his own to Trail Blazer’s eyesight as he saw the unicorn and Ember running through the maze…he noticed that the dragoness looked different. But his eyesight returned to normal as he said,
“They’re close…very close.”
Soon enough, a sinister laugh was heard as the two looked towards the chamber to find the Bloodstone Scepter still resting at its base on an elevated level, but with the Grublins guarding it. The laughter was made by the large Hero Orc at the head of the pack,
“So the Skylanders have come to claim the scepter as Lord Malefor foretold.”
Eye-Brawl was shocked, “It is talking!”
Spike was at a loss for words after hearing the creature talk in actual words. The creature spoke directly to Spike,
“Lord Malefor has plans for your world once he is at full strength. He speaks of you always refusing to accept your true role.”
Spike shook his head, “It’s not my destiny!”
The Hero Orc decided, “Very well, then we will just have to beat the true role out of you!” He ordered his subordinates, “Send these Skylanders to their deaths!”
The Grublins charged at the duo as Spike used an electric attack on the Grublin flies and foot soldiers while Eye-Brawl dealt with the Orc Bowmen that attempted a long range attack on them. Spike attacked a wave of Grublin axe men with a combo attack of fire and ice melees while dealing with a large Grublin Troll with an Earth Attack. Eye-Brawl detached the eyeball portion as the flying eyeball fired his eye lasers at the foot soldiers, the bowmen and the axe men. The Talking Hero Orc shook his head and ordered,
“Send in the Elite!”
Soon enough, a Grublin Elite Axe Men dropped down to the arena as Eye-Brawl’s eye fired his lasers at it. But the shots reflected off of it,
“This one is not affected by my lasers!”
Spike looked at his foe and noticed the helmet that he was wearing. It sported a fire red color to it as he used his Fire Breath on it which caused it to back away. The dragon realized,
“That helmet is acting as protection against elemental attacks…but not my fire breath!”
The giant stepped back as the Elite attacked Spike with his axe. The dragon dodged the attack and he knew for certain that any attack by a Grublin Elite would be deadly. Spike shot a fireball at the Elite as the ball impacted its target. The Elite was on his knee, but his helmet was still on, although cracks were starting form on the helmet. The Elite threw his axe at Spike, but the dragon caught the axe in his mouth by the hilt and threw it back at his foe.
The Elite caught the axe as Spike used his Fire Breath on the axe man; the breath was too much for the helmet to handle, so it blew off of the creature’s head. Spike spoke,
“Eye-Brawl, he’s vulnerable without his helmet! Now is our chance!”
Eye-Brawl joined Spike in a combined attack as they charged at the Elite as the two became blurs as they attacked the Elite several times with Spike finishing it off with a head pound attack as their defeated foe burst into crystals. The Hero Orc was amused,
“So, I am surprised for your abilities, but now you two have entered round 2!”
“Make that four!” said a familiar voice as Trail Blazer and Ember joined the two. Spike noticed Ember’s new look,
“You look different…what happened?”
Ember smiled, “I’ve been chosen, that’s what.” The Hero Orc directed his attention towards the dragoness,
“Well, well, Torch’s little princess disobeying her father to be his successor. But as you know, my troops will burn your lands and your people will beg to serve Malefor.”
Ember clenched her fist, “You interrupt a competition, injure my dad’s bodyguard and you make a threat against my home…but I am not just some little princess!” Her right fist erupted in fire as she flung a fireball at the Grublins that were on their level. The fireball destroyed the Grublins that were on the lower level as a fire sword formed in Ember’s hand. She decided to finish her statement,
“I am a Supercharger!” Eye-Brawl and Spike were shocked by Ember’s supercharged self. The Hero Orc snapped his fingers as several Grublin Wyverns emerged from the portal above; the creatures dropped several troops into the arena. The Grublins consisted of flies, bowmen, axe men and an Elite Troll with a yellow helmet. The Hero Orc ordered,
“ATTACK!”
The Grublins charged the Skylanders as Trail Blazer charged the closest enemies and knocked them back. Spike looked at the Elite Troll and said to his friends,
“Take care of those Grublins! He’s mine!”
They acknowledged it and kept their distance from the Elite as they focused on the lower and middle class of enemies. Eye-Brawl looked at Ember and Trail Blazer and said,
“Let’s go.” After that, Eye-Brawl’s eye detached and shot his lasers at a bowman while Trail Blazer and Ember took down two with their fire abilities. The Fire Unicorn summoned his fire wings and whipped them at a group of Grublin flies with an axe man accompanying the flies. Ember dodged an attack by an axe man and used a fire blade to chop the beast in two. It almost left her open for a bowman to attack, but Eye-Brawl’s headless body bashed it out of the way.
On Spike’s end, the Elite Troll intimidated the dragon by smashing its forelegs on the floor before charging at the dragon. Spike used his electric breath to knock the creature back, but the helmet prevents the wearer from being knocked back. He immediately used his Time Stop power to slow the beast down and jump over it and land on its back. As time returned to normal, the Elite Troll noticed its unwelcomed rider as it tried to shake Spike off of its back. While keeping a firm grip on the beast’s back, Spike used his electric breath on the helmet as the beast continued to shake him off.
Spike silently thought, “I should thank Applejack’s counterpart for those tips on bull riding.”
Afterwards, Spike’s body became electrically charged as his foe started to jitter due to the intense electric shock. He kept focused on the helmet as cracks started to form as the beast roared in pain. The discharge stopped as he unleashed a powerful electric breath at the helmet, shattering it in the process. After the troll was vulnerable, he used all his strength to lift it up into the air, he soared upwards and then dove down towards the floor with the troll landing head first and shattering into crystals which restored Spike’s strength.
Spike rejoined his friends as soon as they finished off the Grublins. They were in shock after looking at Spike’s pile driver attack, especially Ember. She asked,
“How did you do that?”
The Purple Dragon replied, “It’s all in my training.”
Trail Blazer complimented, “That was some great fighting back there.”
Spike replied, “Not as good as seeing you three working together.”
Eye-Brawl spoke, “Don’t count yourself out, you were incredible!”
Spike nodded as he looked up towards the Hero Orc as the Grublin looked up towards the portal, “DEPLOY IT NOW!!”
The portal sparked as a new enemy appeared in a flash of dark magic. This enemy wasn’t a Grublin; it was more of a knight as it said,
“I am the Knight Doomlander, prepare to meet my Wrath!!”
Spike was shocked by this enemy, the Hero Orc spoke, “That fool Kaos had this as a pet project, but since he is of no use to us anymore…his Doomlanders are now Malefor’s Super-Soldiers.”
The Doomlander spoke, “Get ready to meet your end!”
He charged at the four heroes as Eye-Brawl charged and bashed his fist at the Knight as the enemy was knocked back a little bit before he started to slash his sword at the giant. Only to be blocked by a fire sword from Ember and punched with a fire claw from Trail Blazer’s unique fire abilities. Spike turned into a rolling boulder and smashed into the Doomlander, knocking him to the ground. The Knight got up only to be hit by a bunch of miniature eyeballs summoned by Eye-Brawl as Ember followed with strong punch to the Doomlander’s helmet.
The Doomlander soon did a strong sword attack on the dragoness, but Trail Blazer knocked him back before his sword could even chip one scale off of the dragoness. The Doomlander did that strong sword attack again, but it was towards Trail Blazer when the sword’s impact sent out a shockwave which knocked him to the ground. To Ember, because she was with Trail Blazer for the duration of this battle, seeing the unicorn get knocked to the ground caused her to snap at the Doomlander as she unleashed her fury on the Knight as she yelled,
“NO ONE HURTS MY FRIEND!!”
That statement caught the others by surprise as they were helping Trail Blazer up; Spike realizes that she and the team are indeed, friends and comrades. Her relentless attack on the Knight Doomlander caused his skull helmet to be knocked off his head until he could push the furious dragoness back. Although he was hurt and close to being defeated, he pointed his sword at the team and said,
“You think defeating me will be any different?”
Trail Blazer replied, “You would be out of our way, that’s for sure.”
Spike asked, “What is he planning to do once he’s at full strength?”
The Doomlander replied, “The End of your world…” He gripped his sword, “And you won’t be around to see it!”
But before any side could attack, the Doomlander was hit by a TNT Crate, followed by a strange orange bandicoot that was hijacking a wyvern before crashing it into the Doomlander. The bandicoot soon spun around the Knight Doomlander dealing damage to it as it spun. The bandicoot finished the Doomlander off with a belly flop as the Doomlander was defeated. After that, the bandicoot did a little victory dance to celebrate the Doomlander’s defeat.
The Hero Orc was disappointed by this defeat as he said, “Ugh, fine…Take the Bloodstone Scepter if you wish…but when Malefor hears about this, you are through, you hear me!” The Hero Orc and his army of Grublins soon warped into the portal as he yelled,
“THROUGH!!!”
The team stared at the bandicoot for a moment before he gave thumbs up, knowing that he’s on their side. The team nodded as they went to the scepter’s pedestal, Ember spoke to Spike,
“You take it; you made me realize that we were friends.”
Spike shook his head as he had a better idea, “On the count of three, we all take the scepter!”
Ember and the rest were confused for a moment, but went along with Spike’s plan as he signaled,
“One…Two…Three…” He yelled, “NOW!”
At the signal, Eye-Brawl, Spike, Trail Blazer, Ember, and the bandicoot gripped the scepter and pulled it off of the base as the scepter’s power shot up at the portal causing it to close. After the portal closed, the team and the scepter were teleported back to the area where the Gauntlet of Fire was announced.
The portal’s closure was witnessed by every dragon in the Dragon Lands as the dragons cheered knowing that the battle has ended. Torch on the other claw, was hopeful that the Skylanders had succeeded in obtaining the scepter. The battle saw too many of his people injured, he did see his own bodyguard being brought back after being injured by those dark creatures. The Skylander, Whirlwind has been a tremendous help for the injured dragons. Torch knew of Whirlwind’s unique history…starting with her father, but those were times before the teachings of the Oracles.
Torch’s train of thought was interrupted by the appearance of the team with the scepter in their grip. Torch knew they succeeded, but he wasn’t prepared to see his own daughter among the Skylanders along with the bandicoot. Torch looked at his daughter,
“You have deliberately disobeyed me, Ember!”
Ember looked at her father and said, “You barred me from competing but you let the Skylanders compete! The Skylanders are proof that size does not matter!”
Torch was still angry for disobeying him when he remembered that statement that Trail Blazer said about him being a hypocrite, “But you could’ve been killed…”
Ember nodded, “I could’ve been, but I’m stronger than you know, Dad.” She realized that she was in her Supercharger armor, “Even more stronger than before…”
Torch was curious, “What do you mean?” Trail Blazer joined her, “Ember and I found something; buried in the volcano…I recognized it as a Rift Engine. When she touched it, it merged with her…turning your daughter into a Supercharger.”
Torch asked, “Supercharger?”
Ember spoke, “He said it was some kind of special Skylander…and there was a voice that said that I was chosen to defend my home from the forces of darkness.”
Torch was shocked on the inside, “My daughter…has become a Skylander?”
Trail Blazer replied, “Pretty much…but at least we succeeded in obtaining the scepter.”
Eye-Brawl spoke, “Spike suggested that we all take hold of the scepter.”
Torch spoke, “That represents a problem because only one can become Dragon Lord.”
Spike asked, “So…a decision will have to be made.”
Torch stated, “By you and those accompanying you specifically.”
The Purple Dragon asked, “I’m choosing the next Dragon Lord?”
Torch nodded, “You were leading your group to retrieve the scepter, you and your companions faced impossible odds. And all of you were holding the scepter which was your plan. I would think that it would be best if you decided on who the Dragon Lord would be.”
Spike knew who to choose, “Princess Ember…” The dragoness stepped forward as Spike continued,
“You will become the Dragon Lord.” The dragons gasped at this decision as Spike said, “But this battle was only the beginning, Malefor’s forces are still coming, thousands of those creatures, maybe millions. We need all the help we can get to stop Malefor once and for all.”
Ember nodded, “I shall honor the treaty that our ancestors have signed with Equestria.”
She soon said, “But I won’t become Dragon Lord until after we win this war.” Torch was confused, “Ember, why?”
Ember looked at her father, “I wish to follow the Skylanders on their quest, besides this is a diplomatic mission.”
Torch asked, “But who would…” Ember answered, “Dad, you will continue being Dragon Lord until we win this war.”
Torch, now impressed said, “And on that day, the war ends, you will take up the title as Dragon Lord.”
Ember’s body flashed for a moment as her Supercharger armor vanished and only a gold gauntlet remained on her left wrist. She asked, “What happened?”
Trail Blazer spoke, “The armor wasn’t needed and it converted to the gauntlet on your wrist.”
Ember looked at the gauntlet which was in the shape of a rift engine, “This is strange…”
Eye-Brawl spoke, “Rift Engines are strange pieces of technology.”
Spike noticed the bandicoot stick a finger in his ear and pull out a strange apple-like fruit and tossed it aside. He began asking the pants wearing, sneaker wearing bandicoot,
“Thanks for the help earlier…but who are you?”
The bandicoot didn’t actually speak as he stared at the dragon in confusion. Until all of a sudden a poof cloud appeared as a strange floating tribal mask with colored feathers on top spoke,
“Greetings, Skylanders. I am Aku-Aku; I see you have already met Crash Bandicoot. He does not speak sadly, but I guide him on his journeys for the most part.”
Ember looked at the mask, “A talking mask? Now I’ve seen everything.”
Aku-Aku moved to the dragoness, “You can be surprised of what I could do, but Crash has his skills set when he helped you defeat that creature.”
Spike now knowing who the bandicoot was, he asked, “You want to help us out?” Crash gave thumbs up as if he was saying yes. Spike knew that it was time for them to go as he said to his companions,
“Skylanders! MOVE OUT!” The group of five moved out as they left the Dragon Lands. As he watched his daughter leave with a group of honorable heroes, Torch was approached by Master Eon who arrived in the Dragon Lands in secret as the light blue Alicorn spoke,
“You know what this attack means?”
Torch nodded, “That Malefor has built that device.”
Eon pulled out a scroll and showed it to the Dragon Lord, “We need to make sure that we are ready in case he makes a large offensive.”
Torch looked at the scroll, “You plan to initiate the Sensei Initiative?”
Eon sadly replied, “Desperate times call for desperate measures. And I need a dragon from your lands to become a Sensei.”
Torch nodded, “I understand.
Author's Note
Well, this was bound to happen, but here it is. I had some time to think on this chapter, but since it was my day-off from work, I had to finish this chapter up and upload it.
Since Crash Bandicoot is in Skylanders Imaginators, I thought I'd add him in. By the way, the interaction between Ember and the Rift Engine is from the Skylanders Comic, 'Unexpected Allies' When Bowser and DK found the Rift Engines.
When the Traptanium Wars ended, the many redeemed villains were given a choice to join the Skylanders, which they accepted. The Trap Team built a new base in Ponyville with the combined power of their Traptanium weapons and EQG Spike’s new form which makes him a Trap Master. The crystal base, now called ‘Cloud Cracker Base’ was a mix of a crystal castle and a crystal tree. This type of ingenuity brought a peak of interest with both Twilight and her ‘Twin’ who also reported that Spike was all right. The base had all the specifications of an actual palace including a map room, a meeting room for the Trap Team, bedrooms and a library. The team basically built their base to live in it and watch over the village that they cared about.
Among the many things that were received after the war, was the Zeppelin, which was Chef Pepperjack’s personal airship, but the chef gave his airship over to Echo Squadron, the elite squadron of ace pilots that were formed during the war. The Zeppelin was painted in blue and white, upgraded to incorporate a lab, a launch bay and a docking bay. It had a new rigid frame and a proper envelope than making it look like a burlap sack filled with air.
The Chef Zeppelin was renamed ‘Wings of Freedom’ and it soon became the pride of the new air fleet. Due to its advanced weaponry and near invulnerable shield, Wings of Freedom became Echo Squadron’s new mobile platform. A series of raids on troll outposts were conducted to test the airship’s capabilities and for Echo Squadron to test out new experimental aircraft that was developed aboard the airship.
While en-route to a troll outpost, The Wings of Freedom received a call from Cali as EQG Leg. Spyro answered it. Cali spoke,
“Those pesky trolls have stolen an antique vanity from the Equestrian Isles and hid it inside their base. You need to destroy the outer defenses of the base and hack the keypad to open the main door to the base.”
EQG Legendary Spyro spoke with his arms folded, “Consider that vanity returned to the Isles in no time.”
After the screen faded, the team dashed to the hanger where their aircraft were waiting. The experimental airplanes were a flying wing heavy bomber, a prototype forward switchblade stealth fighter and an experimental battle tank with the ability to transform into a flying mode. They were the only prototypes in the hanger while the gyrocopters took up the rest of the hanger. Leg. Spyro decided,
“I’ll take the bomber, Spike, you take the Talon, Ter, you take the tank, everyone else, get to your ships.”
Soon enough, the ships were on the launch rail as the robot, Blaster-Tron announced, “XB-66 is cleared for take-off.”
Legend’s bomber, the XB-66 sped out of the launch bay as the robot announced that the Talon is good for take-off as EQG Spike’s aircraft flew out of the launch bay. One by one, the squadron flew out of the launch bay while Ter’s tank transformed and flew out to join the team.
Outside the Wings of Freedom, Echo Squadron formed up behind the bomber as Leg. Spyro spoke,
“Entering range of the troll base!” Dro spoke, “It’s been a while since we faced them.”
Ter noticed, “And they get our attention by stealing a vanity?”
Spike noticed, “Looks like trouble down there.”
Sonata saw down below, “That’s a lot of…turrets down there.”
Camo spoke, “We should save the sightseeing for another time.”
Blaster-Tron came on the comm, “Echo Squadron in formation, connecting you to XO Spitfire.”
Leg. Spyro asked Dro, “You made your girlfriend an XO?”
Dro replied, “How could I say no to her?”
Soon enough, Spitfire came on the line, “I heard that. Anyway, Spy, work in tandem with the ship to destroy all the Troll cannons.”
Leg. Spyro nodded, “Got it, I’m starting the bombing run.”
Spitfire warned, “And be careful, that is a heavy bomber that you’re piloting, not a fighter!”
Legend sighed, “Yeah, thanks for the warning.”
The Bomber moved to a lower altitude as the troll cannons opened fire. He maneuvered the bomber out of their cross-hairs; the bomber was slower than a fighter so he had to time his maneuvers right. He targeted the first cannon and dropped his payload of four high-speed bombs as they destroyed the first cannon. Legend smiled,
“Got ya!”
He shot another volley of bombs at another cannon and destroyed it as well…until his missile warning alarm went off. He saw the missile accelerating towards him and hit a button which activated the bomber’s emergency shield. The shield ignited as the missile impacted the bomber with the craft sustaining no damage. He spotted a SAM site near the base and contacted Spike,
“Echo 6, there’s a SAM site near the base!”
After the transmission, the SAM site exploded as the Talon fighter entered the field, “Echo 1, the SAM site has been erased!”
After that, Spike’s fighter was taking fire from the cannons as he performed some evasive maneuvers before firing missiles at the cannons, destroying them in the process. After Spike’s run, the remaining members of Echo Squadron began their runs, Ter switched to boost mode which allowed the tank to be in flying mode for a short time before going to tank mode. The Battle Tank flew to the ground and transformed to tank mode to take the fight to the ground. Dro spoke to Ter about the specifications,
“The Battle Tank fires missiles when you charge the laser. You can lock onto three different enemies when the laser’s charged.”
Ter tested Dro’s tip by charging the tank’s main cannon and locked on to a troll cannon, a troll walker and a troll tank. He released the trigger as his tank fired three guided missiles at his targets and destroyed them. Ter complimented,
“This battle tank is not too shabby.”
The comm on every vehicle went off as Blaster-Tron came on the line, “The Wings of Freedom is coming to assist.”
The titanic zeppelin soon appeared and fired its guns and destroyed the remaining troll cannons. Legend spoke,
“All anti-aircraft fire suppressed, Sonata, time for you to test out the new version of the gyrocopter.”
Sonata’s copter switched to hover mode as she maneuvered her copter towards the entrance of the base. Blaster-Tron described the upgraded copter,
“The Arkeyan Gyrocopter has been upgraded from attack fighter to espionage craft. It is able to move freely in hover mode. The Gyrocopter has an on-board robot named ‘Direct-I’ it is used to hack control panels to override systems and deactivate locks.”
Sonata found the control panel as she hit a button to lower a small blue robot as it squealed, “Leave it to me!”
The robot, Direct-I was tethered to the copter so if it ventures too far, it would pull the copter with it. The robot reached the control panel as it started its work,
“Analysis in progress!” It only took about ten seconds flat before the control panel turned red as Direct-I spoke,
“Lock deactivated!” The door to the base opened as Dro’s copter approached the entrance, Sonata spoke,
“The door’s open, we should be able to get to that vanity now.” All of a sudden, a laser fired from the entrance as it nearly grazed Dro and Sonata as the siren screamed in shock. Spike saw this and yelled in shock and worry,
“Dro! Sonata!” The images of those two appeared on the Talon’s control panel, they looked a little dazed as Sonata spoke,
“I’m okay…”
Dro also assured, “Just grazed that’s all…” The source of that laser was a Troll Mega Tank that if on the ground, would require a mega bomb to destroy. The squadron soon received a transmission from a troll wearing an officer’s cap,
“How dare you attack my base! I’ll squash you like the insects you are!”
Legend noticed, “So, that’s the boss man, huh?”
Spike decided, “Sonata, Dro, hang back and recover! Camo, Ter, you’re with me, we’re going to take out that Mega Tank!”
As the tank started to open fire on the attacking ships, Legend spoke, “Do a Barrel Roll!” Spike and Camo performed a barrel roll as they deflected anything that the tank shot at them. Ter switched to flying mode as he fired on a generator and destroyed it,
“You think that did it?” He was asking Dro and he didn’t respond, “HEY GREASE MONKEY!”
Dro shouted, “Don’t call me ‘Grease Monkey!”
Sonata spoke, “Come on, Dro. Where’s that shield analysis?!” Dro did an analysis and spoke, “Got it! If we take out those big generators on the tanks exterior, it should be able to dismantle that thing’s ability to fight back!”
Spike said, “Camo!”
Camo spoke, “Heading for the second generator!” He shot the generator near the treads as Spike fired on the generator near the back. The Tank Commander threatened,
“We are not going to fall that easily!” The Tank fired four missiles at Spike as he maneuvered his Talon to evade the missiles…but he realized that they were guided missiles. He said,
“You want to catch me? You better try harder than that!” He did a somersault and destroyed three missiles as the last one kept pursuing him. The missile followed him back to the Mega Tank’s last generator as the commander spoke in shock,
“Idiots! What good’s a guided missile if it comes RIGHT BACK!?” The Talon flew over the generator as the missile impacted with the generator, destroying it in the process as several explosions occurred all over the tank,
“CURSE YOU, ECHO SQUADRON!!!!!” Were the last words of the Tank Commander before the tank exploded. Sonata’s copter went into the base and emerged with the vanity in the claws of the dangling Direct-I.
The squadron soon got back into formation as Legend spoke, “We’re heading out! All aircraft report!”
Spike reported, “The Talon really came through.”
Ter followed, “I’m loving the Battle Tank!”
Sonata replied, “Direct-I really pulled though.”
Dro spoke, “That was a close one!”
Camo spoke, “I’m fine.”
The Wings of Freedom came into view as Spitfire spoke, “Excellent work, guys! Let’s get that vanity back to the isles in one piece.”
Legend nodded, “I second that. We are now preparing to land.”
Spitfire replied, “I’ll be in the docking bay to welcome you guys back.” With that being said, Echo Squadron flew towards the Zeppelin.
In the EQG Universe, there is a prep school called Crystal Prep, which has been in the dark of the events of the Soul Gem Conflict. But only a select few know of the existence of the Skylanders, but kept to themselves. One of the more important figures of the school was the Dean. The Dean was a human version of Princess Cadance as she sat at her desk, looking over the many reports until she received the dossiers of Echo Squadron. She couldn’t help but smile on the first four; they were adopted by Celestia and Luna after the creation event.
Ever since the Principals of Canterlot High went to another dimension, Cadance has been in contact with them ever since. When they returned, she received the dossier on the 6 members of this elite squadron. But she was also told about their trip to the future and how they changed the future in their current time. Then there was the sixth member of Echo Squadron, not only was he once a dog-turned human due to the Soul Gem Conflict, he is also a Trap Master. He was the one that ended the Traptanium Wars in the other dimension. Cadance was very careful not to reveal her movements to the Headmistress, Principal Cinch.
Cadance actually wanted Echo Squadron to meet her at Crystal Prep, just to visit. But away from Cinch’s prying eyes, it would mean that the squadron would have to go incognito so Cinch wouldn’t notice. Cadance knows that like Celestia and Luna, she is pretty much connected to the four that started the squadron. She even had a hand in raising the first two; it would be nice to see them again. She looked over the dossier on the four and smiled,
“Those four are always getting into some strange situations. Dro unintentionally starts a fight at Canterlot High, Ter locks himself in a Janitor’s closet, Legend actually set a punching bag on fire which then disintegrated the bag and the flames died down. And last but not least, Camo, he was always the gardener at Luna’s house, I would visit occasionally and see him hard at work and he was always riding his skateboard while tending to his garden.” She turned to a picture of the four on her desk as they made a peace sign or a thumbs-up as she sighed,
“It’s been a while since we last saw each other…” She typed in the number for the Wings of Freedom, “I think it’s time I check up on them.” And with that being said, she hoped that the call would reach the other dimension.
Onboard the Wings of Freedom, Legend was relaxing on a nearby chair as he sighed,
“I’m bored.”
Camo spoke from the other side of the bridge, “It has been 3 whole days since we dropped off that vanity at the Equestrian Isles. But for once could we at least get a vacation?”
Ter, who was at a nearby monitor playing a boxing game, “A vacation is something that we really need from all that hard work.” He noticed that his character was on the ground, “AHH!! DANG IT!” He threw the remote that he was using at the monitor, only for it to bounce off of it.
Spike, who was at a control panel sarcastically asked, “Could we at least go somewhere tropical for a vacation?”
Sonata, who was sitting next to Camo asked, “Do you think that the Principals would lend us their beach house for two weeks so we can enjoy ourselves?”
Spitfire, who was near another control panel while Blaster-Tron worked at his terminal, “I got to admit, I might need a vacation as well. We can’t just be in this ship all the time with you guys just joking around.”
The Wondercolt captain noticed the absence of the mechanic of the team, “I bet Dro would be more than happy to get out of his laboratory and away from his experimental aircraft.”
The door opened to reveal Dro, who was covered in grease for working in his lab and the new aircraft. He spoke, “I couldn’t agree more…I feel like a workaholic for putting all my time and effort in these new craft.” He walked over to a nearby chair and collapsed on it, “A tropical vacation is all I need.”
All of a sudden, Blaster-Tron spoke, “We have received a call from your home dimension.”
Legend approached the robot, “Open communications…” The robot opened communications as the image of a person that the four know very well, appeared on screen,
“Echo Squadron, do you read me?”
Legend was shocked, “Dean Cadance? It’s been a while.” Cadance chuckled, “More than a while, Legend. And is it wrong for me to give my four favorites a courtesy call?”
Dro stood up, “No…I guess it isn’t wrong.”
Ter asked, “So, you just called to say hello or what?”
Cadance replied, “I need you to come to Crystal Prep…without anyone knowing that you are here.”
Legend realized, “Operating under Cinch’s radar as always.”
Cadance nodded, “I know her reputation and if she catches you guys…she’ll try to exploit your squadron’s performance.”
Camo smiled, “She would have to wreck our ships in order to do that.”
Dro asked, “So we have to meet you at Crystal Prep, right?”
Cadance nodded, “Without Cinch knowing that you’re here.”
Spitfire asked, “Dro, weren’t you working on a cross-dimensional teleporter?”
Dro nodded, “Yeah, the device is in the prototype stage, so I haven’t tested it very often.”
Cadance was amused, “I’ll send you the coordinates for my office. You can teleport there without having to walk through the front door.”
Dro’s gauntlet beeped, “I got them…I’ll input them into the teleporter as soon as I return to my lab.”
Cadance nodded as the screen went black indicating that communications were closed. Spike looked at his gauntlet and back at the team,
“I would like to go with you guys, but can you guys set the teleport to outside of Crystal Prep?”
Legend asked, “You going to do something?” Spike replied, “Training on how to use my new powers.”
Dro spoke, “Well, the wave roads would make you invisible.”
Spike nodded as he got up, “So you guys want to test out that teleporter or what?”
The team nodded as they got up and ran through the halls of the airship towards Dro’s lab. Once the team reached the lab, Dro pulled a cover off, revealing a teleportation device. It looked similar to the portal in his lab back home, but it was more of a teleporter than an actual portal. Dro explained,
“I pretty much sprang from my beaming concept and applied cross-dimensional travel to it. The only time I ever used it was for beaming an apple from here to Mom’s desk in her office at Canterlot High. The teleport was successful, but I didn’t find a need to use it until Cadance called us.”
Spike looked at the teleporter and asked, “Will there be any problems with it?”
Dro shook his head, “I looked over this thing twice during the initial tests and it’s good to go.”
Spike nodded as he requested, “Send me somewhere near Crystal Prep.”
Dro typed in the coordinates that Spike requested as he said, “Okay, the coordinates are in and it’s ready to go.” At the simple press of a button, the teleporter activated and Spike had vanished.
Spike reappeared outside of Crystal Prep as he shook off the effects of the teleport as his gauntlet beeped. He answered it and saw Drago as the spirit said,
“That was a rough ride, Spike. Using a teleporter to get to your dimension…although cross-dimensional travel was kind of creepy…but it is what it is.”
Spike nodded as he said, “You said that there were Traptanium Wave Roads here, right?”
Drago nodded, “That I did.” Spike reached into his pocket and pulled out the glasses that were in Drago’s sarcophagus as he wore them, he saw several light blue wave roads all over the prep school. He was in awe at this spectacle until Drago brought him back to reality,
“So Spike, are you ready for your training?”
Spike lifted the glasses until they rested on top of his head as he nodded before looking around hoping that no one was looking as he raised the gauntlet,
“Traptanium Wave Change Power Up!” Spike became his Traptanium form which Drago dubbed him as ‘Megaman’ as he reappeared on the wave road above Crystal Prep, he was amazed,
“Wow…I just don’t know what to say…but this is so cool!”
Drago smiled, “First time standing on a wave road would make anyone be in awe. But luckily, the Crystal Prep students can’t see us.”
Spike sighed, “Well, it’s for the best” He remembered something, “Hey Drago…when I defeated Kaos, I used the shatter strike to shatter his Traptanium form and used the trap vortex to trap him. But I was holding that tomahawk during that battle, but now I don’t have it. Why is that?”
Drago replied, “The tomahawk can only be used if you are in a desperate situation and if you can’t rely on your other attacks.”
Spike asked, “Other attacks?” Drago asked, “Remember the Trap Crystals?”
Spike nodded, “What do they have to do with my other attacks?”
Drago sighed as he had a trap crystal appear in Spike’s hand, “The carvings on the crystals represent a type of weapon that you can use for attacks.”
Spike saw the sword carving on the crystal until he spotted several shadow entities approaching, he was about to panic until he heard Drago yell,
“USE IT!” Spike tossed the crystal as Drago chomped down on it as Drago disappeared from his left arm, leaving only a beam sword attached to his arm. Spike charged at the entities and used his beam sword to cut them down one by one. After that, the sword disappeared in a flash of blue light as Drago reappeared on his arm. Spike asked,
“What were those things?”
Drago shook his ‘head’, “Something that I feared that would happen. It appears that Kaos’ tampering with the Traptanium in Skylands has caused several corrupt Traptanium entities to emerge on this wave road.”
Spike asked, “How did this affect our world?”
The arm cannon spoke, “Traptanium isn’t confined to just one dimension, Spike. Traptanium is spread to every dimension in the Multiverse. I know of this eventuality when I formed the Trap Team, we are not the only ones in our universe to have Traptanium, you know.”
Spike didn’t know what else to think, but he knew what to do, “If Kaos’ tampering left an aftermath, we better dispose of them.”
Drago smiled, “That’s the spirit.” The arm cannon soon moved forward as Spike moved along the road at an incredible speed. He was practically moving through the prep school’s wave roads with the speed of a Traptanium wave that emanates from the crystals. It wasn’t until he was about to hit a wall, but he phased through it with no problem. Drago reminded him,
“We are a Traptanium wave and anything outside of the roads can’t harm us.”
Spike managed to stop in the middle of Crystal Prep’s courtyard where they could see several students passing through. They didn’t catch any hint of their presence because of the wave road as Spike looked over the courtyard. Spike asked,
“What would it take for them to notice us?”
Drago replied, “Besides going down there, a ripple effect if a weapon impacted the wave road, it could only be done by combat in the wave road for an extended time.”
Spike sighed, knowing that he’s been in combat for a few minutes, “At least we also know who to avoid.”
Drago nodded, “Yes, that nosy, sophisticated human that Cadance talked about. But this Principal Cinch wouldn’t see us on the roads.”
Spike smiled, “And that I am thankful for.” He looked around the prep school from the road and found the location of Cadance’s office and decided to teleport there.
Cadance knew for certain that the squadron would be teleporting to her office. But as she was expecting their arrival, a flash of light blue occurred in her office as a figure that she recognized appeared. It was Spike, the number 6 of Echo Squadron, although she was expecting the rest of them, but she decided to say,
“You must be a member of the squadron.”
Spike nodded, knowing that he wasn’t Megaman right now, “I volunteered to use Dro’s teleporter…and it worked.”
The Dean nodded, “But you didn’t show up at my office until now.”
Spike’s gauntlet beeped, “That’s because Spike had training to do outside of the school so he could handle his new power.”
Cadance was curious that the gauntlet was talking as Spike opened a screen on the gauntlet which showed Drago on the screen. The Dean asked,
“Are you…”
The spirit nodded from inside the gauntlet, “I helped Spike in ending the Traptanium War. We arrived early, so Spike could get used to his new powers.”
Cadance nodded, “I understand and you managed to avoid getting spotted by Cinch.”
Spike replied, “We did.”
Soon enough, the rest of the squadron beamed into Cadance’s office as the original four smiled at the Dean. Cadance noticed,
“It’s good to see you four again. Celestia and Luna have told me a lot about the heroics that you and your squadron performed.”
Legend chuckled, “Yeah, but there’s one thing that we desperately need after traveling to the future and saving Skylands…” Cadance answered, “A vacation?”
Dro spoke, “How did you know?”
Cadance gave them a letter with the seal of Canterlot High, “Celestia and Luna gave me this letter and told me to give it to you.” She gave the letter to Dro as he read,
“To the members of Echo Squadron,
For all the work that you have done for our world and our friend’s world, we will be lending you our summer mansion on Equestria Shores. It is an island south of your location, originally called Equidor; but the locals call it Equestria Shores because of the beaches surrounding the island. We just thought that since you six have been through a lot, we thought it would be best for you wind down and relax for 2-3 weeks at Equestria Shores. You have certainly earned it, we are very proud of you as well.
Principal Celestia, Vice-Principal Luna Canterlot High
P.S. The girls are also planning to go to Equestria Shores by ship and Rainbow Dash is daring you six that you can’t be at the island before they do.”
Ter cheered, “Alright vacation!”
Camo smiled, “We finally got a vacation…at Equestria Shores.”
Sonata realized, “We can finally be off the ship.”
Legend nodded, “I bet Blaster-Tron would get the oil change that he wanted since he won’t be networked to the ship while we’re on the island.”
Drago asked Spike, “You excited for your vacation, Spike?”
Spike nodded, “I am excited, Drago. We haven’t had a single vacation since the war ended. Now is the chance to…” He was interrupted by an explosion and a cry for help as Cadance looked out the window and spotted a dark crystal creature. Spike looked out the window as well and saw the creature as his eyes widen,
“No…not another one of those things!”
Drago analyzed the creature in the courtyard and said, “That creature is holding one of the Crystal Prep students!”
Cadance looked at the creature’s hand and saw the student; she was pale, light grayish amaranth with her hair color as light pistachio with pale, light grayish green and light brilliant lime green. Her eyes were closed due to her struggling against the creature’s grip, but she was wearing headphones which indicate that she was listening to music before the creature appeared. Spike’s eyes now shown determination to help her as Drago asked,
“Ready Spike?”
Spike nodded as he said, “Traptanium Wave Change! Power Up!” Drago merged with Spike as he turned into Megaman and teleported to the courtyard where the creature was.
The Corrupted Traptanium monster emerged from the wave road and started terrorizing Crystal Prep. The monster kept itself to the courtyard since it had already had one of the students in its grasp. It could feel her struggle in its grasp, but it was useless to struggle. Although the loud music that its captive listens to, really irritates the monster until it saw something materialize in front of it.
Spike appeared in front of the creature as its four-legged crystalline structure gave an obvious resemblance to a Grublin Troll. He noticed the student in the troll’s grasp and noticed that her amber eyes have opened when she noticed him. Spike knew for certain that he had little time as the troll came charging towards him. Spike tossed a crystal,
“Battle Crystal!” Drago chomped down as rockets appeared on his boots, “Rocket Skates!” Spike used his rocket skates to move around the troll without getting hit by the creature as he pointed his arm cannon at the dark crystals, “Mega Buster!”
The dragon arm cannon fired on the creature and hit the arm where the student was held. It didn’t release the student, but it did chip off some of the crystals off of the troll. The four legged crystal monster attempted to chomp down on him as he heard the student yell,
“Watch Out!” Reacting quickly, Spike pulled out two crystals, “Battle Crystals!” Drago chomped on the crystals as twin beam swords replaced his arms, “Double Sword!”
He quickly stabbed the swords into the creature’s mouth as he pulled away, causing the troll to reel its head back in pain as Spike slashed his swords at the troll, backing it towards a corner. But the troll fired its eye lasers at Spike as he screamed in shock as the lasers impacted him. The student yelled,
“Oh no!” Spike was on the ground until he noticed that the troll was about to stomp on him as he got his bearings back. Spike did a backflip away from the troll as he pulled out another crystal,
“Battle Crystal!” Drago chomped down as it became a drill with a jet exhaust in the back as he charged, yelling,
“JET ATTACK!” Spike charged at the troll as he flew straight through the creature as there was a slight pause before it exploded. It flung the now-free student into the air until Spike caught her as he lowered her to ground while carrying her, bridal style.
Once they were on the ground, he saw the area that creature was once in. There were Dark Traptanium shards all over the place until Drago spoke, “Kid, look at the Traptanium…” Spike saw that all of the Dark shards were slowly turning from dark purple to light blue. Drago spoke,
“The Traptanium was mixed with Dark Magic and that troll was the center of it all. Now that it’s dead, the crystals are now healing themselves from the tainted magic. You’ve pretty much saved Crystal Prep from the Dark Traptanium.”
Spike nodded as he was soon interrupted by the student that he rescued as she approached, “I should thank you, dude. That thing could’ve damaged my headphones.”
Spike chuckled, “No problem, I just do what I have to do.”
The student introduced herself, “I’m Lemon Zest, by the way.”
Spike, not wanting to reveal his identity spoke his other name, “I’m Megaman.”
Lemon was amazed, “Megaman…that’s a nice name!” All of a sudden, probably the last person that Spike wanted to see, spots him as the Headmistress of the school approached,
“Well, what do we have here?”
Drago whispered to Spike, “Great, we just saved the school and now Cinch has spotted us.”
Spike, not wanting to get into a conversation with this woman decided, “I got to go!” As Spike jumped up and disappeared, Lemon was saying,
“Wait Megaman, I’ll explain everything to her!” But he was already gone; Cinch looked at the damage that was caused by the carnage of the attack as well as the shards of crystals. She thought,
“So Megaman stopped this attack? Very interesting.”
After Spike transported back to Cadance’s office, he was welcomed by his friends until he said,
“Cinch spotted me when I was Megaman!”
Cadance frowned as she said, “But I’m at least happy she only spotted you as Megaman and not you as you.” She placed a hand on his shoulder, “But saving Lemon Zest’s life was a brave thing you did.”
Spike nodded as he said, “Well at least Crystal Prep is safe.”
Cadance smiled as she turned to the rest of the team, “You heroes should pack for your vacation.”
Dro replied, “Blaster-Tron engaged the ship’s Rift Drive and coordinated it to appear above the ocean.”
Legend replied, “We’ll be beamed back to the ship right about now.”
Cadance waved, “Well, you better have fun on your vacation.”
Ter nodded as the team waved as they were beamed back to the ship.
Back on the Wings of Freedom, the team returned to the bridge as they sat at their usual spots as Blaster-Tron spoke,
“Coordinates for Equestria Shores imputed, course set for Equestria Shores.”
Legend smiled, “Fire up the airships jets, Blaster-Tron.”
The robot nodded, “Affirmative.” And with that being said, Echo Squadron is now en route to Equestria Shores.
Author's Note
So this is pretty much the road to Echo Squadron's vacation. But I think I would make their vacation a separate story...because I think I could (Rate the separate story M for Mature) But what did you guys think? Leave a comment, and like if it catches your interest and see you in the next chapter.
Oh and Cloudcracker Base...picture Twilight's Castle with a light blue color.
In the weeks since the end of the Traptanium War, life in Ponyville has been different for the ponies and Skylanders alike. The recently-built Cloudcracker Base has been the Trap Team’s main base of operations in the village. The base was always studied by Twilight and her Alicorn Twin because of the incredible ingenuity that Traptanium has used for its construction. Ever since EQG Spike activated the gauntlet, the Trap Team itself has changed as well...specifically the leadership. Instead of Snap Shot being the leader, he was a second-in-command of the Trap Team while EQG Spike became the new leader. But with EQG Spike and Echo Squadron away for vacation, Snap Shot was running the place until he gets back.
Snap Shot was currently in the library of the base with the two Twilights as he was reading a book called, ‘History of the Trap Team vol.1: The Inner Council’ which explains how the original leadership of the Trap Team worked. He came across an image that showed Drago when he was a cheetah, a female cheetah wearing a Traptanium ring, a female fire elf with a phoenix attire and a Traptanium necklace, a female faun with a Traptanium bracelet and a crocogator with a Traptanium bow. Snap Shot realized,
“I was once a member of the Inner Council...I didn’t even remember until now.”
Twilight asked, “How did you forgot that you were a member of the Council?”
Snap Shot replied as it all came back to him, “When Drago and the other members died in the war, I was the last of the Council. So until the destruction of Cloudcracker Prison, I had plans to rebuild the Inner Council, I just never went through with it. When the old base was destroyed, my memories of the Council just...erased. Until I interacted with the shards in Drago’s tomb, the memories of our first meeting, us forming the Trap Team and Inner Council all came back to me.”
Ali looked over the information and hypothesized, “Perhaps Drago knew that you would lose your memories of the old Trap Team and merged his memories with the Traptanium in his tomb so you and the others would find it and remember a time that you fought at his side.”
Snap Shot knew Drago from when they fought together on Skabb’s ship and arena. They escaped from the ship along with the other members and formed the Trap Team, built Cloudcracker Prison and were elite members of the Warfang Army. It was because of the Trap Team which caused the Doom Raiders to be captured and imprisoned. They almost turned the tide of the war for the alliance until Kaos and the apes blew up the prison and hurled the Trap Team into Equestria. The memories of his time with his best friend faded from his mind when he was flung into Equestria.
It was kind of a coincidence that Drago’s tomb was found underneath the Skylander Academy. Snap Shot remembered the first time that he placed his claw on the traptanium in the tomb,
“It was like I was in a dream, but I wasn’t myself. The other Trap Masters and I were looking through Drago’s life when he started the Trap Team. It was like that he knew that we would come…”
Twilight finished, “And in doing so, your memories of him were restored.”
The Trap Master nodded, “And now, I’m a member of the Inner Council that I planned to rebuild. And thanks to Spike’s human counterpart, the Inner Council of the Trap Team is on its way to being restored.”
Ali asked as she set down another book, “What about the other villains that we caught during the war?”
Snap Shot replied, “Master Eon has some sort of plan for the redeemed villains. He’s probably going to offer them a place within the ranks of the Skylanders.”
Twilight was cautious at first, but remembered, “Even the darkest of souls are worthy of redemption. The Princess taught us about it.” Her alicorn twin joined in, “It will be interesting to fight alongside them as allies than foes.”
Snap Shot smiled, “It’s good to know when to stop being evil and fight for good.” He looked at the sunlight shining through the window, “I hope this will help us in the coming war…”
The two Twilights noticed the Trap Master’s awareness of Sunset Shimmer’s warning about Malefor’s plans. They all know that Spike is out there in the open world, moving all over the planet seeking help for the coming war. The biggest transgression they got from Malefor was the Surprise Attack on the Dragon Lands. The devastating assault on the Equestria Dragon’s homeland was truly frightening for the inhabitants. The dragons were caught by surprise as the grublins came completely out of nowhere and began laying waste to volcanic region.
They knew for certain that Spike and Trail Blazer were there when that decisive battle started. Whirlwind’s report stated that Spike, Trail Blazer and Eye-Brawl had to traverse the Gauntlet of Fire to reach the Bloodstone Scepter and put a stop to the attack. The report mentioned that the trio was joined by Princess Ember, who was barred from participating for her small size. The draconic princess joined the trio in fighting off the grublins and retrieving the scepter from the grublins. They also discovered a Rift Engine in the Gauntlet and Ember became a Supercharger which enhanced her abilities. They were also assisted by an orange bandicoot named Crash, that came out of nowhere and finished the enemies off.
Spike, now earning the respect of the dragons including Dragon Lord Torch, chose the next Dragon Lord because his group all took hold of the scepter to close the portal that was letting the grublins into their world. He chose Ember to be the next Dragon Lord, but she wouldn’t take her father’s place until Malefor is defeated once and for all. Torch understood this as he knows that when the war ends, he would know who to pass his title on to.
As Snap Shot and the two Twilights were remembering their report, a loud voice from the other room yelled,
“ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!” As they heard this, the trio ran from the library and into the base’s map room where Kaos was pacing around, reading the report of the Dragon Lands Attack. The look on the little guy’s face showed anger, shock and embarrassment as he noticed the trio,
“Have you read this report?” Snap Shot nodded, “Yes Kaos, we have.”
Kaos replied angrily, “Of course you do! And do you know why I am angry at this?” Twilight was going to respond...but Kaos cut her off,
“Don’t say it...I know you might know this - but I’ll say what I read…” He stated, “I am angry because that flea-bitten Dragon has used MY Doomlanders of ULTIMATE DOOM for his attack!”
Twilight nodded, “I know you’re angry about this, Kaos. But you need to calm down.”
Kaos shook his head, “How can I calm down, knowing that Malefor is using MY creations and using them as his Super-Soldiers!?”
Ali put a reassuring hoof on Kaos’ shoulder, much to his dismay and spoke, “Don’t worry, Kaos. Malefor will get what’s coming to him. When this war happens...you can take your anger out on him.”
Kaos realized, “You know, I’ve always hated and respected you guys...but now, I, KAOS!!!! Hate Malefor even more! You can count me in for supporting you with my awesome power!”
Snap Shot asked, “Can you tell us anything about these Doomlanders?”
Kaos replied, “Well, one of my many attempts of taking over Skylands was when I discovered the power of Mind Magic.”
Twilight asked, “Mind Magic?” Kaos replied, “It’s the magic residue from Spyro’s planetary fury wave. The wizards used this residue to rebuild the planet, mostly Avalar as much as they can. But anyway, I discovered this secret and planned to create an unstoppable army of Doomlanders to conquer Skylands.”
Ali asked, “I suppose something went wrong?”
Kaos face-palmed, “Everything goes wrong with my plans - since my first creation...was a clone of myself!”
Snap Shot asked, “You cloned yourself?” Kaos nodded, “He was only meant to be a demonstration to see if this Mind Magic worked...and it did. My clone possesses all the characteristics that I do, so I planned to send him out to battle you guys. But him, being me...also wanted ultimate victory for himself as well.”
Ali asked, “What happened to your clone?” The portal master replied, “I shoved his sorry butt into a cryotube and buried him in Summer Forest! Goodbye Clone Kaos and hello Doomlander Army! But unfortunately, they had a problem obeying me as well! But unlike my clone, I gave them a less harsh treatment, I put them in cryotubes and shipped them to the storage room of Skylander Academy.”
Twilight realized, “You abandoned your clone?!” Kaos defended his choice, “He wanted ultimate victory for himself, how could I control him if he’s me!?”
Snap Shot noticed, “One of you is enough, but another you is just asking for trouble.”
Kaos replied, “Especially if he cannot be controlled by me! That’s the reason I buried him in Summer Forest!”
Ali spoke, “But you could’ve thought of something else rather than burying him!”
Kaos asked the alicorn, “Do you really think that I could get along with someone that has the same mindset of world domination, same powers and same motives as me? Especially if he pushes me aside for his own victory?” The alicorn realized that the strained relationship between Kaos and his clone was different than her relationship with Twilight.
When she first came to be, Twilight treated her as a twin sister. The alicorn became Twilight’s protegee to teach her on how to control her powers and use them for combat and everyday work. Her crash course into combat was the Battle of the Crystal Empire, she still remembers that devastating battle. After the battle, Twilight now looks to Ali like a twin sister if not similar style, looks and has wings sort of sister. When the construction of Skytropolis was underway, Ali stepped forward to lead the Variant World alongside her husband, Punch Pop Fizz.
Kaos on the other hoof, is a dark Portal Master with a desire for domination and tries several times to take over Skylands. He creates a clone of himself with the power of Mind Magic and tries to send him out to take on the Skylanders, only he refused and wanted to have the ultimate victory for himself. He didn’t acknowledge Kaos as his master, he only saw him as a roadblock in his way. This caused Kaos to put him in a cryotube and bury him in Summer Forest. But before they could delve any further about Kaos and his clone, a surprised cry was heard outside the base, followed by a crashing sound.
After hearing it, Snap Shot, the two Twilights and Kaos left the base to find out what went on outside.
When they were outside of the base, they saw a trail of dirt that looked like someone dug a trail or something landed and skidded to a stop, leaving said trail. The trail didn’t go too far as they saw the end of it as a strange figure got up looking all dazed. He was a human for sure, but his skin was light tan, big head, black hair on the side of his head with a small patch of hair on top. The figure was wearing what looked like a lab coat, yellow gloves and black boots, giving the impression that he’s a scientist. The figure turned to the group as he was still dazed from landing. He had a black goatee and a large capital ‘N’ printed in black on his large forehead as he said,
“Oh I hate Bandicoots.” He soon shakes off his dazed state as he finally sees the four in front of him as he studied each of them starting with Snap Shot,
“Now what have we here? Some sentient crocogator? Not one of my creations I assume…” He studied the two Twilights, “Now this is amusing, twin miniature horses and both are a mythological creature? Fancy that...now why is one an alicorn and the other is a unicorn? Well, my guess is any and I’m a scientist.” He studied Kaos, “Now let’s see about you...evil, short-tempered and always ranting about world domination...I get tired of studying those that have that mindset very often.”
Kaos was intimidated, “And how do you know about me?!” The man shrugged, “I’m an Evil Scientist, what were you expecting?”
Kaos yelled, “Well I am a Portal Master and you are not.” With a smile on his face, the scientist pulled out a ray gun and fired on Kaos as the little guy froze up and fell to the ground with a funny look on his face. This shocked the others as they stood back from the scientist he put his ray gun away.
Twilight asked, “Who are you?”
The scientist introduced himself, “I am Dr. Neo Periwinkle Cortex, Evil Scientist and creator of many animals that walk on two legs...I won’t say whom. But now I’ve made my introductions...who are all of you?”
Twilight introduced herself, “I’m Twilight Sparkle, I was once a student to Princess Celestia, the ruler of Equestria. I’m now an observer for the recently built Cloudcracker Base,the structure that you see behind us and occasional scholar...I also run a library not far from here.” She pointed to her alicorn twin, “This is my sister, Alicorn Twilight, but I call her ‘Ali’ for short. She’s...my student when teaching her on controlling her powers. She rules a neighboring world where different versions of more unique ponies or creatures roam around.”
Ali nodded with a slight ease, “It’s nice to make your acquaintance, Doctor.”
Twilight soon pointed to Snap Shot, “That’s Snap Shot of the Trap Team of Cloudcracker Base. He’s a member on the Trap Team’s leadership and runs the day-to-day operations of the base.”
Snap Shot spoke, “You’re welcome here, but don’t cause any trouble.”
Dr. Cortex asked, “And the guy that I stunned?” Snap Shot spoke, “That’s Kaos, he’s a dark Portal Master and kind of a pushover if you ask me. He tried to take over our world known as Skylands, countless of times and failed because of his predictable strategy.”
Cortex chuckled, “For someone like him to try and take over the world with an I.Q. that’s second only to mine. He’s just too predictable, because I already have a claim on taking over the world. And if anyone is taking over the world, it would be me! And not even a stupid orange bandicoot can do nothing about it! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!”
The trio would’ve reacted to Cortex’s evil laugh until the scientist realized, “I guess I did my laugh too soon…”
Snap Shot nodded, “And I advise that you don’t, there’s just too much going on already.”
Cortex nodded, “Why yes, it was my vision to create sentient anthropomorphic animals and send them into my Cortex Vortex so they could obey my command and lead my army to conquer the world. I used a bandicoot to lead my armies...but when I sent him into the vortex, it failed and he escaped! But soon, he came back to rescue his girlfriend and I was defeated by that wretched bandicoot!”
Ali cautiously asked, “What did this bandicoot look like?”
Cortex described his most hated enemy, “He’s idiotic, orange fur, red sneakers, a 24/7 grin, finger-less gloves and blue denim jeans. Is there anything else you like to add?”
Twilight asked, “What’s his name?” Cortex sneered, “Crash...Crash Bandicoot!”
Snap Shot looked at the two Twilights as they motioned to the base as Snap Shot asked, “Um...Cortex, you might want to step into the base...there’s something that we want to tell you.”
Cortex accepted and followed the trio into the base while dragging the unconscious Kaos in the process. The trio were at the library section of the base as they pulled out the report from the Dragon Lands Attack and pulled out a photo as Twilight held the photo in her magic, she looked at the scientist and asked,
“You said that his name is Crash?”
Cortex nodded, “Yes and I need to ask why have you led me into this base?”
Snap Shot spoke, “Well Cortex, a few weeks ago, there was an attack on the Dragon Lands. And a certain bandicoot was part of the team that was protecting the Dragon Lands from the attackers.”
Cortex asked, “Are you saying?” Twilight showed the picture of the five heroes of the Dragon Lands which had Spike in the center, Trail Blazer on the left, Princess Ember on the right, Eye-Brawl on the far left and Crash Bandicoot with Aku-Aku on the far right. The sight of Crash caused Cortex to stomp his feet,
“That Wretched Bandicoot is here as well!? Everytime I try to rule the world, he always ruins it...HE NEVER LETS ME WIN FOR ONCE!” His ranting was stopped when Snap Shot smacked him in the face to calm him down. Cortex replied,
“Okay, I needed that…” He pointed to the bandicoot in the picture, “But I can’t believe he is here!”
Ali spoke, “Keep in mind, our world, Equis is going to be on the brink of war with a dark foe that wishes nothing but death and destruction. That purple dragon in the picture is out there right now requesting help from anyone that recognizes the threat. Crash Bandicoot, your archenemy is going to help us in getting help from the other places around our planet.”
Cortex asked, “What does this dark foe look like or what is he?”
Snap Shot spoke, “His name is Malefor, he’s the first Purple Dragon of the dragon species. He also uses his powers for indescribable evil. He’s powerful, manipulative and uses dark magic for his abilities. He also has an army at his disposal, it is comprised entirely of Grublins, creatures made from moss, bone and any other material. His followers are relentless and nearly unstoppable.”
Cortex was reluctant in accepting that a Dark Dragon is planning to wage war on this planet. Cortex, being an evil doer himself realized that he was being upstarted by this dragon. He was already upstarted once before by an alien who was challenging him and Crash to a race for the world, but the alien had no chance against Crash. He heard Twilight ask,
“So Dr. Cortex, are you going to help us in preparing for this war or are you against us?”
Cortex replied, “I may be an Evil Scientist, but Crash and I did team up once for defeating a bunch of cross-dimensional twins.”
Ali asked, “So you will join us?”
Cortex replied, “I couldn’t just stand around and watch another world get demolished. But first I need to know where I am first. This planet in general.”
The trio soon told the scientist about where he landed, the history of Equestria before first contact with the Skylanders. Then came the history that occurred after they encountered the Skylanders and how everything came to conflict in Skylands, discovering a Skylands Artifact in a temple in Equestria, the events that followed the Traptanium War and the establishment of the Trap Team’s base in the village of Ponyville. Cortex was intrigued by all of this, especially the part about the Royal Sisters. He asked,
“So your Princesses control the sun and the moon to control day and night?”
Twilight replied, “They usually speak of it as keeping a celestial balance to the planet.”
Cortex, being the scientist replied, “So they represent your planet’s rotation in keeping up with day and night.”
“That is a very scientific way of representing our roles, Doctor.” Said a familiar voice, familiar to the trio, but not to Cortex as he turned and saw a tall white alicorn mare with a multi-colored mane and tail. She was adorned in jewelry, crown included as she had an assuring smile on her muzzle as she looked at Cortex. The scientist actually knelt down,
“Oh, you must be Princess Celestia...I must say it’s…”
Celestia shook her head, “There is no need for introductions, Doctor Cortex. Twilight and her sister already told me about you.”
Cortex asked as he turned to the two Twilights, “How did she know?”
Twilight twiddled her hooves, “We kind of sent her a message about you during our conversation. I’m sorry if we didn’t tell you sooner.”
Cortex was going to react, but not in front of somepony of great importance. Celestia spoke as she looked him over,
“You have picked a bad time to land here in Equestria, Cortex. We are already trying to build up an army as it is.”
Cortex remembered, “Evil Dragon threatening to take over the planet. I was told about it from these three.”
Celestia nodded, “But after she sent me that message which described you, I decided to see you for myself in hopes to...recruit you.”
Cortex asked in shock, “What! I’m an Evil Scientist not a soldier! Why?!”
Celestia chuckled, “You are not just a scientist, Cortex. You and Crash Bandicoot fought each other for countless times when you tried to take over your world. You are smart, cunning and best at what you do. But will you use your skills and your intellect for good instead of evil?”
Cortex folded his arms, “I’ve already accepted to help you. What else is there?”
Snap Shot realized what she was going to talk about, “Wait, your highness...you don’t mean?”
The Sun Goddess smiled, “Yes, Snap Shot.” She looked at Cortex, “Dr. Neo Cortex, I wish to recruit you for the Sensei Initiative if you accept my offer.”
Cortex knowing that he agreed to help them in preparing for this war, accepted, “Well Princess, The Doctor is In!”
Celestia nodded, “Well Cortex, Welcome to the Senseis when we are done here, you will meet the other candidates for the program.”
Cortex asked, “But what is the Sensei Initiative?”
Celestia replied, “I only know half of the details but, it's a program of using the power of the new Mind Magic to create a new team of Skylanders. Portal Master Eon has all of the remaining details regarding the program.”
Cortex asked as he looked at the trio and back to the princess, “Umm...when do we leave for your capital city?”
Celestia, knowing that this is Cortex’s first time in Ponyville replied, “You can stay as long as you want since the program isn’t ready yet. But final preparations will be finished in about a week or so.”
Cortex understood what it meant, “So I have a week to get to know everyone in this town. Well at least my minions won’t be here to ruin it for me.” He wanted to ask the Princess, “So is it true that your sister’s Guard Captain is actually a member of this Swap Force team?”
Celestia nodded, “Boom Jet has been by Luna’s side ever since she found him. She even promoted him as her Captain to keep her Lunar Guards in line.”
The scientist realized, “Swap Force, Lunar Guard Captain and bodyguard? How is he able to do that?”
Celestia replied, “Luna even kissed him to get him moving.” Cortex sniffed, “I smell chemistry!”
Twilight decided to zip Cortex’s mouth shut as she spoke, “You’re about as giddy as me.”
Celestia chuckled, “He even reminds me of both you and your sister as well.” She asked, “Is there any word on Spike and his companions?”
Twilight nodded, “He and his friends are traversing the fields of Eastern Equestria, heading for the Badlands.”
Celestia was worried, “It must be hard for them to traverse those desert regions.” The alicorn remained confident, “But Spike is a tough drake and his companions are powerful heroes.”
Cortex unzipped his mouth as he spoke, “Especially if one of them is a bandicoot...and a mask possessed by a witch doctor’s spirit.” Then he realized one thing as he asked the Sun Goddess, “If another mask comes here...asking about me, tell him I am…”
“IDIOT!!” Said a voice that was all too familiar to the scientist as he turned around slowly to see a floating tribal mask like Aku-Aku, but with a red aura around it. While Aku-Aku was benevolent, this one was evil...
The mask shouted at Cortex, “FOOL! NINCOMPOOP!! YOU HAVE FAILED ME FOR THE LAST TIME, CORTEX!!”
Cortex said in shock, “Mighty Uka-Uka!?” Just as Uka-Uka was about to attack, Celestia stepped in an erected a barrier around the mask as his energy bolt reflected off of it. The mask said in shock,
“What is this sorcery? Who dares trap the great Uka-Uka!?”
Celestia approached, “That would be me. I am Princess Celestia, co-ruler of Equestria and Goddess of the Sun. I suggest that you check your tone before attempting to do something drastic.”
Uka-Uka shouted, “How dare you order me around!” Celestia was not intimidated by this mask as she decided, “I think that can be arranged.” She used a Traptanium crystal to trap Uka-Uka as he yelled,
“No, It cannot be! Not a prisoner again!”
Celestia spoke, “This is Traptanium, Uka-Uka. You have a choice now. Stand with us or remain a prisoner once again. But I would recommend standing with us because an evil dragon is planning to take over our world and Cortex has agreed to help us along with your older twin brother, Aku-Aku.”
The crystal blinked as its occupant spoke, “WHAT!? That’s MY Job! You win, Princess! You have the support of the Great Uka-Uka!”
The alicorn released the tribal mask as he shook it off, “When I see that dragon, I WILL INFLICT A THOUSAND YEARS OF SUFFERING ON HIM!”
Celestia spoke, “You will have time for that later. Right now, my son is already gathering an army to help us.”
Cortex realized as he held the photo, “Wait, the Dragon in this picture...is your son?!”
Celestia nodded, “When Twilight hatched him, she ended my thousand years of sadness over losing Luna. I’ve long considered myself to be a cursed mare having lost everything important to me. But with Spike’s birth, it felt like his birth held everything that I ever dreamed of - To be a mother. Even though he was a dragon, I adopted him when he was an egg, kept him safe for five years. On the fifth year, when Twilight’s magic exam wasn’t going well...a Sonic Rainboom occurred. It kick-started her abilities and the egg hatched during the event...by the time I arrived, I managed to put everything back to normal and made Twilight my personal student. But as for the hatchling…” She began to tear up as Twilight approached, “I think that I should tell him the rest…”
Celestia smiled, “Tell the scientist what you saw.” The unicorn nodded, “Anyway, when I told her that I hatched the egg. She turned to the table and saw the baby dragon. I saw a look of shock on her face, the very sight of the newborn was too much for her to handle. The next thing I saw was the Princess shooting towards the newborn and taking him in her hooves as she embraced the dragon. I soon realized that she has been waiting five years for this to happen. I didn’t know about her being sad over losing her sister, but I did see tears of joy in her eyes as she held her newly-hatched son with the love and comfort that a mother possesses.”
Cortex was amused, “An alicorn raising a dragon? That’s something that’s out of the ordinary.” He looked at the photo again, “And I suppose that sometime later that he was meant for a greater purpose?”
Ali approached, “When Spike was older, the princess decided to have him live with Twilight as her assistant. But soon enough, there were signs that signaled that he was far more powerful than we ever imagined. But he didn’t obtain his form and his powers until the Arrival.”
Cortex remembered, “The night that signaled the arrival of the Skylanders?”
Twilight nodded, “Ali may not have existed when it happened, but we both have the same memories.”
Celestia spoke, “And it proves how much of a connection there is besides being different. Before Spike defeated Malefor and became the Hero of the Crystal Empire, I had usually kept him a secret for fear of him being seen as a weakness. But after the battle, I had to reveal Spike’s nobility.”
Uka-Uka spoke, “Yes, He has made plenty of enemies because of that.”
Ali commented, “One of his most dangerous enemies was that unicorn, Starlight Glimmer. She kidnapped the Skylander, Trail Blazer in an attempt to lure Spike to her village and turn him over to her way of thinking.”
Uka-Uka pieced it together, “And he foiled her plans?” Ali nodded as she recalled, “And I was there when he exposed her for a fraud in tricking ponies into having Equal Cutie Marks.”
The mask laughed, “What an amateur! I could’ve done better than that pathetic excuse of a villain!”
Cortex asked, “Uka-Uka, We are now being the heroes of this world. You know?”
Uka-Uka replied, “OF COURSE I KNOW THAT!”
Twilight asked, “So how did you get into Equestria in the first place?”
Cortex realized, “Oh yes, well in my world, I live on Wumpa Island, otherwise known as N.Sanity Island. I was planning to unleash my biggest creation yet, the ‘Cortex Matrix Chamber’ and it was at that exact moment of the Great Synchronization Celebration when all worlds align in perfect harmony once every twenty years! I was going to use it to create an army of unstoppable loyal minions...but of course it backfired!”
Ali asked, “You mentioned Bandicoots when you first landed here. Was a bandicoot responsible for its failure?”
Cortex nodded, “Yes, but it wasn’t Crash, it was his doppelganger! He’s known as Fake Crash or Trash Bandicoot. I don’t even know where he comes from, but he’s beyond freaky...just look at him…”
“You know he looks like Crash from a distance. But up close, his teeth are too goofy, his eyebrows are furry and doesn’t have that upbeat and dancing personality as Crash.”
Cortex finished, “Anyway, once my machine backfired, an explosion took place and sent me away from the island, into a wormhole and landing here on your world.”
Celestia nodded, “We’ll stop that machine of yours as soon as possible.”
Cortex asked, “I have one question...Who started that Rainboom in the first place?”
Twilight replied, “That was actually Rainbow Dash, she’s the fastest pony in the skies and kind of a hoof-full, but still one of the best ponies I’ve ever met. Her rainboom caused all of 6 of us to earn our Cutie Marks and caused Spike’s birth.”
Cortex was intrigued, “A chain reaction when all five of you were at the right moment at the right time when she broke the sound barrier.”
Uka-Uka sighed, “Guess I’ll have to make nice for now.”
But as the group began to chat about the various things around Equestria and their colony, the Equestrian Isles, they were unaware of a certain light-pink unicorn mare looking through the window as she smiled,
“Oh Sparkle, you have just told me how to stop that dragon from ever being born. But I will let him have his fun gathering help...because when he gets back...he will finally know the error of messing with me and destroying my town.” The mare chuckled evilly as she teleported away from the base.
I will have my revenge on that purple beast!
Somewhere in another area of Ponyville, the Skylander, Blackout was having a nice stroll through the village with Spotlight as they were greeted by several ponies in town. Spotlight asked,
“I’m glad we could finally relax after winning that war. Don’t you think, Blackout?”
Blackout nodded, “I’m relieved to finally stop and rest. We deserve this now more than ever. But we should check up on Rarity.”
The Light Dragoness agreed, “She hasn’t been herself since Spike left for his mission.”
The two dragons went to Carousel Boutique to check up on the fashionista. When they saw her, she was in the zone with designing dresses and attire for fashion events and completing orders that were sent to her by important ponies. The only thing that they saw accompanying her was a small portrait of her and Spike since their date to Dragon Shores back in Avalar. She was also wearing the Fire Ruby that Spike gave her,
Blackout noticed, “I guess you're in the zone today.” The alabaster unicorn noticed, “Oh Spotlight, Blackout, I was just in the zone as twirl. Everything has been booming today, but I still think about my Spikey-Wikey everyday.”
Spotlight spoke, “That’s why we came here to check on you. If you heard anything from Spike?”
Rarity showed the dragons a message, “He sent me a lovely message just not too long ago. He is doing all he can to ensure that we are safe and ready. He actually got those greedy fowl dragons to stand with us.”
Spotlight nodded, “And keep in mind that the Princess of the Dragon Lands became a Supercharger and is now accompanying Spike.”
Rarity saw the photo that came with the message, “They are on good terms and he says that Trail Blazer is around her the most.”
Blackout chuckled, “Oh now I’m curious to where this is going…” Until Blackout burped up a message from Master Eon. He looked at the note as his eyes widen in shock,
“Oh no!”
Rarity asked, “What is it?”
In the Eternal Archives, Eon’s assistant Hugo was tricked into reading a cursed book. When he opened it, he fell asleep as a portal emerged from the book, unleashing the Nightmare Villains from the Dream Realm, including a sheep with black wool, curved horns and can talk. He was riding a purple dream dragon which acted almost like a dog. But at the moment, the dragon entered the waking world, he fell asleep, much to the irritation of the Dream Sheep,
“Again?! You’re supposed to be the King of Sleep, not the Lord of Loafing!” He sighed, “What’s the point of having a sleep dragon under your control if he’s going to fall asleep AT THE DROP OF A HAT!” He yelled at the dragon, HEY WAKE UP!!”
The Sleep Dragon woke up, “What? Right, hi there. Did I miss anything?”
The sheep replied, “Oh no, not at all, just the impressive beginnings of my evil dream of domination! But thanks to you, my dull, doozy friend, I shall soon cast a spell on Skylands that no one will wake up from! HMHMHMHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!”
Soon enough, the Sleep Dragon’s sleep powers soon spread all across Skylands as Mabu began falling asleep left and right. Only the Equestrian Isles survived thanks to Fausticorn’s barrier that she placed so the Dream Sheep’s spell wouldn’t effect the isles. She looked towards the horizon and said,
“We need the Skylanders to stop this!”
Author's Note
So the Dream Sheep has made his move and Blackout does not like it. The details of the original leadership of the Trap Team is now being known. But, now Dr. Cortex and Uka-Uka have landed in Equestria and decided to play hero. I get the feeling that something will go down since somepony was spying on them remembering past events. What will happen next? Will Blackout go after the Dream Sheep? Find out on the next exciting chapter of Skylanders X MLP.
At the time of the call, the letter stated that only four specific Skylanders would have to go on this mission and Blackout knew that it was going to be personal for him. He recruited Spotlight, Blades and Echo to go on this mission because Skylands is in great peril from the Nightmare Villains. But to Blackout, the worst to ever be released is the Dream Sheep...it was so long and he thought he would never see him again. But there’s always a next time when these things occur.
Thankfully the four dragons were lucky to find out that Celestia was in town at Cloudcracker Base. She was getting to know a scientist and his spirit-possessed mask that landed here without warning. When they explained the situation to her, she notified her guard and sent a carriage to take them to Canterlot. Once they arrived at the capital city, the four Skylanders ran for the castle and into the portal chamber where they saw Princess Luna occupying it. She turned to the four dragons and said,
“I am glad that you have come, Skylanders. But I believe time is of the essence.”
Blackout nodded, “The Nightmare gang has been released from the Dream Realm and so was the Dream Sheep. He’s cast a spell which is causing everyone to go to sleep.”
Luna replied, “That sheep appeared from the Eternal Archives. We have contacted Flynn to head there immediately.”
Soon she looked at the portal and noticed that Flynn was standing at the entrance to the archives as he was looking around saying, “That Night Princess told me to come here...but everyone seems to be sleeping at the moment...usually Hugo would deal with this sort of stuff…”
Echo noticed, “I guess Flynn has arrived at the archives.”
Luna soon communicated through the portal, frightening the pilot in the process. He said,
“Oh hey there… umm… Princess Luna…err... ma’am! This is really weird! Can you believe the mess these creature thingies made?”
Luna understood the mess that they made around the archives as the pilot continued, “I know that you usually deal with Hugo but… well he’s kinda sleeping at the moment so… I guess I’ll have to fill in for him.”
He pointed to the nearby portal, “On the positive note, the Eternal Archives have their own Portal of Power thingy which can link to your Power of Portal thingy in your world so the Skylanders can use it. Oh wait! Make that the other way around.”
Luna spoke, “We are only sending four Dragon Skylanders to aid in the archives.”
Flynn asked, “Four Dragons against whatever is going on in the archives?!”
The Lunar Alicorn remarked, “These dragons are the best that we have in knowing thou enemy!”
Flynn accepted, “Okay, okay. So let’s do this! I’ll try to activate the swirly stuff on my side and you can do the same in your world so we can send your team over to where I’m at.”
Soon enough, Luna activated the Portal of Power as it linked to the Archives as she spoke,
“Skylanders, proceed into the archives and find anyone that could help shed some light on our adversary and find Hugo as well,”
Blackout nodded, “We’ll take care of it.”
Spotlight replied, “You can count on us.”
Blades spoke, “We won’t let you down.”
Echo replied, “No enemy will keep me quiet.”
Soon enough, the team of four dragon skylanders entered the Portal and were transported to the archives.
When they appeared on the archives’ portal, Flynn saw the four dragons and declared,
“Righty-o! Let’s get this show on the road! I guess you four could start by looking for someone … this place looks like a ghost town from one of those old movies.”
Blackout nodded as he said, “Either way, we need to get into the archives and find the librarians.”
Flynn pointed to a strange door with a face on it, “The archives are locked down since whatever happened here.”
Spotlight saw the door, “Then that’s where we need to go.”
The four got off of the portal and went for the door to the Eternal Archives as the face on the door examined them,
“Hmmm, you four are not sleeping. Curious indeed!”
Blackout approached, “We’re Skylanders that need to get into the archives.”
The door looked at the dragon, “Well Blackout, Welcome back to the Eternal Archives, home of the Warrior Librarians, keepers of the most dangerous books in all of Skylands.”
Blackout asked, “We need to speak to Wiggleworth. Do you know where he is?”
The door replied, “I’m afraid that he’s fallen asleep deep within the archives. You must find him, Blackout. You and the rest of the librarians know that he is the only one who may know how to lift the Dream Sheep’s Sleep Curse!”
Blackout cringed when the door mentioned the Dream Sheep, “Don’t worry, we’ll find him!”
The door opened as the four dragons ran across the magic bridge and into the archives. When they entered the archives, they found a sleeping librarian which looked like a robot, but as soon as they approached it, the librarian woke up as he was shaking the sleep off of him, like the door he recognized the dark dragon in front of him,
“Zzz...huh? Oh, Hey Blackout! Am I glad to see you back in the archives once again! Maybe you can help.”
Blackout asked, “What happened?” The librarian replied, “Ever since that mean old sheep cast that sleeping curse, these poor researchers have been stuck asleep.” The librarian pointed up to the sleeping Mabu researchers on the platform, “I’ve tried everything I could to wake them up, from shaking them to dumping a bucket of water on them and they still wouldn’t wake up until I fell asleep as well.”
Blackout nodded, “We’ll get these researchers up and about in no time!”
The librarian replied, “Thanks Blackout and it’s good to have you back.” The fact that the librarians know Blackout made his companions raise an eyebrow, but that would be for later as the four dragons split in two and woke up the two sleeping mabu. Although the two mabu were partially dreaming as they talked in their sleep before waking up completely in the presence of the four skylanders.
They soon shook off the sleep from their eyes as the mabu realized that they were standing in the presence of the four as they tried to act like they weren’t sleeping until Blackout spoke,
“You two were clearly sleeping...but we will find a way to lift this curse.”
Soon enough, the librarian approached the four as he said, “You Skylanders could wake up anybody affected by the sleep curse by just walking up to everyone.”
Spotlight responded, “That would require a whole army of Skylanders and Princess Luna only sent us four.”
The librarian realized the flaw in his idea, “You’re right...but the Head Librarian knows how to speed things up. He’s been looking forward to seeing Blackout again.”
Blackout asked, “Where’s Wiggleworth?”
The librarian pointed to a book door on the far left side of the archives, “Last I heard he was in the Underhalls to stop the commotion.”
Blades realized, “If that’s where he is, then we should get to the Underhalls!”
The four dragons acknowledged this as they made their way over to the door, only to be stopped by the door itself,
“Halt! You are not clear to enter here!” The door soon recognized one of the dragons, “Wait? Blackout? Is that you?”
Blackout asked with a joke, “Are your eyes playing with you?” The door chuckled, “It is you, Blackout! You and your companions may enter, but be careful. Ever since the Dream Sheep escaped, there’s been no one left to protect the Archives. Well until you and Spotlight arrived to investigate.”
The door opened as the four walked across the bridge as they entered the portal to the Underhalls of the Archives.
As the four dragon Skylanders entered the Underhalls, they saw Princess Luna appear in a hologram as she spoke,
“This is not well, Skylanders. The Archives are overrun by the minions of that Dream Sheep. Everyone in the archives are asleep because of the Sheep’s curse. You need to find the Head Librarian as quickly as possible.”
Blackout nodded, “Understood, your highness.”
Princess Luna’s hologram faded as the four dragons moved through the underhalls only to come to an open gap with a small nightmare chompy on the other side. This chompy soon screamed in shock as he saw Blackout and ran towards the opposite direction as the four crossed the magical bridge of books to catch up to that chompy. The four soon woke up a mabu that wanted to challenge them to a game of regular Skystones, Blackout spoke,
“The choice is up to us, we could either refuse and go after those chompies or accept?”
Echo spoke, “You won’t have to choose. I’ll stay here and play Skystones.”
Blackout, worried about leaving one of his friends behind asked, “Are you sure, Echo?”
The water dragon nodded to the beat of her headphones, “I’ll be back with you guys like the DJ gigs in Manehattan.”
Blackout sighed, “Okay, make sure it’s quick. I don’t want us to get left behind.”
Echo replied, “I’ll be fine, it’s just a simple Skystones match. So Just Go!”
At the water dragon’s voice, the three dragons moved on after that nightmare chompy that they saw before and woke up a librarian who was explaining that a group of evil chompies have overrun the next room and are led by the largest and most fiery chompy ever seen. He also explained how they are not putting the books in the correct location after using them. Blades asked,
“How is it that an incident like this reminds me of the time where Twilight went crazy over all of the books not being arranged properly?”
Blackout remembered, “Spike had to use his ice breath just to calm her down until Ali did a little bit of therapy to get her sister’s mind back in order.”
Spotlight nodded, “Not one of our finest days.”
The three soon moved across the bridge, smashed some crates, collected treasure and they also found a scroll on a podium near the door as Blackout noticed the description of the chompy that was leading the others,
“Boris Blisterbottom…” He read,”No one knows where Boris Blisterbottom came from. Some say he was found in a batch of particularly spicy chili. Others claim he was spat out of an active volcano. Either way, his hot temper is legendary.”
Blackout closed the scroll as he used his messaging breath to send it to Princess Luna. The trio soon progressed on through the underhalls as they saw a locked gate and a path on an elevated position blocked by a barricade. They got the key by using a bounce pad to get to the upper level, but they didn’t go to the gate since Blackout wanted to see what was behind the barricade and destroyed it. It revealed a path that led up to a podium that held another scroll similar to the one that they just had.
Blackout held the scroll in the magic from his horn as he opened it and read, “Untouchably hot, Boris leaves a trail of fire wherever he goes. And though normally not a problem, he rarely gets invited to many snowball fights.”
Blackout closed the page and sent it to Luna as he and his group moved on towards another blocked barricade where the path was split. The right side led to an Air Gate while the left side led to another podium with another Nightmare Page on it. Blades looked at the gate and decided,
“I’m going to check out that gate.” Blackout nodded, “Be careful, Blades.” The armored dragon nodded, “I’m always careful when it comes to these situations.”
Soon enough, Blades left for the gate leaving Spotlight and Blackout to check out the third page that was on the left side. The two dragons approached the scroll as Blackout held the scroll in his magic as he read,
“Boris once went swimming in the Nightmare ocean. And while going was fine, his hot temperature soon brought the sea up to a fine boil - turning the lagoon into fish stew.”
They were shocked at this until they heard a familiar voice say, “Not the type of chompy that I would go swimming with.” They turned around and saw Echo standing behind them as Blackout asked,
“How long have you been standing there?”
The water dragon replied, “Long enough, Blackout.” The Dark Dragon rolled up the scroll and sent it to Luna as he sighed,
“I wished that these guys wouldn’t return to to the waking world. But I was wrong...We need to find out what caused the Nightmare villains to return...especially the Dream Sheep.”
Echo asked, “You have a history with this sheep?”
Blackout nodded, “Yes, but not here. We’ll explain once we find Wiggleworth.”
The three dragons soon regrouped with Blades, who was done with the gate and busted down the barrier that was blocking the way and woke up another librarian as he noticed them,
“Beware, Skylanders, The last time I saw Wiggleworth, he was trying to fight the largest chompy I have ever seen!”
Blackout and his companions nodded as they used a super bounce pad to jump over to the lower areas of the archives as they saw the chompy from before as it shrieked again after noticing Blackout. But instead of running, the chompy decided to fight as all four dragons got into battle position as Blackout said,
“We meet again, Boris.”
Boris Blisterbottom charged forward as he attempted to use his pearly whites on the dragoons, but they dodged his attack only for the chompy to get peppered with music notes, swords, light beams and shadow balls. Boris moved closer to the four as he started to grow and expand as his fiery temper built up until he exploded, but the four dodged the explosion in time as the chompy summoned small fire chompies to help him out. Echo moved in on Boris and his helpers as she said,
“Time for a little musical beatdown!”
Instantly, the water dragoness bopped her head up and down as a powerful music shockwave hit the chompy as his helpers were blown to oblivion. It left Boris open to a multi-sword attack by Blades when he used his bladed wings to Boris, knocking the chompy to Spotlight as she fired her rings at the chompy followed by a beam attack which knocked Boris towards Blackout as the nightmare chompy shrieked in fright upon realizing that he was getting close to the Dark Dragon.
Blackout soon whipped his wings at the nightmare chompy and trapped him in an orb of shadow before moving at a Rainbow Dash-like speed, dealing a critical hit to Boris and finished him off with a tail strike, sending the chompy sprawling towards the ground.
At that moment, Luna appeared in a hologram as she said, “The fight is won, Skylanders. But now, we shall do exact justice on Boris Blisterbottom.”
When she said that, a vortex appeared just above the nightmare chompy as he was sucked in. The chompy tried thrashing around to try and get free, but it was all for not. He was sucked into the vortex as it closed. Luna appeared in a hologram once again, but before she could say anything, the sleeping librarian soon jolted awake as an aged, wise voice spoke,
“ZzzZ… Where’s my quill... ZzzZzzz…”
Blackout recognized this voice, “Wiggleworth… Head Librarian Wiggleworth!”
The librarian recognized the dragon, “Blackout? Is that you? It’s been so long since we spoke to each other.”
The dragon replied, “It was, old friend.” Wiggleworth remembered, “Anyway, I was battling with a mighty chompy that showed up - seemingly out of nowhere - and then…”
Blackout replied, “You were hit by the sleep curse and fell asleep...but we managed to defeat him and capture him.”
Wiggleworth realized, “Now that’s truly interesting! He even seems friendly now.” He noticed Luna,
“And If I didn’t know better, you must be Princess Luna, the Princess of the Night.”
Luna replied, “That is correct, Head Librarian. On some occasions when we make ourselves visible, the others would fall down to our presence.”
Wiggleworth chuckled, “Young mabu always faint when in the presence of someone like you and your sister.” He wanted to try something, “About the chompy that you captured, since he is inside the traptanium shard at your castle next to the portal itself, why not take this opportunity to interact with him.”
Luna asked, “Anything we should do to interact with this redeemed villain?” Wiggleworth added, “You can use your abilities to poke him, spin him, create wind and even tickle him.”
Luna was curious at first until she used her magic on the shard in the portal chamber and created such entertaining things with the captured villain. She used her magic to tickle the chompy as the chompy’s laugh seem to be amusing as the little guy was enjoying it. If anypony or anyone thought of the Princess of the Night tickling a chompy, they would’ve been crazy to think that. It wasn’t until more chompies showed up as Wiggleworth spoke,
“Your highness, you need to summon Boris to fight alongside the Skylanders. But be mindful when you summon a captured villain, they will need to return to you so they could rest.”
Soon enough, Luna summoned Boris into battle as he did a powerful fire attack on the chompies, obliterating them almost instantly. After that, he returned to Luna to rest as the portal back to the archives opened and the four dragons led the Head Librarian out of the Underhalls.
Once they were back in the archives, Wiggleworth removed his helmet as he revealed himself to be a small scholar worm driving the robot body as he breathed,
“Finally some fresh air! Thanks again for coming to my rescue, Blackout. I am once more in your debt.”
Blackout asked, “What happened to the archives?” The bookworm replied, “This is what happened when your friend, Hugo read that book. I had doubt on its powers, but I never tried to read it myself.”
The dragon asked, “I thought that book would never be read again? Didn’t you label that book?”
Wiggleworth nodded, “I did, and I thought that no one would want to read ‘The Most Boring Book Ever.’ But it seems Hugo’s curiosity got the better of him.”
Spotlight spoke, “Flynn said that Hugo was sleeping.” The librarian replied, “He fell asleep just before the invasion. I tried to wake him up, but I was locked out of the Nightmare Wing.”
Blackout realized, “The Nightmare Wing possesses books on the Nightmare Realm! It was considered a storage area for the most dangerous of books concerning the Nightmare Realm!”
Wiggleworth finished, “And that book was the portal to the Nightmare Realm.” He soon went to the task at hand, “All of Skylands will remain asleep until the curse is lifted. But I know a way to lift the spell.”
Blades asked, “How?” Wiggleworth stated, “The Three Bells of Waking, of course! The legends state that these bells were created by the Magic Crafters in order to lift any spell that fell upon the individual bell’s people. The bells themselves remained hidden during the first War with Malefor and have surfaced when the war ended.”
Blackout realized, “And if all three bells are rung, the sleep curse would be lifted from the entire world.”
Wiggleworth chuckled, “Still as sharp as ever, Blackout. Our scholars would lead you and your friends to the bells if the Archive’s doors were open.”
Blackout asked, “Let me guess, that grey patch of wool made off with the Gem Keys?”
Wiggleworth nodded, “He did…” He realized, “Wait a minute! Your new ally might be able to get them for us!”
Blackout asked, “What do you mean?” The librarian replied, “The Dream Sheep will be unaware of Boris changing sides. He could deceive him, infiltrate his base and retrieve the stolen Gem Keys.”
Luna soon summoned Boris as he stood by the portal as it shifted to a villain bootcamp. Blackout asked the chompy,
“Are you going to be all right, Boris?” The chompy replied with several chomping noises and nods.
The dragon replied, “Good to see that your time in Luna’s presence has changed you.”
The chompy nodded as he entered the portal to the bootcamp.
Boris Blisterbottom appeared in the villain bootcamp as he looked around and saw other fire chompies waiting around the camp. Soon enough, the platform in front of the chompy opened up as a loudspeaker attached to a statue of the Dream Sheep rose up from its hole as the chompy could hear the Dream Sheep’s voice echo through the loudspeaker towards Boris himself,
“Hello my tiny yet rabid minion! I am speaking to you through the magic of this tiny rather ravishing statue of myself! Beautiful isn’t it?”
Boris didn’t need to answer because the sheep spoke again, “Now that everyone’s asleep in Skylands...well if it weren’t for the barrier of the Equestrian Isles, but it will follow soon, but I prepared a series of tests to validate who’s worthy of being in my army.”
He described the challenge, “In this challenge, you need to use your fire attack to light all the candles on the cakes you see in the room and then eat it after lighting the candle.”
He soon discussed the next step, “With your belly full, you must hurry and throw yourself at the UGLY Mabu statues - and watch them go BOOM!!!”
Thee Dream Sheep explained, “You see, there’s nothing in the world I hate most than the despicable Mabus! Well there is one that I hate most than Mabus and that’s the dragon, Blackout...Oh I hate him so much after he and those blasted Dream Weavers sealed me into that book!”
The sheep calmed down as he finished, “Anyway, if you succeed, I will reward you with a SHINY GEM I stole from the Eternal Archives. I don’t know what it’s actually for, quite frankly, but I am sure you will MARVELOUS! Bombs away!”
Soon enough, the statue retreated as Boris went through the training area of the boot camp. He also noticed several patches of water throughout the rooms that he has to go through to get to the gem. If he would set foot in water while ignited, he would be extinguished and he would have to start over. The challenge felt relatively easy as the chompy always heard the soothing voice of Princess Luna echo through his ears. He heard her say,
“The sheep is unaware of your defection as expected. Watch your surroundings. Boris and please be careful.”
Boris understood this as the chompy continued down the path of the arena as he lit p birthday cakes, ate them and hurled himself at the statues of mabu villagers. Boris knew from his ‘conversation with the Dream Sheep’ that the sheep himself hates Blackout more than he does the mabu. But he didn’t have a Blackout statue in his arena. The chompy knew that the real Blackout is too strong, so if you can’t beat them, join them.
Boris walked along a path that had moving platforms moving across a puddle of water as he lit another birthday cake and went to the platforms, avoiding the water in the process and hurled himself at the last mabu statue. He completed the fifth room and entered the sixth room which revealed the Gem Key that the librarians were talking about. Once the chompy obtained the gem, he heard Princess Luna’s voice,
“You have done well, Boris Blisterbottom. Do not worry about not returning to the Archives, we will transport you back.”
Soon enough, Boris soon entered a portal as he was transported back to the archives with the gem in hand.
Upon returning to the archives, Wiggleworth lead Blackout and his three friends to the door where the gem that Boris found fits into. After placing the gem into the slot, the door spoke,
“Thank you, Blackout. You did it! I can open again! Here, I’ll let you access this part of the archives! Isn’t it exciting?”
The door opened as Wiggleworth pointed to the portal beyond the door, “The first Temple of Waking is on the Stoneshrine Islands. A peaceful and most ancient lands before Malefor’s first rise to power. The mabu preserve the ruins on the isles and the Temple as well.”
Blackout nodded, “If we ring that bell, the mabu of the Stoneshrine Islands will wake up.”
Blades noted, “There is no doubt that the Dream Sheep will take notice of our actions.”
Echo understood, “He will know that we’re going after the bells.”
Spotlight decided, “Well, let’s not keep him waiting.”
Before the four dragons set off for the Stoneshrine Islands, Wiggleworth stopped them, “Before you set off for the islands, you must know how we know Blackout and Spotlight.”
Blades realized, “Of course, it’s been on my mind ever since we arrived.”
Echo asked, “What’s your history with Spotlight and Blackout?” Wiggleworth brought out a book and presented it to them. He opened it as he stated,
“This book was given to the archives by a dragon known only as ‘The Chronicler’ He told us that sometime in the future, we would need to read the book.”
Blades and Echo looked into the book as they saw several pictures that showed Blackout when he lived in the Dream Realm as Wiggleworth narrated,
“Blackout lived in the Dream Realm for a time when he was a hatchling. When he was older, he was drafted into a dragon clan called, ‘The Dark Stygian’ their goal was to conjure nightmares for villains to dishearten them from committing any more evil deeds. The clans nobility in their cause was something that was seen as a weakness. The Dream Sheep saw this and exploited this weakness. He soon had the entire dragon clan under his control as he sent them to spread nightmares to everyone he sees fit and eventually opened a rift into the waking world, attempting to terrorize the lands in the glory of his master, Malefor.
Blackout saw the clan’s fall from honor and decided to fight the many nightmares that was summoned by the clan. One of the dreams was that of a hatchling of the Dream Weaver dragon breed. Blackout was disgusted of seeing nightmares enter the mind of a hatchling and prevented the hatchling from having a bad dream. When the parent dragons searched the hatchling’s dreams, they saw Blackout’s heroics in saving their hatchling. The Dream Weavers were aware of the Dream Sheep’s presence in the waking world, so a group of these mystical dream weaving dragons performed a summoning ritual.
When that happened, Blackout appeared before them as the Dream Weavers explained the situation in the waking world as the Dream Sheep’s chaos was spreading far and wide. Blackout was determined to stop this sheep, but the dragons said that he would need the Crystal Orb of Light which the Dream Weavers keep in the Prismatic Palace. They determined that the power of light and dark combined would cast the Dream Sheep back into the dream realm.”
The image soon changed to an image of Blackout and Spotlight meeting for the first time, “Blackout journeyed to the palace to obtain the orb while accompanied by one of the Dream Weavers. But when Blackout approached the orb, he stopped when he noticed that it requires a Dream Weaver’s touch as the dragon accompanying him touch the orb.
The orb soon flashed so bright that they had to shield their eyes with their wings. Until the light faded, Blackout and the Dream Weaver lowered their wings as Spotlight stood before them in a respected bow. The Dream Weavers knew that the ancestors sent her to them to assist Blackout in stopping the Dream Sheep.” There was soon an image of the duo battling the Nightmare Villains and sealing the Dream Sheep into a book,
“So they fought his minions and confronted the Dream Sheep himself and used everything they could to defeat him. But instead of sending him back to the dream realm, Spotlight and Blackout used ‘The Most Boring Book Ever’ to banish him to the Nightmare Realm. It was in these very archives which the duo fought the Dream Sheep. But now he’s back and has brought some new friends with him.”
Blades and Echo were shocked by this revelation as they realized that this happened once before. Seeing the Light and Dark Dragon approach, Blades approached Blackout,
“You never told me about this, but no matter what, we’ll stop this sheep together!”
Echo spoke, “We’ll give this sheep something to count himself to sleep no matter what!”
Spotlight smiled, “Thanks guys for believing in us.”
Blackout nodded as he said, “Let’s go guys, we got a sheep to chase.” The four dragons soon ran into the portal.
Author's Note
So Spotlight and Blackout have a history with the Dream Sheep. Blackout was summoned by the Dream Weavers and Spotlight came from the orb in order to fight the Dream Sheep and banish him into the Nightmare Realm. Now the chase is on to ring the Bells of Waking in order to lift the sleep curse and stop the Dream Sheep once and for all. Will our heroes succeed in finding the first bell of waking? Find out on the next exciting chapter of Skylanders X MLP.
The four dragons arrived at the Sacred Town, one of the many areas of the Stoneshrine Islands, only to find the town under attack by the Dream Sheep’s evil birds. Blackout looked all over the islands and saw nothing but sleeping mabu and attacking bird pirates. Soon Princess Luna appeared,
“You know what you have to do, Skylanders. Clear out these feathered fiends and make your way to the Temple of Waking!”
Blackout replied, “We’ll clear this village of those birds!” Luna vanished as he said to the others, “We’ve got a village to save.”
All four dragons charged forward and made their way into the village and destroyed a gate with a bomb that was on the upper level. They did wake up a mabu villager earlier on that told them that the birds are blocking the way to the Temple of Waking. After they made their way into another area of the town, the dragons spotted a Traptanium shard. Blackout knew for certain that a Trap Master would have to break those shards with their crystal weapons. He shouted up,
“Princess, we found a shard of Traptanium!”
Princess Luna replied as she appeared in her hologram, “Mark any shard of Traptanium that you find and we will send a Trap Master to smash it and bring the slivers back here.”
Echo spoke, “Do you think we can request any Trap Master support?”
Luna nodded, “If a battle gets too heavy, you can request the support of a captured villain or a Trap Master.”
Spotlight whistled, “That’s a good way for us to get help.”
The dragons simply flagged the deposit and moved on towards the next area of the town where they saw a scroll on a nearby pedestal. They saw a group of enemy birds blocking the path to the Temple of Waking. One of these enemies was a nightmare bird that Blackout knew all too well,
“Spike McPokerton!”
The bird noticed, “Braaagh, I’ve always wanted to get a crack out of you once again, Blackout!” He soon motioned to his fellow birds, “Go get those dragons!” McPokerton soon fled down the path as a battle gate appeared. As the gate appeared, McPokerton’s flunkies soon began to charge at the four Skylanders as the four got into battle positions.
McPokerton’s flunkies were mostly bird copters and bird pirates. The bird copters were easy pickings for Spotlight’s beam attacks while the bird pirates were taken down by Blades’ sword wing attacks. Once the birds were dealt with, the battle gate disappeared as the path to the temple was clear. But there was still a long way to go in getting to the temple, starting with saving the town and capturing Spike McPokerton as well as the other Nightmare villains that were causing havoc across the Stoneshire Islands. It wasn’t until Echo went to the scroll pedestal and read it as she motioned for the others to listen,
“Spike McPokerton loves to invade the dreams of unsuspecting sleepers. He should be approached with extreme caution - partly because he is so dangerous, but mostly because he has never taken a bath.”
Blackout knew, “That pirate hasn’t changed his bad hygiene.”
Spotlight was intrigued, “Echo, we need to send this to Princess Luna. She will also like to know about our enemies.”
The water dragoness used her transfer breath and sent the scroll to Luna as the quartet continued on to chase after that seabird. It was a short walk across a booby-trapped spike gate as they came across another Mabu local of the town as he suddenly woke up to the presence of the Skylanders as he said to them,
“Skylanders, we tried locking the gates to keep those mean birds out...but...well they just kind of flew over!”
Blackout stated, “Birds can fly, you know.” The mabu apologized, “I’m sorry, Blackout. But also I might have thrown the key over to that platform over there. You and your friends might need it to open the gate.”
Blades looked at the key in the distance and back to the mabu, “That was a nice throw actually.”
The mabu shrugged, “Well, some pony scholars came here last week and I was nearly frightened by his sudden appearance which made me throw my Skystones deck into that pit. I had to dig all over the pit just to find them.”
Blackout understood this as he and Blades moved over to the moving platform to where the key was. They grabbed it and brought the key to the locked gate and opened it as they continued their journey to find McPokerton. The four dragons made their way into town and was soon blocked by a battle gate as several enemies began to show up and attack the four.
The four dragons used their individual powers to win this fight quickly. Blackout jumped into the air and curled up into a ball as his wings stuck out like razor blades and used this power to take down a few of the birds.
Spotlight used her light beam attacks on the birds while using her gold halos to trap the enemies before shooting her beams at them.
Blades performed a cyclone swirl which subjected his batch of birds to a cyclone that flew them off the island.
Echo used her sonic slam attack which dealt damage to the birds that were on the ground and used her siren scream to finish off the bird copters.
After all of the enemies were defeated, the gate opened to another locked gate with a tablet on the bottom and an image on the door itself. This is something that had the four looked confused until Luna spoke to them,
“This door can only open if you match the colored dots to rearrange the image on the door itself.”
Blackout understood, “We’ll have to connect the dots on this tablet to open the door?”
Luna replied, “It is true, Blackout.”
So Blackout followed the door puzzle and each piece he completes, a piece of the image on the door would align with its assigned position. The lines could not cross one another so he had to look for a correct spot and try his luck at it. Eventually, the image was complete in the appearance of a Mabu as the door opened into the structure. When they went inside, the four destroyed a barrier that was blocking the way and went back outside to make their way towards the Temple of Waking.
The dragons moved across the spiked traps and the moving platforms in order to chase after that Nightmare bird and get to the Temple of Waking.
Blackout and the others were soon clearing out a part of the village that was filled with enemies until he noticed another one of those scroll pedestals on the upper levels as he made his way towards it. The others finished sanitizing the area of enemies as they joined Blackout, who had the scroll in his magic as he read,
“It isn’t known where exactly Spike comes from, as he never seems to tell the truth about anything. He claims his father is a one-legged Grizzly Bear named Terrence.”
Blades looked at the page and spoke, “The type of bird that Applejack would actually use her strength until he tells the truth.”
Blackout chuckled, “If there ever was an Element of Interrogation, that would be her. And she knows who’s lying and honest.”
Spotlight decided, “That’s two pages down for here, one more to go.” The Light Dragon sent it to Luna as they continued on. They progressed into the last area of the town where there’s a gate that requires three keys to open and an elevated platform to which McPokerton was standing on as he was taunting them.
Blackout looked at the the two buildings and said to his friends, “We’ll have to split up and find those keys. Blades, take the upper level. Echo, you take the left building. Spotlight and I will search the right building.”
The four agreed and separated to their assigned areas while Spotlight and Blackout entered the building on the right. Upon entering the building, they were greeted by a bunch of baddies and a sleeping mabu by a Skystones table.
The duo simply cleared out the bad guys and woke up the sleeping mabu. He noticed the two and decided,
“I’ll tell you what. If you beat me in a game of Skystones, I’ll give you this key to the gate outside.”
Blackout and Spotlight looked at each other and at the mabu as Blackout decided to accept this mabu’s challenge.
The Skystones game was actually a really quick game since Blackout beat the mabu in under 3 minutes and he was given the key that was promised. The mabu spoke,
“Nice game, Blackout. I hope you two reach the Temple of Waking and lift this curse.”
Spotlight spoke, “Don’t worry, we’ll make sure that everyone wakes up to see the sunrise.”
Blackout knew that was a metaphor as they left the building and rejoined Blades and Echo, they had the other two keys as well. Blades spoke,
“Good to see that you found the third key to this gate.”
Echo spoke, “That bird has been taunting us for a while now.”
Blackout looked up at the platform where McPokerton was taunting them and said, “He does that a lot.”
Spotlight understood that as she said, “We’ll get to him as soon as the gate is opened.”
The four dragons placed the three keys in their respective keyholes as the gate opened up to a bunch of stairs leading to the underside of the platform where the nightmare bird was standing on. The team saw a moving platform heading towards a destroy-able gate to the elevator that leads to the upper level. On the right side, there was a bomb to destroy the gate and on the left, there was an enemy guarding the last nightmare page.
The team soon defeated the only enemy in the room, destroyed the gate and obtained the page as they made their way into the elevator. The dragons knew that it would take them to McPokerton since he was on the top of the platform. They soon decided to read the third nightmare page on their bird as Blades read,
“When invading dreams, Spike always uses his catchphrase (which he claims is famous), “Spike’s coming, so watch out for pokey stuff!”
Blades soon sent the page to Luna like the others that they found. The armored dragon asked Blackout,
“So you fought these Nightmare Villains before?”
Blackout nodded, “Spotlight and I fought the these guys so that we could seal them back into the Dream Realm. I also took care of the Dark Stygian clan before the Dream Weavers summoned me.”
Blades noticed, “It was probably a way to say ‘thank you’ for saving one of their own.”
Blackout remembered, “I saved a Dream Weaver hatchling from a nightmare and I was summoned to fight the Dream Sheep.”
Spotlight noticed, “And I was at your side through the whole battle with that sheep.”
Blackout was still curious, “There’s one thing that bothers me...my home, the Dream Realm was ruled by the King of Dreams. When the Dream Sheep made his move on the waking world, the king vanished.”
Echo asked, “The Dream Realm had a king?” Blackout nodded, “And he’s all but vanished into thin air. I’ve been wanting to find out what happened to him and bring him home to his realm.”
Spotlight spoke, “We could ask the Dream Sheep when we see him. But I doubt that he would give us a straight answer.”
Blackout replied, “I guess we have a new task: Ring the bells, defeat the Dream Sheep and find the King of the Dream Realm.”
Soon enough, the elevator came to a stop on the top of the platform as they saw the exit portal...and McPokerton guarding it.
Blackout and his friends soon got into battle position as the nightmare bird squawked, “Prepare to be crushed, Blackout!”
The bird charged forward as Blackout launched a shadow ball at him. The projectile staggered McPokerton for a bit which left him open to a beam attack from Spotlight. That’s when the bird started to do a spin attack which caused the four dragons to scatter in different areas to avoid the bird.
As soon as McPokerton stopped spinning, Blades moved in with a blade strike and a cyclone swirl while Echo shot a siren scream into the swirl as Blades swung the swirl at the bird causing him to cover his ears since it was so loud and the bird was being pulled by the cyclone swirl as Blackout used his shadow blade attack followed by an aura charge by Spotlight as the combined strength of all four dragons hit McPokerton, knocking him out of the swirl and flat on his beak. The attack also caused the nightmare bird to groan,
“I knew that you were powerful...but all four dragons...oh…”
Blackout smiled, “When a nightmare bird goes up against four dragons, it’s always the dragons that tip the scales.”
Spotlight joined in, “We outshined and eclipsed the nightmare villains before and we will do it again.”
Blades joined in, “But this time they are not alone.”
Echo finished, “Because we’re joining them in dealing with you villains and it’s going to be loud!”
Soon enough, a thump of magic occurred as a vortex opened up as McPokerton looked in shock as he realized,
“Wait, a vortex! No!” He was soon pulled in, “This can’t be HAPPENING!!!” The vortex soon vanished as the four dragons were shown an image of the nightmare bird dropping into the Traptanium shard back in Equestria. The bird looked around and realized,
“I’m trapped...I’m trapped in Traptanium!!”
Luna’s voice echoed in the image, “Yes you are, Spike McPokerton! Now we offer you a decision; Stand with us or stand against us. Considering your current position now, we would recommend accepting the offer to join us.”
Spike McPokerton recognized her voice, “Wait!! Everyone in the Dream Realm talked about you! The pony that could cross into our realm...I accept your offer!”
Soon enough, the image faded and the exit gate was cleared to go through. The group knew that since they captured another Nightmare villain, they will have to send the captured villain to infiltrate a boot camp and take back another Gem Key from the Dream Sheep.
Meanwhile back in Equestria, Spike and his companions were on their way to Griffonstone, the city of the Griffons. Ever since the Dragon Lands attack, they have kept on their toes or in Trail Blazer’s case, on his hooves for any signs of reported Grublin attacks. They have already been involved in at least two Grublin incursions since the Dragon Lands. If those creatures weren’t enough, each incursion was lead by at least one Doomlander.
That’s what got Spike into a deep thought of the prospect of the Doomlanders. The first one they fought in the Dragon Lands, was a knight. The second Doomlander that they fought in the Badlands was a Quickshot which meant that it was wielding dual pistols and commanding it’s grublin charges. Then came the most recent Grublin Attack lead by a Doomlander, it took place in the Smokey Mountains, home to two families, the Hooffields and the McColts. The Hooffields were a family of farmers while the McColts were a family of builders. Both families have been feuding over taking care of the valley and the animals.
When Spike and his Fellowship arrived at the mountains, they already saw the ridiculous feud between the families and explained to them that ‘one valley wouldn’t mean anything if we lose the entire planet to Malefor’ it seemed that it shook the two families to their core when both questioned ‘what differs Malefor to us?’ and right on cue, a portal opened as grublins came pouring out of it, lead by a Sorcerer Doomlander.
The two families finally realized that Malefor’s army not only poses a threat to their valley, but to the entire world. After witnessing the five defeat the grublins and the Doomlander as well, they saw Ember the dragoness close the portal with the Bloodstone Scepter. Both families cannot deny the threat anymore, so they ended their feud and pledged to honor their founding ancestors and join in on the upcoming fight against the Dark Armies.
After leaving the mountains, their next destination was Griffonstone, but due to the that they have on for so long. Even Crash was starting to reach his limit as he fell asleep in Eye-Brawl’s hand. This made Spike decide,
“Let’s set up camp for the night. We all could use some rest after what happened today.”
Aku-Aku spoke, “A wise decision, Spike. There is no reason to continue on when you are exhausted from today’s activities.”
Eye-Brawl set the sleeping bandicoot flat on his back against a tree as pulled out another bag. “It was generous for the Hooffields and McColts to give us camping supplies for our journey.”
Trail Blazer nodded, “We pretty much saved their valley from those things.”
Ember was concerned, “So does danger seem follow us everywhere we go or is it just some coincidence?”
Spike sighed as he began to set up the camp with the others, “We already stopped two attacks already since the Dragon Lands. And so far they were only small incursions of grublins lead by these new Doomlanders.”
Aku-Aku asked while setting up a tent with Eye-Brawl, “What of the chests that we obtained after defeating these Doomlanders?”
Spike replied as he formed a firepit with his Earth ability, “After we sent the chests to Cloudcracker Base, I got a reply from Celestia saying that the contents of those chests were not Traptanium.”
Ember asked as she set up a tent with Trail Blazer, “If it wasn’t Traptanium, what was it?”
Before Spike could respond, he soon belched up a new note. He opened the note and read,
“Spike,
We’ve done some further tests on the crystals that you found. After several tests, Master Eon actually identified the crystals as ‘Imaginite’ a crystal that has been known as the building blocks of creation from Spyro’s Planetary Fury Wave, used by the ancients. Eon has been has been working on a new program to create a new breed of Skylanders involving Mind Magic and Imaginite is one of the key items that he needs for this program.
We are grateful that you and your friends are out there and gathering help for this war. Ray has been working as well and has done a great job in gathering supplies with the villagers from Equal Town. He appreciates the help that you sent him and wishes to keep up the good work. Equis’ survival depends on you and your Fellowship. Good luck, Spike. Whenever you look up to the sun, think of it as me watching you.
Love, Mom.
P.S. We have also met the creator of Crash Bandicoot, Dr. Neo Cortex. He’s on our side and I’ve also persuaded Aku-Aku’s Twin Brother to join us as well. Mostly because taking over the world is his job.”
The very mentioning of Cortex actually snapped Crash awake as he did a spin and looked around with a determined look on his face. Aku-Aku realized,
“Uka-Uka is here?”
Trail Blazer asked, “The letter said that he was your brother?”
Aku-Aku nodded, “Yes, he’s my evil twin brother that preferred dominating the world and many eons ago, I locked Uka-Uka in an underground prison to protect the world from his malice. It wasn’t until Crash destroyed the Cortex Vortex orbiting the Earth and a fragment from the station crashed into his prison, freeing him in the process. We fought him several times, but we teamed up to fight Victor and Moritz, Cortex’s pet parrots that were sent to the 10th dimension by accident and came back with a vengeance.”
Eye-Brawl asked, “And you don’t seem concerned about your brother’s appearance here?”
Aku-Aku replied, “Correction, I am very concerned when it comes to Uka-Uka. When something out of the ordinary went wrong, I assumed that he would be up to no good. But now, the Princess has convinced him to join us. Thanks to the Traptanium from the base,”
Soon enough, the team had finally set up the camp as Eye-Brawl’s tent was a large one because he’s a giant. The campsite overlooked a lake as the sunset tends to reflect off of the surface giving it a pristine beauty of the area. Spike looked out at the sunset and sighed,
“If only Rarity was here to see this. Although she wasn’t agreeing with the CMC’s plan to go camping a couple of years back.”
Eye-Brawl nodded, “And that feud between her and Flashwing intensified the trip to the Winsome Falls. Bash told me that the feud was annoying him so much that he had to personally knock some sense into both of them to end their feud.”
Spike remembered that time as the thought of those three fillies came back to him, “They did get their Cutie Marks a few months back during the Traptanium War.”
Eye-Brawl nodded, “They’re special talent was helping others, but they mostly helped the Skylanders.”
Spike chuckled, “You know, before I left I visited their clubhouse and they told me about their very own Skylanders. Scootaloo said that it would be cool if they could create their own Skylander.”
Eye-Brawl was amused, “Those three do have a vast imagination and they once showed me several drawings of their own Skylanders.”
Trail Blazer approached, “Didn’t their Cutie Marks also have an Elemental symbol?”
Spike nodded, “Yeah, they do. Scootaloo’s was the bolt and the Air symbol, Sweetie Belle’s was the music note and Magic symbol and Applebloom was the apple and Earth symbol.”
Aku-Aku spoke, “It signifies not only their talents, but their roots and their elements.”
Spike chuckled, “Sweetie Belle even predicted that she would be a Skylander of Magic during the victory celebration in the Equestrian Isles.”
Ember asked in curiosity, “What are the Equestrian Isles anyway?” Spike replied, “The Isles are a group of islands that serve as a colony in Skylands. It was given to Starswirl the Bearded by Eon several years ago. The capital city, Starswirl was named after him.”
Ember was even more curious about the isles more than ever before. But she was soon distracted by the light of the sunset as she noticed that it was...beautiful,
“I never realized that you guys can enjoy a sunset like this. I never got something like this back home.”
Trail Blazer noticed, “When it comes to sunsets, it’s the only way that separates the hassle of everyday life from the peaceful views of the world.”
Crash spoke an unintelligible sentence as Aku-Aku translated, “The sunsets on N. Sanity Island were amazing as it could be, but this is different.”
Trail Blazer lied down on the grass as he asked, “You ever wonder what happened to Starlight Glimmer after we drove her out?”
Spike shrugged, “She did say that we haven’t seen the last of her. But doesn’t she understand our situation?”
The Fire Unicorn shook his head, “Either she knows, but all she cares about is her dumb philosophy or all she wants is to take you down. She was contempt on capturing you when she caught me to lure you in.”
Spike shook his head, “Either way, she’s probably long gone by now.”
Aku-Aku asked, “This Starlight is an enemy of yours?”
Spike replied to the mask, “Just some unicorn who believed that the only way to be truly happy is if everypony has an Equal Cutie Mark. Only for Trail Blazer and I to discover that she was stealing Cutie Marks just for her twisted game.”
Aku-Aku stated, “At least you stopped her.”
Spike finished, “For now.”
Soon enough, the sun has set as day turned to night as the moon left a good reflection on the lake. The team was soon gathered around the campfire as they began to have conversations referring to recent events, the Doomlanders and even personal reasons. Spike noticed Eye-Brawl looking a bit quiet since Ember and Trail Blazer began talking about life before the attack. The giant’s silence is what made the purple dragon ask,
“Is there anything wrong?”
Eye-Brawl nodded, “When Aku-Aku mentioned his own brother...I thought back to my twin brother.”
When Eye-Brawl said that, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the giant as Trail Blazer asked,
“You have a brother?”
Eye-Brawl nodded, “My brother was a born flyer, growing up alongside myself. He had wings just like me and we were inseparable.”
Ember guessed, “And then something went wrong and you ended up losing your brother.”
Eye-Brawl looked down towards the ground as he said, “He drifted off course into a band of pirates where they attacked him. I saw his wings get blown off by those fiends as he dropped into the ocean. I...I tried to go after him...to bring him to safety. But I was too late to save him...I was devastated.”
Spike was shocked, “Losing your brother must’ve been sad for you. But how did you cope with it?”
Eye-Brawl replied, “I couldn’t cry because I don’t have tear ducts...so I decided to do that staring contest with the headless body, becoming who I am.”
The story of Eye-Brawl losing his brother was sad for most of his companions. Although Ember grew up an only hatchling, she could also see the thought of losing someone that you cared about. Eye-Brawl soon wondered,
“I always thought about what happened to him after he fell into the ocean.”
The giant had a slight hint of hope in his voice. He was hoping that if his brother was okay at the bottom of the ocean and he knew that the wildlife would take notice of his brother and help him out. But soon enough he decided to end the topic of his brother as he said,
“That was my story with my brother.”
Aku-Aku spoke, “Interesting Eye-Brawl.” The giant nodded as he turned to the scepter that Ember was holding as he spoke,
“Ember...about the scepter’s power.”
The Dragoness noticed, “I’m actually shocked that the scepter could actually close the portals that those thing were using to get it.”
Trail Blazer remembered something, “I think I know what’s causing it to open and close portals.”
Spike noticed, “You got something, Trail Blazer?” The Fire Unicorn nodded as he explained,
“The Bloodstone Jewel in the scepter is a rare type of crystal in Skylands. There are stories about this type of crystal that has the ability to power up portals and arch-portals, portals that in the shape of arches. Only one Bloodstone crystal is known to exist in Skylands.”
Ember asked in curiosity, “And that jewel is…”
The unicorn revealed, “The Power Crystal that’s used to power the Super-Portal in the Winter Tundra back in Avalar.”
Eye-Brawl replied, “But the Winter Tundra was well protected by Doom Stone and his team.”
Trail Blazer nodded, “I know, but these attacks would be so often...unless another crystal exists in Skylands - being used by Malefor.”
Ember looked at the scepter and then back at Trail Blazer, “So you’re saying is that all those times when the scepter closed the portals is because the jewel is a special type of gem?”
The unicorn nodded. “It is unique how the scepter reacts to portals.”
Ember realized, “I always believed that the Bloodstone Scepter was the symbol of the Dragon Lord’s power. An unbreakable gemstone that not even the largest and strongest dragon jaws could break. But now - It’s a key to close these portals which prevents any of those things from coming through.”
Ember looked, not at the scepter - but at the Rift Gauntlet strapped to her wrist and asked Spike,
“Listen Spike, I need to know what it means to be a Supercharger. If I was chosen to protect my home, I need to know what it means to be a Supercharger.”
The Purple Dragon remembered his trip to the alternate future, “I’m may not be a Supercharger, but I’ve seen what they do when I traveled to the alternate future. But I will tell you this - Superchargers are trained to pilot the most powerful vehicles in Skylands. The Rift Engines, like the one you found powers up the vehicle, giving it the ability to tunnel into other areas. The Rift Engine also enhances your abilities, your strength, speed and intellect giving you the knowledge to upgrade your vehicle.”
The Dragon Lord-To-Be realized, “I’m supposed to have a vehicle as a Supercharger?”
The Purple Dragon nodded, “But the vehicle comes later, right now we need to get to Griffonstone and request their help for this war. But that will wait until morning…” He looked up at the moon again as Trail Blazer noticed,
“You’re hoping that Rarity is looking at that same moon?”
Spike nodded, “Rarity may be a sophisticated mare, she would even want to get her beauty sleep - but…”
The Fire Unicorn spoke, “It’s hard being away from friends back home - even lovers at most.”
Aku-Aku mentioned, “I did remember on Crash’s first adventure when he would look up at the moon at night hoping for his girlfriend, Tawna to be looking at that same moon.” The bandicoot spoke in his usual gibberish that could only be translated by the tribal mask as he said to the bandicoot, “I know that was a long time ago, Crash. But it’s never bad to look back at the past to see how far you progressed.”
The six members of the team talked for a while until everyone was about to sleep. At that time, Ember was in the process of bathing in the lake which almost reminded her of the hot springs on the outskirts. She would sometimes sneak away and just relax there for an hour or two. She soon had a bizarre feeling that she was being watched, that feeling in the back of her head of sensing that someone was behind her. She soon turned around and saw that she was right when she saw Trail Blazer and Eye-Brawl sitting on the lake shore. She asked,
“What are you guys doing down here?!”
Trail Blazer replied, “We’re just enjoying the view…” He realized that he said it wrong as he quickly added, “of the lake. You know it would be strange if we were watching you.”
Ember crossed her arms, “Uh-huh.”
Eye-Brawl asked, “Bathing in the lake I see?” The dragoness replied, “Yes and it’s nothing like the hot springs back home.”
Trail Blazer asked, “You homesick?” Ember replied to the unicorn as she waded towards the shore, “I am, but at least my dad finally saw that I’m more than just some little princess.”
The unicorn stated, “The fact that your dad didn’t allow you to show your true potential is kind of unfair if you ask me.”
Ember nodded, “When it came to you guys, you take on something bigger than you and take it down with ease.”
Eye-Brawl mentioned, “With the exception of the Titans.”
Ember asked in confusion, “The Titans?” The Undead Giant described them, “Titanic monsters that rule over the Monstrous Isles. The local trolls worship those monsters to the death, although it’s not surprising since the only way to bring down a Titan is to get up to their size and take them down.”
Ember noticed, “They sound like large monsters that you would like to avoid fighting.”
Trail Blazer added, “Eye-Brawl saw those titans and believe me, he saw how huge they were.”
The giant was about to say something until he saw something glow in the lake. Ignoring his friends, he got up and walked into the lake as the eye disappeared into the water.
Eye-Brawl was underwater, walking towards the light source as he was curious about it. The giant used the bat wings to swiftly move himself through the water as he drew closer and closer to the light source. As he made it over an underwater hill, he got a more clearer view of the light source as he realized,
“The Whirlpool of Destiny? Here this deep in the lake?”
He heard stories about the whirlpool back home and how it exists in the deepest parts of the oceans of Skylands. How a legendary whirlpool like that ended up in Equestria is beyond the giant’s comprehension. He looked at the whirlpool in curiosity until he noticed something exit the whirlpool and land at a safe distance from it before the funnel dissipates before his eye, Now focused on what shot out of the whirlpool, Eye-Brawl swam to the impact site where he spotted a small submarine and a round shaped diving suit with a torpedo launcher. It was in a statue-like state, lying face down in the muddy soil of the lake bed as Eye-Brawl reached to pick up both the diver and sub.
As he picked up the diver, the giant couldn’t help but sense a familiar aura in the statue. His sense of familiarity was figured out when he turned the statue on it’s back, revealing a green eyeball inside the suit. He said in shock,
“Dive-Clops?”
As soon as he said it, the statue started to glow as he released it and stepped back slowly as the light began to shine brighter. He turned away as the light reached its peak before a shock wave hit the giant. But he kept his armored legs firmly on the lake’s muddy ground as he turned back towards where Dive-Clops’ statue was until he saw Dive-Clops himself on his knees, trying to support himself until the eyeball in the diving suit noticed the giant as he recognized the blue coloring on the iris of the giant as he asked in shock,
“E...Eye-Brawl? Is that you?”
Eye-Brawl approached Dive-Clops as he nodded, “It is me, brother.” The green eyeball noticed, “You look a lot...bigger.”
Eye-Brawl replied, “The headless body and I agreed to work as one. When I dismount the body, he would follow me and punch anything that I pass by.”
Dive-Clops was amazed seeing that his brother gained a partner and a body. Eye-Brawl directed back towards the way he came, “We should head back to the surface. I have some friends that would want to meet you,”
Dive-Clops nodded as he looked around and asked, “Before we go, have you seen my sub, the Dive-Bomber?”
Eye-Brawl opened his right hand and showed his brother the sub that was with him, “Is this the Dive Bomber?”
Dive-Clops replied as he took the small-scale sub in his gauntlet, “This is it, brother. The Dive Bomber, my personal vehicle when I need to traverse the oceans faster. The small-scale form is when I’m on land and not near water.”
The giant nodded as the brothers made their way back to the surface where Trail Blazer and Ember were waiting for them.
As soon as Eye-Brawl breached the surface, Trail Blazer went up to the edge of the shore and asked the giant,
“Eye-Brawl, what was the shockwave that hit us earlier?” Obviously he was asking about the shockwave that occurred after the awakening event as the giant replied,
“I finally found someone who I thought that I lost.”
Ember asked, “And who did you find which made it important to just head into the lake?” Soon enough, a voice unfamiliar to the two spoke, “That would be me.”
The unicorn and dragoness directed their attention to thee source of that voice as the giant stepped to the side as Dive-Clops approached from behind. Trail Blazer asked, “Wait, who are you?”
The eyeball in the diving suit stated, “I am Dive-Clops, Eye-Brawl found me frozen at the bottom of the lake along with my submarine, the Dive Bomber.”
Ember asked the giant, “Is he a friend of yours?”
Eye-Brawl asked, “Remember the story I told you about my lost brother?”
The dragoness replied, “You did explain about your brother...but what does the newcomer have anything?”
Dive-Clops had a devious voice as he said, “I forgot to mention one thing…” He paused for a moment as the two companions looked in confusion as the eyeball in the diving suit revealed, “I am actually his twin brother.”
“Are you joking?!” That was said by Spike who was hovering in the air as the four noticed him. The Purple Dragon asked,
“This is the twin brother that you told us about in your story?!”
Eye-Brawl answered, “He is…” The giant soon felt his brother’s hand on his hip as Dive-Clops looked up at his twin, “I thought I would never see you again, Eye-Brawl.”
Eye-Brawl replied, “Neither did I, brother.” Dive-Clops soon did something that Eye-Brawl never expected, he raised a lower eyelid in a look saying that he was happy. Eye-Brawl asked in shock,
“Brother, you can blink?” Dive-Clops blinked a couple of times as he said, “It’s the suit that gave me the ability to blink.”
Spike lowered himself down to the shore as he inspected the Dive-Clops’ suit as he asked, “How did you get the suit?”
Dive-Clops looked at the hands and the boots of his suit before turning to the purple dragon and stated,
“After I fell into the ocean, I spent most of my time rolling on the ocean floor. I was wondering if I would keep rolling on and never be able to see my brother ever again...the thought of it really devastated me. It wasn’t until I was found by the Jelly Dwarves, a race of underwater creatures who saw me as quite unusual, being an eyeball and all. They took me back to the coral castle and they built me this suit to explore the ocean depths and with their help, they helped me build the Dive Bomber. I don’t usually use the sub very often.”
He held the small sub in his left gauntlet as he continued, “The Jelly Dwarves used a spell to shrink the sub to a small-scale version of the sub when not in use.”
Eye-Brawl asked, “I saw you emerge from the Whirlpool of Destiny.”
Dive-Clops finished, “I accidentally explored too close the whirlpool and I was frozen for a long time.”
After Eye-Brawl heard his brother’s story on how he got the suit, he couldn’t believe how far apart they became as his brother soon asked,
“So you haven’t introduced me to your friends yet, Eye-Brawl.” The giant realized this as he pointed to his friends starting with Spike, continuing on to Ember, Trail Blazer, Crash and Aku-Aku who overheard the commotion on the lake shore. Dive-Clops was also told of the world that he arrived in, the inhabitants and their mission. The eyeball in the diving suit spoke,
“If Malefor wants to make his move on this world, then we can’t allow him to succeed.”
Spike, knowing that Eye-Brawl’s twin brother will join them, “Welcome to the Fellowship, Dive-Clops. We were on our way to Griffonstone when we decided to stop for the night.” He pointed to the camp, “Our camp is just on the hill overlooking the lake. But if you two want to catch up, you'll know where to go once you are done.” With that being said, the team soon went up to camp, leaving the brothers on the lake shore as they stared at each other.
Eye-Brawl couldn’t believe that he was reunited with his brother again, after all this time. He remembered all the times they had until Dive-Clops lost his wings and Eye-Brawl wasn't fast enough. It was losing Dive-Clops which caused Eye-Brawl to battle the headless giant in the first place. The brothers had spent years apart from each other and both were sad of never seeing each other again. Until tonight, they reunited once more as Eye-Brawl said,
“You don’t know how happy I am to see you again, Dive-Clops.”
Dive-Clops nodded, “The feeling is mutual, brother.” He soon said, “After we were separated, I didn’t know where else to go besides rolling on the ocean floor. I was originally a born flyer, but I lost my wings to those pirates.”
Eye-Brawl pointed out, “You may have lost your wings, but you gained the ground in the process.” He placed his hand on his brother’s shoulder as he asked, “Remember that promise I made all those years ago?”
Dive-Clops remembered, “That you will not let anything happen to me.”
Soon enough, Eye-Brawl pulled his long-lost twin brother into a hug as Dive-Clops closed his eye in joy knowing that after so many years of isolation at the bottom of the ocean and in the whirlpool, Eye-Brawl and Dive-Clops are finally reunited once more.
Back in the Stoneshrine Islands, Blackout and his friends have been doing some work around the islands in restoring the mabu into waking up. Each area they went to, they captured a nightmare villain and sent him to a bootcamp to recover those Gem Keys in order to open the next door in the archives as the four dragons made their way to their main objective - The Stoneshrine Islands’ Temple of Waking in order to lift the Dream Sheep’s Sleep Spell.
After capturing Birdo Chesterfield and Baron Von Smashbeak, the four dragons have made their way to the entrance of the temple. Blackout spoke,
“We got to ring the bell and lift this curse on the islands.”
Blades noted, “But, you know that the Dream Sheep would be there to stop us.”
Blackout nodded, “He’s overconfident in his nature, he always tries to get ahead of his opponents.”
The four dragons entered the temple and jumped into what looked like a battle arena for a usual boss battle. In the center of the arena stood a large dragon with a dog-like feature as the rider was a familiar sheep as he looked at the four dragons that approached him and sarcastically asked,
“Well well, what have we here?”
The Sleep Dragon answered, “Um...I think those are Skylanders.” The Dream Sheep angrily said. “I can see that those are Skylanders, you dim-witted dinosaur!” He looked at Blackout, “And what a pleasant surprise to see you again, Blackout.”
Blackout replied, “Not much of a pleasant surprise to see you again. Despite the fleas in your wool that come back every time you are defeated.”
The sheep yelled, “I don’t have fleas in my wool!” He soon decided, “But so, Blackout, I suspect that you and your friends are here in a futile attempt to try and lift my sleep spell… Heheh…”
Blackout shook his head, “Not try to lift your spell...We WILL lift your spell!”
The Sheep spat, “Well that’s not going to happen!” The Sheep described his plan, “You see, like me, THE DREAM SHEEP, my plan is utterly flawless. Poetry in motion. A thing of beauty.”
Spotlight stepped in, “Yeah, I’ve seen much more things of beauty than your plan.”
The Sheep sneered, “You haven’t seen anything like mine, Spotlight! And I’m not about to let such hideous creatures like you dragons to ruin it! Understand?”
The Sleep Dragon spoke,”Oh I dunno… I like the Skylanders. I think they look awesome!”
Blades spoke, “We’re also sharp.” Echo screeched, “And Noisy!”
The Dream Sheep argued with the Sleep Dragon, “AWESOME?! Do you even know what that word means? You know what? Never mind. I’ll deal with you later.” He turned to the four dragons, “Right after I send these four packing!”
The Dream Sheep stated as the four dragons got into battle position, “Now, Spotlight, Blackout and their friends, prepare to be bested like you’ve never been bested before! And when you run from here in utter defeat,then and only then will you realize how absolutely powerless you are to stop me!”
Blackout yelled, “Don’t count the many bags of wool you have before you drop them, Ba Ba Black Sheep!”
Spotlight joined in, “We’ve defeated you before and we will do it again!”
Blades stated, “And we’re not powerless, a special friend of ours is watching over us.”
Echo added, “And believe me, you wouldn’t like to get her mad!”
The Dream Sheep laughed as he ordered the Sleep Dragon to attack as he yelled, “TAIL SLAM!!”
The Sleep Dragon slammed his tail at the four dragons as the quartet scattered across the arena, trying to attack the Dream Sheep, only for their attacks to be blocked by a barrier. Blades said,
“We can’t hurt him if he’s behind that shield! We need a way to knock him off that dragon.”
Echo asked as she dodged another tail slam attack from the Sleep Dragon, “Any ideas?!”
Blackout noticed a spiked ball on the dragon’s tail and said, “That ball on his tail. It’s infused with sleep magic, if we can use it against him, the dragon will fall asleep and the sheep would be thrown from his back! He would be vulnerable!”
Echo asked, “How!?” Blackout was going to answer until the Dream Sheep yelled, “DRAGON SQUASH!!”
The Sleep Dragon flew up into the air and slammed down onto the arena as it let out a shockwave that nearly blew the four off of the arena, But the four dragons stood strong against the Dream Sheep and his reptilian pet as the sheep yelled,
“SPIN THAT TAIL!!” The Sleep Dragon soon started to spin his tail around the arena as the four jumped over the tail. The Dream Sheep knew that it didn’t work as he soon set his sights on Blackout as he ordered the Sleep Dragon,
“SUPER SLAM THAT DRAGON - THE BLACK ONE!” The Sleep Dragon twirled its tail and slammed it down on Blackout. But the Dark Dragon used his black holes to teleport away before impact could occur. Spotlight, knowing that her friend managed to avoid it looked at the Sleep Dragon and noticed that it was struggling to get its tail out as she told the others,
“His tail is stuck! Now’s our chance!” At the moment, all four dragons attacked the Sleep Dragon’s tail as it’s ball portion broke off of it as the dragon yelped in shock as he soon began to lick his tail. The Dream Sheep yelled,
“Are you just trying to disappoint me?!” The Sleep Dragon was too distracted by his tail to heed to his master’s demands as Blackout flung the ball at the Sleep Dragon as he fell asleep, flinging the Dream Sheep onto the path, vulnerable to be attacked. As the Dream Sheep was trying to wake his dragon up, Echo and Blades were pounding him with several attacks varying from wing spike attacks to a siren screech attack which caused the Dream Sheep to scream as he tried to cover his ears to block off Echo’s voice,
“WILL SOMEBODY TURN HER OFF!!”
Blades attacked by using a cyclone swirl and shooting his wing spike into it as the blades hit the sheep as he tried so desperately to wake the Sleep Dragon and block out Echo’s voice all while being attacked by the two.
Eventually, the Sleep Dragon finally woke up as the Dream Sheep got onto his back and began to command his dragon once again as he yelled,
“SLAM THEM RIGHT ON THE HEAD!” The Sleep Dragon did a tail slam in an attempt to defeat the four dragons. But again, they dodged it as the sheep ordered the dragon,
“SQUASH THEM FAIR AND SQUARE!” They took off briefly and dropped back down to the ground to perform a shockwave attack. But this time, the four dragons were ready as they jumped over the shockwave as the Dream Sheep ordered,
“WHAT ARE YOU DOING? SPIN!!” The Sleep Dragon spun his tail and yet they avoided it once again as the Dream Sheep turned his attention towards Echo,
“MEGA SLAM THAT WATER DRAGON! THE ONE THAT CAUSES ALL OF THAT NOISE!”
The Sleep Dragon attempted a super slam on Echo, only for the dragoness to avoid it with ease as the Sleep Dragon’s tail became lodged into the ground again. This time, Blades and Echo attacked the tail, breaking off the ball portion and flinging it back to the Sleep Dragon, knocking him out and flinging the Dream Sheep off of his back and near Spotlight and Blackout.
He screamed as the Light and Dark Dragons swiped their claws, beams and wings at him as he tried to wake the Sleep Dragon as he yelled,
“WAKE UP! I’ll give you BACON…” The mention of bacon caused the Sleep Dragon to jolt himself awake as the Dream Sheep got back onto the dragon’s back as they took off. The sheep ordered,
“MINIONS! FORWARD!!” Soon enough, the Dream Sheep’s evil minions arrived to aid their master as they attempted to attack the four dragons. But in retrospect, the minions were easily dealt with by the Skylanders. And seeing his minions being defeated by the four dragon Skylanders caused the Dream Sheep and the Sleep Dragon to drop back into the ring as the sheep yelled,
“SQUASH THEM FAIR AND SQUARE!!”
The Sleep Dragon did a shockwave attack on the four as the dragons jumped over the shockwave once again. The Dream Sheep ordered the Sleep Dragon to do a tail slam in which all four have dodged which made the sheep order the dragon to do another shockwave attack, but this time he was doubling the efforts to try and stop the four dragons as they jumped over the shockwaves yet again as Blackout spoke,
“Your slave’s attacks are one-dimensional, Dream Sheep. You’re too predictable…”
The sheep yelled, “You haven’t seen predictable just yet, Blackout!” The sheep eyed Spotlight as he smiled, “But how would you like it if I picked on your girlfriend instead!”
Spotlight noticed, “Try it and you will be blinded while your wool gets shaved off!”
The Dream Sheep laughed, “That’s why I like you, Spotlight. You are much more threatening when angry. No wonder you two were always together.”
Blackout stood by Spotlight’s side, “You haven’t seen what we could accomplish together.”
The Dream Sheep yelled, “Well accomplish THIS!” He ordered the Sleep Dragon, “MEGA SLAM THAT COUPLE!”
The Sleep Dragon complied as he did a Mega Slam on the two, but the Light and Dark Dragon dodged it as Echo and Blades attacked the ball on the larger dragon’s tail, breaking it off and tossing it at him. The Sleep Dragon was knocked out once more as the Dream Sheep was flung from the dragon and landed in front of the duo of Light and Dark as he yelled,
“WAKE UP! WAKE UP!” The Sleep Dragon didn’t budge as Spotlight and Blackout began to glow as their powers began to build up to the moment that they rose up and held their wings in a closed position as their core powers reached their peak as they simultaneously said,
“FURY OF THE LIGHT AND DARK!!” The duo had opened their wings as a massive shockwave occurred as the combined powers of both elements hit the Dream Sheep. It jolted the Sleep Dragon back up as the sheep climbed onto the larger dragon’s back as the shockwaves dissipated.
The Dream Sheep basically had enough as he said, “ARRGH...Enough of this! This petty fighting isn’t worth my attention. But I warn you, Spotlight and Blackout: this is far from over!” He told the Sleep Dragon, “Come! We’re leaving!”
The Sleep Dragon asked, “Aw, but I thought we were having fun. Especially with that light show that they put on.” The Dream Sheep retorted, “Well you were wrong. WRONG I say! Now FLY!!”
The Dream Sheep and his dragon escaped as the grate they were standing on had opened. Rising from the lava surrounding the arena was what the four dragons have been looking for - The Bell of Waking. Blades and Echo approached Spotlight and Blackout as Blades asked,
“Was...was that a Fury Wave!?” Blackout nodded, “Just something that occurs when we are side-by-side. But yes, that was a Fury Wave.”
Echo was impressed, “None of my soundwaves could pull off that feat.”
Spotlight nodded, “We did learn this due to all the times we spent together.” Blackout soon noticed the bell, “Anyway we made it to the bell, one ring and the Stoneshrine Islands will wake up.”
Blackout approached the bell, curled up into his spiked ball form and threw himself at the bell as he bounced off of it as it rang after he impacted the bell. After that, the four saw several rings of light that radiated off of the bell. The four knew that the first bell is already waking up the mabu that were affected by the sleep curse. The four dragons cheered knowing that one of the bells is rung and only two more remain.
Meanwhile outside of the temple, circling the islands was the Dream Sheep and his dragon as the sheep looked in anger as the bell’s power was radiating from the island. The Sleep Dragon was amused by the energy,
“Whoa, look at the pretty lights.” Soon enough, he fell asleep in mid-air as the dragon and sheep dropped like a stone for a few seconds until the sheep woke him up as the angry sheep said,
“Just keep flying you lombardic lizard. Blackout and his friends may have rung that accursed bell in the first Tower of Waking…” The Dream Sheep had a sinister grin on his face, “But if I know Blackout, he would know that they are not done. But if that gargoyle-like dragon thinks that he and his friends have beaten me so easily like last time, he is sorely mistaken. HAHAHAHAHAHA!”
The Dream Sheep and the Sleep Dragon flew back to their hideout as he prepared for his next training session with the Nightmare Villains and be prepared if the four dragons make their next move for the next bell.
Author's Note
The first bell has rung and the Dream Sheep is angry about it. Blackout and his friends now have to locate the other two bells and ring them in order to fully lift the curse. Meanwhile Eye-Brawl has finally reunited with his twin brother, Dive-Clops.
After ringing the first bell of waking, Baron Von Smashbeak infiltrated the boot camp and retrieved the Gem Key under the Dream Sheep’s nose. Once the heroes have returned to the archives, the gem was placed back into the door it belonged to. The door spoke with a tone knowing that it’s been doing this for some time,
“Thank you, I suppose. I didn’t think you had it in you, Blackout and to you as well Spotlight. To show our gratitude, we give you access to this part yadda yadda. Enter.”
The door opened as the four dragons approached the portal that will take them to another area that the second bell of waking resides. But next to the portal was a sleeping librarian that suddenly jolted awake by their presence. The librarian spoke,
“Good morning, Skylanders. What a pleasant surprise that you and Spotlight are back in the archives, Blackout. Would you like to share some tea?”
Blackout shook his head, “Not really, but where did the tea come from?” The librarian stated, “I brought it back from Cloudburst Keys.”
Spotlight remembered that place, “Cloudburst Keys is known for their tea. The monks grow the tea herbs at…”
Blackout finished, “The Monastery of Waking! That’s where the second bell is!”
The librarian pointed to the portal, “I can see that you want to get to the monastery. If you use this portal behind me, it can take you to Cloudburst Keys.”
Blackout nodded as he said, “Thanks for the tip.” He turned to the three dragons with him, “Come on guys, let’s get to Cloudburst Keys!” The four dragons jumped into the portal that lead them to their destination.
When they arrived at Cloudburst Keys, they noticed that the winds were too strong for them to fly to the monastery. Princess Luna appeared to inform them as she said,
“I can see that the winds are too strong to fly to the temple. You will have to go on foot to reach the temple.”
Blades nodded, “You got it, your highness.” Luna warned, “But be careful, the Dream Sheep has his evil elves patrolling the Windy Pass. A Nightmare Elf is leading this faction of elves in the pass. From what we can see is that he’s an expert marksman.”
Blackout shuddered, “Bobbin Rood.”
Luna asked, “Someone you know?” Blackout nodded, “Bobbin is the only expert marksman from the Dream World that I know of.”
Luna nodded, “Be safe, Skylanders. And know that we will be watching your progress.”
The Lunar Alicorn vanished as the four dragons progressed into the pass. They came across a mabu that stated that it’s windy because the mountains eat too many beans. They paid no mind to that statement as they started to make their way to the pass when suddenly a Nightmare Drow Archer appeared in front of the four. This was the archer that Blackout knew about as the archer said,
“Long time no see, Blackout!”
The dragon replied, “Bobbin Rood, we meet again!”
The archer pointed, “You may have stopped me before I could fire a single shot last time. But this time you and your friends will tremble in fear. For I do not miss!” The archer vanished as the four dragons decided to go after him. Spotlight had to use her beam attacks to take down a few chompies and a Drow Witch as the four made it to a bounce pad and sprung towards the next area of the pass.
In the next area showed a Traptanium Deposit, a blocked gate and two drow guarding the gate. Echo went to work by using her siren scream attack on one of the drow while Blackout flew to the drow on the far side near the gate and whipped his wings at the evil-doer. Spotlight flagged the crystal deposit for a Trap Master to destroy and harvest while the four dragons destroyed the gate and progressed on.
When they reached the next area of the pass which was near where they started from, much to their annoyance, the four dragons fought several drow and hopped across several platforms with ease as they were nearly blown over the edge by wind statues scattered all over the pass. But when they reached the end of those platforms, they saw a nightmare page which contains information on their archer friend. Blackout took the page and read,
“Armed with his magic bow, Bobbin Rood could fire an arrow so accurately that he can shoot the middle out of a gold piece thrown high in the air and have it rain down change.”
Blades noticed, “Sounds like he’s a really skilled archer.”
Blackout added, “An archer that could give Flameslinger a run for his money.” After they sent the page to Luna, the four dragons jumped up the steps while avoiding the wind that was blown from the totems. They defeated two Drow Lance Masters that were guarding a puzzle door, so Echo solved the puzzle and opened the door to a bounce pad which sprung them to another area of the Windy Pass.
In the next area, there was a bounce pad which led up to a ledge and it was guarded by three drow, two Lance Masters and a Witch. Blackout looked at the enemies and then back to his friends as he told Blades,
“Cyclone Swirl those Lance Masters, Blades!” Blades unleashed his Cyclone Swirl and flung it at the two drow, getting them caught in the cyclone. Blackout spoke to Echo,
“Echo, give them a good shriek.”
The Dragoness unleashed her siren scream on the trapped drow and flung them into the witch as Blackout and Spotlight finished them off with spiked-ball and gold ring strike.
After dealing with those drow, the four dragons reached the bounce pad and made it to the upper level as they saw a battle gate appear and Bobbin Rood overlooking their arena as he yelled,
“Go away, Blackout! You’re not wanted here!”
The Nightmare Drow Archer shot his arrows into the air, heading towards the dragons. But Blackout shouted, “SCATTER!”
The dragons separated as they began to dodge Bobbin’s arrows from hitting them. But his arrows weren’t the only things to worry about, it was the enemies that were assisting him. Blades charged at the enemies while avoiding the arrows as he used his bladed wings to take a witch down while Echo uses her siren scream on a lance master. Blackout used his spiked ball strike on another lance master while Spotlight finished it off with a few gold rings and her beam attack. The battle gates crumbled as Bobbin Rood realized that he missed every shot… a big blow to his ego,
“Wait? What? How? NO!!”
Blackout stated, “We may not be wanted, but we are clearly needed.”
Bobbin Rood retreated as the group moved on to get through the pass. After they made up the floating platforms to another battle gate, there were more enemies in their path, but Spotlight moved in and dealt with them as the other three stared in disbelief until the battle gate lowered. But on the right of the battle gate, there was a locked gate which required a key to open it.
The four spotted a sleeping mabu just beyond the open battle gate. They made their way to the mabu and woke him up. The mabu was rubbing his eyes out as he said,
“I know you guys saw that locked gate down there, did you?” Blackout spoke, “Yeah, we did.”
The mabu pulled out the key, “And I seem to have the key in my pocket. But if you beat me in a game of Skystones, I’ll give you the key to the gate.”
Blackout had no choice but to accept the mabu’s offer decided to play Skystones. The game was quick and Blackout came out on top. As promised, the mabu gave the dragon the key to the gate and unlocked it as the dragons progressed on.
After jumping up the floating platforms, they fought a few chompies and two drow archers when they came across another locked gate as they spotted the key being guarded by a small batch of drow soldiers and a drow witch. Blackout looked at the drow guarding the key and back to his friends as he said,
“Let’s sprint this. Follow my lead and take each one down.”
The three dragons nodded, “Got it!” On Blackout’s signal, all four dragons sprinted through the evil elves as each dragon took down one drow soldier at a time before doing an all out attack on the drow witch and took her down. They retrieved the key in the process and made their way back to the gate.
After opening the gate, they saw a corridor with wind totems blowing a powerful wind that would knock them off of the ledge. So the dragons had to time their movements with the two totems when they stop blowing. But the first thing that the need to do is to get past the barricade that is in their path. After the first totem stopped, the four dragons charged through and cleared the first totem before it started to blow again. After destroying the barricade, they waited for the second totem to stop before moving onward through the path and towards the bounce pad that took them to another area of the Windy Pass.
After jumping across a few rotating platforms and taking down a drow archer, they came to a large structure with ice along the path and overlooking them from above was Bobbin Rood, not too happy that they dodged his arrows the first time as he looked at the four dragons,
“You four are really annoying me!”
Blackout asked, “Is it because we tarnished your record on never missing a shot?”
Bobbin yelled, “Shut up, Blackout!” Spotlight added, “We fought you and defeated you before you even had a chance to let off a single arrow.”
The nightmare drow yelled again, “I said SHUT UP!” He was soon irritated as he yelled, “I won’t miss this time!”
He soon shot three arrows into the air as the dragons rushed forward to avoid the arrows and keep themselves on the slippery ice since the wind totems on the icy path would blow them off. Getting through the pass while somebody is firing arrows at you is always a challenge, but it wasn’t a problem with four dragons of Air, Water, Light and Dark. Blades dealt with the two drow archers that were on the side while Blackout used a bounce pad to jump to Bobbin’s level as the dragon said,
“Surprise Knife-Ears!”
The Nightmare Drow Archer yelled, “Wait! I dropped my shoe!!” He leapt to another area to find his ‘shoe’ while the others met Blackout on the upper level as Blades asked,
“Did he really drop his shoe?” Spotlight shook her head, “He was probably embarrassed that we got through his barrage once again.”
Echo noticed a pedestal, “Guys, there’s another Nightmare Page!”
The others noticed as they went to the pedestal as Blades took the page and read it,
“Raised by a tribe of elf hunters, Bobbin started shooting a bow at the age of two. Then he got his first pair of tights.”
The dragon skylanders were shocked by this as Blades said, “I can’t believe that he started shooting a bow when he was only two.”
Blackout noticed, “He even got his first pair of tights at the age of two.”
Spotlight nodded, “An elf in tights...at least we’ll be the ones to put out his lights.” Soon enough, they sent the page to Luna as the jumped down to the path and moved on to the teleporter. It sent them to another area of the pass where they fought more of the Dream Sheep’s drow forces, jumped the floating platforms and surprisingly found another Nightmare Page...which was fast since they got the second one just minutes ago.
Spotlight read the page, “It’s been said that Bobbin was so focused on his training that, for a time, his bow was his only companion.”
Blades noticed, “That sounds like dedication if you ask me.”
Blackout nodded, “Being so focused on training and not having time for companionship for a time until the Dream Sheep’s first move on the waking world using the dragon clan.”
Echo noticed, “I bet he must’ve made friends with his fellow Nightmare Villains after that.”
Spotlight soon sent the page to Luna as they hopped onto the floating platform, dodged a wind totem, hopped onto another platform, nearly dodging a falling lance master and fighting a group of drow to get to the bounce pad on the other side of the bridge.
They soon sprung to the final area of the pass which had wind totems and the exit portal beyond. But standing in the way of the four dragon skylanders was Bobbin Rood as he pointed to the four,
“Now you are my targets, Skylanders!” Bobbin shot three arrows into the air as the four scattered to avoid the arrows and the wind so they don’t get blown off. Spotlight shot her golden rings in the arena and used her eye beams to link with each ring and connect it straight to the archer as it hit him several times.
Bobbin noticed her and shot five arrows at her which caused the dragoness to dodge them. Blades used a Cyclone Swirl and shot his swords in the swirl and directed them to the archer as Bobbin was hit with several attacks from the swirl.
Echo fired a water bubble filled with noise as it hit the archer, the loud noise from the bubble caused him to cover his ears as he screamed,
“AHH, WHO TURNED ON THE LOUDSPEAKERS!!?”
Blackout whipped his wings at the archer, fired his shadow balls and used his black hole teleportation to attack him on both sides.
Bobbin fell to his knees as he looked up to the four dragons and asked, “Are you guys done?”
Echo looked up, “She still has to have her turn.”
Bobbin asked, “She?” Soon enough, a thump of magic occurred as Bobbin realized who ‘She’ is as he said,
“Uh oh!” He looked up as a vortex opened as it began to suck him in. He was trying to escape, but it was too much for him and he screamed as he flew into the vortex as it closed up. Luna appeared in a hologram as the crystal containing Bobbin appeared as well,
“You have done well, Skylanders. With the capture of Bobbin Rood, you have made it through the Windy Pass.”
Blackout replied as he slightly bowed his head, “We do our best, Princess Luna.”
Bobbin Rood soon spoke from the crystal, “The Dream Roaming Alicorn of the Night, Princess Luna? You’re the ‘She’ that Echo was referring to?”
Luna looked at her captive, “Yes, I am, Bobbin Rood. Now I want you to listen...Will you use your years of archery training for good instead of evil?”
The archer was quivering in his tights since Luna asked him to join them, gathering up his courage in front of the buzz of the Dream Realm, he replied, “Okay, I accept your offer. My bow is at your service, your highness.”
After they faded, the four dragons jumped into the exit portal and got through the Windy Pass.
Meanwhile at Cloudcracker Base, the base had received a visit from one of the new Superchargers that was recruited by Celestia. The Supercharger was a pink female faun, she carried what looked like a staff in the shape of a paintbrush as she looked around and headed for the library of the base. As soon as she arrived at the library of the base, she started searching through every book with no results.
She looked at one book, “No.” She placed it back and took out another, still she had a sad look on her face, “No, not this one.”
She reached out for another book and hoped to find what she was looking for, only to have that disappointed look on her face. She put the book back as she said,
“That’s not it either…” The faun sighed, “There’s gotta be something on her.”
The faun was frustrated since there were no results of what she was looking for. Fortunately, Twilight noticed the Supercharger’s frustration as she asked,
“Excuse me, are you that Supercharger that the Princess recruited?”
The faun nodded, “Yes I am. I’m Splat in case you are wondering.” The unicorn nodded, “Nice to meet you, Splat. I’m Twilight Sparkle, I’m an observer here in the base. I’m only here to study the base’s construction and the day to day operations.” The unicorn decided to ask, “What brings you to the base’s library?”
Splat explained, “I was trying to find details on one of the members of the Inner Council.”
Twilight asked, “Which one are you looking for?” The faun answered, “A faun named Gaia, she was a defender of nature and the planet during the war. Last time that I’ve heard of her were only stories of the original members, Gaia included.”
Twilight asked, “Why do you want to know about her?” Splat rubbed the back of her neck before saying, “Well it’s kind of hard to explain it but, she’s my mother and my father has told stories about her very often. Then came to when he talked about her death with a sad expression, she faced several apes and summoned the full extent of her abilities. Despite the many apes that she slain, she also took some hits from the enemy until the battle ended. Every ape was slain and Gaia died due to her injuries. Afterwards, her Traptanium Bracelet which was crafted by the First Trap Master himself, vanished. I’ve been wanting to find out about her and what her plans were before she passed.”
Snap Shot entered the room as he overheard the conversation and realized, “I’ve been listening to your conversation and trust me on this. Gaia was known for never leaving her documents in a library. To her, it would be too easy for the enemy to find.”
Splat noticed the crocogator and asked, “If she didn’t leave it in a library, than where could she have left her stories and tales?”
Snap Shot remembered, “Your mother was always the secretive one of the council. She would speak of sending her plans to the neighboring world so that it could be safe from the apes. She would always explain it to me about such things, keeping it hidden from Drago. I’d always right her off as too stuck in her research until one day...she succeeded.”
Cloudcracker Prison, Malefor’s Conflict.
At Cloudcracker Prison, Snap Shot ran to Gaia’s room to find a flash of light and all of her plans disappearing before his eyes. The crocogator looked and saw the faun herself with a green and purple glow in her hands as she sighed,
“Finally, they’re safe,..”
Snap Shot asked, “Gaia, what was that?”
Gaia replied, “I found a place where I could send my scrolls and my plans, so they would never get harmed by the apes.” The crocogator asked, “Where?”
The faun motioned him to follow her to the map room as she used her abilities as the map of their world shifted into another world’s map. Gaia described,
“I didn’t want any of my plans to fall into the hands of those apes. So I decided to send them to Equis, our neighboring world.”
Snap Shot asked, “But aren’t you afraid that the locals would find your plans?”
Gaia shook her head, “I made some adjustments on where to send it specifically.” She pointed to an area near the local village which is a dark forested area as a green dot started to glow, “This forest is largely feared by the locals. They say that it has odd magical effects to it unless they know how to navigate it.”
The faun zoomed in on the image as a rotting castle was in view, “This was a very secluded area in the forest. The ruins of this castle suggested either a battle or the previous owners left this castle to rot away and have the forest take it.”
Snap Shot asked, “But what would happen if anyone actually braved that forest and reached the castle?”
Gaia looked down at the map and then up to Snap Shot, “It’s - kinda hard to explain this…” The croc folded his arms, “Enlighten me.”
The faun decided to admit, “It’s about a dream that I had...about my daughter. In this dream, my daughter was grown up and trying to discover information on me. I didn’t know if what I saw was a dream or a vision, but Splat was standing before my stash in the castle ruins.”
Snap Shot unfolded his arms, “Drago would’ve said along the lines of it being a vision of the future which caused you to see her find your stash on that world. It may also mean that we would be on that world sometime in the future.”
Gaia chuckled, “Drago is always the one with the knowledge.” Snap Shot shrugged, “Not always, Phoenix and I tend to pitch in every hour and then.”
Gaia understood, “Either way, that dream was the reason why I sent my supplies there.”
Snap Shot approached the faun, “Whatever happens in the future, only one of us would still be around.”
Snap shot finished his story about Gaia as Splat realized,
“She sent her supplies here!?”
Snap Shot nodded, “And after I did a quick survey of the area, she sent them to a rotting castle in the Everfree Forest.”
Twilight remembered, “The Castle of the Sisters! Gaia’s plans are there?!”
Snap Shot looked at the unicorn, “Surprised that a place where you and your friends made your stand against Nightmare Moon and met Jet-Vac also had the hidden documents on my colleague.”
Splat, determined to find her mother’s scrolls said, “We need to get to that castle as quickly as possible!”
Twilight warned, “The Everfree Forest is full of dangerous creatures and magical anomalies that are unexplainable to even myself.” She soon brought her gear, “That’s why I’m going with you two.”
Snap Shot asked, “Hoping to study Gaia’s scrolls?”
Twilight replied, “No, My friends and I went through there twice to reach the castle so I’ll need to guide you through and plus a certain pilot pulled the wrong lever to my lab last week.”
*Flashback*
Flynn came into the Library and said, “To be honest, Twilight. That stallion that had the cement dumped on him wasn’t my fault. The guy thought he’d be taking a shortcut by walking by my treehouse while I was putting in a path to the treehouse.”
Twilight looked at the pilot and asked, “And why type of cement were you using?”
Flynn replied, “It was a shatter-proof quick-drying cement!” The unicorn facehooved, “That stuff would require a more alchemical touch to be removed!” She pointed her hoof towards her closet,
“TO THE SECRET LAB!”
The pilot and unicorn entered the closet as two levers stood before them. Twilight simply ordered the pilot,
“Pull the Lever, Flynn.”
He did and the floor underneath her gave way as she dropped down the trapdoor screaming, “WRONG LEVER!!!”
Flynn looked down the trapdoor as a splashing sound was heard as he said, “Uh oh.”
The closet door opened up as a soaked Twilight walked in with an alligator biting her tail as she facehooved,
“Why do I even have that lever?!” She kicked her backhooves at the gator as the reptile ran off barking like a dog. She soon pulled the correct lever as the wall spins and flings them onto a coaster cart. The lap bar came down as the speaker said,
“Please remain seated and keep your hooves inside the cart at all times.”
The coaster started as Flynn cheered while waving his hands in the air. He cheered,
“WAHOO!! FASTER, FASTER!!” He shouted to Twilight, “TWILIGHT, PUT YOUR HOOVES IN THE AIR!” He cheered for a while until the cart came to a stop and they landed on the floor of Twilight’s secret lab, equipped in Secret Lab equipment as they did a fist/hoof bump before going to work.
*Flashback Ends*
Snap Shot and Splat soon understood her reasons for joining them through the Everfree Forest, not only because she trekked there before. Although the part with the gator seemed kinda harsh, Snap Shot asked,
“When did you keep a gator underneath the library?” He was curious of his lesser-evolved cousin being in that library. Twilight sighed,
“Well, I thought I would need him in case of an intruder. But apparently, there was no use of the gator so I sent him to Fluttershy’s.”
Splat understood as she said, “At least we know why.” The faun looked out towards the horizon and saw the Everfree in the distance as she said, “We should get into the Everfree and find my mother’s scrolls.”
They now agreed as the trio left the base and went into the forest.
Meanwhile back at Cloudburst Keys, the four dragons have managed to reach the Monastery of Waking to ring the second bell and wake up the inhabitants of the Cloudburst Keys. But as they reached the bell chamber, they only saw an ‘old friend’ of their’s blocking the bell. The Dream Sheep looked at the Sleep Dragon and said,
“You incompetent fool! I told you to land gently this time!”
The Sleep Dragon realized as he replied, “What - oh, sorry. I thought you said I was “landed gentry”. Hehe. Silly.”
The sheep, although frustrated with his ‘pet’ turned to the four dragons and said, “And all of YOU! Did you actually think that you could just go around ringing bells and I wouldn’t stop you?”
Blackout shook his head, “We knew that you would try to stop us. So showing yourself is a perfect opportunity to show us what you're made of.”
Spotlight added, “After Stoneshrine Islands, we weren’t impressed.”
The Dream Sheep stated, “Well this time would be different since I won’t lose to the likes of you four again!” He threatened, “Now - quake helplessly in your ridiculous boots, Blackout and Spotlight! Because now, you face - THE DREAM SHEEP!”
Blades asked, “And what are me and Echo? Chopped Liver!”
The sheep growled at the air dragon’s question until the Sleep Dragon decided to act smart, “Uh… not to put too fine a point on it, but dragons don’t wear any boots. They can’t possibly quake in boots anyway. And Blades is wearing a set of armor while Echo wears bracers and headphones…”
The sheep shouted, “Quiet you! It doesn’t matter what each dragon is wearing! It was just an expression! Now - ATTACK!”
The Sleep Dragon obeyed as he slammed his tail right onto the four dragons. But they scattered before impact.
The Dream Sheep ordered, “There is no escape! SQUASH THE SKYLANDERS!” The Sleep Dragon did his shockwave attack which the four dragons dodged successfully.
The Dream Sheep spotted Blades and ordered the Sleep Dragon, “Use a Mega Slam on the Armored Dragon!”
The large dragon twirled his tail before bringing it down on Blades, only for Echo’s Siren Scream to knock the yellow ball off of the tip. The Sleep Dragon whimpered as he licked his tail while the Dream Sheep asked,
“Are you TRYING to disappoint me!?”
Echo flung the yellow orb at the large lizard as he fell asleep, flinging the Dream Sheep off of him. The sheep unfortunately landed in front of the two dragons as he was soon pelted by loud screams, cyclone swirls and swords that nearly sheared his wool off. He yelled at the down dragon,
“WAKE UP! I’ll give you BACON…” The mention of bacon instantly woke the large dragon as the sheep got onto his pet and shouted as they took off,
“Minions! CHARGE!!”
Soon enough, several elves and chompies showed up as the dragons decided, “Princess Luna, send in Olaf Crushersson!”
At that instant, the Nightmare Goliath Drow joined in the battle as he charged a group of drow and chompies while the dragons took another group. Once both groups were done, Olaf yelled,
“Break Time!” He soon vanished in a flash of light before the dragons heard the Dream Sheep yell,
“DRAGON SQUASH!” The Sleep Dragon slammed onto the ground sending out shockwaves at least three times until the sheep saw that they didn’t hit his intended targets. He yelled, “COME ON, SLAM THEM!”
The Sleep Dragon did a tail slam which almost hit Blackout as the Dream Sheep yelled, “YOU ALMOST HAD HIM! DO IT AGAIN!”
As the dragon attempted to do another strike, he was soon hit by a water orb filled with light, sounds and swords as the Sleep Dragon thrashed around as the noise was basically a children’s lullaby until he fell asleep, flinging the Dream Sheep in front of Blackout as he was confused on how it got through his shield until Blackout used several wing whips and shadow attacks on the sheep as he tried to wake the Sleep Dragon up.
The lullaby had the Sleep Dragon in a deep sleep as the Dream Sheep looked at Blackout, “You had something to do with this, didn’t you?!”
Blackout kept vigilant, “It wasn’t me, the attack was hers.” He pointed to Echo, who sported a blue aura around her. The Sheep now looked frightened at the water dragoness as she said,
“I think it’s time to make some noise loud enough to wake your pet.”
The sheep could only watch as Echo rose up into the air as several music notes formed around her until it reached its peak. Soon enough, her eyes began to glow blue as she said in a voice that sounded like many,
“Fury of the Sound Dragon’s Legacy!”
She soon let out a shockwave of sound as it rippled throughout the temple. It hit the Dream Sheep and woke the Sleep Dragon as the sheep was struggling to cover his ears until he got back onto the dragon as Echo’s Fury Wave subsided.
The four dragons knew that this was a victory for them and a defeat for the Dream Sheep as the Sleep Dragon realized,
“Oh I get it now, you are trying to confuse them.”
That got the four dragons silently questioning his statement while the Dream Sheep asked, “UGH… What?”
The large dragon stated, “Yeah. You’re showing the Skylanders “who is boss” by losing to them. Hehehe. I must say, that’s very clever of you. I never would’ve guessed that… hehe… but I guess I did.” He noticed the sheep’s face changing color, “Um… why are you turning purple like that?”
The Dream Sheep silently answered with a fury, “I… Like… Purple.” And comes the furious sheep, “AND I’M LEAVING! But this isn’t over, Blackout and friends! Not by a long shot. And remember, I have spies everywhere!”
Blackout chuckled, “You’re not the only one.”
The Sleep Dragon was amazed, “OOOOH, spies… Awesome!” The Dream Sheep yelled, “Quiet you! Now FLY!”
The duo took off as Spotlight rang the bell of waking as it’s magical energies surged through the temple and all over Cloudburst Keys.
Meanwhile outside the temple, the Sleep Dragon set down for a nap until the bell’s energy woke him up,
“What? Oh is it breakfast time already? Can I have some bacon?”
The Dream Sheep, furious of his defeat said, “The only thing I’m serving up is a double-helping of Defeat from those miserable Dragon Skylanders...especially Blackout! Now get me out of here!”
The sheep climbed onto the Dragon as he said, “Aww, but I really like bacon.” After that, they flew back to their hideout.
Back in Equestria, the trio consisting of Splat, Snap Shot and Twilight had traversed the Everfree Forest and reached the Castle ruins.Upon entering the castle, the Supercharger soon felt a presence in her mind. A voice that’s calling for her, this was noticed by the unicorn,
“Splat, are you okay?”
The faun replied as she gripped her mother’s amulet, the symbol of the Life Element which Splat keeps around her neck as a memento of her mother even though her element is Magic, “I just got a feeling that I’m hearing something in my head...something that could lead us to the scrolls.”
Twilight realized, “So we’ll follow you.” The faun nodded as she looked around the castle, “This castle was where you first saw a Skylander, right?”
Twilight nodded, “Jet-Vac fought Nightmare Moon in this castle to buy us time to reach the Elements of Harmony.”
The trio entered a room in the castle that showed a bed that hasn’t been used in years until Twilight used her magic to see if anything was important about this bed besides using it to sleep. She realized,
“This was Jet-Vac’s bed! He must’ve used this bed when he first took up residence in the castle.” She noticed how it was in alignment with the window, “He must’ve had a perfect view of the Everfree’s canopy.”
Snap Shot chuckled, “Good old, Jet-Vac."
They left Jet-Vac’s old room as they made their way to the throne room where the Mane 6 took their stand against their long-destroyed adversary. It was upon reaching the throne room when the voice in Splat’s head became more constant as she heard it say,
“You’re close.”
“It’s underneath the throne.” Soon enough, the amulet started to glow green as it pointed forward, Snap Shot realized,
“Gaia’s amulet is now pointing to the scrolls’ location!”
Splat noticed, “Underneath the throne…” Snap Shot asked, “How did Gaia’s scrolls end up underneath the throne?”
Twilight hypothesized, “Magical barrier, maybe? Hidden under magical lock and key is more likely.”
That’s when it hit the faun, “Key?” She looked at the amulet, “KEY!” She charged up to the throne and searched around looking for something that would be a proverbial keyhole.
It wasn’t until she noticed a startling accumulation of dust covering a hole. Splat used her magic paintbrush to wipe away the dust to reveal a hole in the shape of three leaves in the shape of an eight-pointed star - the same symbol that Gaia’s amulet is shaped after. Seeing this, Splat removed the amulet and placed it into the slo - that’s when it all happened. The area around the keyhole began to glow as the faun stepped back.
Splat, Twilight and Snap Shot could only watch as something began to rise up from the floor. It wasn’t some hidden creature that was beneath the castle, it was a chest with the emblem showing three shards of Traptanium. They recognized this as the emblem of the Trap Team. As soon as the light faded, Splat approached the chest and opened it, revealing several documents and scrolls from the Trap Master Gaia, her mother. Splat looked at her companions as she said in joy,
“These are my mother’s scrolls!”
Twilight and Snap Shot approached the chest as they saw the pieces of parchment and supplies belonging to Splat’s mother. Twilight felt giddy as a filly on Hearth’s Warming Morning while Snap Shot looked shocked after seeing this stuff once again. The unicorn spoke,
“We have to study these scrolls…” She looked at Splat, “With your permission since it's your mother’s and by right, it's yours now.”
The faun nodded as she looked up and saw snow falling down, “Not out here, but back at the base.”
Snap Shot responded, “Good choice.”
Meanwhile on the outskirts of the Griffon city of Griffonstone, Spike and his fellowship of Trail Blazer, Eye-Brawl, Princess Ember, Crash Bandicoot, Aku-Aku and Dive-Clops were in the final stretch to reaching the city. Spike pointed,
“Well, there's Griffon Ridge, Griffonstone is on the other side.”
Eye-Brawl nodded, “Once we get the griffons to help us, we can go home and prepare.”
Ember told Spike, “You know when I first met you I thought you were crazy to get the dragons to help the ponies. But now it seems that I was wrong about you.”
Spike replied to the Dragon Lord-To-Be, “I do my best, remember my training and what I’m fighting to protect.”
Crash said an unintelligible sentence that Ak-Aku translated, “He is saying that of all the times that he was saving our world from Dr. Cortex, he knows what he's trying to protect. He protects the world, his friends, his sister Coco and his adopted brother Crunch who he freed from Cortex’s control during the Elemental Incident.”
Spike asked, “Does he ever consider you like a father to him?”
The mask chuckled, “To be honest, I consider Crash, Coco and Crunch as my children. When I first met Crash, he was trying to rescue his friend, Tawna from Dr. Cortex. He was trying to get back to Cortex Castle to rescue her. I saw determination to get her out and put an end to Cortex’s scheme. But after we discovered that Crash had a sister that was also put under Cortex’s Evolvo-Ray and used as a backup in case his test with Tawna failed...I decided to take both Crash and Coco in after stopping Cortex.”
The bandicoot did a thumbs up as they continued up the ridge. When they were about to reach the top, Trail Blazer decided to introduce the city,
“Well we reached our destination, so I present to you, the griffon city of…” He abruptly stopped as he laid eyes on the city before them. And what they saw was horrible.
“Oh no…” silently said by Trail Blazer as the group watched the whole city at war
Author's Note
Well things are going well for the four dragons since they rang the second bell of waking. Not so well for Spike's group when they found Griffonstone under attack from Malefor's army. Will the four dragons ring the third bell and stop the Dream Sheep? Will Spike and his friends save Griffonstone before it is too late? Find out on the next exciting chapter of Skylanders X MLP!
At the archives, the four dragons have succeeded in ringing two of the three bells of waking. Wiggleworth was impressed by their skills as he said,
“I am impressed, Skylanders. You four have fought the Dream Sheep twice at the temples of waking and got passed him to ring the two bells.”
Blackout nodded, “But it’s too soon for celebrating just yet. We still have one bell to ring and the curse would be lifted.”
The Head Librarian pointed to the recently opened door and said, “There is another portal in that door as well as a sleeping mabu. He will tell you the location of the last bell of waking.”
Echo spoke, “You can count on us.”
Soon enough, the four dragons entered the door and across the bridge to reach the mabu. As soon as the four approached him, the mabu stirred as he sprung awake. He noticed the four dragons as he rubbed his eyes,
“Yawn! Hello! I was afraid that this sleep curse would be bad for business! Do you need anything, Skylanders?”
Spotlight spoke, “As a matter of fact, we are looking for a bell of waking in order to lift this curse.”
The mabu replied, “A Bell of Waking, you say? Well if there ever is such a thing, it would surely be in the Palace of Waking in Tradewind Isles.”
Blackout remembered, “The Tradewind Isles...those were my old stomping grounds when the Dream Weavers summoned me!”
The mabu realized, “Wait...you’re Blackout aren’t you?!” The dark dragon nodded as the mabu basically bounced in excitement, “You are a legend in Tradewind Isles! Your stand against the Nightmare Villains was legendary!”
Blackout was speechless until Echo spoke, “Now’s not the time for his autograph, what we really need is to get to the Tradewind Isles and ring that bell.”
The mabu recomposed himself as he pointed to the portal, “You can use this portal to get to the islands. Once you reach Sunny Harbor you will be able to make your way to the palace.”
Blackout nodded as he turned to his friends, “How about it, guys? You feel like kicking that ball of wool and ringing the last bell?”
The three dragons nodded as they were looking forward to lifting this curse. All four dragons began running into the portal to Tradewind Islands to lift this curse once and for all.
Meanwhile on the outskirts of Griffonstone, the six heroes could only watch in horror as the grublins laid waste to the griffon city. Spike couldn’t believe it as he read of the courageousness of the griffons,
“Of all the books I read about them, even seeing Sonic Boom in action even though she’s from Skylands, I always thought that Griffonstone was untouchable even when it was in ruins before the attack.”
Eye-Brawl spoke, “The grublins caught them by surprise as did the Dragon Lands.”
Ember felt the sting of familiarity upon looking at the city at war, “This was just like home...caught by surprise, monsters attacking everything in their path…” She felt her Supercharger power boiling, “These beasts have attacked another land, another kingdom and another population.”
Aku-Aku spoke, “This great evil has struck again. But we need to stop this attack as soon as possible!”
Trail Blazer remembered something, “The Doomlanders…”
Dive-Clops asked, “Doomlanders?”
Spike realized, “The Doomlanders were supposed to be Kaos’ creations and Malefor got a hold of them. And so far, every attack that we stopped...was led by a Doomlander!”
Dive-Clops finished, “Like a commanding unit. Take out the commander and the others will fall apart!”
Crash did a gesture which pretty much said, “Well let’s get in there and take out that Doomlander before the grublins completely destroy the city!”
The others agreed with the bandicoot as they made their way down the ridge towards the city. It was about halfway when Spike began to sense something. It felt like something was coming right towards them. Until he looked up to see an aerial pursuit going on, his movements caused the others to pause as they saw the pursuit. It turns out that a group of Grublin Wyverns have broken off from the main attack force to chase one down one of the griffons. She was a female griffon with an arctic bluish gray coat, arctic bluish and cyanish gray head with light cornflower bluish gray chin and light cyanish gray markings. Her wings were Dark azureish gray while her talons were brilliant gold. Thanks to Spike’s keen eyesight, he managed to see a look of fright in the griffon’s turquoise eyes as the wyverns pursued her.
Spike said, “She needs our help!” He looked at the only unicorn and dragoness in his group, “You two are with me, we’re going to give her a hand.”
Trail Blazer’s Fire Wings appeared while Ember unfolded her wings as they took off with Spike. The Fire Unicorn asked as the three went after the wyverns,
“Any ideas?” Spike stated, “We’ll give them something else to chase. You and I will create a diversion which would draw the pursuing wyverns off of her while Ember takes down the wyverns.”
Ember spoke, “Are you going to help me out?”
Spike nodded, “After we know that the griffon is safe, we’ll join in.”
The dragoness understood as she followed behind as Spike yelled, “LET’S GO!” Spike and Trail Blazer sped passed the Wyverns by getting into their faces, which made the three creatures decide to go after them.
As the wyverns chased the dragon and fire unicorn, the griffon stopped, realizing that she wasn’t being chased. When she came to it, she noticed her pursuers chasing their new targets. She soon noticed an explosion in the city as several of those creatures were being tossed into the air and shot with what looked like a torpedo. She soon looked at her former pursuers as they were soon shot down by her rescuers...one of whom she knew about, but never thought to see in the flesh,
“No way! The Purple Dragon...In Griffonstone?”
The Dragon was joined by the Fire Unicorn and a Dragoness as they began to clear the skies of those creatures. The griffon soon looked back at the battle below as three new fighters started to punch a hole through the defensive line that those creatures set up, causing the creatures to retreat into a nearby abyss. The fighters that turned the tide were two eyeballs with bodies and an orange bandicoot that was wearing a tribal mask.
She was amazed so much that she didn’t notice her rescuers hovering near her. Until she heard a wise male voice,
“Are you okay, miss?”
The female griffon looked and saw the Purple Dragon from the stories that were told over the years. She stuttered for a bit until she answered,
“Well...I’m fine. Those things didn’t hit me that much.” She soon looked at the majestic dragon, “Wow...you look even more impressive in person.”
The dragon noticed, “Yeah, I get that a lot. The grublins may have fled, but the portal needs to be closed before more of them come in.”
The griffon asked, “Grublins?” The dragon stated, “Those creatures that attacked the city. They all came through that portal…”
The Dragoness soon spoke, “And I just happen to have a key.”
The Dragon asked the griffon, “Is there a base that the griffons are using?”
She nodded, “We’ve been using the Griffonstone castle as a base ever since that portal opened.”
The dragon understood, “We need to get to the castle as fast as possible. Those things aren’t going to stay in that abyss for long and they’ll be back up for retaliation.”
The griffon spoke, “Follow me.” As the three started to follow her, she looked at the dragon and asked,
“You’re Spike, aren’t you?” Spike nodded as the griffon decided to introduce herself in a fit of excitement,
“I’m so excited to meet you, I could explode! I’m Gabriella, but you can call me Gabby since we’re friends and now working together! Pleased to finally meet ya!”
Spike asked, “So you’ve heard of all the stuff that I did?”
Gabby nodded, “Your many victories have made a couple of griffons here start a fan-club. I actually took part in delivering the fan-mail to the Ponyville Post Office before coming back here.”
The Purple Dragon noted, “She’s the local mail carrier?” He soon reminded her, “It wasn’t just me, I have some of the best friends that I could ever have by my side.”
Trail Blazer chuckled, “Guess you got yourself a fan, Spike.” Ember also found it humorous as she chuckled as well.
Spike chuckled, “Laugh it up, guys. The sooner we get to Griffonstone Castle, the sooner we can plan our next course of action.”
The three soon followed Gabby to the castle where the many griffon fighters were using it as a base. Not before Spike silently muttered, “Hope Twilight has been getting the mail back home...because some of them were probably meant for me.”
Upon arriving at Griffonstone castle, the four entered the castle as they were soon met by several griffon soldiers getting themselves ready in case more grublins showed up. Spike looked around and made an assessment of the situation as he spoke to Gabby,
“These soldiers are doing their best to defend the city, but they are short on supplies and it looks like they haven’t had a decent meal since the attack. The grublins will use sheer numbers to overwhelm them.”
Gabby nodded, “This whole attack has been a complete mess for the city as if it wasn’t in ruins already. The militia’s leader is doing what she can in trying to make sure that we are not taken by surprise.”
Spike was curious, “Who’s leading this militia?” Gabby answered, “A scone baker named Gilda, she apparently formed this militia soon after the grublins attacked.”
When Spike heard this, he stopped dead in his tracks as to those around him legitimately heard glass shatter. To Spike, this news hit him like a ton of bricks...Rainbow Dash’s ex-friend, the bully of many of his friends is leading the militia! He remembered how she would bully his friends, including the sensitive Fluttershy.
Spike even remembered hearing her say that she won’t forget what happened all those years ago. It was brought back down to earth when heard Gabby ask,
“Spike, is there a problem?” Spike shook off the shock as he said, “Yes! There is a problem, Gilda once caused trouble for me and my friends back in Ponyville when I was a hatchling. All she cared about was being cool and since a friend of mine was friends with her, she didn’t want to have us ‘lame-os’ anywhere near her. This was during the Soul Gem Incident and I had to turn into the griffon Sonic Boom to screech her down.”
Gabby was shocked, “But that was years ago…” Spike calmed down, “Given that she found out that I possessed Sonic Boom’s Soul Gem and I changed back to my normal self in front of her with nopony else around. So things might’ve changed, but my friend, Rainbow Dash still harbors resentment towards Gilda for being a jerk. Gilda may still hold a grudge towards Rainbow…”
Gabby understood, “But it’s mostly towards you.” Spike realized, “Maybe I could find a way to change her attitude...it has been years after all.”
The griffon understood as she said, “If you want to make it up to Gilda, she’s in the old throne room talking with your three friends.”
Spike asked, “Old throne room?” Gabby replied, “Griffonstone hasn’t had a King in years. Some of the older griffons know the story of the city’s fall.”
Spike was curious, “I might consider asking them about the fall of Griffonstone.”
The trio soon followed Gabby into the old throne room where a map of the city sat on a table in the center of the room, a vacant throne that hasn’t been sat on in years and various withered areas of the throne room. And standing with her back turned as she spoke with Crash and the Eye Brothers was a griffon that Spike never thought that he would see again. The sound the door opening actually caught her attention as she turned to Spike as the dragon saw the shocked expression on her face. The eyes of rage and arrogance didn’t show although there was a positive attitude underneath that expression. It was this moment that made Spike think,
“She may still have that grudge against me, but she has changed. I should also thank Pinkie Pie for teaching me how to read others.”
Spike looked at Gilda as he smiled, “Hey Gilda, remember me?”
The griffon spoke in a mix of shock and anger, “Spike?! Last time I saw you, you were that little dweeb that beat me up when I wanted your friends to leave me and Rainbow Dash alone in Ponyville.”
Spike replied in a judging tone, “Did that ever justify tormenting my friends just so you could hang out with Rainbow?”
The griffon was stuttering in anger as it almost felt like she would attack, “You Little Purple Dweeb… you...YOU!!!” She soon did something he never thought she would, she smiled as her anger died down and she said, “You have really opened my eyes that day.”
Spike asked in surprise, “Wait? What? How!”
Gilda stated as she passed the dragon without turning to him, “I do admit I was really angry when your heroics cost me my only friend. But one night, I was trying to get my mind off of trying to get rid of you...until I saw eight symbols form in the sky.” She looked at the dragon, “You remember those, do ya?”
Spike realized, “The Night of the Arrival…” Gilda nodded, “At first I was thinking of revenge, but after witnessing the Arrival, I questioned myself if what I was doing was worth it.”
Spike asked, “And how did you end up becoming a scone baker here in the city?”
Gilda shrugged, “Did it look like I had anything better to do in this wreck of a city? I needed the bits in order leave the kingdom...the only problem was that they were nowhere as tasty as the baked goods that the Party Pony makes.”
Spike guessed, “And then the portal opens as grublins invade the city?”
Gilda nodded, “Those hideous dweebs are just thorns in our sides right now. I formed this militia to defend the city from those things.” She noticed, “But with the six of you, we might just have a chance at winning this fight.”
Ember spoke, “That’s not all we’re here for.” Spike took this opportunity to show the treaty which requests aid from the Griffons of Griffonstone,
“We also need to get help for the coming war. What’s happening here won’t be the only one and believe me, there will be others.”
Gilda looked at the treaty and recognized the seal, “That is the ancient seal of the Griffon Kingdom, but we haven’t had a King in years.”
Spike decided to ask, “What actually caused this city to fall?”
Soon enough, another voice spoke, “That would be from the theft of the Idol of Boreas.”
Everyone’s attention was turned to the source of the voice, which was an old griffon wearing a fez on his head. Gilda introduced the elder,
“Spike, that’s Grampa Gruff, he’s more prideful with this city than any other griffon.”
The elder griffon assured his granddaughter, “And if it wasn’t for me, you wouldn’t have had those bits for selling those scones. It was my recipe after all.”
Aku-Aku went between them, “I believe it is best that we talk less about scones and more about the state of this city.”
Grampa Gruff noted, “The talking mask has a point…” He looked at the seven, but mostly at Spike,
“Normally my stories would be a small fee of bits, but our city is threatened by those fiends so this one is on the house.”
Spike asked, “I’ve read about Griffonstone in the old days and how the griffons were united as one. This city was also really majestic...What happened here?”
Gruff knew that he would be telling the story so he began, “The first griffon king, King Grover, united our kind like we've never been united before or since! And he did it all with that incredible Idol of Boreas.”
Spike remembered, “You mentioned the idol before. The way you say it, you see it as a symbol of pride.”
Gruff nodded as he continued, “That idol brought pride to the heart of every griffon that saw it! From one king to the next, Griffonstone had our golden idol. We were the envy of all other species. It held us together – it gave us an identity – right up until the reign of King Guto.”
The Purple Dragon guessed, “Something went wrong?”
Gruff nodded, “That's when Arimaspi came to steal our griffon treasure! King Guto tried to fight him off, but Arimaspi managed to get away with the idol!”
Spike realized, “He tried to fight him and he failed?”
Gruff finished, “They say when our treasure fell into the Abysmal Abyss, our pride went with it. King Guto was the last king of Griffonstone, and we all lived miserably ever after. The end!"
Spike stood in slight shock as the story was told to him, “Griffonstone in ruins, griffons in poverty and struggling for bits. All because of an idol that has been lost for years…”
Gruff added, “And it’s in enemy territory.” Gilda asked her grandfather, “Wait Grampa Gruff, are you saying that when those things retreated?”
The elder griffon finished, “They retreated into the Abysmal Abyss, where the idol now resides.”
Ember spoke, “If those things are using the abyss as a base, we could be able to launch a preemptive attack before they attempt another strike on the city!”
Gilda shook her head, “That’s a problem since the abyss is subjected to rushing winds. You would need someone that controls the wind for that.”
Dive-Clops spoke, “But we have to close that portal, if it remains open, then more grublins would pour through!”
Gilda nodded, “But we still need an idea on how to break their ranks.”
Trail-Blazer asked the griffin, “Did you happen to see anything that wasn’t a Grublin?” Gilda was thinking of the unicorn’s question until Gabby answered,
“Well before those wyverns started to chase me, I spotted something that wasn’t those things. He was holding a bow and was directing those things to each area of the city. When they retreated, he shouted for them to retreat while on the back of those big ones.”
Spike noticed, “That’s a Doomlander, he’s the one leading this attack, we take him down and the entire attack force will crumble.”
Gilda asked, “How did you know about that?”
Spike reminded her, “Do you know about the Dragon Lands Attack?” Gilda replied, “I usually don’t pay attention to anything that occurs outside this city. But with that portal above our heads, now would be the best time. But I did hear those things were responsible.”
Spike added, “And we were there at the right time to stop them.”
Gabby asked, “You were there?”
Spike nodded at the mail griffon’s question, “Yes, we were there. That’s also where the Doomlanders made their first appearance. The first one we fought was a knight, summoned by the Grublin Commander.”
Gilda looked at the dragon, “Grublin Commander?!” Eye-Brawl spoke, “The Commander is a Hero Orc that has the ability to speak in actual words. He commands the Doomlanders to lead these attacks, the right-hand of the Dark Master.”
The griffons shuddered at the mention of that dragon. Despite being a city in ruin, the griffons of Griffonstone had heard the stories of Malefor. Gilda knew exactly what this means,
“I might not’ve cared about this, but war is definitely coming to our world. But right now, the city is at war.”
Spike glanced at his friends accompanying him and nodded at Gilda, “We’ll protect Griffonstone but we’ll need your militia’s help in taking down the Doomlander.”
Gilda asked, “What about the portal?” Ember approached as she said, “I know how to close it. But those things will try to stop me from closing it.”
Gabby asked, “You said that you have a key to closing portals, right?”
The Dragoness nodded, “I’m carrying a scepter with a rare jewel that could close those portals.”
Gilda understood and asked, “How exactly are we going to hold them off? There’s only a clawful of fighters and specialists. Unless you have an idea.”
Spike nodded as he said, “That’s why we need to call for backup.”
Meanwhile in the Dream Sheep’s Lair, the sheep himself was pacing the floors since he suffered defeat by those Skylanders twice. They also rang two out of the three Bells of Waking, the Dream Sheep was irritated,
“What am I going to do!? If Blackout and his friends ring the third bell, it’s all over! My Sleep Spell will be lifted and those blasted Equestrian Isles will be safe!”
The Dream Sheep was getting desperate on trying to find a way to prevent the third bell from being rung. Even with the Nightmare Villains trying to stop the Skylanders, they would always blow through. He heard various reports of those four dragons on their way to the Palace of Waking. The final tower before the spell is lifted and he had to do something about it. As the Dream Sheep was shaking frantically, he was unaware of a dark presence in his lair.
A presence that took the form of the First Purple Dragon - his master, Malefor. The Dragon looked at the unaware sheep as he spoke,
“Dream Sheep…” The sheep jumped in surprise as he said, “Malefor!?”
The Dragon looked at the furball in disappoint, “You have failed me TWICE in Both Towers of Waking!”
The sheep spoke, “B-but, Malefor, it was those infernal Dragon Skylanders...and my bumbling buffoon of a Sleep Dragon for falling for their tricks!”
The dark Dragon looked at the sheep in anger, “From my lair, I gave you simple instructions to follow. And you already lost two Towers of Waking, you lost several of your forces AND I HAVE LOST MY PATIENCE!!”
The sheep knew that getting Malefor angry was bad. So he said, “Well we had a few unfortunate setbacks…” Malefor interrupted, “AND FAILED!”
The dragon calmed down, “But since you have only one bell to protect, I am feeling generous. There is still a way to have your revenge on that miserable dragon and this time…” A comic book floated from Malefor to the Dream Sheep,
“This time, you DO IT RIGHT!!”
The Dream Sheep asked, “You want me to hit them with a comic book?!” The dragon sighed, “Think of it as a door to the realm within this book. When you feel like that you can’t win in your own lair, take Blackout and flee into the book, the others would be expected to follow.”
The sheep asked, “And when I get there?” The dragon replied, “Join with the villains of that realm and finish him off.” Malefor added, “But that’s for Plan B, what I really want is for you to go to the Palace of Waking and stop those Skylanders from reaching the bell. Should you fail, return to the Nightmare Realm and await their arrival.”
The Dream Sheep nodded, “Yes, thank you, master!” Malefor vanished as the sheep went to the Sleep Dragon, woke him up and told him to fly to the Palace of Waking.
At the Palace of Waking, Blackout and his friends had reached their destination as Blackout said,
“Okay guys, this is it. We go in, ring the bell and the curse is lifted. But those trolls won’t make it easy on us.”
Spotlight added, “There’s also reports of large chompies in the palace that will prevent us from reaching the bell. Keep an eye out for them and take them down quickly!”
Blades pointed out, “And thanks to the Nightmare Villains that we captured, we nearly have all of the Gem Keys. We need one more to open the door to the Nightmare Wing and rescue Hugo.”
Echo was bopping her head to the music from her headphones as she said, “Let’s get to that bell and lift this curse!”
The four dragons began to proceed up the steps as they reached a spiral staircase. But as soon as they going to go up, a familiar dim-witted dog-like dragon appeared at the opening in the center of the staircase along with a black wooled sheep on his back.
The sheep looked at the four and said, “Well, if it isn’t the band of lizards led by my LEAST favorite Skylander! Welcome to my new palace. Do you like it? Be honest? I decorated it myself.”
Blackout looked at the Dream Sheep, “This palace would do nicely if it wasn’t covered with you and your flunkies.”
The Dream Sheep stated, “Nothing too extravagant: a painting here, statues of you removed to make way for my statues there…” He shouted, “Fire Pythons everywhere. Haha! Enjoy!”
The dragon ascended as the four dragons began to move up the stairs in order to get to the bell. But upon reaching the top, a Nightmare Giant Chompy appeared as he glared at Blackout and laugh. The dragon recognized this chompy,
“Big Bertha Bubblethorn, we meet again.”
The chompy laughed as he ordered his trolls and smaller chompies to attack. The four dragons went to work on Bertha’s forces as Blackout used his wing whip on the two chompies while Spotlight summoned an ethereal dragon on the two trolls. The others managed to dispose of Bertha’s forces as they stopped for a moment as the gate opened. Echo spoke,
“The Dream Sheep got here ahead of us?!”
Blackout nodded, “He must’ve felt sick of always arriving late to try and stop us.”
Spotlight stated, “Basically because this is the last bell to ring to lift his sleep curse.”
Blades understood this as he said, “So he decides to attack us now rather than later.”
The four dragons entered the next area where they found the area filled with serpents that are trailing fire. Blackout remembered these creatures,
“Fire Pythons. Just like the Dream Sheep said when we arrived.”
Spotlight added, “We can’t fight them, but we can still dodge them.”
Blades spotted a pedestal, “Look, there’s another Nightmare page!” The three dragons understood this as Blades carefully maneuvered across the field, avoiding the Pythons and retrieving the page. He brought it back to the group who moved to the other side of the room. Blades opened the page and realized,
“This page is number 2 of that giant chompy that we saw. Which means the first page is somewhere else,” The air dragon soon read,
“Not much is known about Bertha Bubblethorn’s past. Especially because most of the eyewitnesses end up mysteriously eaten.”
Echo added, “Presumably by Bertha himself.”
Blackout noticed, “It seems like someone doesn’t want anyone to discover his past.”
After sending it to Luna, the four dragons made it past the fire pythons and into the room to the left where they found more pythons and another Nightmare Page. They made it past the first python and noticed a key to the gate in the main hall. Blackout and Spotlight got past the pythons to get the key while Blades and Echo made their way to the Nightmare Page.
Once the four had performed their task, they met up in the main hall where the gate was as Echo read the page of Bertha Bubblethorn,
“Being the largest chompy ever recorded in history, Bertha was always a championship wrestler on the Nightmare Villain Academy’s “Low, Down and Dirty Wrestling Team” Naturally, they cheated.”
Blackout sighed, “The Dream Guardian Academy lost several wrestling championships to the Nightmare Villain Academy…and their wrestling team were the polar opposite of Bertha’s team.” The dragon soon smiled as he realized something,
“Until I went there and happened to be the only dragon on the team. I fought Bertha, beat him and humiliated him in front of everyone because I beat him in battle.”
Spotlight spoke, “Bertha must have an axe to grind with you.”
Blackout stated, “Let him try.”
After sending the page off to Luna, they were about to make their way to the gate only to find battle gates appear as trolls appeared around them. But unfortunately for the attackers, they weren’t strong enough against four dragons of four elements. The battle was over fairly quickly as the battle gates lowered. The sight of these enemies got Blades thinking,
“This has been on my mind for a while but: If all of Skylands is affected by the Sleep Curse, how is it that the enemies that we encountered weren’t affected?”
Blackout was aware of this, “It’s probably the presence of the Nightmare Villains, once the curse was released, the villains emerged and hired these birds, elves and trolls to be in the Dream Sheep’s Army.”
Spotlight added, “And as for us, Skylanders are immune to the Sleep Curse which gives us a fighting chance.”
The four opened the locked gate as they progressed into the next room where they had to make their way up a few steps, fighting three trolls along the way. They encountered Bertha again, who sent out three small chompies, a large chompy and a fighting force of troll gunners. Blackout decided to call in their friend that they captured from the previous area on the way, Grunkin Gobsprout to lay down the area with blaster fire until all trolls were down. Blackout spoke,
“Thanks Grunkin.”
The Nightmare Troll replied, “No problem, Blackout! Since your princess showed me a new path, I intend to follow it.”
Grunkin disappeared in a flash of light as the four dragons move on to follow Bertha. But when the reached the next area, there was a bridge with a few areas that don’t look very stable. Echo looked at the bridge as the water dragoness said,
“Some areas of this bridge don’t look very stable...we need to be careful.”
Blackout looked around, “But keep your guard up, this is the perfect place for an ambush.”
“AND AN AMBUSH IT IS, BLACKOUT!” The group looked and saw the Dream Sheep with the Sleep Dragon flying towards them as the sheep asked,
“Did you really think that you would just simply waltz across this bridge...and it wouldn’t rain fireballs? HAH! WRONG!!”
Blackout smiled, “Would you shoot fireballs at us and not expect shadow balls?”
The sheep said nothing as the group starting to run across the bridge as he said, “SHOOT FIREBALLS AT THEM, YOU FOOL!”
The Sleep Dragon obeyed his master as he shot several fireballs at the four dragons. Until the fireball exploded in midair as a shadow ball slammed right into the pea-brained dragon. This stunned him as the two dropped which gave the four dragons some breathing room. They went to the center of the bridge where they were attacked by some of the Dream Sheep’s flunkies. The amount of trolls and large chompies were no match for the four dragons. As so the battle gates opened, they moved across the bridge.
They were attacked by the Dream Sheep again, but they were fast enough to reach the other side of the bridge before he could rain fireballs down on the four. The Dream Sheep yelled,
“You Idiot! Why couldn’t you hit a simple target?!”
The Sleep Dragon said, “I’m sorry, but they’re just too fast for me!”
The Dream Sheep asked, “How are four SMALL Dragons able to avoid a BIG Dragon like yourself?!”
The dim-witted dragon replied, “I don’t know...but I think the audience should check out what’s going on in Griffonstone with the Purple Dragon.”
The Dream Sheep asked, “Griffonstone? Purple Dragon...you know what, nevermind! Let’s just stop Blackout already!” The evil duo flew off to another area of the palace…(while I take the dragon’s advice.)
At Griffonstone Castle, Spike, Gilda and the Fellowship of the Purple Dragon called for an emergency meeting in the Throne Room. The Griffon Fighters, consisting of specialists, soldiers, and scouts with Gabby as the leader of the scout team, were all gathered in the Throne Room as they waited for their leader and their guests to speak. After a short while of waiting, Gilda turned to her militia and said,
“Well, it looks like we have the upper claw from here on out.” She directed their attention to Spike and his group, “The Dragon next to me has traveled from his home of Ponyville to get help from us Griffins. But we can’t do anything for him until we stop these grublins from launching another attack on our kingdom! But he and his friends have found a way to cut off the command that these grublins have.” She looked at Spike, “You’ve got the floor now, Spike.”
The Purple Dragon approached as the griffons were in awe even if they saw him before. Spike started speaking, “Throughout our travels, we discovered a way to cut off the command structure for the grublins. And each attack force that we faced before arriving here was led by one of these…” He motioned Eye-Brawl to set a holo-projector to show who’s leading this attack, “Doomlanders… These come in one of the ten battle classes which was recent: Knight, Swashbuckler, Ninja, Sentinel, Smasher, Sorcerer, Quickshot, Bazooker, Bowslinger and Brawler. The Doomlander that is leading the attack is confirmed to be a Bowslinger and is skilled with the bow and arrow as his class is. We take out the Bowslinger, the grublins would break from the fight.”
A griffin asked, “Excuse me, but how are we supposed to take out something like that?”
Spike smiled, “Funny you should ask. An hour ago, I sent a message to Princess Celestia requesting back-up.”
A female griffin asked, “What kind of back-up?” Soon enough, several flashes of light impacted the area where the meeting was taking place. The lights took the form of several mix-matched creatures, one was a female that held twin pistols as fire burn around her, the other female had a staff that shined bright as the sun as she was floating gracefully with her angel wings, the last one was a male with a blue color for himself as blue as the water as he wore brass knuckles.
The next ones that appeared weren’t like the first three, the next three was a large penguin fit for combat, the second was the Golden Queen while the third was a scientist that a certain bandicoot was all too familiar with.
There were three more lights that formed into Rocky Roll, Krypt King and the griffon, Sonic Boom. Once everyone was accounted for, Spike looked at the griffon militia, “This back-up.”
The penguin spoke, “The Princesses send their regards.”
The Light creature with the angel wings spoke, “As well as the regards of our Imagineers.”
The griffons looked in awe at the new arrivals as Gilda asked the penguin, “Who are you guys anyway?”
The penguin replied, “The three of us are the Senseis, a new branch of Skylanders. We are the masters of the 10 Battle Classes that Spike told you about. And I’m King Pen, one of the Masters of the Brawler Class.”
The Golden Queen introduced herself, “I’m the Golden Queen, former enemy of the Skylanders, now a Master of the Sorcerer Class.”
The scientist introduced himself, “I am Dr. Neo Cortex, scientific genius and a Master of the Sorcerer Class. I’m also the creator of Crash Bandicoot which is the bandicoot that is with the dragon.”
Rocky Roll spoke, “I’m Rocky and my boulder companion is Roll. We’ve been partners for all of our lives, we are one Skylander of the Earth Element.”
Krypt King introduced, “I am Krypt King, Trap Master of Cloudcracker Base and Skylander of the Undead Element.”
Some griffons started to silently speak amongst themselves of the newcomers to the city currently at war, which Sonic Boom noticed, so she used her sonic shriek to get their attention, “Now that you are all focused, some of us haven’t introduced ourselves yet.” She flared her wings out as four eggs emerged and hatched into four griffin hatchlings, “I am Sonic Boom, Skylander of the Air Element and these are my children.”
Gilda spoke, “I remember you very well.” Sonic Boom nodded and said, “The memories of my soul know of you as well.” The babies squawked at Gilda until the mother griffin stated, “Now now, kids, she’s the host and our ally.” The babies understood this and calmed down.
Grampa Gruff approached the mother griffin, “So you’re the one that screeched at my granddaughter…” Sonic Boom replied, “I know of it when Spike was in possession of my soul when he was just a hatchling. I am also aware that we have yet to introduce the Imaginators.”
Gilda asked, “Imaginators?” The one with the angel wings spoke, “That would be the three of us.”
The griffin’s attention was drawn to the mix-matched creatures as the one with the angel wings spoke with her voice echoing a bit,
“I am Radiant Sun, Imaginator of Sorcerer class under the Light Element.”
The Muscle Man introduced himself, “You can call me Tidal Wave of the Brawler class and Water Element and my knuckles and piranha pals are ready meet some grublins.”
The one with the blasters introduced herself, “And I’m Quick Blaze of the Fire Element and member of the Quickshot class. When it comes to grublins, a shot with my blasters is all it takes.”
King Pen told the Imaginator, “Keep in mind that this is your first time in a real battle, Blaze. Don’t get cocky. Remember what Dr. Krankcase taught you?”
Quick Blaze nodded, “I understand, Master King Pen.”
Gilda soon understood as she looked at the map, “According to the scouting brigade’s information, The grublins have set up a base somewhere in the Abysmal Abyss. However the abyss is guarded by several grublin patrols around the chasm. We’ll need the Imaginators to take down the guards and signal the militia to attack the grublin defenses while the Senseis lead in the fight. But the attack will serve as a diversion while Spike and his team sneak down into the abyss and find the base and take down their leader. The abyss is surrounded by heavy winds that could blow even the best flyer off course, Sonic Boom will have to use her air powers to clear the high winds to allow safe passage into the abyss.” She looked at Spike, “Spike, you might wanna add some words of advice to them.”
Spike understood as the purple dragon looked at the best and brightest of the Griffonstone Militia and said, “Keep in mind, that you are the soldiers of the Griffon Kingdom. You are the best fighters that this city has. You need to show these monsters that you are the best.”
Sonic Boom stepped forward, “The best that anyone could be. You’re ancestors were full of pride, full of courage and a code to defend the kingdom to death. If your ancestors could see the state of this city, but see your efforts in protecting it from this things, would they lower their heads or raise them up high?”
Gabby stepped forward, “They would be proud of us to know that we are fighting to save our home.”
Sonic Boom continued, “So your duty is fight the enemy that’s threatening the city and win this battle with the very pride that’s bestowed upon you.”
One griffin decided to smart-mouth the skylander, “In your dreams, Skylander! Our pride died when our treasure was lost! What makes you think that we griffins could stand a chance against them?”
The babies began squawking at the griffin until the mother motioned them to stop with her wings, “Pride comes from the heart, the pride of the griffins, the city, everything exists from the heart. If we even have a chance of recovering the idol in this attack, would it even bring the city out of ruin?”
The soldier shrugged, “The idol was a valuable part of the city and losing it made us lose our pride.”
“And right now it’s in the same abyss that the grublins are using as a base. There is a high chance that this idol could be recovered.” Sonic Boom turned her attention to the griffin soldiers gathered, “But if we recover it or not, the main concern is stopping these monsters and close that portal that’s currently over the city!” She raised her wings, “Are you ready to fight for your city!?”
The griffin militia looked at each other for a bit before deciding to stand tall with flared wings, “YES!”
Sonic Boom asked, “Are you going to let up?”
“NO!!” shouted the griffins.
Sonic Boom asked, “Are you ready to drive these monsters back from whence they came?”
The griffins shouted, “YES!!”
Sonic Boom finished as she said, “Prepare yourselves for the coming battle. For in the next hour and a half, WE TAKE THE FIGHT TO THEM!”
The griffins cheered as they left the throne room, leaving Gabby as the only one there with the leaders. Gilda approached Sonic Boom as she said,
“Nice work on getting my soldiers on their feet.”
Gabby spoke, “You know, if I didn’t know any better, they could rely on you for ruling Griffonstone after this battle.”
Spike approached, “That’s the other thing we need, someone to accept the call for help. And Griffonstone hasn’t had a ruler in centuries, making it a impoverished city.”
Gilda nodded and had an idea as she turned to Sonic Boom, “If the soldiers look up to you that, what if you become the ruler of Griffonstone?”
Sonic Boom asked in shock, “Me? A Queen?”
Gilda nodded, “Normally I would not care for this, but we need someone to lead this kingdom.”
The mother griffin thought about this and decided, “We’ll decide once we stop the grublins before they launch a counterattack.”
Gruff spoke, “If you can pull these fools in line, that would be enough for you to have them look up to you.”
Spike knew what that meant and what Sonic Boom did and decided, “Well, then let’s go!” The combatants soon left the throne room to prepare for the coming battle.
After finding the third Nightmare Page which mentioned the Nightmare chompy eating a reporter’s news van just because he said ‘Hello’,confronted Bertha Bubblethorn himself and captured him. the four dragons were close to the bell. They needed to make it across the bridge that leads to their goal. But of course, the Dream Sheep wasn’t going to make it easy on them as the Sleep Dragon set down as the sheep said,
“How about we play a game, Skylanders? One in which WE shoot fireballs, and ALL FOUR OF YOU… get toasty!”
Blackout shouted, “How about a game which WE dodge the fireballs while YOU flee like a coward!”
The sheep said nothing as the Sleep Dragon began to shoot fireballs at the group as Blackout said to his friends, “Let’s sprint this! Follow my lead and don’t fall behind!”
The other three nodded, “Got it!” Soon enough, the group charged towards the fireballs as the dodged every single fireball that came towards them at a lightning fast speed that the Sleep Dragon couldn’t keep up with them as both the dragon and the sheep got hit by the forces of Dark, Light, Water and Air as it pushed him back to the entrance to the Tower of Waking. The Dream Sheep angrily said,
“What are you waiting for? FRY THEM!!” The Sleep Dragon shot fireballs at the charging dragons but were destroyed by a shadow ball from Blackout. The four dragons fired a combo version of their elemental abilities which mowed down any fireballs that the Sleep Dragon shoots out. This caused the Dream Sheep to freak out,
“RETREAT! RETREAT INTO THE TOWER!” The Sleep Dragon took off as the four dragons moved passed them and into the tower. The four dragons entered the bell chamber as they saw the bell being blocked by the Dream Sheep and his dim-witted puppet. The Dream Sheep looked at the four dragons, primarily at Blackout,
“You know, you really ARE starting to annoy me!”
Blackout chuckled, “Did I hurt your plans for world domination?” The Dream Sheep asked, “What is the world coming to, when an evil sheep can’t get a moment’s peace to conquer Skylands now and again? I ask you.”
Blackout stated, “The opposition is what mattered when said evil sheep is stopped by his opposition.”
The Dream Sheep replied, “Of course, what you didn’t realize is that this was all part of my deliciously ingenious plan.”
Echo asked, “A plan which involved you getting beaten by us?” The Dream Sheep shook his head, “You and your friends may think that you foiled me by ringing those cursed bells, but then you would be WRONG AGAIN!”
The Sleep Dragon was confused, “But I thought you said that the Skylanders were ruining everything…” The sheep yelled, “QUIET, YOU!”
Spotlight asked, “If you say that ringing the bells is not enough, what else are you planning?”
The Dream Sheep scoffed, “Nothing that requires your sunny tail, sweetheart!” Blackout yelled, “Don’t call her Sweetheart!”
The sheep stated, “Whatever...and as unfortunate as it may sound, the usefulness of all four of you to me has come to an end. Naturally I don’t want any of you to go away empty-handed. So as a token of my appreciation, Skylanders, I wish to thank you now - by utterly destroying you. ATTACK!”
Blackout flared his wings, “Well we won’t go down so easily, we fought you in the last two towers before and won.”
Spotlight activated her sun powers, “Just try to keep us from that bell!”
The Dream Sheep ordered the Sleep Dragon, “Come on, SLAM THEM!!” The large dragon slammed his tail where the four dragons were standing. But unfortunately for the sheep, the four dragons moved as each dragon stood on each side of the battle area, causing the Sleep Dragon to ask his master,
“Um...we seem to be surrounded by them…” The Dream Sheep yelled, “It doesn’t matter if we’re surrounded or not! You’re the larger dragon here so...DRAGON SQUASH!!”
The Sleep Dragon did his shockwave attack which all four dragons avoided as the Dream Sheep eyed Blackout and ordered his pet, “POWER SLAM THE BLACK DRAGON!!”
The Sleep Dragon slammed his tail on top of Blackout, but the smaller dragon dodged at the last minute. The sleep ball on the dragon’s tail was stuck, leaving it vulnerable to Blackout’s wing whip attack. The ball broke off as the Sleep Dragon was licking his tail, leaving him distracted with the Dream Sheep’s constant ranting until Blackout flung the ball at the dragon, knocking him out and flinging the Dream Sheep down to the battlefield, leaving him vulnerable to attack from Spotlight, Echo and Blades.
The Dream Sheep was getting hit constantly by the dragons as he yelled “HELLO!!” he was trying to wake up the Sleep Dragon so he can be protected from the four. Blackout whacked the sheep with his wing as the Sleep Dragon woke up. The Dream Sheep jumped onto the large dragon as he yelled,
“Um, a little help? I COMMAND IT!!” They took off as several of the trolls and mega chompies emerged to stop the four dragons. Blackout looked at his friends as they decided to summon their recent catch,
“COME ON OUT, BIG GUY!” Big Bertha Bubblethorn appeared in a flash of light as the Nightmare Mega Chompy went to work on the regular Mega Chompies while the four dragons took down the trolls. After they cleaned house, Bertha waved goodbye as the mega chompy was sent back to Luna.
Soon enough, the Dream Sheep came crashing in as the Sleep Dragon used his shockwave attack which knocked some of the floor paneling into the water. The Dream Sheep ordered the dragon to do a tail slam which missed the four dragons as they took their spots from last time. When the Dream Sheep was just about to order the large dragon to do a shockwave attack, Blackout asked,
“You really think that would help you this time?”
The Dream Sheep asked, “What?” The black dragon stated, “The shockwave attack is too predictable.”
The Dream Sheep, although angry, realized, “You’re right...trying to squash you all is predictable.” He soon had an evil smile, “So how is this for predictable, Blackout!” He told the Sleep Dragon, “BURN HIM ALIVE!!”
The Sleep Dragon crouched as he opened his mouth and shot his fire breath at Blackout...but this time, he didn’t move. Blackout was caught by surprise as the flames came towards him at a fast pace. He could hear the sinister laughter of the Dream Sheep along with the shouting cries from his friends,
“OH NO!”
“MOVE BLACKOUT!”
“BLACKOUT!!”
Blackout covered himself with his wings to block out the light from the flames which were right on top of him as he closed his eyes.
As the Sleep Dragon was finished using his fire breath on Blackout, the Dream Sheep looked into the flames with glee, knowing that his archenemy has been dealt with, He looked at the remaining three dragons and said,
“Not expecting that, wasn’t he?”
Spotlight, now full of grief yelled, “MURDERER!”
The Dream Sheep scoffed, “Foolish lizards, did you really think that you could stand up against me?”
Spotlight replied as tears rolled down her face, “Blackout and I did and won!” The Light Dragoness stood her ground, “And he wouldn’t want us to give up!”
Blades pointed his armored wing at the Dream Sheep, “We would fight you regardless and at any cost!”
Echo added, “And we would win! Just like Blackout wanted!”
The Dream Sheep was going to say something as the Sleep Dragon asked, “Um...boss?” But the sheep shrugged him off, “Quiet, you! I’m just going to make a statement to these Skylanders on why I’m far superior than them.”
The sheep stated, “Even with Blackout gone, would you really stand a chance against me?”
Spotlight couldn’t help but notice a familiar aura by the flames as she looked at the sheep, But we’re willing to try!”
As they continued a verbal battle, the flames started to go from red and orange to black and blue as if something was happening...
Author's Note
UGH!! THE DREADED CLIFFHANGER!
So now this got dark all of a sudden, but now we have questions. Could the three carry on without Blackout? What is going on with the flames where Blackout stood?
Find out in the next exciting chapter of Skylanders X MLP!
So now Spotlight, Blades and Echo decided to stand their ground against the tyrannical Dream Sheep since he was the one that ordered the Sleep Dragon to burn Blackout to a crisp as indicated by the flames where Blackout once stood. The Dream Sheep stated,
“Face it, Spotlight! I’ve fried your boyfriend after suffering defeat from him. What do you plan to do without him?”
Spotlight replied, “Finish what Blackout started!”
The Sleep Dragon asked, “Are we going to argue...or figure out what those flames behind us are glowing and changing color?”
The Dream Sheep looked at his pet, “Impossible, you dim-witted dinosaur. The only thing it served was Fried Blackout.”
Blades saw the flames turn from blue and black to black and red, “Then explain that!”
The Dream Sheep turned as his eyes widened as he saw the colors of red and black. The sheep stuttered, “Well, that wasn’t part of my ingenious plan.”
The black and red flames started to expand as the Sleep Dragon backed off towards the trio with the sheep on his back…”Um, are you sure you didn’t plan this?”
The Dream Sheep yelled, “Of course I didn’t plan this you nincompoop! This is something that’s…” He couldn’t finish his statement as the black fire started to take the form of a large ferocious dragon as the red fire turned to red eyes. At that instant the flames extinguished as its large wings flared out as it roared intimidation. The Dream Sheep screamed in fright,
“QUICK, HIT IT WITH YOUR TAIL!!” The Sleep Dragon did a tail slam which it the black dragon, but the dragon caught the sleep ball and tossed the evil duo towards a wall. The dragon glared at them with it’s glowing red eyes in fury as it used its fire breath on the two. The barrier was able to protect them, but the next breath shattered it as the black dragon slammed the sleep ball over the Sleep Dragon’s head as he fell asleep leaving the Dream Sheep vulnerable as he got off the knocked out dragon and started to run,
“AAAAHHHHHH!!!! WAKE UP, YOU FOOL AND SAVE ME FROM THIS MONSTER!!!” The Dream Sheep galloped across the chamber trying to avoid the large black dragon, but was quickly surrounded by three vengeful dragon Skylanders as they all said,
“This is for Blackout you sack of wool!”
Then the three dragons attacked as Spotlight hit him with her rings and beams, Blades used a cyclone swirl with sword blades in it while Echo used her musical screech and bubble attack on the Dream Sheep.
It wasn’t until a black claw took the sheep out of the group and tossed him back to the Sleep Dragon as he finally woken up. The Sleep Dragon asked, “Hey, I thought you said that you would beat the Skylanders this time...”
The Dream Sheep stated, “It’s not MY fault that they cheated. Who knew that my least favorite could do… do...well do THAT? But I’m not going to be in this dragon’s line of sight when it’s around! Come, we must fly!”
The Sleep Dragon questioned as the black dragon growled at them, “What again? Where to this time?”
The Dream Sheep stated, “Someplace where those fool Skylanders can never touch us: home! Now FLY!!”
The Sleep Dragon cheered, “YAY! HOME!!”
The duo took off quickly before the black dragon could finish them off. The black dragon, seeing that his enemy fled as a coward, roared in victory and in anger that he couldn’t finish them. As it stood in the center of the chamber, the black dragon pondered over his prey getting away...until a blue light got his attention...the black dragon turned to see Spotlight approaching him with glowing blue eyes and she was singing very calmly,
“You are Sheath of the Night...Aaaahhhhh...,”
Blades noticed this and yelled, “SPOTLIGHT! DON’T!” He was about to stop her, but Spotlight erected a Light Barrier to keep Blades from interfering. She continued singing with her eyes glowing blue once again,
“You are the Sheath of the Night, With the Scales as Black as the Night.” The black dragon backed up in fright as Spotlight approached as she continued,“Just as it seems, Yet the Fury Eyes of Red, Can…” She was interrupted when the black dragon lashed out at her and slashed her with his black claw. Although there was no collateral damage, she was knocked to the ground as she screamed,
“AAAAAHHHHH!” Echo yelled, “NO!!!”
The black dragon now standing over the downed Spotlight as it looked as though it was ready to strike her down until she finished,
“C...Can be calmed, W...with the Eyes...of Blue.”
The black dragon sneered and wrapped his large claw around her neck. Spotlight said in tears, “Kill me if you must...but please...do it as yourself.”
That statement made the black dragon release her as she stood back for a few steps before the larger dragon jolted and screeched in pain as rings of black and red circled around it until it flared its wings opened and vanished in a flash of light as Blackout himself soon took form.
Blackout collapsed as he struggled to stand, “I...I have it...in me.”
Spotlight dashed to him as she hugged him, “Not now, Blackout...we thought you were dead...but we’ll discuss this later. We just have to ring this bell.”
Blackout and Spotlight returned to the others as the bell emerged and Blades rang it as it’s magic went to work.
Meanwhile outside the temple, the Dream Sheep watched in horror as the bells lifted his Sleep Spell,
“No...NO...NOOOOO!! How is this possible!?”
The Sleep Dragon answered, “What don’t you know? It’s those magic bells, you see? They work like...well...like a great big alarm clock. Haha.”
The sheep was angry, “GAH! This is not over do you hear me! They may have stopped me in the Waking World. But they got to fall asleep sometime! And when they do, rest assured, they will all have nightmares they will NEVER FORGET!”
The Sleep Dragon asked, “But what about Blackout? Whatever happened back there...it saved his life.”
The Dream Sheep was worried, “Oh yes. Blackout, the thorn in my backside...now being in possession of something that I THOUGHT was a waking world legend! But don’t worry, We will get to Plan B soon enough!”
He called out to Blackout, “So enjoy your victory today, you more meddlesome dragon! Because I’m not BEATEN YET!” He and the Sleep Dragon turned towards the Portal to the Nightmare Realm as the sheep laughed.
Back at the Archives, Blackout was being examined by a mabu doctor specialized in Dragon Physiology with his friends, Wiggleworth and Princess Luna present. The doctor did a few sample tests on Blackout just for anything abnormal. Once his tests were complete, he gave the results to the Head Librarian,
“Well, physically, he’s fine, he wasn’t harmed by the fire breath at all. Although, I noticed a unique brainwave pattern, something that hasn’t been heard of in about a thousand years or so.”
Wiggleworth nodded and asked, “Anything else?”
The doc replied with as he grabbed his kit, “The pattern is identical to that of an ancient dragon from the Time before Purple Dragons.”
Wiggleworth’s worm eyes widened, “Which dragon is it identical to, doctor?”
The doc pulled up an ancient sketch of the same dragon from the bell chamber, “My cousin sketched this when exploring ancient ruins...it’s the proof you need.”
Wiggleworth was amazed, “By the Ancestors…” Luna asked, “What are we looking at?”
Wiggleworth stated, “This is an Ancestral Dragon from Ancient Times. This one is specifically called ‘Red-Eyes Black Dragon.’ Because it’s what they first see in the night as it flies.”
Spotlight looked at it, “Red Eyes Black Dragon?”
Wiggleworth nodded, “And I must say that it’s quite unexpected for Blackout to contain the soul of this dragon.” The Head Librarian added, “And that you were able to calm him down.”
Spotlight stuttered, “I...I didn’t know what else to do. The Red Eyes was ferocious and his attacks are deadly, but the Dream Sheep fled from the scene. I started to sing to…”
Wiggleworth asked, “Were your eyes glowing blue?”
The Sun Dragon nodded, “Yes, what do you mean?”
The Head Librarian was about to answer until Bertha kicked open the door as he spoke in chompy tongue while holding the last Gem Key. Blackout noticed the chompy talking as he asked,
“What’s going on?” The chompy spoke in his chompy tongue as Blackout translated, “I managed to obtain the last gem, but the Dream Sheep said something about making preparations for the Ultimate nightmare for which Skylands would never wake up from. I realized that he just won’t quit, so I came to warn you guys.”
Blackout asked, “Do you see any signs of the King of Dreams?”
The chompy shook ‘no’ as he answered. Blackout replied, “I thought so, but since we have the last gem key, we could open the door to the Nightmare Wing and free Hugo.”
Wiggleworth spoke as the dragon rejoined the others, “Blackout, just be careful during battle...you have the Red Eyes inside of you.”
Blackout nodded and said, “Don’t worry, I’ll control it.”
Soon enough, the group left the medical wing and reached the door to the Nightmare Wing. The door was grateful that he could open again, but he also warned about what they read in there. The door opened as they made their way up to a familiar scholar with the book next to him. Wiggleworth pointed,
“There he is! Let’s see…” He realized, “Oh my!”
Blackout understood what that meant as he noticed, “Since Hugo was at the heart of it when the curse started, he’s in a very deep sleep that even we can’t wake him up from…”
Wiggleworth nodded, “Very good observation, Blackout. You cannot wake him since he’s so deeply affected by the curse.” The worm added, “At least, not in our world.”
Spotlight asked, “What do you mean ‘not in our world?” The dragoness was confused to why he said that as the sleeping Hugo said, “zzzZZZzzz...so much wool… zzzZZZzzz… Wha? ...what’s that... horrible noise? ...zzzZZZzzz.”
The Head Librarian noticed, “He seems quite agitated. It looks like he is trapped in some horrible nightmare!”
Blades facewinged, “And knowing Hugo’s fear of sheep, it would most likely be a sheep nightmare.”
Echo noticed, “We have to do something! We have to find a way to get into Hugo’s Nightmare and save him!”
Wiggleworth turned to the sleeping librarian, “My colleague here knows more on how to seek out your friend in the Nightmare Realm.”
Blackout went to the librarian and woke him up as the metal suit jittered away and said, Who disturbs my slumber?” He noticed the black dragon, “Oh, Blackout. I sincerely hope you’re not here to open another rift to some nightmarish world?”
Blackout shook his head, “No, We’re here to stop this curse.” He looked at the portal, “When did this show up?”
The librarian replied as he pointed to the sleeping mabu, “It was opened by your sad friend here and all these evil creatures came gushing out. The nerve!”
Spotlight approached and said, “If this is here then this is our ticket into the Nightmare Realm to rescue Hugo from his nightmare.”
Blackout added, “And to battle the Dream Sheep once and for all!”
The librarian shrugged, “This portal goes both ways. Your funeral so be my guest.” Before Blackout and his friends entered the portal, Wiggleworth stopped him,
“Just be careful, Blackout. The spirit of the Red Eyes dwells inside of you. But don’t see it as an anchor, you can call upon several traits that make the Red Eyes so deadly.”
Blackout nodded, “I will. Hope you got a party waiting for us when we get back.” The Head Librarian chuckled as he said, “Just go and save your friend. He needs your help.”
As the four dragons entered the portal, the librarian approached Wiggleworth as he said, “I’ve read about the Red Eyes before this madness. But do you believe that Blackout can control the very thing inside him?”
The Head Librarian sighed, “There are many things about Blackout that catches my attention, he’s from the Dream Realm, he’s the Dream Sheep’s Archenemy and now he holds the spirit of one of the Ancestral Dragons in his soul.”
The librarian stated, “Against the Dream Sheep’s forces, that drake may be our last hope.”
Wiggleworth corrected, “No, there is another with the spirit of another Ancestral Dragon…”
Inside the Nightmare Realm, The Dream Sheep was pacing about his lair all confused about the appearance of the Red Eye Black Dragon back at the Palace of Waking. He was angry beyond recognition, but his plan to bring the ultimate nightmare to Skylands is going to be set in motion. He has his nightmare generators near his lair to generate all of the nightmares that he needs to unleash on Skylands. He says,
“How could I’ve known that the Red Eyes existed? It’s impossible and better yet - WHY COULDN’T BLACKOUT JUST DIE!?”
The Sleep Dragon answered, “Well, he does have his friends with him and that dragoness as well.”
The Dream Sheep asked, “You think I didn’t already know that you pin-headed dolt?!”
The Sleep Dragon stated, “And who knows, the Skylanders could already be on their way here right now.”
The Dream Sheep was about to lash out in insults when it hit him, “That’s right, the portal back at the Eternal Archives is their doorway into the Nightmare Realm!”
The Sleep Dragon yawned, “Well, I’m going back to my dragon house for a nap…” As the dragon began to leave, the sheep stopped him, “Wait, if the Skylanders get to you...I want you to ‘take care of them’ especially Blackout! Understand?”
The Sleep Dragon nodded, “Okay, but how should I take care of them?”
The sheep smiled as he brought his hoof up to his neck and slid it across his neck as he said, “Now go, leave me to my work!”
As the Sleep Dragon left, the Dream Sheep brought out the comic book that Malefor gave him and said,
“If I’m defeated here, opening a portal into this comic book is plan b...and taking Blackout with me.”
He set it aside and said, “That depends on IF he gets to me and besides...I have my minions and my three prisons for each of those stupid Sages of Waking. Blackout would never reach me without those Sages. And I have my pea brained dragon as a lookout, so there is no way that Blackout would reach me!”
Soon enough, there was beeping sound coming from one of the Sage Prisons informing him that a Nightmare Villain has arrived. He looked at the bio of this one,
“Hmm...Bucktooth the Tiny...wants to plant his own little evil empire...serve up the sweetest , juiciest fruit of evil...unusual sword made from the peg-leg of a pirate that made fun of his hairdo (which plants are very sensitive about) … Lead Singer of the Purple Nightmare Funk Parade and plans to go on their Nightmare Tour after I take over Skylands. (That’s nice)”
After that, the Dream Sheep got onto the intercom to give Bucktooth instructions, “Ahhhh! Welcome, my evil pirate minion! You are now standing in one of the three brand new, custom made prisons for those stupid Sages of Waking!” He added, “Without whom, Blackout can’t possibly thwart my nightmarish plan!”
He sighed, “Unfortunately, my incompetent guards have managed to lose the key to the prisoner’s cell.” He commanded, “I command that you use your pirate-y skills to dig up the key and check on the prisoner...you know, just to be safe.” He finished, “Make it quick and I will reward you with - My Eternal Gratitude, that should be enough.”
After he cut communications to the first prison, he heard a voice saying, “You’re still that confident in your minions. As always.”
The sheep turned around and saw what looked like an imaginary version of Blackout, “Wha? How!? Why are you here!?”
The dragon chuckled, “I’m just a figment of your imagination, Dream Sheep. Just to show your obsession of getting rid of the real one.”
The sheep shouted, “I nearly had you if you didn’t unleash the Red-Eyes Black Dragon from within you! Who knew that it was there in the first place!?”
‘Blackout’ replied with, “Is it strange that you lost the battle in all three towers of waking? Is it no surprise that I had others with me to help me out of tough situations?”
The Dream Sheep asked, “Why are you telling me this?”
‘Blackout’ asked, “Remember the gems you stole from the archives?”
The sheep nodded, “Yes, those gems were useless to me. So I gave them to my minions…”
The figment of his imagination shook his head, “You see, those gems were keys to others wings in the archives. The minions that you gave the gems to...were not on your side anymore.”
The sheep asked, “What do you mean ‘not on my side anymore’ They were clearly Nightmare villains.”
The figment answered, “The problem is that - You’ve been duped. Your so-called minions have flipped sides and handed the gem keys to me and the others - unlocking the doors in the archives.”
The Sheep scoffed, “Impossible, my minions would never do that!”
Before fading away, ‘Blackout’ smiled, “You might want to check what Bucktooth is doing.”
The Dream Sheep activated the cameras and saw the Nightmare Sprout freeing the first Sage of Waking, “Hey! What are you doing!!! I told you to check on the prisoner! Not FREE him!!!”
Bucktooth replied, “Princess Luna has offered me a new position and a pirate like me is honored to serve under the sisters.”
The Dream Sheep knew that name, “Princess Luna!? Grrr!!! You may have converted one of my minions, Princess! But rest assured, you will be sorry for messing with the Dream Sheep!”
Bucktooth looked at the Sage, “C’mon then, let’s go!” Bucktooth and the Sage left.
In the Sleep Dragon’s lair, Blackout and his friends cautiously approached the sleeping dragon with Hugo following behind. Hugo recognized him,
“That’s the dragon that terrible sheep has under his control.”
Blackout nodded, “Yes, I know - The Sleep Dragon. The Dream Sheep’s own personal dragon steed, that has the looks of a dog and the brain of an idiot.”
Spotlight spoke, “With the Dream Sheep separated from him, do you think he would be more agreeable than when he’s around?”
Blackout stated, “Only one way to find out.” He turned to Hugo, “Hugo, stand back and keep your eyes open for that gray ball of wool.”
Hugo shuddered at the mention, “If I see him, I...I’ll let you know.”
Blackout approached the sleeping dragon as he spoke, “Excuse me, Sleep Dragon?”
The Sleep Dragon jolted awake as he said, “Wha!? Who!? Oh… Hello there, Blackout! I see you also brought your girlfriend as well…”
Blackout stuttered, “Girlfriend? I mean… she’s not…” Spotlight seemed to chuckle at his embarrassment as the Sleep Dragon tried to remember something,
“What was I supposed to do when you got here? Something about ‘taking care of you…” Just when the four dragons thought it would mean a fight, the Sleep Dragon assumed, “I bet the Dream Sheep meant to make sure you’re comfortable and feel welcome! Yeah! I can even help you get to his castle!”
Blades asked in shock, “You’re going to help us?”
The Sleep Dragon nodded, “That’s right, Blades. But I’m actually quite hungry though and that makes me sleepy!” He asked, “Do you four think you could go into my dragon house and get me some bacon?”
Echo asked, “Why bacon?” The large dragon stated, “It’s the only thing that wakes me up...zzzZZZzzz…” The large dragon fell asleep as Blackout knew what they had to do, “We get him the bacon and he helps us get to the Dream Sheep. But we also need another Nightmare Villain to rescue the remaining Sages.”
Spotlight spoke, “We already found one and we need the other two to get to into the Dream Sheep’s Lair.”
Echo spoke, “Beating him is the only way to end Hugo’s nightmare and the curse all together.”
Blades said, “Then let’s get a move on…” Blackout smiled, “Because we’ve got a date with the Dream Sheep.” The four dragons soon entered the Sleep Dragon’s dragon house in search of the bacon.
In Griffonstone, the operation to strike the Abysmal Abyss has begun since the Imaginators had already went into position to take down the grublin guards.
“I wonder how the griffins could sleep with that portal overhead?”
Radiant spoke, “I do not know how long, but Spike’s friend said that she could close the portal.”
Tidal nodded, “He’ll bash the leader to pieces and that girl dragon will close the portal!”
Quick Blaze nodded as she pointed her blasters up into the air, “Well...let’s give them all the time they need to find that Doomlander!” She shot the flare into the air as the Imaginators left their hiding spot to join up with the diversionary attack force.
On one of the towers of Griffonstone, overlooking the battlefield, Spike, Ember, Gilda, Trail Blazer and Sonic Boom were watching as the attack began. Eye-Brawl, Dive-Clops, and Crash were with the Senseis and the other Skylanders that were leading this diversion. Gilda asked,
“Are you sure that this plan will work? We’ve done a lot of things in the past, but using a battle as cover to get into the abyss is just messed up.”
Spike understood, “We have several capable fighters out there plus the reinforcements. It doesn’t seem like it would be enough...for now.”
Gilda asked suspiciously. “You’ve got another trick up that claw of yours?”
Spike smiled, “After we take down the Bowslinger…” He noticed the grublins were distracted, “We need to move into the abyss.”
The dragon jumped off of the tower and glided down passed the battlefield to the edge that leads into the abyss. The others followed as well as Gilda asked,
“Well, that was quick of you to jump down to the cliff.”
Spike nodded, “I saw an opportunity to sneak in...and went for it.”
Gilda replied, “Good thinking, dude.” The Purple Dragon felt the heavy winds of the abyss as he approached the cliff as he said, “You were right about the high winds of this place.”
Sonic Boom stepped forward, “This is where I come in.” Spike stood to the side as the mother griffin flared her wings out as a barrier emanated from her. It expanded until it was around the group as Sonic Boom said,
“This barrier will protect us from the winds of the abyss. Stay close to me while in flight or you will be blown off course.”
Gilda pointed out, “But it’s hard to see through the dark…” Trail Blazer approached, “Even with my bright fire power, it wouldn’t be enough...but Spike and I made sure that precautions were made.”
The group was now wearing mining helmets so they could figure out where they are going. Spike tightened the strap on his helmet so it won’t as he turned to the others and said, “Alright guys, let’s stick close to Sonic Boom and don’t fall behind.”
The group took to the air as they descended down into the abyss. They kept close to Sonic Boom and did their best to not stray apart from each other. Ember asked as she kept herself inside the barrier, “So we made it down into the abyss, now where is the grublin base?”
Spike shined the helmet light on the walls of the abyss as he said, “It’s down here somewhere…” Gilda spoke, “We better find it quickly, there is no telling what could happen to the fighters upstairs.”
Spike knew that Gilda was worried about her militia, cementing her change over the years even further. Finding the Grublin Base is the challenge since it’s pitch black outside of the barrier and their helmet lights could only go so far. Spike looked around for a sec until he heard a voice in the back of his head which sounded like someone giving orders to another,
“Once we take the city…”
Spike’s vision soon jolted into images of who said those words and saw the Bowslinger speaking to a Grublin Hero Orc while handing it a round object as he continued, “Set the charges. Destroy the entire city. Let this be an example of Lord Malefor’s power!”
The Hero Orc nodded as he spoke in its usual gibberish as the Bowslinger nodded, “I know the griffins have launched an attack on our post. But this abyss is well-protected, but a Skylander of the Air Element can maneuver through here.”
Spike’s vision snapped back to normal as he saw his friends hovering near him as he saw an ethereal trail between Gilda and Sonic Boom. The griffin skylander asked,
“Are you okay, Spike?” The Purple Dragon nodded, “Yes, but…” He paused for a moment and admitted, “I...I know where they’re hiding.”
Gilda asked suspiciously, “What? Where and How?” Spike explained, “I’m not sure, but for some reason...I heard the Bowslinger’s voice in my head...discussing his plan after they take the city.”
Trail Blazer asked, “Where is the base?” Spike flew to Sonic Boom and said, “I can see the trail to the base from my eyes. You’ll have to follow me and keep inside the barrier at the same time.”
Sonic Boom sighed, “All right, Spike. You’re the Purple Dragon, so we’ll follow you.” Spike replied, “And you’re the air skylander with the barrier.”
The mother griffin chuckled, “Indeed I am.” As they began to follow the trail, Gilda asked in curiosity,
“What are they going to do to Griffonstone if they take it?”
Spike replied, “They’re going to destroy the entire kingdom to set as an example.”
Gilda was shocked, “Why are they doing this?” The Purple Dragon assured, “I don’t know, but we will stop them from taking the city!”
Ember spoke, “We better. This city is relying on us to save them.”
In the Dream Sheep’s Lair, he was angry on the interference of the infamous Princess Luna, the Equestrian Dream Walker, Goddess of the Night. The sheep sighed,
“I’ve heard of that mare before, she has a colorful past as far as I know. But she’s also the little sister to the Sun Princess. I should’ve known that she would be involved…”
“And involved we are, Dream Sheep.” Said a female voice as the sheep turned to see the Night Princess herself. He asked in shock, “Wha? How did you get in here!? This is supposed to keep me protected without those sages!”
Princess Luna shook her head, “There are some things that cannot protect a fiend of dreams like you from us.”
The sheep asked, “H-how!?” The alicorn replied as she circled around the sheep, “When the first sage was freed, the barrier around your castle started to weaken and it was weak enough for me to enter and meet you face-to-face.”
The Dream Sheep asked, “Have you come to admit defeat as I prepare my ultimate nightmare for Skylands?”
Luna shook her head, “Strong words coming from an overconfident sheep that has seen his minions betray him.”
The Dream Sheep pointed a hoof at the alicorn and said, “You just wait and see, Princess.” Luna noticed the Dream Sheep’s prision screen indicate that a Nightmare Villain has arrived.
“I see that one of your minions has arrived at the prison. I think it’s time to take my leave. But keep this in mind, you are the biggest fool that we ever faced in underestimating your enemy.” And with that, she vanished.
After that conversation with Princess Luna, the Dream Sheep opened the biography of the turtle as he read,
He soon got on the second prison’s intercom as he saw the bomber turtle, Shellshock Sheldon enter the prison as he showed his shock and frustration to the turtle,
“I can’t believe this! My minions let the a Sage from the first prison escape - and now they mistakenly locked this one with explosives! What a bunch of idiots!!!”
Sheldon looked at the Dream Sheep’s intercom statue while shaking his head. The sheep swore that he said something along the lines of ‘then get smarter minions.’ But shook it off and called out to Sheldon,
“Hey! Turtle boy! You want to use those bombing skills of yours to clear the area of explosives? You know...before anyone gets hurt!!!”
The sheep saw the turtle nod as he counted that as a yes before adding, “While you’re at it, why don’t you go check on the prisoner?”
The turtle bomber put a thumbs up as a yes. This pleased the sheep as he said, “There are rafts in the area so standing on the edges will help you move around. But be careful, the stompers I installed to keep out trespassers, especially a certain black dragon are still operational. Hide in your shell to shield yourself from the shockwaves.” He finished with, “Off you go! And don’t forget! DO NOT! I repeat DO NOT free the prisoner!”
He switched off the intercom as he pulled up an image of his nightmare generators. He smiled at his devices, “Why didn’t I think of this before? I would channel a nightmare that they can NEVER wake up from, into Skylands! Not even those stupid bells would stop it!” He sighed as he remembered one other problem, “And there’s also the Equestrian Isles…”
He thought about that place as he brought up an image of the isles, still protected by the barrier which prevents his spells from harming the isles. He sneered, “Once my nightmares have overtaken Skylands, I will pay a personal visit to the Equestrian Isles and make them pay for resisting me! HAHAHAHAHAHA!”
Then a familiar voice spoke, “Harming the Equestrian Isles is no small feat.”
The sheep saw the imaginary Blackout again as he said, “It will be once my nightmares spread across Skylands...and you won’t be around to see it!”
‘Blackout’ chuckled, “Even so, Queen Fausticorn would never allow harm to come to the isles.”
The Dream Sheep asked, “Queen Fausticorn?” The black dragon answered, “Princess Celestia and Princess Luna’s mother, she’s kind, benevolent and cares for the inhabitants of the isles. I wouldn’t cross her if I were you.”
The Dream Sheep asked with pride, “What’s so scary about a mother to those Princesses?”
‘Blackout’ stated, “You wouldn’t want to see her mad or you would just be a wool coat afterwards.”
The sheep gulped, “I never really thought about it.” He soon swallowed his pride, “But when my nightmares spread, I hope she will be afraid.”
The black dragon chuckled, “That all depends on if or when I get to you.” The alarm went off again as ‘Blackout’ stated, “Keeping an eye on your minions lately?” He vanished as the dream Sheep saw Shellshock Sheldon blowing open the Sage’s cage as he yelled,
“What are you doing?! I don’t recall asking you to BLOW OPEN the prisoner’s cage!”
Sheldon replied, “Princess Luna has use for a bomber turtle like me. And also...consider this as my resignation!”
The Dream Sheep shouted, “Curse you, Princess Luna!! I WILL GET YOU FOR THIS!!”
Sheldon looked at the sage, “Let’s get out of here.” The sage replied, “Lead the way, my mean-looking turtle friend. We just have one more Sage to rescue so we can lift this Nightmare Curse!”
Back in the Abysmal Abyss, the infiltration team have been following Spike through the abyss as he lead them along the path to the grublin base.
For Spike, as he followed the ethereal trail, he looked at those accompanying him, they were willing to put their lives on the line to end this battle in victory. Gilda formed her militia since the grublins came and laid siege on the city. But she wasn’t the Gilda that he met all those years ago, she definitely changed for the better. But the one thing that boggled the Purple Dragon’s mind about Gilda - her friendship with Rainbow Dash.
He remembered something that Twilight would say to him, “When a friendship is strained, you need to bring the two together so they could figure out what strained their friendship in the first place. Maybe then, their friendship will be mended.”
He chuckled at this saying since Twilight was the big sister giving him advice. He’ll have to mend Gilda’s friendship with Rainbow Dash later...after they win the battle.
After a few more minutes of flying, they saw something stick out of the wall of the chasm. It was a structure unlike no other, it was built like a complex with grublins patrolling the place. Spike stopped as the others followed as they saw the complex. Spike looked at his friends,
“I think we found the base.”
Author's Note
So Blackout has the spirit of an ancient dragon inside of him and the Battle for the Nightmare Realm has begun. In Griffonstone, Spike and his friends have discovered the grublin base of operations in the Abysmal Abyss. Will they defeat the Bowslinger and save the city? Will Blackout and his friends put a stop to the Dream Sheep's evil schemes once and for all? Find out in Part 2 of Skylanders X MLP: Nightmare Realm.
Spike’s assumption was correct since they saw lights coming from the structure and grublins moving about. Gilda was shocked, “I can’t believe they built a base down here.”
The Purple Dragon assured, “I can’t believe it either, but we have to get inside that base and find the Bowslinger. Everyone above is counting on us.”
Gilda understood, “The more time we take down here, the more damage that the diversionary force takes up there.”
Trail Blazer nodded, “Well let’s get in there!” Spike added, “Without raising the alarm…”
Sonic Boom understood what he meant, “The grublins are currently focused on the distraction team above. If they raise the alarm down here…” Ember finished, “They would know that they were tricked.”
Spike motioned the group to follow him to a piece of rock that stuck out from the walls of the chasm. They landed as they touched the stable cliff that had a path leading to the base. Spike followed up Ember’s statement,
“That’s why we need to take care of any grublins we encounter, but we need to do it as discreet as possible so they don’t raise the alarm.”
Sonic Boom spoke, “My babies can be discreet in taking down some of the guards.”
Gilda stated, “But we still need to find the Bowslinger. We need to take him down so that these things can crumble under confusion.”
Spike replied as his eyes glowed for a bit, “I can use my senses to follow his current trail and find him. But we also have the demolition team to worry about.”
Gilda realized, “Right, we have to deal with the demolition team so they don’t blow the city while the battle above is going on.”
Ember asked, “And if the alarm is raised?” Sonic Boom answered, “They will most certainly get to the surface to blow the city even quicker!”
Gilda looked at Spike, “Spike, you’ll have to go into the base on your own, find those bomb grublins and signal one of us to take them out.”
Spike nodded, “Bomb creeps first, then the Bowslinger.”
Gilda nodded, “Certainly. Let’s go give these dweebs a what for.”
Spike knew what she meant as he looked at the others, “Stay close to me, stay out of sight and wait for my signal.” The two griffins, the dragoness and the fire unicorn nodded in acknowledgement as Spike told Sonic Boom,
“Retract the barrier, Sonic Boom. We won’t need it anymore.” The mother griffin retracted the barrier as she noticed, “Wait, there’s no high winds here.”
Gilda asked, “Strange, how come there’s no high winds?” Spike stated, “It could be that the base has some sore of field to prevent winds from blowing the grublins off. Since we’re inside that field, we won’t have to worry about the wind.”
Trail Blazer was amused, “Saves us the trouble since the barrier would give us away.” With that being said, they split up as they kept track of Spike as he went towards the base.
In the Nightmare Realm, the four dragons have accepted the Sleep Dragon’s help and reached the Dream Sheep’s dominion. It was all well and good if not for the enemies that were in the way. As the Sleep Dragon took a little nap after carrying the four dragons, Blackout spoke to his friends,
“Princess Luna told us that the Dream Sheep has two large Nightmare Generators made to send his nightmares into the waking world. If we have any chance of stopping his never-ending nightmare, those generators must be destroyed!”
Spotlight added, “But when we destroy them, we would also alert the Dream Sheep to our presence.”
Blades stated, “I think he already knew that we were here when Bucktooth and Sheldon freed the first two Sages of Waking.”
Echo nodded, “We just to destroy the generators and get to his castle. And see the look on his face when we destroy those generators.”
Blackout mentioned, “We also need to watch out for the last of the Nightmare Gang - Russel Purplestache. He’s a deadly Nightmare Brawl and Chain and will do everything he can to stop us from reaching the Dream Sheep.”
“Har - Hargh, Blackout. So yer friends want to play ‘Pirate’ eh? Well I’ll play ‘Pirate’in me own way!” said a pirate voice as the four dragons looked up to see the Nightmare Brawl and Chain that they were talking about.
Blackout yelled, “Russel Purplestache!” The Nightmare Pirate pointed a hook at the black dragon, “The Dream Sheep’s got a nice bounty on yer head...and I aim to collect it!”
Spotlight stood beside Blackout, “You’re in for a big disappointment.”
Russel told his minions, “Go get ‘em me hardies! Take them down, spare the black one if ye can or take the white one!”
Russel’s forces attempted to strike at the four dragons but Blackout slammed his claws onto the ground as a shock wave blew the minions away while Blades used his wing strike to take down those pirates.
After the pirates were dealt with, Russel pointed his hook at the four, “Ye may have beaten me forces...but there are no stairs leading up to my level!” He motioned to the empty space beneath him. “I’ll be waiting for ya when ye catch up. Catch a barnacle while yer at it!” He laughed as he ran off.
Blades knew one thing, “He had a point, Blackout. I don’t see any stairs in sight.”
Blackout smiled as he said, “That’s because they are not in existence yet.” He grabbed a nearby lantern in his mouth as he dangled it towards the cliff and soon enough, the stairs appeared when the light from the lantern shined on it. The black dragon stated although muffled with the lantern in his mouth,
“And viola, the stairs are there!” Echo whistled and said, “It does make sense since we’re in the Nightmare Realm.”
Spotlight spoke, “In a realm where dreams and nightmares exist, some walkways are invisible, so the lantern is the only way of finding these paths.”
Blackout added, “For a limited amount of time before it disappears.” The four dragons hopped up the stairs before the lantern disappeared. Blades spotted another lantern, “I got this one!”
He went for the lantern and grabbed it in his mouth as several nightmare forces arrived. Blackout, Spotlight and Echo defeated the enemies as they followed Blades across the bridge and jumped a gap to find a group of turtle bombers as the armored dragon dropped the lantern and did a ground pound on the immediate area, knocking out the turtle bombers in the process. Blades looked to see the shattered lantern,
“Well, we can always find another one.”
Blackout nodded, “That’s why the lanterns are scattered all over the place.” He spotted a pedestal, “Wait, a Nightmare Page!”
The four dragons went to the pedestal as Blackout took the page and read, “Originally a Captain in the Nightmare Navy, Russel left the service when he accidentally cut the pants off of an Admiral while trying to shake his hand.”
Echo asked, “Why have hooks for hands anyway?”
Spotlight added, “If he knew that those hooks would give him problems, he would’ve replaced them.”
Blackout shook his head, “That guy just never thinks things through.”
Blades knew one thing, “That Admiral was embarrassed and furious at Russel for that.”
They sent the scroll to Luna as they continued on their way, using the lanterns to reveal hidden bridges and reach the first Nightmare Generator.
The Dream Sheep was watching their incursion in his dominion as he saw the Sleep Dragon helping them out. The sight of seeing his brain-dead minion helping out the Skylanders instead of taking care of them infuriated the Dream Sheep as he yelled,
“BLAST IT! My dim-witted dragon has gone against what I said! When I get my hooves on him, I’ll rip his scales off and mount them on my wall!”
Soon enough, an alarm rang as the image of the outer generator faded, a sign to show that it was destroyed. The Dream Sheep saw the image of Blackout and his friends cheering as they destroyed the generator and used the Sleep Dragon to get to the next area. The Dream Sheep, angry at this, radioed his minions and said,
“Attention all minions! It has come to my attention that some of you are not doing a very good job. So I ask all of you and the elite units, STOP THOSE SKYLANDERS AT ONCE!! BEWARE OF THE BLACK DRAGON! If his eyes start glowing red, don’t attack him!”
Several teams of the sheep’s minions have assembled to protect the inner generator from the dragons. What also concerned the Dream Sheep was the King of Dreams that Blackout is searching for. He thought,
“I just hope Blackout doesn’t figure out where the king is.”
The Dream Sheep also thought back to the Palace of Waking after he left…”When I left the palace, I thought I’d heard...singing and judging by the voice...it was Spotlight’s voice. Despite being a thorn in my side, she has a nice voice.” He realized, “And she used her voice to calm Blackout when he was the Red Eyes…”
The Dream Sheep thought about it and knew that if Plan A fails, he would have to go to Plan B and by the looks of it, the Skylanders were already mowing down his troops even the most elite units. He shook his head,
“What do I pay them for? All I ask is that my incompetent minions stop those Skylanders!” He sighed, “But even if they do reach the entrance to my castle, they would need the last Sage in order to reach me...but that Luna mare is an exception since she can explore dreams if she wanted to.”
Soon enough, another alarm went off as the image of the Inner Nightmare Generator faded. The Dream Sheep didn’t need to see what happened since he already knew that Blackout and his friends have destroyed the second generator. At this moment, the only protection that he could rely on is the barrier that only the Sages can break and since the Skylanders only have two, they need the last to break his barrier. It seemed like a couple of minutes have passed until the Sleep Dragon entered the sheep’s lair just when he was reading the bio on Russel Purplestache,
“Cut the pants off of an Admiral that he tried to shake hands with because of his hooks...has a fascination with miniature pirate ships in bottles...originally had a green mustache at birth, but turned purple due to his obsession with blackberry pie.”
The Dream Sheep turned on the intercom to the third prison when he noticed the Sleep Dragon’s presence,
“The next time I tell you to take care of the Skylanders, I want you to actually TAKE CARE OF THEM!”
The Sleep Dragon replied, “What? I did! I took very good care of them. You should have seen it.”
The sheep was severely irritated on the stupidity of his minions, “Arrgh! Clearly, I am surrounded by incompetents. But no matter, I STILL have ONE of those stupid Sages left. And without him, the Skylanders are OUT of luck! Especially Blackout!”
He spoke to the recently arrived Russel Purplestache and said, “That being said, this prison is getting filthy! And that’s where you come in my portly pirate villain!” He stated, “I order you to clean this prison - starting with those filthy sea-slugs that cover the walls!”
He instructed the pirate, “Use your hookshot on targets to move crates or rafts around. You must also use it to pull a sea-slug towards you. Once you pull a sea-slug towards you, you need to smash it!”
He made it clear, “You got that!” The pirate nodded through the monitor, “Good! Now go clean this mess up - AND WHATEVER YOU DO - do NOT go near the prisoner. You get me?”
He took the pirate’s silence as a yes as he turned to face his incompetent, dim-witted dragon as he said,
“You know, I could pretty much tell you to take a hike if you weren’t so vital to me right now. I told you to take care of those Skylanders and you disobeyed me!”
The Sleep Dragon replied, “But I was following your orders, I WAS taking care of them…”
“And that is what we are grateful for.”,said a familiar voice as Princess Luna appeared again.
The Sleep Dragon’s eyes widened, “Pr...Princess Luna...Wanderer of Dreams...here...and…” The Sleep Dragon fainted due to Luna’s presence as the Dream Sheep scoffed,
“Why is it that every time you or your sister appear, everyone near you faints at the drop of a hat!?”
Luna replied, “It’s because they respect us, respect the Skylanders as their protectors. While they fear you when they go to sleep.”
The Dream Sheep stated, “Well Malefor taught me one thing, better to be feared than respected.”
Luna shook her head, “You follow the teachings of a dragon bent on destroying us in order to get his own way. He believes that the true nature of the Purple Dragon is to destroy the world. My nephew does not believe anything that he says.”
The Dream Sheep asked, “Nephew?” Luna nodded, “My sister’s son, a Purple Dragon that faced Malefor and won.”
The sheep shrugged, “That’s all well and good, but would your nephew stop my nightmares from spreading into Skylands?”
Luna shook her head, “He’s busy right now, but Blackout can stop your Nightmare Curse.” She vanished as the Dream Sheep realized, “Right, there’s still Blackout and with the Red Eyes Black Dragon...I wouldn’t stand a chance.” Then he realized, “If Spotlight isn’t around that is…”
He began to bounce enthusiastically, “When I initiate Plan B, I would be taking Blackout with me, separating him from Spotlight and having him lose control of the Red Eyes!”
The Sleep Dragon woke up and asked, “What happened?”
The Dream Sheep said, “I just got a new idea!” The Dream Sheep was about to explain until the alarm went off as the sheep activated the camera to see in shock that Russel had freed the last Sage! He yelled,
“What? No! I said hook the Sea-Slugs not the prisoner’s cage! It must be all those barnacles in his ears.”
Russel yelled, “Wrong, It’s because Princess Luna gave me a job that means well and saw my potential. The joke’s on you, Dream Sheep!”
The Dream Sheep growled, “Grrr! Well that tears it! Blackout, Spotlight, Luna, you’ve all forced my hoof! PREPARE FOR - THE FINAL BATTLE!!”
Russel knew that the sheep is really angry as the Sage said, “Now we can put an end to the Dream Sheep’s Nightmarish Plan!”
The Nightmare Pirate nodded, “Follow me back to the entrance to his castle, your fellow sages and Blackout’s friends are waiting.” They soon left the prison.
At the entrance to the Dream Sheep’s Lair, Blackout, Spotlight, Blades and Echo were ready to confront the Dream Sheep since the Sleep Dragon returned to them after a little talk with the sheep. The four dragons looked at the three Sages that the redeemed villains rescued as the center sage spoke,
“Way to go! You found him! Now we can start our ritual that will break through the Dream Sheep’s defenses. Stand Back!”
The dragons stood back as the Sages of Waking generated enough of their magic to open the door to the Dream Sheep’s Lair. Once the ritual is complete, the Sage in the middle spoke,
“It is done. Hurry, Blackout. You and your friends need to get in there! I don’t know how long our magic will hold.”
Blackout smiled, “Thank you, Sages of Waking.”
The Sage reminded, “The Dream Sheep must be defeated in order for the Sleep Curse to be lifted for good. We are all counting on you four!”
Blackout nodded as he quickly glanced at his friends as they nodded. He looked at the open door as all four charged. Blackout yelled,
“WE’RE COMING FOR YOU, DREAM SHEEP!” They entered the door with the Sleep Dragon following behind.
Soon enough, they entered the battle arena that had an inactive portal, several spots on the floor and standing in the center of this arena - was the Dream Sheep. The Sleep Dragon approached his irritated master and gladly said,
“Here ya go, your evil wooly-ness; Blackout and his friends, safe and sound. Hehe. I took good care of them, just like you asked me to.”
The Dream Sheep yelled, “WHAT?! No, you stupid sauropod! When I said “take care of them” I meant “TAKE CARE OF THEM!!!” He decided, “Aaarrrggh! You know what? It doesn’t matter. And you know why?”
Blackout asked, “Because Evil Dictators like you never win?”
The Sheep looked at the black dragon, “Because despite my dragon’s incompetent bungling, he still managed to deliver you and your friends to your ultimate doom!”
Spotlight asked, “Even with your plan in ruins, you really want to fight us again?”
The Dream Sheep nodded, “Because one, I’m an evil dictator of dreams and two, Blackout ruined my first plan all those years ago leaving me trapped in the book!”
Spotlight’s eyes briefly flashed blue before returning to white, “So it’s a battle then.”
Blackout’s eyes flashed red before returning to white, “Bring it on!”
The Dream Sheep turned to the Sleep Dragon, “Now, get over there at once. I want to take care of the Skylanders myself.”
The Sleep Dragon cheered, YAY! “Take care of them!” They’ll be ever so happy.”
The Dream Sheep yelled, “NO! Not “Take care of them,” I mean… GHA! NEVER MIND!”
The Sleep Dragon went over to the sheep as the evil sheep hopped onto the dragon’s back as he laughed. He ordered the dragon,
“Come on, SLAM THEM!” The Sleep Dragon performed a tail slam as the four small dragons scattered around the arena.
The Dream Sheep shouted, “There’s no escape! SQUASH THE SKYLANDERS!” The Sleep Dragon performed the shockwave attack, but t didn’t hit the four dragons as they dodged it. The Dream Sheep pointed at Blades as he said to the Sleep Dragon,
“Come on! PUSH THE ARMORED DRAGON BACK!”
Blades caught wind of this as the Sleep Dragon flapped his wings forward causing the gusts to almost push him over the edge of the arena, if Blades didn’t counter it with a cyclone swirl which absorbed the gusts from the wings. It caused him to slam into the barrier that protects the Dream Sheep and the Sleep Dragon, shattering it in the process. The Dream Sheep yelled,
“NOO!! That barrier was supposed to protect me! How is it possible?!”
Blades smiled, “Anything is possible.” He looked to a certain water dragoness, “Hit it Echo!”
Echo sang a lullaby which put the Sleep Dragon to...well...sleep while the Dream Sheep fell off his bumbling lizard. The Dream Sheep was now vulnerable to Blackout’s Wing Whips and Spotlight’s Eye Beams and Golden Rings.
The Dream Sheep couldn’t dodge fast enough because the duo moved faster than him as they attacked him at any chance they got before Echo’s Lullaby wears off. The Dream Sheep’s cries for the Sleep Dragon to wake up didn’t work, even offering him bacon didn’t work because of the lullaby. Sometime after a few more strikes, Echo’s lullaby wore off as the Sleep Dragon got up and the Dream Sheep got onto the large dragon.
He ordered the Sleep Dragon, “SLAM THEM RIGHT ON THE HEAD!” The Sleep Dragon did a tail slam as the smaller dragons scattered while avoiding the pillars of fire that came out from the grates on the floor. The Dream Sheep looked at Echo and ordered the Sleep Dragon,
“POWER SLAM THAT LOUD DRAGON!” The Sleep Dragon twirled his tail before bringing it down on where Echo was standing, but she avoided it as the sleep ball got stuck. The Dream Sheep yelled at his pet to get the sleep ball out until it was knocked off by Blades and flung it at the Sleep Dragon, knocking him out and flinging the Dream Sheep off of the dragon. Now vulnerable to Echo’s sound bubbles and Blades wing strikes while Spotlight shot a golden ring at the sheep with Blackout performing a Shadow Strike which has him teleport to the sheep attack and teleport out.
The Dream Sheep was hit multiple times by this attack until the Sleep Dragon woke up and the sheep got back on the larger dragon. He yelled, “Minions - FORWARD!!”
He summoned his minions to try and stop the four dragons, but they already had a trick up their sleeve. Blackout shouted,
“Russel, we need your help!” Russel Purplestache appeared in a flash of light and began swinging his hooks at any enemies in his path. The dragons took down the rest as Russel yelled,
“Break Time for me!” He returned to Luna as the Dream Sheep yelled, “SQUASH THEM! SQUASH EVERYTHING IN SIGHT!!”
The Sleep Dragon did the shockwave move, but had the same results as last time. He ordered the Sleep Dragon to do a tail slam and the four dragons scattered as the tail hit where they were standing.
Blackout spoke, “Looks like we’re doing great at dodging these attacks of yours!”
Spotlight added, “We’ll have you defeated in no time!”
Blades spoke as he dodged a shockwave, “And caught as well!”
Echo stated, “Your nightmares will never silence us!”
The Dream Sheep growled, “It’s not over yet, troublesome fools!” He told the larger dragon, “SPIN THAT TAIL!”
The Sleep Dragon did a tail spin attack which the four smaller dragons timed perfectly as they dodged the attack. The Dream Sheep yelled,
“You may have dodged that attack, but lets see how well you can dodge A STORM OF FIREBALLS!!”
The Sleep Dragon sat down and shot fireballs from his mouth as they rained down upon the four dragons. But Blackout was in a good position to attack the Sleep Dragon’s tail and chipped the sleep ball off of him. As the Sleep Dragon was licking his tail, the black dragon thew the sleep ball at him, knocking him out and throwing the Dream Sheep off of his back and landing right next to Blackout. The black dragon looked at the sheep as he said,
“Oh, nice of you to drop in.” The Dream Sheep said, “This is my dominion, Blackout!”
Blackout grinned, “But it doesn’t mean that I can still hurt you.” His eyes turned red as he opened his mouth, channeling an ability of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon as he mentally yelled,
“RED EYES INFERNO FIRE BLAST!” Blackout unleashed his fire blast at the Dream Sheep which knocked the dictator of dreams close to the edge which also awoken the Sleep Dragon. He asked,
“What? What’s that smell? Is it bacon?”
Blackout’s eyes returned to normal as the three dragons joined him as they saw the Dream Sheep struggling to get up. The sheep glared at Blackout,
“You... YOU RUINED EVERYTHING! My glorious plans for bringing the ultimate Nightmare to Skylands...ALL IN RUINS! BECAUSE OF YOU!!”
Blackout stated, “You lost, Dream Sheep. I suggest that you surrender and tell us where the King of Dreams is.”
The sheep chuckled, “Surrender? You think I would just surrender to the likes of you so easily?” What you didn’t realize, Blackout was that this was only Plan A!”
Before the four dragons could understand what he meant, a portal opened up as the Dream Sheep limped his way to the Sleep Dragon, “And now, it’s time to go to Plan B!” The Sleep Dragon took off with the Dream Sheep on his back as the sheep said, “But if I’m leaving this place, I’M TAKING YOU WITH ME!!”
The Sleep Dragon grabbed Blackout as the black dragon yelped in shock as he and the Dream Sheep fled into the portal as Spotlight yelled, “BLACKOUT!!”
The Light Dragoness jumped into the portal, chasing after them.
Inside the space between portals, Spotlight chased the Dream Sheep in order to get Blackout back. Using her wings to gain speed in order to catch up, Spotlight relentlessly pursued the sheep through this space until she managed to get close to the Sleep Dragon when the Dream Sheep noticed her,
“You again? You can never be away from Blackout can you?” Spotlight yelled, “Blackout’s not going anywhere with you! I will get him back!”
The sheep sighed, “We’ll see about that!” He told the larger dragon, “Hey, pea-brain! Swing that tail so we can throw Spotlight off of our path!”
The Dream Sheep noticed this as he yelled, “She’s underneath us! SHAKE HER OFF!”
The Sleep Dragon was doing his best to try and shake Spotlight out from under him, but she timed herself with his movements and remained under the larger dragon until she reached the forepaws of the larger dragon where Blackout was being held as he struggled to get himself free until he noticed Spotlight,
“Spotlight, you shouldn’t have come for me…” The dragoness stated, “Don’t give me that, Blackout. We’ve been through this thousands of times. No matter where you go, I go as well.”
Blackout saw that sparkling notion in the dragoness’ eyes which only occurs when they make eye contact. He understood why she came for him as he said, “Okay, but help me out of his grip.”
Spotlight tried many times to pull Blackout free while trying to keep herself close to him. This was certainly frustrating to Spotlight to the point that her eyes began to glow blue as she opened her mouth as rows of small sharp teeth became visible in her mouth. Spotlight clamped her mouth on the claw that held Blackout as the Sleep Dragon felt a sting of pain in his claw as he released his grip on Blackout to retract his right forepaw. Blackout flew from the Sleep Dragons claw and into the arms of Spotlight as they heard the Dream Sheep yell,
“YOU IMBECILE! YOU DROPPED HIM!”
The Sleep Dragon apologized, “I’m sorry, the white dragoness bit me!”
As the Dream Sheep got some distance between Spotlight and Blackout, the two dragons had no doubt that they were going wherever the Dream Sheep was going. But right now they were in a momentary embrace as Spotlight said,
“I’m not losing you again, Blackout.”
Blackout replied as their muzzles touched, “We are together through and through, Spotlight. In and out of battle.”
Spotlight wrapped her wings around Blackout embracing him some more while Blackout’s wings kept them moving to their destination. Blackout told Spotlight,
“What matters now is that we are pursuing the Dream Sheep and we will finish this.”
Spotlight released herself from Blackout as she said, “Together.”
As the light showing the exit point appeared, the two dragons knew that wherever the Dream Sheep has gone, he won’t get far with Spotlight and Blackout pursuing him.
Author's Note
So the Dream Sheep has initiated Plan B which involved snatching Blackout and taking him to somewhere beyond the portal if Spotlight had not interfered. But now on Spike's side, he and his friends have infiltrated the Grublin base to find the Bowslinger and the Demolition crew. Where do you think the Dream Sheep is going? Where will Spotlight and Blackout end up? Will Spike and his friends stop the grublins in time? Find out in the next exciting chapter of Skylanders X MLP!
Spotlight and Blackout reached the portal’s end point as the two dragons were thrown into a place that looked like a huge city. The two dragons landed on the streets of the city as their wings opened up allowing them to land gently. Looking at their surroundings, Spotlight asked,
“Where are we?” Blackout looked around and saw a sign as he read, “Maretropolis…” The black dragon was curious, “Why would the Dream Sheep go here?”
Spotlight replied, “I don’t know. But Maretropolis isn’t in any part of Equestria that I know about.”
Blackout turns away from the sign and notices a tall building near them, “If we can get a good view of the city from the top of that building, we could see where to go from there.”
Spotlight nodded as the two dragons took off for the building unaware of a small stallion with a camera as he said, “Dragons in Maretropolis? What could this mean? I need to tell the others about this.” With that, the stallion disappeared into the shadows.
Upon reaching the top of the building, the two dragon gazed over the massive city as they couldn’t believe their eyes.
Blackout was amazed, “This city is huge...we could explore this city for days.”
Spotlight nodded, “And we still wouldn’t see enough.”
Blackout remembered one thing, “The Dream Sheep could be hiding anywhere in this city.”
Spotlight stated, “If he’s weakened from our last battle, this would be our chance to capture him before he does harm to anyone else.”
Blackout nodded, “Which means we need to find where he’s hiding and capture him.”
Spotlight remembered, “We don’t have support from Blades and Echo this time.”
Blackout understood, “We left them back at the Dream Sheep’s Lair...let’s hope that portal is still open.”
Spotlight was going to speak until she saw something move in the streets below them, a lot of law enforcement judging from the lights heading to a building that looks like a museum. She spoke, “I got movement, multiple law enforcement vehicles heading to a museum and they’re in a hurry.”
Blackout saw them, “Let’s check it out.”
Spotlight and Blackout leaped from the building as they glided down towards the museum. Upon arriving, they landed on the roof of the building and looked down at what was going on.
They heard an officer ask, “What exactly happened?”
They listened to what looked like a security chief speak, “It was all so sudden. One moment we were patrolling the interior of the museum and all of a sudden, there was this flash and a sheep riding a dragon showed up and these guards ended up falling asleep. I tried shaking them, pouring a bucket of water on them and they still wouldn’t wake up!”
Blackout’s eyes widened as he heard the security chief’s story. The black dragon saw three security guards asleep while the chief and the law enforcement officer looked down at them. The officer said,
“A sheep and a dragon? Never heard of those in this city before…” The officer looked up at the roof of the museum and noticed Blackout,
“Umm...sir, was that gargoyle always there?” Blackout stood as still as a statue when the officer noticed him while Spotlight remained out of sight. But the one thing he needed to focus on was waking up those guards. Blackout, being a dragon from the Dream Realm, he vanished into the shadows as he made his way down the building, passed the officer and security chief as he made his way to the sleeping security guards. He briefly became visible to wake up the guards as their waking moans alerted the security chief and officer as they saw him.
The officer asked, “Who are you? What are you?”
Blackout replied, “I just woke up the guards that the sheep put to sleep.” He asked the security chief, “The sheep and the dragon, where did they go after he put your guards to sleep?”
The security chief replied with, “I don’t know, the cameras only showed him appearing and the guards falling asleep. He disappeared afterwards.”
Blackout nodded as he was about to leave until the officer asked, “Thanks for waking them, but who are you?”
The black dragon answered, “You can call me ‘Blackout.’” He vanished as he went back onto the roof to reunite with Spotlight.
As they made their way to another rooftop, Spotlight asked, “You think that was wise? Revealing yourself in front of those officers?”
Blackout replied, “If there was a better way, I would’ve done it, but we know that the Dream Sheep is here and has set those three guards to sleep. Although his sleep curse is actually weak than it was before.”
Spotlight mentioned, “Could it be from the battle?” Blackout nodded, “It is possible, the strength of the spell is determined by the strength of the caster.” He added, “And since that battle drained him of the ability to cast a worldwide sleep curse then the city is safe from the curse. But the Dream Sheep will still be a threat.”
Spotlight stated, “A more better reason why we need to catch him.”
All of a sudden, both Spotlight and Blackout’s eyes began flashing briefly as Spotlight asked, “What’s happening?”
Blackout’s eyes flashed red again as he said, “We’ve got some company.” At that exact moment, a costumed unicorn appeared from above and shot a power beam at them. The dragons avoided the beam as they tried to retaliate, but a lasso grappled onto Blackout, pulling him back. The culprit was a costumed earth pony that controls the lasso psychically. Blackout opened a black hole and teleported behind her and lashed his wings at her, knocking the mare to the ground. Blackout looked at the downed mare and asked,
“Who sent you? Was it the Dream Sheep?”
The mare replied, “Get out of my face, you gargoyle lizard!” She kicked Blackout as he turned into a spike ball and rammed into her again. When he moved to question her again, his eyes flashed red as he dodged several lightning strikes and used his Red Eyes Inferno Fire Blast to destroy a tornado,
“Impressive that a deviant like you would possess a power to destroy a tornado.” said a costumed pegasus that happened to be controlling the lightning and tornadoes. Blackout responded,
“I’m not going to ask again! Who are you?!”
Spotlight shouted as she was having a magic duel with another unicorn that had jewels on her costume, “Blackout! It seems these mares are more fight than talk!” Spotlight’s eyes started to flash blue as she opened her mouth and let out a blue energy beam which destroyed the unicorn’s defense as the unicorn that she fought before shouted,
“Radiance!” She jumped to cover her friend and fired a freeze beam at Spotlight, but because of Spotlight’s eyes flashing blue again, she teleported as the freeze beam hit the pegasus that Blackout was fighting, freezing her wings as the pegasus fell from the skies to the streets below. The downed earth pony saw the pegasus falling and yelled,
“Zapp!” Blackout heard this and saw her falling, so he separates from the fight and jumped off after the falling pegasus. Blackout had his wings to his sides as he sped up after Zapp and as far as he knew, was the falling pegasus. He knew that with her wings frozen, it’s impossible to fly and she’s falling to what appears to be her doom. As the streets were rapidly approaching, Blackout saw that there would be no way for him grab the pegasus and pull up in time. Blackout sighed,
“I guess I have no choice.” His eyes went full red as his body took on the form of the Red Eyes Black Dragon as he used his larger size to reach his claw out and catch the falling pegasus before she hit the streets.
When Zapp felt the claw of the black dragon catch her and place her gently on the ground, she looked up and saw the large dragon staring at her as she stared in awe at him. To the black dragon’s surprise, Zapp bowed in respect as she said,
“Guardian of Potential, forgive me for my actions earlier.” She was soon joined by two more costumed ponies, an earth pony that got to them super fast and another pegasus that looked shock and tried to control her anger. The fast pony asked,
“Zapp, we heard that you, Matter-Horn, Mistress Mare-velous and Radiance were fighting off two dragons and we came here as fast as we could.”
The second pegasus asked, “Um...is this one of them?” Zapp nodded and said, “But...he saved me when Matter-Horn’s freeze beam shot my wings.”
Soon enough, the large dragon soon shifted back into Blackout’s regular form, “And you thought that I would let you fall to your death?” He shook his head, “I don’t do that to allies.”
Zapp realized, “If you were willing to save me even when Filli-Second was on her way, then it means…” Blackout stated, “We’re not your enemy.”
Zapp turned to the two ponies with her, “Saddle Rager, Filli-Second, we need to get up onto the roof and stop the others from fighting each other.”
Blackout approached, “Let me deal with Spotlight, she’ll listen to me.” The dragon looked at Filli-Second and said,
“Don’t wait for us, Filli, Go!” She took off while Blackout and Saddle Rager took off with the dragon carrying Zapp due to her frozen wings.
Spotlight was caught in a magic duel between Matter-Horn as the unicorn said,
“I don’t know why you are here, but whatever you’re planning for Maretropolis, it will not happen!”
Spotlight dodged the unicorn’s energy blasts and shot gold rings and used her eye beams to direct them at Matter-Horn, “I don’t know what you are talking about and trust me, I don’t harm innocents!”
The beams struck Matter-Horn as she crashed against a wall as she struggled to stand up. Spotlight’s eyes began to glow as she said, “And I don’t take kindly to those that attack us first.”
All of a sudden, she was hit by an umbrella made of jewelry which served to infuriate Spotlight as she turned to her attacker which was Radiance as the unicorn said,
“You should think before accusing us of first strike. You will end up tied up in knots.”
In rage, Spotlight opened her mouth, showing off her small sharp teeth as blue energy started to build up in her throat. Radiance looked for ways to tie the dragon down, but to no avail. Just as the energy reached it’s peak, Blackout and Zapp dropped down between the two with Filli-Second and Saddle Rager joining them. When Spotlight saw Blackout, she closed her mouth, the energy build up stopped, her teeth retracted and her eyes returned to white as she said,
“Blackout?”
Radiance asked, “Zapp? But...I saw you fall.” She saw the other two, “Filli-Second, that was good timing.”
The fast pony shook her head, “Wasn’t me, we were a little late to the party.”
Radiance asked, “If it wasn’t you, then who was it?
Zapp gestured to Blackout, “It was him that jumped after me saving my life.”
Matter-Horn overheard the conversation as she struggled to get up and said, “If...if the dragon saved you…”
Blackout spoke, “The dragon has a name you know. It’s Blackout.” The unicorn understood, “If Blackout saved you, then that means we’re all on the same side.”
Mistress Mare-velous limped towards them, “Well that makes sense since he jumped after her.”
Radiance spoke, “But your friend almost tried to kill me.”
Blackout looked at Spotlight, “Spotlight? Did you…” The Sun Dragoness confessed, “I didn’t know what I was doing, okay. I felt an odd power build up wanting me to release it.”
Zapp noticed that Spotlight’s eyes flashed blue again as she stated, “The Guardian of Power dwells inside you. It wants you to unleash its power like when Blackout turned into the Guardian of Potential to save my life.”
Blackout noticed, “You called me that when you saw me as the Red Eyes Black Dragon. What did you mean by ‘Guardian of Potential?’ And what is the Guardian of Power?”
Zapp stated, “Not here in the open. We need to discuss this elsewhere.”
Matter-Horn chuckled, “I’m glad to see that egotistical attitude of yours loosened up after that skirmish with Mane-iac.”
Zapp silently whispered, “Don’t push it, Summers.” Blackout asked, “Do you mares have a base in this city?”
Matter-Horn nodded, “Yeah, we do. Follow us.” Spotlight and Blackout followed these six ponies to their base in order to get better acquainted. Although Filli-Second turned directly to me...the Writer,
“Can you go check on what the Purple Dragon is doing since you tend to switch back and forth between them?”
After she ran off, a scene transition appeared…(I better fix the 4th wall so it doesn’t break again.)
At the grublin base, Spike was doing his best to avoid any grublin patrols as he ducked and weaved through any nook and cranny of the base with the others shadowing him and waiting for his signal to strike. Spike had come to a point where he saw a bunch of grublins stacking explosive crates in a lift that would go up to the surface. Spike knew exactly what those were for and what those grublins are up to.
“It looks like we found the demolition team.” The others soon joined him as they saw the bomb boxes. Gilda said, “We need to stop those bombs from reaching the surface or else the city will be toast.”
Trail Blazer looked around the area in order to find a way to keep the bombs at bay. He smiled as he asked Spike, “Spike, what’s the attention span of a grublin?”
Spike asked, “They react when something goes wrong. Why?” The unicorn gestured to the crates of bombs that haven’t been loaded onto the lift as the group realized what he meant. Ember was the first to speak,
“Blow the bombs from down here? I like the way you think, Blazer.”
The unicorn stated to the dragoness, “I have my moments.”
Sonic Boom spoke, “If we set the bombs to go off down here, the grublins will know something is up…” Spike finished, “And it will flush the Bowslinger out of hiding.”
Gilda mentioned, “It will be one heck of an explosion. But what about the bombs that are on the lift.”
Trail Blazer stated, “The explosion would throw the grublins in disarray and we’ll use that opportunity to get onto the lift and dump the remaining bombs into the abyss.”
Spike was amazed, “Nice thinking, Trail Blazer.” Sonic Boom stated, “We’ll have to split into two teams in order for this to work.”
Trail Blazer spoke, “Ember and I will set the bombs off. The rest of you need to get near the lift and wait for the signal.”
Spike understood, “Okay, we’ll make our way to the lift. Be sure that you’re both ready to detonate the bombs.”
Ember nodded, “Got it. And the only thing to get their attention would be a huge bang.”
Gilda spoke, “Which would be a good distraction in order to lure the Bowslinger out of hiding.”
Sonic Boom stated, “Now let’s finish this fight.”
With that being said, the two teams separated as they made their way to their positions. They managed to hide behind some crates that were close to the lift. Gilda became curious about Spike since the last time she saw him, “You know Spike, you were just a dragonling when I last saw you and now you’ve grown into a the drake you are now.”
Spike replied, “Being who I am has some perks to it. The way Gabby reacted to me showed that my name gets around a lot. For me, I just do what I need to do so our world is safe.”
Gilda had this look of sorrow on her face as she asked him, “Do you think...after this battle...I want to see Rainbow Dash again...I need to apologize for acting like such a bossy griffin all those years ago. I doubt she’ll forgive me…”
Spike looked at the griffin and made it clear, “She might still resent you for doing that to her. But she’ll listen to me despite her...well... being her. She might be suspicious of you, but I’ll vouch for you. Be your Wing-Drake when you meet with Rainbow Dash.”
Gilda asked the drake, “You would do that for me? And I caused you trouble when I was in Ponyville…” Spike interrupted, “What happens in the past stays in the past, you can’t always think that your bossy attitude costed you your best friend. But seeing that you changed, you can fix your friendship with Rainbow Dash.”
Gilda didn’t know how to respond, but Spike is willing to help her mend her strained friendship with Rainbow Dash. She gathered up her courage and said, “I’ll do it, Spike. If we’re working together in this war, friendships must be fixed.”
The Purple Dragon stated, “It’s what Mom and Twilight taught me.”
Gilda chuckled at this as the Purple Dragon went to Sonic Boom and asked, “Any sign of movement near our hiding spot?”
The mother griffin spoke, “The grublins are unaware that we’re here and the lift hasn’t been activated yet.”
Spike nodded, “We just need to wait until Ember and Trail Blazer set off the bombs that are not on the lift.”
The trio waited while keeping vigilant if any grublin were to come wandering towards their hiding place. Getting rid of the demolition team and their bombs would not only save the city, but also flush the Bowslinger out.
Meanwhile in the base of the costumed ponies, Spotlight and Blackout were brought in by their costumed escorts as Zapp had a whispering conversation with Matter-Horn about them. There wasn’t any tangible details on what they were talking about, just sayings like ‘What do you mean?’ and ‘Are you sure?’ something like that. As soon as the mares brought the dragons into the command center of the base, they were joined by a small stallion that didn’t look like he possessed any known powers. He noticed the mares,
“Power Ponies, you’ve returned.”
Mistress Mare-velous added, “And we got two extras with us…” Zapp finished, “After we got our flanks handed to us by them.”
Blackout spoke, “Nothing personal, we just defended ourselves...until I had to save you.”
The stallion noticed the two dragons and stuttered, “Y-you’re t-the d-dragons that appeared from that portal in the streets…”
Spotlight asked, “”You saw us exit the portal?” Matter-Horn spoke, “Hum Drum was doing some recon since rumors started to spread of dragons in the city.”
Blackout noticed, “It most likely has something to do with me and Spotlight…” He smiled, “Ms. Summers.”
Matter-Horn’s eyes widen as she thought, ‘Impossible! How could that dragon know my identity? If he tells anypony else, we’re finished!’
Spotlight spoke, “Don’t get your mind in a twist, Matter-Horn. We keep things that we know on a ‘Need to Know’ basis. And we don’t reveal any masked pony’s identity.”
Matter-Horn sighed in relief and asked, “But how did you know who I am?”
Blackout stated, “When I went Red Eyes to save Zapp, her memories of you and this team was shared with me…” He realized as he turned to Zapp, “What did you see in my memories?”
Zapp closed her eyes and stated, “I see you, Spotlight and two other dragons fighting a large dragon with a gray sheep as it’s rider. I see you becoming the Guardian of Potential, Spotlight singing to you, entering a realm of nightmares, fighting the sheep again and Spotlight saving you when he took you through a portal…”
Matter-Horn realized, “Mind-Melding? And I thought only unicorns had that power.”
Spotlight shook her head, “Dragon’s possess the ability meld with others to share memories and usually requires a pool of water for the memories to be seen by anyone else.”
Radiance spoke, “You know as much as we love hearing about memories, we forgot to introduce ourselves.”
Matter-Horn understood that, “Okay, since we’re going to be working together, I think we should properly introduce ourselves.” She gestured to herself, “I’m Trot Summers, the Masked Matter-Horn, Leader of the Power Ponies.”
Mistress Mare-Velous introduced herself, “You can call me Mare, it’s kind of better this way.”
Zapp introduced herself, “I’m Aurora, also known as Zapp. It’s an honor to be in a guardian’s presence.”
Radiance introduced herself, “My name is Green Gardener, Radiance of the Power Ponies, Zeppelin Pilot and appeared on the cover of three beauty magazines.”
Filli-Second was next, “I’m Marey Allen, Detective of the Maretropolis Police Department, and Filli-Second of the Power Ponies.”
Saddle Rager spoke, “I’m...Spruce Spanner, I’m a scientist...until…” Blackout noticed, “You got exposed to an unknown radiation which means every time you lose control of your temper, you become a huge rage pony?” Spruce nodded, “That’s...pretty much my story, I’m also Saddle Rager of the Power Ponies.”
Hum Drum introduced himself, “I’m Hum Drum, I’m sort of a sidekick since I don’t have any type of superpowers. The last villain who thought that they keep me around because they feel sorry for me...well he underestimated me and now he’s serving a long jail sentence because of it. As the junior member of the team, I have knowledge of Maretropolis that these mares can benefit from.”
Blackout nodded as he introduced himself, “Allow me to fully introduce myself, I am Blackout from the Dream Realm and Skylander of the Dark Element.”
Spotlight introduced herself, “And I’m Spotlight, Skylander of the Light Element and well known in beam prisms using gold rings.”
Summers asked, “What’s a Skylander?” Blackout described, “In our world of Skylands, Skylanders are a group of warriors that varied from the most common thief to the mightiest of dragons to protect Skylands from the forces of evil. Our abilities are granted through the 10 Elements of Skylands, Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Life, Undead, Tech, Magic, Light and Dark.”
Mare asked, “But what are you doing in Maretropolis anyway?” Blackout answered, “We are here looking for the Dream Sheep and we must find him before he does any harm to this city.”
Aurora spoke, “That gray sheep in your memories...that’s the Dream Sheep?” Blackout nodded, “He already put a couple of security guards to sleep at the museum when he arrived. We were lucky to wake them up in time.”
Marey realized, “I was actually investigating the museum when I got the call to find you guys.” She pulled out a bag with a strand of gray wool and several patches of purple scales, “I found these at the site before heading out to find you. You recognize them, right?”
Blackout looked at the fur and scales as he replied, “Those items are from the Dream Sheep and his puppet, the Sleep Dragon.”
Spanner asked, “The Sleep Dragon?” Spotlight stated, “As far as we know, the Sleep Dragon is only a pawn while the Dream Sheep is the mastermind behind bringing us here.”
Blackout remembered something, “There was also something about him...something familiar.”
Spotlight asked her longtime friend, “What do you mean?” Blackout answered, “When I was held in the Sleep Dragon’s claws, I felt a familiar presence inside of him…” Then it hit him like a ton of bricks, “The presence of the King of Dreams.”
Aurora asked, “Who is the King of Dreams?” Blackout looked at the pegasus, “He’s the King of the Dream Realm and he vanished after the Dream Sheep made his move on the waking world.”
Spotlight asked, “You’re saying that the Sleep Dragon could be the Lost King of Dreams?” The Dark Dragon remembered, “Now that I remember, the King was a dragon...so it’s gotta be him.”
Marey spoke, “We can help you find your Dream Sheep with my sample tracker. I use it for tracking down any trails for possible suspects back at the MPD.”
Summers spoke, “Marey and I could get the results from the tracker to pinpoint the location of the Dream Sheep. Until then…” She turned to Aurora, “Aurora, you called Blackout a ‘Guardian’, can you explain what it exactly means?”
Aurora set the Thunderer talisman on the central table as it sparked and showed two images of two dragons, the Red Eyes which was recognizable and another dragon that was a mixture of white and blue with blue eyes circling each other, fighting and coming to terms with each other. Aurora exclaimed,
“My tribe tells tales of the Guardians, two powerful dragons that were powerful engines of destruction. Before my tribe came to occupy those lands, two dragons were feuding over the land, The black and white dragon would battle constantly to no end for control of the land until it looked like they would destroy themselves until several gatherer ponies encountered the two.” The Thuderer’s image turned to show more ponies arriving at the land of the two dragons as they were no longer fighting as the two dragons made a pact with the queen of the tribe.
“The queen of the tribe made a pact with these marvelous creatures since she admired them saying that the Blue Eyes represented Power while the Red Eyes represented Potential. My tribe revered the dragons as guardians since they turned to stone after a long period of protecting us. Even as stone, they became a symbol among my tribe with the Thunderer being their gift to us.”
The image faded as Aurora finished, “I left my home to prove myself to be worthy in the eyes of the Guardians. And when I return home, I would ascend to the throne.”
Blackout asked. “So...if the Guardians see you as worthy, you would become queen?”
Aurora nodded, “Yes, but I will go home to rule someday. But you have the Guardian of Potential inside of you and I can sense the Guardian of Power in Spotlight.”
Spotlight asked, “That Blue Eye White Dragon?” Aurora nodded, “My tribe also told stories of the return of the Guardians in the bodies of dragons like you, but the spirits dwell inside of you.”
Spotlight remembered an incident on the roof, “When Radiance attacked me, I almost felt like I was going to use a power that belonged to the Blue Eyes…” Aurora asked, “Were your eyes flashing blue?”
The dragoness nodded as the Tribal Princess knew, “Just like the stories…” Blackout asked, “What do you mean?”
Aurora explained, “The Blue Eyes White Dragon represents power and its soul is highly unstable due to its use in battle. The Guardian’s spirit wants to unleash its power, but your friend is fighting it.”
Spanner realized, “Just like me and ‘the other mare.’” Summers spoke, “Not exactly, while your condition determines on rage and anger, Spotlight’s condition is more on trying to keep the Blue Eyes from taking over.”
Blackout realized, “Now this brings back memories…” Mare-Velous asked, “What do you mean?”
The black dragon replied, “When I first became the Red Eyes, I was consumed by its potential that I wanted to fly after the Dream Sheep...but Spotlight stopped me when her eyes shined blue and...started singing.”
Marey asked Aurora, “Anything in those stories about the Blue Eyes and singing?”
Aurora remembered, “There was one about a young mare with blue eyes and a white mane that would go to the Blue Eyes Shrine and sing to it…”
Mare-Velous asked while raising an eyebrow, “So we just have to sing to it to calm it down?”
Hum Drum spoke catching them by surprise, “Not exactly...while you gone, I took it upon myself to do a little research on rituals involving Aurora’s tribe...and I found a ritual to calm the Blue Eyes Spirit inside Spotlight and allow a peaceful transformation like what Blackout has for the Red Eyes.”
Summers looked over the information that Hum Drum whipped up and realized, “Hum Drum, You’re a Genius! We could help Spotlight with her condition in no time.”
Blackout remembered their mission, “There’s also the Dream Sheep.” Summers nodded as Marey spoke, “We’ll run those samples into the tracker to pinpoint the exact location of your Dream Sheep.”
Blackout nodded as he turned to Gardener, “Spotlight almost unleashed an ability from the Blue Eyes on you?” The mare nodded, “Yes, she almost did if not for your timely intervention. Who knows what might’ve happened?”
Blackout stated, “It’s best not to talk about it since it doesn’t paint a pretty picture.” Summers spoke, “Since we all know what to do. Let’s get to it.”
The Power Ponies dispersed as Spotlight and Blackout were escorted to their room. Upon arriving at their room, Blackout looked at Spotlight and said,
“I still can’t believe that the Dream Sheep opened a gateway into a comic book.”
Spotlight sighed, “He plans to cause trouble in a comic book world, so we better stop him and get back to our world.”
Blackout asked, “So I’m not the only dragon to have an Ancestral Dragon inside.”
Back in the abyss, Spike and his crew remained on alert for any patrolling grublins while they waited for Ember and Trail Blazer to give them the signal to head for the lift to dispose of the explosives. Spike whispered,
“It’s only a matter of time before they…” He was interrupted by a large boom as an explosion ripped through the inner-sanctum of the grublin base. The grublins saw the explosions and ran towards them to see what was going on, leaving the bombs on the lift unguarded. Spike spoke,
“Now’s our chance.” The trio jumped out of their hiding spots and went to the lift as they started to shove the bombs over the cliff and into the abyss. When they were dealing with one of the last crates of bombs, Gilda realized,
“Spike, I’ve got an idea on what to do with these.”
Spike looked at where the explosion came from and the last of the bombs, “You want to set off the bomb here on the lift?”
Gilda nodded, “Yes, the grublins will have to figure out what’s going on as well as the Bowslinger. This is a perfect opportunity to take him down.”
Spike smirked, “Well we were bound to be discovered sometime during this mission.”
Sonic Boom added, “None of us could stay hidden forever.”
Spike saw the fuse attached to the last set of bombs, “Let’s blow this thing sky high. I’ll light the fuse and then we run away.”
The two griffins got to a safe distance while Spike puffed a small breath of fire on the fuse as it began to spark and make its way to the explosives. The purple dragon joined his companions in the safe zone as the bomb detonates, destroying the lift and sending a huge explosion which is most likely to attract the grublins to the lift. They were right as the first grublins that reached the lift were regular grub soldiers. So Spike decided to spring the trap as he leapt from cover and did a ground pound combined with a meteor attack. The shockwave obliterated the grublins while the second batch fell victim to Gilda’s claws or Sonic Boom’s screech and her babies.
Soon after, the trio saw several fire flashes spring up in the distance. Spike realized, “It looks like Ember and Trail Blazer have started their attack.”
Gilda spoke, “Let’s give them a claw.”
Sonic Boom warned, “There is no doubt that the Bowslinger will be among the grublins. We must be ready.”
Spike looked at Gilda, “Gilda, remember that back-up I was telling you about?”
The griffin asked, “Time to call them in?”
The purple dragon nodded, “Time to call them in.”
Author's Note
Yep, you saw it, Spotlight and Blackout have ended up in a Power Ponies comic book. Not only they discover that Spotlight has an Ancestral Dragon spirit within her as well, there is a mythology between the two dragons which involved Zapp's tribe in this comic book. Meanwhile in Griffonstone, Spike and his compatriots have detonated the bombs in the base to lure the Bowslinger out of hiding. Will Spotlight be able to tame the dragon within? Will they find the Dream Sheep and free the King of Dreams? Will Spike and his friends emerge victorious in the Battle of Griffonstone? And who is Spike calling as back-up? Find out in Part 2 on the next exciting chapter of Skylanders X MLP!
Soon enough, Spike gave the signal to call in the reinforcements as several flashes of light occurred. When the lights faded, there stood some familiar faces that Spike recognized because of his trip to the future during the Traptanium War. It was five Superchargers along with their trademark vehicles, there was the lark bird Stormblade and her Sky Slicer aircraft, the warsupial Smash Hit and his Thump Truck, the robot High Volt and his Shield Striker battle car, the undead mariachi band leader Fiesta and his Crypt Crusher battle car and finally, the leader of the superchargers, Spitfire and his Hot Streak car.But what’s unique about him is that he is a fire spirit from the Wonderbolt Captain’s connection to the Fire Element, but he is also a whiz at mechanics because his ‘second donor’ Drobot was a professional mechanic for a dragon. His ‘birth’ occurred after the Traptanium War and it was a screw up with the human Drobot’s machine while the original Drobot went inside to check on it with the mare Spitfire watching him. It turned on leaving him trapped inside and once the sequence was finished, he was released. But his pegasus friend noticed the fire spirit unconscious in the machine. Drobot found a strand of her mane in the machine which was the source of the fire spirit’s creation. So they took him in and trained him to use his abilities. His tech enhanced fire wings made him get a need for speed. They named him Spitfire due to his appearance and he showed overconfidence in himself as well as arrogance when they trained him. But when Master Eon wanted a leader for the Superchargers, the flame spirit stepped in and his arrogance was set aside so he could be a true leader.
Anyway, if side stories are out of the way, the five Superchargers were on the battlefield as Spitfire said, “Hey Spike, we’re ready to fight anytime!”
Spike nodded as he said, “Okay, Spitfire, send your superchargers to different areas of this base and keep the grublins distracted. We are going to need cover while we make our way to Trail Blazer and Ember.”
The supercharger smiled, “You know me, my guys and I are always ready!”
Stormblade spoke, “I’ll provide air support with my Sky Slicer.”
Smash Hit tapped the tires of his truck, “My Thump Truck is ready to run those things under its tires.”
High Volt spoke, “The Shield Striker is ready for battle.”
Fiesta spoke as his Crypt Crusher powered up, “I helped the Skylanders indirectly by helping hold off Moneybone’s forces to keep his guards from warning the count, but now it’s time to help this city.”
Spike nodded, “And for us to return the favor.” The fire spirit nodded as he got into his Hot Streak,
“We’ll handle the small fry, you concentrate on getting to your friends and destroying the Bowslinger.”
Spike nodded, “Rock and roll, Superchargers!” The purple dragon, the two griffins and the superchargers separated as the battle in the grublin base began. While Spike’s group were heading to where the first explosion took place, they spotted a few grublins in their path, Gilda sprung out with her claws and slashed them to bits. Spike used his Ice Breath on a few of the bowmen and smashed them to bits with a tail strike. Sonic Boom and her babies were making short work of the grublin wyverns in the skies with sonic screams and the pecking attacks of the babies.
The trio plowed through any grublins that got in their way as Spike also resorted to using a Fury Attack which Sonic Boom noticed and pulled Gilda into cover as Spike pulled off a Fire Fury Attack. When the griffins came out of cover, they saw nothing but charred grublin corpses as several spirit gems went to Spike, regaining his strength.
Gilda looked at the drake, “I’ve heard stories about those shockwave attacks that you do. But to witness it first-claw…”
Spike chuckled, “Join the club, those that travel with me see it all the time.” He gestured a wing forward to the rendezvous point, “Right now, we have to get moving,”
And with that being said, the dragon and the griffins continued on through the base.
Back at the Power Pony Base, Spotlight was with Summers and Marey as the scanner scanned the wool and dragon scale. The process took a few minutes to finish, but as soon as it was finished, the results appeared on the screen as Marey noticed,
“Well, according to the scanner, your Dream Sheep is somewhere in one of the more underworld parts of the city.”
Spotlight noticed, “Those areas are more dangerous than anywhere in the city.”
The detective sighed, “I’ve gotten a lot more cases in those areas than anywhere else.”
Summers replied, “It’s a perfect place for him to hide in.”
Spotlight would know that Blackout will be happy to know where the Dream Sheep is hiding. But now would come with dealing with the Blue Eye White Dragon inside of Spotlight. The dragoness asked,
“When we go to this area, what should we expect?”
Marey stated, “Crooks, criminals, small gangs, even some people that would gladly burn us at a stake if they ever saw us since we threw them in jail.”
Summers asked, “You don't think that the Dream Sheep could use these released criminals that we captured as his personal guard, right?”
Spotlight stated, “He could use some for patrolling around where he's hiding, but he's still got the Sleep Dragon at his disposal.”
Summers nodded, “But even if we have a fix on his location, we still can't go after him until we deal with the ‘guardian dragon’ inside of you.”
Spotlight sighed, “I know. But I hope Hum Drum’s search brought up something solid on how to calm the Blue Eyes White Dragon.” Then something from Aurora’s stories made the dragoness ask,
“What was special about the maiden with the eyes of blue?”
Summers described it from her own research, “The Maiden was not only a frequent visitor to the Blue Eyes Shrine, but was also very close with a High Priest of the shrine. Legend has it that when she gave her life for the High Priest, he was saddened by her loss that he presented her body to the shrine as it was said to have bound her soul to the Blue Eyes White Dragon.”
Spotlight asked in shock and confusion, “Gave her life?!”
“Dark forces that attacked the tribe when one nearly went for the High Priest, only for the maiden to get in the way.” Said Aurora’s voice as she walked into the room.
Spotlight realized, “So she's connected to the Blue Eyes White Dragon after the High Priest placed her body on the shrine!?”
Aurora nodded, “That's how the story of maiden goes. There are other stories that say that the maiden herself carried the spirit and soul of the Blue Eyes and when she died, she saved the High Priest by purging the dark forces from his mind, making him the new keeper of the Blue Eyes.”
Summers asked, “How can you be sure which story is the truth? If the maiden became one with the dragon, why did she seek out another?”
Spotlight realized, “Because she senses the spirit of the Blue Eyes within me.”
Aurora asked, “What are you saying?”
The Light Dragoness stated, “In my world, the Blue Eyes White Dragon and the Red Eyes Black Dragon are part of a special breed known as Ancestral Dragons. They were the first known dragons to exist in my world. They were masters in all forms of magic, the first creatures ever to use magic.”
Summers raised a brow, “But the Professor once told me that the first creatures to use magic were alicorns.” Spotlight shook her head, “In this world, yes, but the magical abilities came from the dragons - which the spirit of one is inside me.”
Aurora was amazed, “No wonder my tribe reveres the two. The legends of the two dragons...you and Blackout, the maiden...she does sense you.”
“Guys!” yelled Hum Drum as he ran into the room with the information. “Blackout and I believe that we found a way to help Spotlight with her current dilemma.”
Marey asked while studying the scanner, “What did you find?”
The young colt brought up the information as he said, “Remember the rituals of Aurora’s tribe that I was studying an hour ago?” He paused for a moment and said, “I’ve discovered a ritual to contact the Blue Eyes White Dragon and the Red Eyes Black Dragon!”
Summers looked at Aurora, “Has anypony ever performed this ritual before?”
Aurora stated, “Only on rare occasions, but contacting the Guardians requires specific items for the ritual to work.”
Hum Drum nodded as he continued, “The only way for the ritual to work is two objects related to the Blue Eyes and the Red Eyes.
Aurora realized, “The White and Black Stones of Legend!”
Summers asked, “You know those stones?” The tribal princess nodded as she said with a distraught voice, “Those were one of the reasons why I came to Maretropolis in the first place.”
Spotlight asked in shock, “What?!”
Marey looked at Aurora, “What do you mean?”
Aurora looked at the group and stated, “Before I left home, a bunch of thieves snuck into the Temple of the Guardians and stole the Stones of Legend. Those stones were used by my tribe to contact the Guardians and if necessary, summon them to our world.”
Blackout asked, “And you followed the thieves to the city to reclaim the Stones of Legend?”
Aurora nodded, “Both stones possess powers exclusive to the Blue Eyes and Red Eyes. It would be a disaster if they were used by unthinking hooves.”
“And I’ve found out where the stones are in this city.” said Mare as she entered the room.
Marey Allen asked their recent arrival, “Where are the Stones?”
Mare looked at Aurora and asked, “You said that the stones possess unimaginable power, right?” Aurora nodded as Summers realized what she's getting at by saying,
“If we modify the tracker to track abnormal magic...we could find a way to track down where the stones are being kept! Mare, you're a genius!”
Mare replied with, “You're the brains ‘round here, Summers. I just figured out how to find them.”
The detective added abnormal magic to her tracking device and soon enough, the screen showed areas of abnormal magic in the city. But the strongest source of abnormal magic was centered in the criminal underworld section of the city - the same area where the Dream Sheep is. Marey spoke,
“The strongest source of abnormal magic is coming from a warehouse in the criminal underworld.”
Blackout looked at the location of the supposed Stones of Legend and said, “I sense the Dream Sheep somewhere in that area as expected.”
Spotlight added, “I also sense a trap.” She looked at Summers, “Any ideas?”
Summers knew it was going to be a tough mission, they were going into dangerous territory where they would most likely get attacked by the criminals that they caught. They were also going to find two artifacts from Aurora’s tribe in order to summon the two dragons that said tribe revere inside the two dragons from another world while also tracking down an evil sheep with the power to make anypony fall asleep. She looked at the dragoness and said,
“Our options are limited at this point, so we spring the trap.” She noticed that one member was missing,
“Where's Dr. Spanner?”
Blackout spoke, “She's on her way right now. She had to check on some things in this command center.”
Soon enough, Spanner joined the rest as she was filled in on the information for the mission. But knowing her, going to the most dangerous place where innocents are harmed for amusement is going to be a major test for keeping her anger down.
Blackout stated, “Are you sure you can handle it?”
She nodded while saying, “Yes, I can. This is something that we can't avoid. And this could be a chance to get you two home.”
Spotlight realized, “That's right, we need to find a way back to our world after the job is done.”
Blackout hoped, “I hope the Princesses are watching us from the portal, if they can activate the Trap Vortex in this world once we defeat the Dream Sheep, then we have a good chance to get home.”
Summers asked, “How does it work?” Spotlight stepped in, “The Princesses are our Portal Masters, meaning that they can activate the vortex on their side and transfer it to the defeated villain. The vortex won’t stop until the villain is sucked in and inside the crystal back home.”
Spanner noticed, “It would get him out of our world...and sever the connection between him and the Sleep Dragon…” Blackout finished, “Freeing the King of Dreams in the process!”
Summers knew what they had to do, “All right, we have our mission. We’re going into the criminal underworld to find those stones and stop the Dream Sheep from spreading his Sleep Curse all over the city.” She scanned her eyes at the team and said,
“All hooves and claws on deck for this one.” She glanced at the sidekick, “Even you Hum Drum.”
The sidekick stood on his hind hooves and saluted, “I’ll do my best, Matter-Horn. I won’t let you down.” Because the sidekick used her power pony name, it obviously means that they’re going into action.
Marey spoke as she transferred the tracker’s data to nine wristwatches, “Everypony and dragon will need to sync up their trackers once we arrive. These will help us locate the stones and the Dream Sheep.”
They all took a tracker watch and attached it to their left foreleg as Blackout said, “When this is all over, it's been an honor serving with you seven.”
Summers smiled as she replied, “In my opinion, it’s us that should be saying that to you.” The black dragon chuckled as the unicorn looked at her team and said,
“Power Ponies, Let's Go!” With that being said, the team of nine left the command center to the most dangerous place in Maretropolis.
Back in the Grublin Base, the creatures were swarming all over a single area which was where the first explosion took place. They were surrounding a certain unicorn stallion and a cyan dragoness who was in her Supercharger form, wrist swords at the ready while the unicorn had his fire powers ready to torch anything in his path. As they stood back-to-back, Ember glanced over to Trail Blazer and asked,
“Think you can handle this many?”
The unicorn looked around and replied, “Well, might be tough if one more shows up.”
Ember smiled, “Then that would be the one I take care of.”
Trail Blazer joked, “What, You fighting too?” The duo soon charged at the horde and used their abilities from fire-based attacks to traditional charging, sword, melee and buck attacks.
Ember’s agility and the use of her wings allowed her leap over the trolls and stab the mossy abominations in the back with her wrist swords, tearing open the moss while using her fire breath burn them from the inside. She noticed a bowman trying to shoot her, but she threw a fire dagger at the creature, taking it out of commission. She noticed a Hero Orc command its underlings while yelling in its garbled language. At its command, several flies went towards the dragoness with the intent to stop her, but she used a flaming tail strike which knocked a majority of them to the ground with a fireball finishing off the remainder.
That wasn't until they spotted a Grublin Orc Bowman wearing a glowing red helmet, pointing his crossbow at the two from the dragoness’ side. Ember’s eyes widen as she seen types like these before,
“They've sent in an Elite. He's a fire type!” The stallion added, “And so are we.” He was going to attack the Elite, but the Grublins on his end kept him occupied. He looked at Ember,
“Ember, I'll handle these guys. He's yours.” Ember didn't know what to say about it, ‘He wants me to battle the Elite?!’
The stallion spoke, “You saw the way Spike fought the Elite. Remember what Spike said!”
The Dragon Lord-To-Be thought about what Spike taught her when taking on these particular enemies. As she heard Spike’s voice in her head from before they arrived at Griffonstone,
“When facing an Elite Grublin, keep your distance because they have powerful attacks. If their helmet is of the color of your element…”
She finished the statement, “Just shut up and aim for the helmet.”
The Elite shot at her, but the dragoness dodged it and shot her wrist swords at the deadly foe. The swords struck the helmet as the Elite staggered for a bit before preparing to shoot her again. But Ember was already charging at it at full speed as her returned swords slashed at the helmet. It didn't do any visible damage to the Elite itself, but she noticed a few cracks starting to form on the helmet.
The Elite sprung up a sword attachment in his crossbow and challenged Ember to a duel. Her wrist swords had fire forming around them as she accepted the challenge as the Elite struck first, but Ember blocked it. She countered with a kick to the Elite’s chest as the monster staggered back for a bit, leaving him open for an attack to the helmet as the dragoness struck the helmet as more cracks began to form. The Elite jumped over her as it tried to stab her in the back. But Ember sidestepped and used a sword blaze attack which shattered the helmet, leaving it vulnerable to attack. Ember saw the helmet shatter as she mentally said,
“Now’s our chance!” She looked over to Trail Blazer as the stallion finished off a group of Grublin Trolls as he looked back at her. She yelled, “Blazer, the Elite is vulnerable! Let's finish it off together!”
The fire unicorn went to her side as he said, “On my mark!” He charged the Elite, bucked it up into the air as both unicorn and dragoness jumped to its level and performed a combined takedown attack which had them strike both sides of the Elite until they finished it with a swift strike as the impact with the ground caused the creature to burst into spirit gems.
Seeing that their foe is defeated, the briefly blew a breath of relief until an arrow nearly pierced Trail Blazer’s head. But they dodged it as their high valued target appeared before them: The Bowslinger. He was about to fire another arrow until several electric bolts hit where he was standing. The Bowslinger wasn't hit, but after those bolts, Spike, Gilda and Sonic Boom landed next to their friends. The Bowslinger looked at Spike and spoke in an impressed tone,
“I’m surprised, dragon. My Grublins were convinced that the griffins were the real threat. Very good at deceiving them with the diversion, but of course it would soon be all for nothing. You can't stop what's at work here.”
Spike asked, “Why are you working for Malefor to destroy this world?”
The Bowslinger replied, “Not destroy, Malefor wants to conquer this world, make these lowly creatures know who their masters are. You of all dragons know that you were born to dominate the weak, to destroy those beneath you, and yet you refuse your purpose.”
Spike heard this before, “Malefor said that to me before at the Crystal Empire, but did that stop me from protecting my home, my friends and family? No, it didn't. Malefor chose his path when he chose to dominate. But I choose my own path, and I choose to protect those that can't defend themselves. Like those who accompany me, we are the sword and shield of Griffonstone!”
The Bowslinger shook his head, “You have no idea what you are dealing with, dragon. Although, Malefor gave me specific instructions to eliminate you in case of a chance encounter.”
Gilda stepped forward and said, “If it's a fight you want, we’ll give you a fight, dweeb!”
The Bowslinger recognized her, “The former bossy griffin, who wanted to leave the city.”
Gilda sneered, “I changed my mind after you guys attacked.”
The Bowslinger looked at the group, “So the Fellowship of the Purple Dragon...come to fight me?” He took out his bow, “So be it!”
Spike yelled, “Bring it!” And with that, the fight began. The Bowslinger shot his arrows at the quintet, but they decided to spread out to give the Doomlander multiple targets to shoot at. The Bowslinger shot five arrows at them, but they dodged them at the right time as Spike and Sonic Boom retaliated with a screech attack and electrical attack as the Doomlander staggered for a bit. His staggering left him open to a slash attack by Gilda as she managed to scrape off a piece of his armor. The Bowslinger picked himself up and said,
“So you have the nerve to strike me?! It’s time you see why I was chosen to lead this assault!”
The Doomlander charged up his arrows and fired three of them at the heroes, but the only difference about this arrows were…
“These are homing arrows!” yelled Spike as he dodged one of them. Trail Blazer used his fire attack to destroy some of the arrows while Ember used her fire breath on the Bowslinger as the archer fired multiple arrows to stop the dragoness only for Gilda to notice as she yelled,
“Ember, LOOK OUT!” The female griffin opened her beak and unleashed a crazy shriek that blew the Doomlander backwards. The shriek knocked the Bowslinger into a pile of crates as Ember asked,
“Gilda, did you do that?” The griffin didn’t know what else to think since it’s been a long time since she did something like that. It was almost unreal to her since the loudest she’s ever scream was during her botched visit to Ponyville. But this scream felt like an ability, something that was locked away and finally unleashed.
Sonic Boom took notice of the younger one’s shocked state, “You have the Sonic Shriek ability. The griffins of Griffonstone had this ability in your golden days. I’ve read about the griffins of old in this world, it seems they forgotten what powers they possess.”
Gilda asked, “What do you mean?” Sonic Boom was going to answer when one of her babies tugged at her leg and pointing a wing at the Doomlander that’s just getting up. She sighed, “Maybe later, but you can use your new ability to help defeat the Bowslinger.”
Gilda understood that as she and Sonic Boom regrouped with the others to attack the Doomlander.
Back in Maretropolis, Blackout and Spotlight had reached the front door of the warehouse where the stones are said to be located. Blackout used his communicator,
“Blackout to Matter-horn, we’ve reached the front door to the warehouse.”
Matter-horn replied, “Nice work. Zapp, Radiance and I are coming up on the side entrance, no problems so far.”
Blackout asked about the junior member, “What about Hum-Drum?”
Radiance spoke, “The colt said something about setting up an overwatch position of the area. A shadow technique as he calls it.”
Spotlight whistled, “Clever colt.” Blackout asked, “Any word on his position?” Zapp spoke, “Not really, he said that he’ll contact us soon.”
Blackout nodded, “Let’s hope he’s covering us. Blackout out.” He clicked off as the two dragons make their way into the warehouse through an opening in the front. It looked like a real fixer-upper, but it's where they need to go. Blackout contacted Mare-velous,
“Blackout to Mare-velous. We're in.”
Mistress Mare-velous replied, “We're in as well, the back door to the warehouse was only lightly guarded.”
Blackout was curious, “There weren’t any guards on our end. Something’s wrong here…”
Filli-Second spoke up over the comm, “You did sense that the Dream Sheep would be baiting us.”
Blackout nodded, “And we agreed to spring the trap.”
Saddle Rager spoke, “Just watch your tails out there...there’s no telling what the Dream Sheep is up to. But the lack of any vengeful criminals in this area is disturbing.”
Spotlight threw in her two cents, “When in doubt, get angry at the right time, Saddle Rager.”
The cautious Power Pony spoke with a little bit of caution, “I’ll remember that, Spotlight. Saddle Rager out.”
The two dragons began to navigate through the warehouse while keeping an eye out for either the Power Ponies or any thugs that could be guarding the place. Spotlight looked around for a moment before she heard the sound of voices coming towards them, it wasn’t their friends. Spotlight whispered,
“We got hostiles.” Blackout went into the shadows while Spotlight hid behind some crates as two unicorn thugs entered. Both were regular thugs that dwell in bad areas like this part of the city. They were talking to each other as the dragons eavesdropped on them as one said,
“Did you hear? The boss broke out that crazed mare earlier tonight.”
His partner asked, “The Mane-iac?” The first one nodded, “Yes, I heard that she and the boss are collaborating to destroy the Power Ponies once and for all.”
The partner shook his head, “We all tried fighting those costumed freaks and we’ve all failed and got thrown into jail.”
The first stated, “I’ve heard that the boss has been monitoring their progress and finding out their weaknesses. He’s already found out the weakness of at least three of them.”
His partner asked with intrigue, “And who are those lucky three?” The thug replied, “The fast runner can’t go fast without motion. The one with the lasso, she’s not going to look tough when she has it tied around her. But the Radiance, a little whiff of nerve gas would break her will.”
His partner asked, “Would capturing three of the four power ponies serve as an example of those that worship these heroes?”
The thug added, “But also for harboring the two dragons that the boss is after.”
In the shadows above, Blackout realized, “Radiance, Mistress Mare-velous, Filli-Second? I must warn them!”
But he couldn’t warn them with tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum below him. He saw Spotlight and sent a signal via eye flashes. Spotlight emerged and pulled the thug partner behind the boxes and knocked him out while Blackout swooped down, grabbed the thug and ascended up as the unicorn looked at him with a frightened look. When they were on the rafters, Blackout let the thug dangle over the edge while holding his neck,
“I want to know about your boss and his plans.” The thug said while frightened, “You...you’re...the black dragon! The...one the boss talked about.”
Blackout squinted his eyes, “Tell me about your boss!” The thug struggled as he spoke, “He’s a sheep...with a pet dragon.”
Blackout nodded, “The Dream Sheep hired you for the opportunity to get revenge on the Power Ponies didn’t he?”
The thug quickly nodded, “Yes...he did! He told us of what we could accomplish if we rid this city of the true villains of justice - The Power Ponies!”
Blackout nodded as he knocked the thug out and flew down the ground and placed both thugs in the crates. Blackout’s comm went off as he heard Hum Drum’s voice,
“I overheard your interrogation with that thug. It’s clear that the Dream Sheep is delusional, hoping to get the most dangerous ponies that we locked up to fight us.”
Blackout asked, “Where were you, Hum Drum?”
The sidekick replied, “I’m on the roof of the warehouse, I managed to locate the stones of legends, but there’s one problem - it’s heavily guarded.”
Spotlight sighed, “Figures.” The sidekick spoke, “Hang on, I’m going to find a way to thin out the guard forces, this won’t take long.”
Blackout asked, “What are you…” He was interrupted by a sound of magic blasts, hooves and what sounded like an explosion sound. The two dragons went to the room where the fight occurred and saw several knocked out thugs with Hum Drum standing over them. The two dragons looked at the sidekick and the knocked out thugs as Blackout asked,
“Did you do all of this?” Hum Drum nodded as he held up what looked like a flash grenade, “I had my Concussion Detonator with me. It disoriented them long enough for me to knock them out.”
Spotlight asked, “Should I really ask who trained you?” Hum Drum simply said, “I think you already know.” The light dragon sighed, “I thought so.”
The trio turned their attention to the two stones that were in the room, one was blue while the other was red and they glowed as Spotlight and Blackout approached. These were what they came for - The Stones of Legends. Hum Drum decided to contact the others,
“Hum Drum to Power Ponies, we found the stones.”
The panting voice of Matter-Horn spoke, “You found them?! That’s great news! But…” Zapp spoke over the comm, “We were ambushed, somehow the deviants caught us by surprise.”
Saddle Rager spoke, “Filli-Second, Mistress Mare-velous and Radiance have been captured and it gets worse…”
Blackout asked, “Mane-iac is back?” Matter-Horn replied, “Yes, she’s back.”
Spotlight told the others, “Meet us in the central chamber.” The others nodded as the comm ended as this mission went straight to Tartarus.
Blackout lowered his head as said, “It’s my fault I should’ve warned them when I had the chance.”
Author's Note
So now a cliffhanger! Anyway, three of the Power Ponies were captured and Spike and his team are fighting the Bowslinger back in Griffonstone. This took way to long to finish...anyway, see you in the next chapter!
In the warehouse, Spotlight, Blackout and Hum Drum waited while staying out of sight in case any thugs showed up. But luckily, they were in the clear as the three remaining Power Ponies joined them. Matter-Horn looked at the two stones that Blackout had in the bag and asked,
“Are these it?” Zapp spoke, “They are the very stones that were stolen.” She smiled, “It is good to see them again.” The blue and red stones momentarily flashed as they backed up, but nothing happened. Spotlight stated, “Anyway, we need to rescue the others. There’s no telling what would happen to them.”
Saddle Rager nodded, “I still can’t believe Mane-iac escaped from prison.”
Blackout sighed, “I should’ve warned you when I had the chance.”
Matter-Horn spoke as she placed an assuring hoof on his wing, “Even if you did warn us, Mane-iac knew the weaknesses of the others. We were actually lucky to escape further into the warehouse.”
The black dragon looked at the unicorn, “Thanks Summers.”
She wasn’t phased by him calling her by her real name, “No problem, Blackout.” She looked at the remaining members of their team, “But right now, we have the Stones so we could commune with the Red Eyes and the Blue Eyes and help Spotlight control the Blue Eyes within her.”
Zapp approached the black dragon, “Don't believe that you failed because three of us were captured. We will rescue them and stop both the Dream Sheep and Mane-iac…” She placed her hoof in his claw, “Together.”
Blackout, realizing that they haven't lost yet, “You're right, we haven't given up yet.” He looks at the black stone of legend, “Zapp, Matter-Horn, Saddle Rager, Hum Drum, can you give us a moment for us to gather our strength and commune with the dragon spirits?”
All of a sudden, a voice shouted, “Not so fast, Skylanders!” At that moment, the Dream Sheep and Mane-iac appeared from the opposite end of the chamber. The crazed mare with the freaky mane looked at Spotlight and Blackout,
“These are the creatures that caused you trouble? They don't look as tough mainly because they are not crazy.”
The sheep looked at the crazed mare, “Don't underestimate them, Mane-iac. I found out the hard way in my world.”
Mane-iac chuckled, “Either way, we get to destroy the remaining three Power Ponies and the Skylanders at once!”
Matter-Horn spoke, “Then you're in for a big disappointment!” Zapp stood in front of the two dragons, “We will not let you deviants harm them!”
Hum Drum joined the others, “Power or powerless, we choose to fight, not just for Spotlight and Blackout, but Maretropolis as well!”
Saddle Rager stated, “Because there's only four of us and two of you, not counting your puppet.” The Sleep Dragon asked, “Puppet?”
It wasn't until the many underworld thugs appeared behind the villains as robots, and tough unicorns, pegasi and earth ponies gathered behind the villains. Saddle Rager realized that she jumped to conclusions too soon. Matter-Horn spoke,
“We can take them, our main concern is to get to where the others are.” But then they realized that Spotlight and Blackout will be vulnerable since they will be doing the ritual. It wasn't until there was a crashing sound in the nearby wall as it exploded as an armored dragon and a water dragoness stood in the opening. Spotlight and Blackout know these two as they said in shock,
“Blades? Echo?!” The armored dragon asked, “Did we miss the fight already?”
Everyone on the good guys said, “Ummm...no.” Hum Drum pointed out, “Well, you're early.” It wasn't until the rest of the wall came down as all of the redeemed nightmare villains appeared while chanting Blackout’s name. Echo looked at the amazed look of the good guys and the shocked look of the bad guys, especially the Dream Sheep and said,
“Well let's get started!”
The battle began as the thugs and robots charged at the Nightmare Team with Blades and Echo leading the Nightmare Team’s charge. The power ponies jumped into the fight, except for Saddle Rager. She notice some of the big robots give them a hard time so she turned to the two dragons and said, “We’ll keep them off of you while you do the ritual. We’ve got quite the backup.” As the mare turned to step into the fight with her fellow Power Ponies, Blackout spoke,
“Dr. Spanner...now would be a good time to get angry.” The mare smiled as she said, while one of the metal monstrosities approached her, “Well, that's my secret, Blackout…” She turned to them briefly and said, “I’m always angry.”
After saying this, Saddle Rager turned into her massive hulking form and slammed her hoof into the big robot, knocking it out of commission immediately. She roared at the enemies as she joined her fellow Power Ponies and the Nightmare Team.
Blades looked at the advancing Power Ponies and spoke to some of Nightmare Team, “Bobbin and Olaf, cover the Power Ponies. Bertha, you take down the thugs. Smashbeak, take down the robots and whatever we do - Keep them away from Spotlight and Blackout!”
The Elven Archer and Goliath Drow nodded as Bertha went to work on taking down the thugs. Baron Von Smashbeak spoke,
“We’ll protect them!” Bucktooth the Tiny spoke, “You can count on us!”
Blades and Echo were glad that their former enemies will protect the two dragons until the ritual was complete.
In the grublin base, Spike did an Earth Smash which sent out a shockwave that knocked off some of the Bowslinger’s gear while Trail Blazer did fire buck attack which sent the Doomlander flying while Gilda and Sonic Boom did a combined slash attack while Ember sealed the deal with a comet burst attack.
The Doomlander slammed against the wall as it slid down and fell face-first onto the ground. Spike looked at the Doomlander, “You lost, Bowslinger.”
The Doomlander laughed, “I think not! While you were busy with me, my grublins have begun resurrecting the great monster that led the city to ruin a long time ago!”
Gilda’s eyes widen after hearing this, “No…” The area rumbled as the Bowslinger stated, “I guess they are finished with the resurrection. So now…” He pressed a button on his wrist as a few red lights on the wall began to beep as he said, “Bombs away, Skylanders!”
They cleared out as the wall exploded, consuming the Bowslinger in the process leaving only an Imaginite crate. Spike couldn’t believe it, “He just blew himself up…”
Gilda, still shocked about what their foe said, “Spike, I think he did that just we could face an old enemy of the city.”
Spike’s eyes began to flash as he saw the battle above them. The griffins and the other Skylanders were holding their own. Crash and Cortex tag-teamed on a group of grublin orc bowmen as Aku-Aku and Uka-Uka slammed together and created an explosion which took down two Grublin trolls before both masks returned to their helpers.
Radiant Sun and Quick Blaze used their abilities to take down several grublin axemen while Tidal Wave focused his fists and piranhas on the Grublin wyverns and the Hero Orcs. Gabby worked with Rocky Roll to take down a battalion of grublin flies. The young griffin was fast and quick with the flies alongside the rock buddies. But even with the many clashes between the two armies, one thing was off about the grublins, one that Spike noticed after they defeated the Bowslinger,
“The Grublins are not retreating!” Gilda spoke in shock, “But the Doomlanders are usually a leader figure in these attacks.”
Ember added, “They are, but the way the Bowslinger acted…” Trail Blazer realized, “The resurrection of…” Then the realization hit the whole group like a ton of bricks as Spike realized,
“The Bowslinger turned over command to Arimaspi!”
Sonic Boom realized, “I should have known. But we have to stop him as soon as possible.”
Gilda was still shocked by this revelation, “That monster that Grampa Gruff speaks of...he’s now leading this attack!?”
Spike placed an assuring wing on the griffin, “We need to pull ourselves together, Gilda. If we don’t stop that monster, he and his grublins will destroy the city, even after we destroyed the demolition team.”
Gilda realized, “If he’s back, maybe he would also have the idol as well.” Knowing that the monster would have the idol with him due to his greedy personality.
Trail Blazer spoke, “But where would we find a resurrected monster?” Gilda noticed a yellowish glow in a tunnel near them. She pointed, “Down that tunnel!”
The five ran down the tunnel as Spike asked, “Are you sure about this?” Gilda shook her head, “No, but I’m taking that chance!”
Trail Blazer asked, “Geez, how did those creeps resurrect him in the first place?”
Spike spoke, “If Malefor could resurrect monsters like the Golem during the Battle of Capybara Island, he could certainly resurrect Arimaspi.”
Sonic Boom spoke, “And to think that we were tricked, the Bowslinger had us distracted while the resurrection was at play.”
Ember added, “Our mission is still clear! We need to defeat Arimaspi and close the portal!”
The group ran down the tunnel as they went towards the glow until they came to an opening that showed something that they never expected. It was a room filled with treasure ranging from gold to gems. Gilda’s eyes widened in shock,
“I don’t believe it...I thought this was a myth.” Spike joined in, “The Forgotten Treasury of Griffonstone.”
Sonic Boom realized, “This is where the griffins kept all of their treasure.”
Ember noticed, “Just a clawful of this stuff would be any dragon hoarder’s dream.”
Spike realized, “But if we found the treasury, we could use this stuff to help the city.”
Sonic Boom looked around the area, “Ever get the feeling that you’re being watched?”
The purple dragon noticed something strange, “We haven’t seen any grublins on our way here after defeating the Bowslinger.”
Gilda guessed, “Either they decided to weasel out and run, which is unlikely because of the one in charge…” Sonic Boom realized, “Or they wanted us here!”
Soon enough, a portal opened as a Grublin Hero Orc appears along with the resurrected Arimaspi. The Hero Orc spoke,
“We meet again, Purple Dragon. I knew that you would be involved in this feeble defense of that worthless city.”
Spike recognized this grublin as both he, Ember and Trail Blazer shouted, “The Grublin Commander!?”
Sonic Boom was shocked, “It is talking...just like the report said.” Gilda stated, “Well then, let's shut it up already!”
The Grublin Commander looked at Gilda, “The fast one’s former friend, so full of arrogance and aggression. Wanting to be with your friend and only your friend. Tell me, why have you fought for your pitiful race of griffins when you wanted to leave?”
Gilda sneered, “You know exactly why, dweeb! I fight because I want to redeem myself, in front of the dragon that beat me years ago, to regain Rainbow Dash’s friendship and to keep dweebs like you from destroying it.”
Sonic Boom smiled and said, “It's true, she's gotten inspiration for her courage. Even if we don't win this, we will fight you regardless! However as insignificant that your master thinks we are, we will fight, protect and find a way! That's why the griffins of Griffonstone are still fighting, they have hope.”
The Grublin Commander spoke, “Know this, Skylanders. You will know the meaning of fear. We shall see how that hope holds up for you in the future.” He turned to the lich, “Arimaspi, finish what you started. Kill the Skylanders and the gold is yours.”
The Grublin Commander vanished as the monster roared as it challenged them to fight.
The five fighters stood in defiance as Gilda yelled, “Come at us, you monster!”
Sonic Boom yelled, “Full Scream Ahead!”
Trail Blazer ignited his mane and tail, “Time for the Mane Event!”
Ember sprung out her fire swords, “You want to fight? We’ll give you a fight!”
Spike flared his wings, “No more running, let's finish this battle!”
Soon enough, both sides charged at each other for a final showdown.
Back in the Warehouse, Shellshock Sheldon and Birdo Chesterfield used a combined strike of both bombs and magic to take down a group of robots and thugs as they helped the Power Ponies move further on to rescue their friends. The two were nearly struck in the back by a fireball from the Sleep Dragon until Grunkin Gobsprout pushed them out of the way and dodged the fireball and fired his blaster at the Dream Sheep on top of the lizard.
The troll looked at the other two and said, “Keep covering the Power Ponies with Olaf and Bobbin, I’ll keep the bag of wool and crazy mane off of you!”
The two nodded as Grunkin reloaded while turning to his adversaries, “All right, this game ends here.” He soon charged at the Dream Sheep and Mane-iac.
Meanwhile, Runys Pointyboots and Marf Gargaroots were with Russel Purplestache and Smashbeak defending Spotlight and Blackout until the ritual is complete. Runys had managed to use her magic to blow back a couple of thugs while Marf used his ability as an illusionist to trick a couple of robots and used his power to destroy them. He commented,
“They still have us outnumbered, 10 to 1!”
Runys guessed as she blew back another group of thugs who were trying to get to the dragons, “More like 20!”
Russel used his brute strength and hook chains to pulverize a group of robots and knock out a bunch of thugs as he said, “But who’s counting?”
They were soon assisted by Blades as the armored dragon used his wing attacks on a few drones and tail strikes on a bunch of thugs. He spoke, “We need to hold out as long as we can. We have to keep them protected!”
The three nodded as the armored dragon looked at the two dragons that were performing the ritual, “Come on, guys. We know you can do it.”
He saw Echo use her music attacks on some robots and thugs before continuing to protect Spotlight and Blackout.
Spotlight and Blackout opened their eyes and saw that they were not in the warehouse, they were standing before the statues of the Blue Eyes White Dragon and the Red Eyes Black Dragon. Blackout asked,
“Is this…” Spotlight realized, “The Shrine of the Guardians!”
The statues began to glow as they began to move an gain their color and soon enough, the large dragons approached the two. But they were also joined by a mare who bore a resemblance to the mare in Aurora’s story, she stood beside the Blue Eyes as she spoke,
“You two are strange, and yet…” She looks at Spotlight, “You possess the Power Guardian inside you.” She turns to Blackout, “You seem to possess the Potential Guardian as well.”
Blackout realized, “Wait, you’re that mare from Aurora’s story!” The black dragon paused for a moment before finishing, “You’re Kisara.”
The mare nodded, “I know who told you about me, she’s a bright one.” She stated, “But I know why you wanted to speak with us.”
Spotlight asked, “Us?” Kisara’s form turned from mare to another Blue Eyes, she spoke, “I promised Seto that I would serve him in this form after I saved his life.”
Blackout can only guess that ‘Seto’ is the name of the priest, “You had the spirit of the dragon within you the whole time?”
The second Blue Eyes nodded, “I did and but now it’s time to awaken Spotlight’s Blue Eyes spirit.”
Spotlight guessed, “Which will lead to a peaceful transformation.”
Kisara vanished as the Blue Eyes and Red Eyes approached them as the Blue Eyes spoke, “Even though you are from another world, we have been watching you two, for a long time.”
The Red Eyes spoke, “You two have fought to capture an old enemy and bring peace to your world. But there is an enemy in the shadows planning to attack. But there is always a time to prepare. It’s now that matters.”
The two dragons spread their wings around Spotlight and Blackout and looked down at them. After a few minutes of just looking at them, they both shot their blue and red flames at them. But the fire didn't harm them in this dream state, the dual flames circled around them as they saw images of the Ancestral Dragons, the Blue Eyes for Spotlight and the Red Eyes for Blackout, they saw how they fight, train and grow their own abilities. The Blue Eyes spoke,
“Great Power is what earned my title, while others dragons use other powers. We, Blue Eyes had the power to surpass many. We represent Power.”
The Red Eyes spoke to Blackout, “Potential, the ability to have what it takes to win. Red Eyes had a potential for many abilities which earned the title. What many enemies forget is to never underestimate a Red Eyes. We represent Potential.”
At that instant, Spotlight and Blackout closed their eyes as the two ancient dragons spoke while an image of the battle appeared, “We sense danger waiting for you two when you return. Spotlight can now unleash her powers along with a few new abilities for both of you. Are you ready?”
Spotlight and Blackout’s eyes opened up as their eyes were glowing once more. Spotlight’s eyes were blue while Blackout’s were red. Both dragons said,
“Yes, we’re ready.”
Grunkin was knocked to the ground as his blaster was knocked beside him. The Dream Sheep snickered,
“It's a shame that you couldn't be on the winning side, Grunkin. I had quite the use for you in my army.”
Mane-iac stated, “No matter what you throw at us, you can't stop us by yourself!”
The troll smiled, “Who said anything about stopping you?” Soon enough, a blur passed by the crazed mare as a bomb made of jewelry hit the Dream Sheep as a lasso wrapped around Mane-iac’s mane.
“You never learn to mind your surroundings!” spoke Masked Matter-Horn as the Power Ponies approached with the now freed, Radiance, Miss Mare-Velous, and Filli-Second.
Zapp looked towards a shining light, “And we’re just in time.”
The Dream Sheep and Mane-iac saw the light which now eveloped Spotlight and Blackout. The Sheep shouted at the Sleep Dragon,
“We can still stop them! BURN THEM TO A CRISP!” The Sleep Dragon shot its fire breath at the light as the sheep grinned hoping that he finally did them in. But the flames circled around the light as they turned blue and red and grew to a big size and took the shape of the Blue Eyes White Dragon and the Red Eyes Black Dragon.
The flames subsided as the two dragons stood up, glaring at the Dream Sheep and Mane-iac. The Nightmare team looked at the legendary dragons and knelt down in their presence while the thugs and robots tried to attack the two.
The first robots that tried to attack the dragons ended up shattered by a powerful tail strike from the Red Eyes. The thugs looked terrified when the Blue Eyes used it’s large tail to sweep them to the side. The Power Ponies knew that the two dragons are Spotlight and Blackout, this made Zapp smile knowing that the Guardians have returned as the prophecy said. The Dream Sheep looked both shocked and angered that they became the two ancestral dragons so he turned to someone in the background and yelled,
“Deploy it now!”
Soon enough, a door opened up as a large mech in the shape of the Dream Sheep and Sleep Dragon emerged. The Dream Sheep jumped into the open cockpit as he stated, “I made the mistake of underestimating you last time, but I won’t make that mistake again and this time, you two will fall to my villainous machine!”
The machine powered up as the Mecha Dream Sheep did a tail strike which hit the Red Eyes, this made the Blue Eyes mad as she went to attack the Mecha Dream Sheep with her claws and energy breath. The Dream Sheep shouted,
“MECHA DRAGON SQUASH!!” The robot flew up and did a shockwave attack which blew Blackout in his Red Eyes form around as he got up. Spotlight in her Blue Eyes form looked at Blackout and at the Mecha Dream Sheep.
Her eyes were angry as energy built up around her as two ethereal Blue Eyes appeared and merged with her. There was a blinding light for a moment until it faded which revealed something that Zapp stared in awe,
“I’ve seen stories of this before...but I never thought to see it in the flesh.”
Matter-Horn asked, “What is that?” The Dragon confronting the Mecha Dream Sheep was a Blue Eyes White Dragon, but it has three heads instead of one and was immensely powerful as Zapp spoke,
“Spotlight has become the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon!”
All three heads on the Ultimate Dragon roared, challenging the Mecha Dream Sheep as the Dream Sheep stated,
“Ultimate Dragon, eh? Let me show you what my upgrade can do!”
Soon enough, Spotlight and the Dream Sheep began their battle.
Back in the forgotten treasury, Gilda was knocked back by Arimaspi while Sonic Boom used her sonic screech to distract him. The resurrected monster was stunned for a bit and retaliated with a swipe from his claw, but the mother griffin’s babies were already covering their mother as a combined screech attack pushed the monster back.
It was Spike and Ember’s turn as the purple dragon used a fire dash attack while the Dragon Lord to be, swiped her wrist swords across Arimaspi’s chest. He tried to crush the dragons with his fists, but Trail Blazer snuck up behind him and gave him a flaming buck to the hindquarters which caught the monster’s attention. The stallion looked at Spike and Sonic Boom as he dodged Arimaspi's retaliatory strikes,
“You two get Gilda up, we’ll give him something to focus on!”
Spike and Sonic Boom nodded as they flew to where Gilda crashed. The former bossy griffin shook off the impact as she saw the two,
“It feels like flight school all over again minus the huge monster.”
Spike understood what she meant since he heard Rainbow’s stories of flight school. He said, “We need to get you back in the fight.”
Sonic Boom spoke, “We can't win this battle without you.” Gilda stood up, “No need to tell me twice. Grampa said that the griffins back then couldn't beat this thing, so let's show this dweeb what we can do.”
Spike told her, “Watch out for his arms. The moment he sees you, he'll strike.”
Sonic Boom added, “When you see an opportunity, use your screech attack to stun him for a while.”
Spike finished, “But also find a weak point on him. Attacking him directly won't do enough damage to stop him.”
Gilda nodded as she and the Skylanders went to battle. Ember and Trail Blazer hit the beast with multiple fire attacks as Arimaspi shielded his face with his arms. But it left him open to Gilda clawing at the back of his head with Sonic Boom whipping her wings at the beast ending with Spike using an Earth Shot straight to his eye.
The beast rubbed his eye until he could see his foes as the team formed up. Sonic Boom could see the anger in his eye when Spike slammed into him. Arimaspi was angry all right, for hitting him in the eye. That's when she figured,
“His eye! His weak point is his eye.”
Trail Blazer smirked as he said, “No wonder he was trying to shield himself from our fire blasts.”
Ember nodded, “Well let's take him down and end this fight.”
Arimaspi roared in attempt to threaten the heroes, but to no avail as Spike shot his ice breath at the beast’s fist and used a tail strike to knock him back. It left the lich open to a duel attack by Trail Blazer and Ember as they made a dual comet dash at his chest while Gilda and Sonic Boom struck his eye with a flurry of claws, screeching and the pecking of griffin hatchling beaks. The beast yelled in pain as he covered his eye to protect from further punishment.
But that didn’t save him when Spike jumped behind the lich and gave it a jolt of his electricity breath. That left him open for Sonic Boom as she and her hatchlings charged at the monster. The griffin attacked with a sonic scream as her babies followed suit, all hitting the eye. Trail Blazer shot a fireball at Arimaspi’s eye while Ember shot a stream of fire across the lich’s eye. Now for a final blow, Spike jumped off of the creature and joined Gilda in a combined ground pound attack. The dragon and the griffin held each other tightly as they spun down towards the lich.
The powers of Spike’s elemental powers along with a gust of wind as Gilda’s powers of the wind awoken, it led to a massive impact which blew most of the treasure out of the impact zone. Both Dragon and Griffin shot out of the crater as they looked down at the lich. Arimaspi struggled to get back up as he tried to strike once more only for Sonic Boom to shout him back to the crater and soon enough a beam of light shot from the crater through the ceiling.
Back on the surface, Eye-Brawl and Dive-Clops were with a group of griffins pummeling the grublins to a pulp while Crash and Tidal Wave were taking down grublins one by one. It wasn’t until they noticed a beam of light shooting up into the sky which caused most of the fighters to stop and stare, even the grublins stopped. Soon enough, the grublins started to cower and flee the city as a red beam shot at the portal and closed it as the vortex blew up.
Some of the griffins and the Skylanders pursued the retreating grublins as some stopped and cheered as they were victorious. Quick-Blaze shouted,
“The grublins are retreating! They did it!” Tidal Wave cheered, “They gave that Doomlander a good pounding!”
Radiant Sun spoke, “The portal has closed as well...it’s over.”
Krypt King spoke as he walked up to the Imaginators, “We won!”
Dive-Clops approached, “We saw those lights appear at from a hole near the merchant district.”
Golden Queen heard this and said, “We’ll send a team there as soon as possible.”
In the treasury, the team of five looked into the crater and saw what remains of Arimaspi, just rotten flesh and bones. He wasn’t moving as his eye dimmed, signifying that he was not getting up at all. Ember noticed the hole in the ceiling and used the scepter to close the portal. As the clouds of the vortex cleared away, the only thing they saw in the hole was sunlight. Spike looked up and sighed,
“We did it.” Gilda knew what he said, “The portal’s closed...it’s over.”
Sonic Boom spoke, “For now, but it will at least give us some breathing room. There will always be more of those things and it’s up to everyone to stop Malefor.”
“Yeah, it will be up to everyone.” They turned to see the Supercharger, Spitfire along with his team. Spike asked,
“Enjoyed the fight?” Stormblade spoke, “Those creatures didn’t know what hit them.”
Smash Hit stated, “They were soon cowering like babies after you guys destroyed the leader.”
High Volt spoke, “We were just mopping up the stragglers.”
Fiesta looked around, “But still, we never thought that this treasury was here.”
Spike nodded as he said, “We thought that if we beat the Bowslinger, the grublins would retreat. We were wrong, it was only distracting us while the grublins resurrected…” He goes to the crater and pointed his wing into it, “This.”
The superchargers looked into the crater and saw the corpse of Arimaspi, withering to just bones. Spitfire asked,
“And he gave this thing control of this attack?” Spike nodded as the team understood what has happened. It wasn’t until Sonic Boom noticed something in the crater, she flew into the crater and saw an idol that was on the lich’s corpse. She took it and went back to the team and spoke,
“This was on Arimaspi’s corpse.”
Gilda looked at it and realized, “This is the idol from Grampa’s story!”
Spike looked at the idol and understood, “All this time, Arimaspi felt attached to this thing. But what matters now is that he’s dead and the idol is secure.”
Spitfire looked at the hole in the ceiling, “That’s our way out. We just have to take the idol back to the surface.”
Soon enough, a few griffins and Skylanders dropped from the hole with Krypt King leading them. Krypt King looked at the team and said,
“We are victorious in the battle. The Grublins started to flee once the leader was beaten and the portal was closed.”
Spike said, “Okay, but now it’s time to head back to the surface. We’ve made a big discovery down here.”
The griffins who were present were in awe of the amount of treasure that was in the room. But when they saw the idol, there were even more in awe. The rescue team brought Spike and the others back to the surface to inform them of their discovery.
Meanwhile in the Maretropolis Warehouse, Spotlight was doing her best to take down the Mecha-Dream Sheep. Even when she became the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, it still wasn’t enough. She looked at Blackout who was still struggling to get up after the shockwave from the Dream Sheep’s metal monstrosity, she was trying to get him back on his feet, but the Dream Sheep was keeping her from doing it.
As the Power Ponies watched the battle unfold between Spotlight and the Mecha-Dream Sheep. Matter-Horn spoke,
“They’re both equally matched, his shockwave attack blew Blackout to the side. But if we don’t do something, she would get overwhelmed!”
Zapp was trying to think of something until she heard something in her head, a calm moan of a dragon as she felt something shake in her suit. She reached into her suit and pulled at a card that had the image of a strange dragon on it. She asked,“Are you sure it is time, little buddy?”
The sound in her head gave out an assuring roar as she looked at the struggling Blackout and asked the voice, “You can help him, can you?”
The only reply that she got was the card beginning to glow as the other Power Ponies turned to her. Radiance asked,
“What are you doing, Zapp?”
The pegasus replied with, “I’m sending in some help!” The card began to hover on its own as Zapp spread her wings…
Meanwhile the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon was stuck in a stalemate with the Dream Sheep’s metal monstrosity. The Dream Sheep spoke,
“Face it, Spotlight. Even as the Ultimate Dragon, my robot is no equal to you!”
All three of her heads growled at the sheep as she swung her heads at the Mecha-Dream Sheep, it knocked the mecha dragon to the side as the mecha sheep itself fell off, she slashed at it several times, but the shield held and the robot sheep got back on the dragon. The Dream Sheep spoke again,
“Even though you became the Ultimate Dragon, you still can’t stop me!”
Zapp soon shouted at the Mecha-Dream Sheep, “She may be on her own as the Ultimate Dragon. But you have not seen anything yet!” She channeled her powers and the Thunderer and yelled,
“COME TO OUR AID, METEOR DRAGON!!!”
A flash of light occured as Zapp said those words, a swirl of rocks swirled around as it circled as it took the form of a meteor as a dragon’s head, claws, tail and wings emerged from it. The dragon roared at the Mecha-Dream Sheep as Blackout looked at it in confusion. The Dream Sheep asked,
“This is what you summoned to stop me?!” He laughed, “That little space rock dragon wouldn’t even stand against me!”
Zapp smiled, “That’s because I didn’t summon him to fight you!” She looked at Blackout, who was back on his feet, “I summoned him so he could help Blackout!”
The Red Eyes tilted his head in confusion as Zapp spoke, “Blackout, you need to fuse your powers with Meteor Dragon. Then you can have a power like you’ve never seen!”
Blackout nodded as the pegasus looked at Meteor Dragon, “Are you prepared, little buddy?” The summoned dragon nodded as she said, “You can help us win. Use Polymerization to fuse with Blackout.”
Soon enough, the Meteor Dragon flew to Blackout and gestured him to fly up as the effect of the spell took place above them. The two dragons flew into the vortex above them as a flash of light appeared. Some of the Nightmare Squad shielded their eyes while the Power Ponies looked on towards the light until it faded. Once it did, a dragon appeared with the likeness of the Red Eyes Black Dragon but covered in the meteor skin of the Meteor Dragon. The Dream Sheep was now shocked by this as he said,
“Whaaa...What’s happening!?” He activated the fire breath to aim directly at the new dragon, but the only thing that it did was have the dragon absorb it! The sheep asked, “Why can’t I hurt it!?”
Matter-Horn knew what this meant as she stood beside Zapp, “Because they are the Guardians of Power and Potential!”
Radiance stood forward, “The Blue Dragon represents Power!”
Filly-Second sped next to her, “The Red Dragon represents the Potential to make power!”
Mistress Mare-Velous stood next to the speedster, “You see the Ultimate Dragon.”
Saddle Rager stood next to the Earth Pony, “Ultimate Dragon, Power while Black Dragon merged with Meteor Dragon!”
Zapp stated, “With those two fused, Blackout has become the Meteor Black Dragon!”
Hum-Drum finished, “Get ready for defeat, Dream Sheep!”
Blackout looked at Spotlight and muttered something in a tongue that the two understood. Her three heads nodded as Blackout flew up into the air. Spotlight was charging her powers as Blackout reached the peak of his altitude. Radiance asked,
“What are they doing?”
Zapp spoke, “What they are meant to do. To win this fight, Together!” Blackout soon began to dive down towards the Mecha-Dream Sheep as Zapp stated,
“He’s going to do a Red Eyes Impact while Spotlight’s going to use her Triple Burst Stream!”
Blades yelled, “TAKE COVER!!”
They all ran for cover, but even in cover no one couldn’t help admire the beauty of both dragons attacking at the same time. The Dream Sheep however, was scared beyond every thought has he had to escape from his robot. But it was all for naught as Blackout impacted the robot at the same time as Spotlight’s Triple Burst Stream. The shockwave caused the robot to burst into bits as the Dream Sheep was flung from the cockpit and onto the ground. Once the shockwaves ceased, everyone got out of cover as they saw the Dream Sheep inside an energy cage with Spotlight and Blackout standing over him.
Both dragons roared up at the skies as Princess Luna appeared in front of them. The Nightmare Squad were in awe to see the dream walker herself in the flesh. The Power Ponies couldn’t help but feel proud to see her as the Princess of the Night looked up at the two dragons and spoke,
“You two have fought a great battle and unleashed the full extent of your powers. But none of you were alone in this fight.” She looked at the Power Ponies, “You had allies to help you fight and unlock your powers.”
Matter-Horn stepped forward, “You must be Princess Luna, the dream walker that they told us about. You also look a lot like somepony I know.” Luna replied, “You have a keen observation. And I also thank you for helping us defeat the Dream Sheep for good.”
The Dream Sheep yelled, “Hey! I’m still here, you know!” Luna glared at the defeated sheep, “Not for long.”
As her horn erupted in magic, a thump of energy occured as a vortex opened up as the sheep looked up,
“Oh no, not a vortex! I’ve been trying to avoid those for a long time!” He tried to escape when he was pulled up towards the vortex. Luna used her magic to spin the vortex so it could pull the sheep in. Even as the Dream Sheep struggled to escape, it was to no avail as he was pulled into the vortex as it dissipates. As soon as the Dream Sheep was trapped, Spotlight and Blackout returned to normal or in Blackout’s case, both he and the Meteor Dragon were normal and separated.
The Sleep Dragon, however shook off the effects and asked, “Wha...What happened? Where am I? This doesn’t look like the Dream Castle.”
Blackout noticed this and flew over to the bigger dragon and asked, “Your Majesty, is that you?”
The Sleep Dragon looked at the black dragon and said, “That’s me and Blackout? Last I remember was that I was in combat with that terrible Dream Sheep and suddenly, he put me to sleep, but it felt like my mind was asleep, but my body was moving.”
Luna approached, “That Dream Sheep had you under his control and used you to nearly put all of Skylands to sleep. If not for Spotlight and Blackout, you would’ve been under his control forever.”
Matter-Horn realized, “So you’re the King of Dreams?” The Dragon King of Dreams replied, “Yes I am. And now that you’ve all defeated that terrible Dream Sheep, I can return to the Dream Realm to fix what he destroyed.”
Filly-Second asked Blackout, “Does that mean you guys are leaving?”
Blackout nodded, “We have to make sure that our friend wakes up.”
Spotlight added, “And make sure that the Dream Sheep doesn’t bother anyone again.”
Luna finished, “I also fear that with the coming war, we have to prepare.” The Alicorn opened a portal back to Skylands, but before any of them could step through, Hum-Drum stopped them by asking,
“What if we joined you guys?”
Blackout asked, “But what about Maretropolis? Wouldn’t crime and corruption return?”
Radiance spoke, “We may be crime fighters, but…”
Mistress Mare-Velous added, “We’re friends and best friends stick together.”
Blackout couldn’t help but smile at their persistence as Matter-Horn said, “If it’s okay with you, the Power Ponies would like to offer their support in your fight.”
Spotlight looked at Luna, “Is it alright if they offer support?”
Luna accepted and used her magic to create seven amulets that are worn around the Power Ponies’ necks.
Matter-Horn’s was a Magic amulet,
Zapp’s was the Air amulet,
Radiance’s was the Magic amulet,
Mistress Mare-Velous was Earth amulet,
Filly-Second’s was the Light amulet,
Saddle Rager’s was the Life amulet,
And Hum-Drum’s was a Tech amulet.
The Power Ponies looked at the amulets in curiosity as Luna said, “For helping Spotlight and Blackout take down the Dream Sheep and also pledging your support for the war, all seven of you are considered ‘Honorary Skylanders’ when the time comes, we will face down the dark armies and drive them back.”
The Power Ponies couldn’t believe it, the title of Honorary Skylander made them feel like they’ve earned their respect. Matter-Horn spoke,
“I have to admit, this is a great achievement for all of us.”
Zapp chuckled, “Even though, Spotlight and Blackout had a rough start when we met them.”
Radiance spoke, “Which ended with him saving Zapp from falling to death.”
Mistress Mare-Velous stated, “Because of what they’ve done for us, they’ve earned our respect.”
Blackout approached, “With that being said, it’s time for us to go home.”
Hum-Drum spoke, “We’re going to let the police know what happened.”
Saddle Rager stated, “And when you’re ready to to kick the dark armies out of your world, give us a call.”
The two dragons smiled as they turned around and went into the portal.
At the Eternal Archives, Hugo was now waking up from the Dream Sheep’s Sleep Spell, as he opened his eyes, he asked while still trying to wipe the sleep out of his eyes,
“Wh...where am I?” He shifted his head to see Flynn, Cali, Spotlight, Blackout, Blades, Echo and Princess Luna standing over him although he was looking at them upside down as the pilot stated,
“Relax Hugo, you’re safe and sound in your mother’s arms.” The scholar corrected himself to right-side up as Flynn continued, “Well, if your mom’s a 7-foot tall, narcoleptic dragon, that is.”
Hugo looked to see the Sleep Dragon with a crown on his head as he said, “Again, I thank you all for defeating that terrible Dream Sheep, my kingdom is forever in your debt.” He looked at Spotlight and Blackout, “For you two, I knew that something was unique about both of you. I had a vision of seeing you two fight together and possess the power of the Ancestral Dragons.”
He looked at Blackout, “Blackout, you were chosen by the Red Eyes since you were a small hatchling, it was in your training and the way you fight. The way you had potential to win.”
He looked at Spotlight, “Spotlight, when the Dream Weavers summoned you to help Blackout in his first war with the Dream Sheep, there was a power unlike anything that the Dream Weavers can possess. Ancestral Dragons are the precursor to the Purple Dragons, although Dream Dragons like me can sense a lot of things. I knew for certain that the Blue Eyes chose you.”
The King of Dreams now presented them with two amulets, a red one for Blackout and a blue one for Spotlight, “These artifacts were from the Ancestral Dragons that crossed into the Dream Realm. They will serve as a reminder of the bond you two share.”
The King of Dreams turned back to the portal as he stated to the others, “As a reward for your companions, I have a special present waiting for each of you...in your dreams. Bye!”
The portal closed as the book closed as well. But Flynn was too eager to see what his present will be, “Oh boy, OH BOY, SWEET PRESSIES!”
The pilot began to wonder, “How do I get to sleep right now?” He realized, “Oh, reading! That always puts me out!” He looks at the book and said, “And look, there’s a book right here!”
He started running to the book, but was suddenly knocked out by Legendary Trigger Happy, who was turned human after a fiasco with Dro’s machine. Blackout asked, “LT? What are you doing here?”
Cali asked, “I thought you were with Echo Squadron on their vacation?”
LT replied, “I needed cameo in chapter before mini-story returns to main story. And I also needed to stop Flynn from doing something stupid.” He soon disappeared into a nearby rift.
Meanwhile at Griffonstone, when Spike and his team returned to the service, the griffins rejoiced knowing that the kingdom was saved. But also, some of the griffins approached Sonic Boom who was holding the idol and then bowed before her. It was strange to say the least, but later that night, the griffins and Skylanders were now using the treasure from the lost treasury to rebuild Griffonstone from both decay and battle. The griffins were having both a victory celebration and a coronation since the griffins agreed to have Sonic Boom lead them as their queen.
Griffonstone stood rebuilt and reborn as the griffins cheered to greet its new queen. But as the celebration was going on, Spike watched the party as Gilda approached,
“You know, Spike. You’re not that bad in killing those things. We even managed to save the city.”
Spike added, “And revitalize it in the process with the kingdom finally having a leader.”
The griffin and the dragon looked at the newly-crowned queen being greeted by the other griffins. Spike asked, “What do you think about Sonic Boom becoming queen?”
Gilda sighed, “She will help this city come out of the gutters. But she’s also decided to train me with my new powers.”
Spike noticed, “Almost how Mom chose Twilight to be her student.”
Gilda nodded, “But at least it’s actually training.” Spike chuckled, “We’ll be at war with Malefor in a month or two. Sonic Boom will have a few training sessions with you.”
Gilda sighed, “Almost like school.” Spike looked at her, “Unlike any school you've been to, Gilda.”
Ember approached the two, “But now with Sonic Boom as the new queen, she's going to honor the treaty that Griffonstone signed with the ponies.”
Spike asked, “I suppose you're going back to the Dragon Lands?”
The dragoness shook her head, “I’ll be sticking around.” She looks at the distant Trail Blazer, “Besides, someone's got to look after him.”
Spike noticed, “You two have been close since the Dragon Lands. Even when we were traveling, is there something I should know?”
Ember’s face turned red as she stuttered, “N...no, we’re not...he's not...we've only been watching our backs!”
Although Spike wasn't buying it, he decided to drop the subject. Gilda asked, “So, you really think we could defeat Malefor?”
Spike exclaimed, “It’s been a millennium since the ponies, griffins and dragons united to fight a common enemy.”
Ember added, “It’s also because Malefor is a purple dragon, he’s too powerful for us to fight. It takes a purple dragon to defeat another.”
Spike finished, “He’s also got a horde of grublins with him as well.” Gilda realized, “Which is why you’re building this army?”
Spike nodded, “We need all the help we can get and trust me Gilda, there will be more of them.”
Soon enough, Crash appeared with Aku-Aku at his side while Eye-Brawl and Dive-Clops approached along with Trail Blazer.
Eye-Brawl said, “We have gathered all the help we could for this war. But in the end, it’s good to celebrate the victory.”
Dive-Clops spoke, “Those Superchargers helped you guys out down there. I might consider joining up with them.”
Aku-Aku stated, “Crash has decided that he wants to join up with the others to become a Sensei.”
Trail Blazer noted, “The Senseis would welcome another brawler like Crash.”
This group of heroes, this Fellowship of the Purple Dragon stood proudly as Griffonstone began its revival and celebration of its victory over Malefor and the welcoming of its new queen.
Author's Note
So the Dream Wars are finally over as well as the Battle of Griffonstone. The Power Ponies offered their support in the coming war and Griffonstone has a new leader after many years of an empty throne.
At the Canterlot Portal Chamber, Princess Celestia watched as the Portal of Power activated as Spike, Trail Blazer, Ember, Crash, Aku-Aku, Eye-Brawl and Dive-Clops appeared from the portal. Once the team shook off the effects of the portal, Celestia spoke,
“Welcome home, Skylanders.”
Spike looked at the alicorn, “Well, that was quite a mission. But we managed to gather an army to help us fight.”
Celestia nodded as she motioned the team to follow her out of the portal chamber, “You have went far since you left home, Spike. You saved Trail Blazer from Starlight Glimmer when your journey first began.”
The unicorn smiled, “And we managed to expose her for a fraud.”
The alicorn continued, “You, Eye-Brawl and Trail Blazer teamed up with Princess Ember to save her home from Malefor’s Army.”
The dragoness added, “And Spike chose me to become the next Dragon Lord.” Celestia answered, “Yes, he did. You and Trail Blazer also discovered a Rift Engine in the volcano which turned you into a Supercharger.”
Ember was curious, “I was actually curious about why was it there in the first place and what power do they possess”
Spike stated to Celestia, “I told her about the Superchargers and how they are also granted a vehicle powered by the Rift Engine.”
Celestia understood as they approached their destination, “Which is why we are going here.” She opened the door as the team saw several Mabu and Pony mechanics working on several vehicles ranging from land, sea and sky. The alicorn spoke to the team,
“Welcome to the vehicle bay. It was installed after the Superchargers were formed.”
Ember asked, “Is this where I get my vehicle?” Celestia nodded as she said, “The mechanics would help you with your craft. What you need is to determine which vehicle type is more suitable for you.”
Ember stated, “I prefer flying and taking out those monsters from the air.”
Spike smiled, “A Sky Vehicle then.”
Celestia understood, “The mechanics were working on a vehicle shell with a dragon design to it.” She turned to a mabu mechanic, “Nort, can you show Ember to her vehicle?”
Nort turned to the group and nodded, “You can count on me, your highness.”
Dive-Clops soon spoke, “Wait, I’d like to become a Supercharger.”
Celestia smiled, “You have my permission, but your Dive Bomber submarine needs to have a Rift Engine installed.”
The Eyeball joined with Ember as the dragoness spoke, “We’ll stay here and get our vehicles running.”
Spike nodded, “Take care of yourselves, guys.”
Soon enough, Celestia led the others out as they walked down the hallway. Eye-Brawl said, “I need to meet up with the others and tell them about what happened.”
Celestia was concerned, “Griffonstone was troubling. I read the report that the Doomlander had stalled you in order to resurrect Arimaspi.” The giant knew, “We have to be careful in case they have that same trick up their sleeves.”
Aku-Aku spoke, “We also wish to add another Sensei to your ranks.”
The alicorn looked at the talking tribal mask and realized, “You must be Aku-Aku, Crash’s translator?”
The bandicoot did his signature dance as he ended with playing with a yo-yo. Aku-Aku replied, “That is correct and he wishes to become a Sensei to train the Imaginators.”
Spike asked, “By the way, Mom. Who created the Imaginators?”
Celestia stated, “Ray and Dr. Krankcase refined the Imaginite you found into three Creation Crystals. But we needed a vast imagination to create these new Skylanders.”
Spike was about to ask until he was suddenly jumped by three familiar fillies as they piled on top of the Purple Dragon.
“Spike, you’re back!” yelled Scootaloo.
Sweetie Belle spoke, “We were actually worried about you. Rarity was worried as well!”
Applebloom asked, “How did you like our Imaginators, Spike?”
As the purple dragon got up, he saw the three fillies as he asked, “Your Imaginators?” The farm filly replied,
“Eeyup, we made them.”
Scootaloo nodded, “Hey, the power was in our imagination to create those awesome Skylanders.”
Sweetie Belle spoke, “And because of the Imaginite you sent us, we were able to create them and give them their battle class.”
Spike chuckled, “So, Quick-Blaze, Radiant Sun, and Tidal Wave were your creations.”
The three smiled as the unicorn filly stated, “We’re their Imagineers!” Celestia explained, “When we were developing the Sensei Initiative, we needed a way to turn Creation Crystals into Skylanders.”
Spike asked, “That’s when you realized that needed somepony with a very active imagination?”
Celestia smiled and said, “That would be three imaginations. And since they have their minds at work…”
Applebloom finished, “She came to us, noticed most of our drawings of our own Skylanders and asked us to bring ‘em to life!”
Spike chuckled, “So that’s how you became Imagineers.” He suddenly felt tired all of a sudden when he started to yawn. Celestia noticed, “You’ve fought a great battle, Spike. But I think you should lie down.”
Spike went back to the portal chamber, “I’ll just take the portal to the library and crash there.”
The five went to chamber, not before parting ways with Crash and Trail Blazer as Celestia activated the portal setting it to the Golden Oaks Library. Spike stepped onto the portal as Celestia said,
“I almost forgot, it’s good to have you back.”
The Purple Dragon smiled, “Thanks Mom.” The CMC watched as Spike disappeared into the portal while waving at him.
Spike reappeared in front of the library in Ponyville, he looked around to see if Pinkie was around. He was too tired for Pinkie to throw him a ‘Welcome Home’ Party just yet. He opened the door and looked to see if Twilight was around and to his surprise, she wasn’t.
“She’s probably at Cloudcracker Base, she’s been going there and taking notes on the base’s structure and ingenuity. Classic Twilight.” ,chuckled Spike as he made his way to the stairs.
He walked up the stairs, passed Twilight’s bed and his old basket, although he had to stop and look at his old bed, “It almost seems like yesterday I was a hatchling just willing to sleep through the whole day. But now I’m a well-known dragon and Hero of the Crystal Empire as they all call me.”
He sighed as he went to the door to his room, which he moved in there after his little transformation. But as he opened the door to his room, he suddenly had a bad feeling in his gut about what’s about to happen as his senses were screaming ‘Ambush!’ But Spike shrugged it off as he took it as a false signal, he was already in battle once.
But he would soon realize how wrong he was when a voice said, “Welcome home, Spike!” And there, lying on his bed was a pony that Spike thought that he would never see again, a pony that shook him to his core, Starlight Glimmer. She had a smug look on her face and asked,
“Enjoyed gathering your army for your war?”
Spike sighed, “Really Starlight? Of all the places, you had to be in my room?”
Starlight stated, “Why not? It was the only place that you would go to after a tiring journey. And it would be the place where you will pay for what you did to me!”
Spike stated, “You’re mad because I exposed you for a fraud at your village. I couldn’t let you get away with kidnapping Trail Blazer and lying to your followers.”
Starlight pointed her hoof at Spike, “My village was a sanctuary of equality, where nopony's cutie mark allowed them to feel superior! It was a special place, and you and your friends took it away! Now it's my turn to take something special from you! Without the rainboom, you will never hatch and your friends will never form your special cutie mark bonds! You never existing and cutie marks for cutie marks! Sounds like a fair trade to me!”
Spike shook his head, “No, it’s not a fair trade. You erase me from existence and everypony will die!”
Starlight asked, “How are you so sure?” Spike gave her a serious gaze as he said, “I just know.”
The unicorn laughed, “What do you know about the fate of the world? Once you’re gone, then I will see the utopia that will be brought upon by equality!”
She began to perform the time travel spell, “I will see you never, Spike!”
Spike realized that she intends to go back in time and stop the Rainboom from happening. Whatever sleepiness he had was replaced by adrenaline as he tackled her, “Well, I’m not taking this lying down! I’m going to stop you!”
Soon enough, Spike’s own time powers came into play as the power of unicorn and dragon magic merged and in a flash of light, Spike and Starlight were gone.
In the skies of Cloudsdale, the young pegasus filly, Rainbow Dash was preparing to race against the bullies that picked on a shy filly, it was her chance to prove that she was the fastest. And as the race began, they sped out of the starting line, knocking the shy pegasus filly with the flag off the cloud.
As the racers were soaring through the skies, Rainbow started to notice a flash of light appear in the skies. As the light grew larger, it exploded, flinging the racers off-course as the pegasus filly saw a Purple Dragon and a Unicorn mare locked in battle. Rainbow watched the duel and was amazed by it,
“A dragon battling a unicorn? Sweet!” The unicorn used her magic abilities to fly while the dragon launched several attacks on her. The dragon was not only breathing fire, but lightning, ice and earthen magic. The unicorn shot a magic blast which knocked the dragon onto the cloud where Rainbow was sitting on to watch the battle, she was also holding a bag of popcorn.
The dragon got up and turned to his opponent as he said, “I won’t let you alter the timeline, Starlight!”
Starlight chuckled, “Oh I already have, Spikey boy!” The dragon turned to see Rainbow as he said, “What are you doing? Fly, Rainbow. Fly like you’ve never flown before!”
Rainbow Dash shook her head, “No way, scales. This is the best I’ve seen so far.”
Soon enough, Starlight noticed something strange about Spike, “Why aren’t you being erased from existence?!”
Spike took her momentary confusion as an opening for a tail strike as he sent her flying, he chuckled, “Looks like Starlight Glimmer is blasting off!”
He sighed as he collapsed on the cloud, “Why didn’t I disappear?” The filly approached, “Okay, I don’t know who you are or how you know my name, but that was so awesome!”
Spike looked at the filly, “I know, but you have to get back to Cloudsdale. I’ll catch up when I can.”
Spike immediately took to the skies, leaving the confused Rainbow behind. As he was in flight, he saw the Equestria landscape from Ponyville, Whitetail Wood, the Everfree forest and Canterlot.
‘Canterlot?’ thought Spike as it came back to him, “The School! Something must’ve happened at the school!”
With that being said, he flew towards the capital city.
At Princess Celestia’s School for Gifted Unicorns, the unicorn filly, Twilight Sparkle was attempting to pass her entrance exam by getting the dragon egg to hatch with her magic. But after many attempts to get her magic powerful enough to hatch it. She realized that she wasn’t powerful enough to hatch the egg. She sadly lowered her head at the professors and sadly said,
“I’m sorry...for wasting your time.” She was sad that she couldn’t hatch the egg, sad that she couldn’t be skilled with magic. She saw the look in her parent’s eyes as well as the judging eyes of the professors as they wrote down the results. It wasn’t until a noticeable shriek occurred throughout the room. It caused Twilight to look around for the source as well as stopping the professors from writing their results.
As she scanned her eyes over the room, that shriek happened again, but this time - it felt closer than it was before until she figured out the source - It came from the dragon egg.
It soon started to shake and glow as cracks began to appear on the shell. Twilight stood back as her parents backed against the wall while the professors were too terrified to even take notes. As the egg shook and jumped, more cracks began to show until a piece of the shell gave out and - A small wing broke through the shell.
The unicorns could only watch as the egg started to hatch on its own. They were also unaware of a shadow slipping in and hiding in the shadows. But as the shell broke, another wing appeared, followed by a small set of foreclaws, hind claws emerging from the shell as well as a small dragon tail. Soon enough, the head of the baby dragon emerged from the egg. It yawned as it felt very tired from the hatching process. It rested on the remains of its eggshell and fell asleep.
Those in the room were frightened by the events as Princess Celestia arrived and asked, “What is going...on...here?”
She paused in between when her gaze fell upon the hatchling asleep in the nest. Twilight could see tears in the princess’s eyes as the alicorn smiled. But her smile faded as she asked the filly,
“Twilight Sparkle, did you hatch the egg?” Twilight frowned, “No, it...it hatched on its own. I’m so sorry, I wasn’t powerful enough to hatch it myself.”
“Don’t doubt yourself, Twilight. You are more talented in magic than you think.” Said a voice from the shadows.
Celestia looked to the shadows and asked, “Who are you?” The voice replied, “Someone you know, someone who you cared for when I was still an egg.”
Celestia was curious and saw the shadow and said, “Come into the light.” The shadow sighed as he stepped forward, revealing the purple scales, green horns, frills, spines, wings and tail. No pony could believe this, but they were staring at a grown dragon.
Twilight looked at the newcomer and at the baby dragon several times and asked, “Are you…”
The dragon shook his head, “No, I’m not his parent, but he’s in terrible danger.” Celestia asked, “How is he in danger?”
The dragon confessed, “My name is Spike, I’m from the future. There’s a unicorn from the future that’s trying to prevent me from ever existing. I’m your son well except I’m all grown up, Mom.”
Celestia could see the look of vigilance, determination, but kind and caring in Spike’s eyes and looked at the baby dragon that’s sleeping in the nest, ‘A unicorn wants to erase my baby from existence? I didn’t spend 5 years caring for him as an egg just to see him taken from me!’
She went to the nest and gently lifted the hatchling with her magic, “You speak the truth, Spike. We can’t let that unicorn get to him.”
Spike nodded, “But I first need to rebuild the fractured timeline, make sure that everything was the way that it occurred today.”
Twilight asked, “What was supposed to happen?” Spike sadly stated, “You and five others were supposed to get your cutie marks today.”
The filly lowered her head in sadness as Celestia spoke while holding the hatchling, “There is still hope to return you back to your timeline.” Spike noticed something, “But in Starswirl the Bearded’s notes, the time traveler would return to their time period after a few minutes. But I’m not going back. I did remember tackling the unicorn, Starlight Glimmer while she was performing the spell. Unless…” He realized, “My Time Powers!”
Celestia asked, “What are you saying?” He answered, “When I tackled Starlight, my dragon powers merged with hers sending us here with no time limit!”
Twilight asked in surprise, “Dragons can do magic?!” Spike answered, “They’re more like abilities in my opinion.”
Celestia had an idea, “We could reverse the time travel spell, but we need to stick with your plan.”
Spike understood, “Fix the timeline.” He looked at Twilight’s parents and asked, “Is it okay with you two that we borrow Twilight. We need her help with the situation.”
Nightlight replied, “Well, if it involves a timeline that should’ve happened. We’ll allow it.”
Twilight Velvet spoke, “Just be careful.”
With that, Spike told Celestia, “I’ve already met with one of the five, a pegasus filly in Cloudsdale, Rainbow Dash.”
The alicorn nodded as Spike left the school and took to the skies heading for Ponyville to find the others.
Meanwhile in Ponyville, the unicorn filly, Rarity was being pulled by her magic to what would be her destiny since she was a perfectionist, she wanted a way to spice up the costumes and her horn ignited and here she was, being dragged through the town. She went from the Ponyville Schoolhouse to all over Ponyville itself as she came up to a cliff and smacked into a rock. As she shook off the collision, she looked up and said with shock and anger,
“A ROCK!?! That’s my destiny!? What is your problem, horn?! I followed you all the way out here for a rock?! DUMB ROCK!”
Soon enough, a voice spoke from behind, “Don’t judge a rock by its cover, Rarity.” The filly turned and backed against the rock in fright of the newcomer.
She asked, “What’s a greedy beast like you doing here?!” The dragon went up to the rock and landed a tail strike on it. It started to rumble and crack as the filly got away from it as it split in two, the dragon looked at the filly and smiled, “Helping you out. Your horn led you to this.”
Rarity looked into the boulder’s remains with the dragon and saw lots of multi-colored gems that was inside the rock. The dragon said,
“Take them, Rare. You need them more than I do.” The filly smiled in awe as she collected the gems from the rock. Rarity asked in confusion, “Why are you doing this?”
The dragon answered, “Because it’s the right thing to do.” He paused for a moment before saying, “After you’re done, I need your help.”
The filly asked, “Right now?!” The drake shook his head, “You have your destiny to think of. But, you’ll know when I need you.”
Before he could take off, Rarity pointed out, “You never told me your name, but how do you know me?!”
The dragon answered, “My name is Spike and I know you from ‘a time up ahead.’” Spike soon took to the skies as Rarity went back to the schoolhouse.
In the skies, Spike couldn’t help but watch as the would-be love of his life make her way safely back to the schoolhouse. All she had become depended on that Rainboom, but he and Starlight’s fight prevented it. Now it’s up to him to fix the timeline, make sure his friends got their cutie marks and stop Starlight before it’s too late. But right now, he still has to locate Fluttershy, Applejack and Pinkie Pie.
In Whitetail Woods, the pegasus filly Fluttershy fell from the clouds and was caught by passing butterflies. She was very shy and a weak flyer, but when the butterflies caught her and broke her fall, she looked up at the beautiful forest singing about the place and was adoring the animals that lived there. It wasn’t until there was a flash of light in the sky, followed by a large booming sound. She looked up and saw - a battle in blue skies just above her - between a dragon and unicorn. The battle had scared the animals into hiding.
But the filly knew that it was already over when the dragon sent the unicorn flying. She spoke with the frightened animals,
“Shhh. It's okay. You can come out. Everything's okay. There's nothing to be afraid of.”
And with that being said, the animals came out of hiding as Fluttershy obtained her cutie mark. It was about 10 minutes after getting her cutie mark when she heard a voice speak,
“You can speak to animals as your cutie mark says.”
She turned and backed away in fear to see that same dragon, but this time he was standing in front of her. The dragon assured,
“Don’t worry, Fluttershy. I won’t hurt you.” The filly asked softly, “H...how do you know my name?”
The dragon stated, “I’m a friend from somewhere far ahead and I need your help.”
The filly was scared of what he was saying. He knows her, but they never met and he said he was from far ahead. But she didn’t have time to think when the dragon’s eyes widened as if he saw something and shouted,
“WATCH OUT!” He vanished in thin air and reappeared close to her and covered the filly with his wings. There was an impact of magic as the dragon shielded the young pegasus. After it subsided, the dragon stopped shielding Fluttershy as a female voice spoke,
“I should’ve known preventing the Rainboom wouldn’t stop your birth!” The dragon and filly saw the unicorn lower herself to the ground as she said, “And that means that you hatched on your own, Spike.”
Spike stated, “Give it up, Starlight! Just because you stopped the Rainboom from happening doesn’t mean you’ll get rid of me!” He stood determined, “Because I’m going to fix this mess!”
The unicorn sneered, “Not if I have anything to say about that and after I’ve defeated you, I’ll find your baby self and deal with him as well!”
Spike chuckled, “There would be a very angry alicorn expecting you to do that. And with mothering instincts kicked in, you’ll be in for a world of hurt!”
Starlight charged at him, but Spike used his Time Stop power and whacked her with a wing strike, knocking her to a tree. Spike looked at Fluttershy and said, “Get somewhere safe, I’ll catch up to you once I’m done!”
The filly whimpered as the dragon stated, “I don’t want you or those animals to get hurt.” The filly ran to a safe place as Starlight kicked him with her back hooves, but the dragon stood strong and used his headbutt to knock her into the air. He jumped up, whacked her with his wings, did a sideways tail strike and kicked her with his hind legs.
The unicorn hit the ground again as the dragon landed. Starlight was not happy about this, “Why you…”
Spike sighed, “It’s almost a shame you know?”
Starlight asked, “Oh, isn't it a shame we don't live in a world where everypony is equal? No one would ever tease anyone there! Wouldn't that be nice?”
Spike raised an eyebrow, “What does this have to do with me? I took your village and now you want me dead. I gave them a reason to believe that they are better, no matter the cutie mark!”
Starlight sneered, “An eye for an eye, Spike. My eye was my village, your eye is your very existence and the bond your friends share!”
The unicorn shot a magic blast from her horn as Spike countered it with a continuous beam of Electricity and Ice as their powers were locked together. During the connection, his mind linked with hers as he flashed into a memory and saw the filly version of Starlight with a unicorn colt, laughing and playing. He soon fast forward to when the colt got his cutie mark and left Starlight.
After that, he flashed back to reality as his merged breaths overpowered Starlight, leaving her open to an electric cyclone which sent her flying as he chuckled,
“Looks like Starlight Glimmer is blasting off again!” The last sign of Starlight was a sparkle in the sky. He sighed at what he saw in her mind, but he’ll find out later once he fixes the timeline and captures Starlight.
He looked and saw Fluttershy emerging from her hiding spot, “Y...you saved me?”
Spike sat down, “I’m here to protect you from her.” Fluttershy noticed, “Wh...what she said, y...you’re f...from...the future?”
Spike nodded, “I am and I need, not only your help, but 5 others to fix the timeline and send me and that unicorn home.”
Fluttershy asked, “W...where are we going to...meet?” Spike replied, “Canterlot Castle, Princess Celestia is expecting you.”
Spike looked at the distant mountainside city and back to the filly, “Will it be okay if I carried you to Canterlot?”
The shy filly stuttered, “Well...I...um…” Spike knew, “You’re not a good flyer, I know.” The filly answered, “I’ll go with you.”
Spike knelt down and side, “Climb on and hold on.” The filly climbed onto his back as the dragon took off to Canterlot, not before making a stop at Cloudsdale to explain the situation to Rainbow Dash and her parents as well as getting their permission with her father stating ‘You remind me of a dragon friend I knew’ Anyway, he left Cloudsdale, went to Canterlot, dropped off Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash and took off towards the City of Manehatten.
To think that living the glamorous life in Manehatten was the life, but when you’re an earth pony filly that was born and raised on a farm trying to switch your life over, it’s tough and the feeling of homesickness is too much for young Applejack as she looked out the window towards the rising sun. She left the farm to live with her Aunt and Uncle Orange, who were amused by her speech and introduce her to the social elite. Although she nearly embarrassed herself because of her farm-life, if it weren’t for dinner being served.
Now she looks out at the rising sun and said, “Cock-a-doodle-doo... Oh, I wonder what Granny Smith and Big McIntosh are up to. I bet they're applebuckin' their way through the Red Delicious trees. Oh, what I wouldn't give for just one bite…”
All of a sudden, a red apple drops near her, the sight of it surprised her to say the least. She decided to eat the apple as she felt the taste of the apple from Sweet Apple Acres slip down her throat. But once she ate it, she began to wonder,
“An apple just doesn’t just fall out of the sky like that.” Soon enough, a voice spoke outside, “Not unless a courtesy dragon leaves a care package for the young Apple.”
She looked outside her window again and saw, hovering above the ground was a dragon. He was actually holding an apple as well as he munched on it. Applejack asked,
“Ah didn’t know there were dragons in Manehattan?” The dragon chuckled, “There are dragons, but they are nothing like me.”
The filly asked, “Who the hay are ya anyway?” The dragon introduced himself, “The name’s Spike, Spike the Dragon. I came here to tell you - this whole high class life...isn’t for you, Applejack.”
Applejack asked, “What do you know what I like?” Spike exclaimed, “You’re a strong, independent and honest filly. But you miss your family back at Sweet Apple Acres, Granny Smith, Big Mac, your ma and pa.”
Applejack knew that he was right and asked, “I do miss them a lot, Spike. If I could just go home and see them again, see the farm and…” She noticed that Spike was glowing as he flew up and unleashed a harmless stream of Fire, Electricity, Ice and Earth out to the horizon as it flew by the distant Sweet Apple Acres. As the glow fades, the dragon flew back to the window as she saw what he meant,
“I want to go home. That’s what yer telling me?”
Spike nodded, “Would you rather change your life here or live with the ponies that love you and care for you to become a strong farmer?”
Applejack nodded, “If that’s my calling, I will.”
Spike shifted his back to the window and said, “Leave a note to your Aunt and Uncle and hop on my back.”
She did just as that as Spike flew the filly back home where she belonged, when the Apples approached her and the dragon. Applejack got off of Spike’s back and approached her family, who welcomed her back to the acres. Spike couldn’t help but smile at this, the Apple Family together again. Spike’s drive to fix the timeline is not only to prevent an apocalyptic future, but for the sake of family.
He also had to protect his hatchling self who was different from when Twilight hatched him. He knew Celestia would do whatever it takes to protect him when he was an egg, she was sad after losing Luna. When she saw him as an egg, her sadness made her want to become a mother to him. Spike thought, ‘Family is always an important thing, if it’s a pony raising a dragon or a griffin raising a pony. It’s always important.’
Soon enough, he noticed a flash on the filly’s flank as her signature Apple cutie mark appeared as he thought, ‘Three down, three to go!’
Soon enough, Applejack’s father, Bright Mac approached him, “So yer the dragon that told her about coming back.”
Spike nodded, “I had to, because she was homesick. What she needed was a spark, this is where she belongs.”
The stallion chuckled, “Yer nobleness reminds me of a feather-winged dragon I know of.”
Spike guessed, “Storm Breaker?” Applejack’s mom, Pear Butter approached, “You do remind me of him, it’s been years.”
Spike decided to pop the lid, “I know of him and I know it sounds crazy, but I’m...from the future. But I was in battle with a jealous unicorn and we’ve broken the timeline, I need Applejack’s help to fix the timeline.”
The filly approached Spike, “If we’re goin’ to be friends further ahead. I’ll help!”
Spike asked AJ’s parents, “Is it okay with you guys?” Bright Mac nodded, “If ya need help to get home and ya need Applejack’s help, it’s fine by us.”
Pear Butter stated, “It’s what Storm Breaker would’ve done.” Spike said, “Thanks, I’ll be one step closer to fixing the timeline and getting home.”
AJ asked, “But it’s not just mah help?” Spike replied, “There are others I need to help before I could fix the timeline.”
Spike soon took to the skies with AJ on his back, sensed that Rarity got her cutie mark and saw here outside the schoolhouse looking up at the skies, like she was waiting for him to reappear. So he landed, picked her up and flew to Canterlot. He left the city and made his way to his last friend.
Pinkamena Diane Pie was a young earth pony filly who lived on a rock farm with her family outside of Ponyville. The area around the rock farm was mostly grey which is the only color known. Pinkie was working on the farm with her straight mane and tail, just working on the rock fields while unaware of a certain purple dragon flying through the skies above.
Spike looked down at the working Pinkie Pie as he said, “The Rainboom let out a shockwave which blew Pinkie’s mane and tail into the cotton candy shape that I know.”
He thought about this for a few minutes as he noticed the family enter the barn, that’s when he had an idea, “My elemental powers are symbolized by color as well! Fire is red, Electricity is yellow, Ice is blue, Earth is green...my fury breath is purple. A rainbow...Pinkie felt joy by the rainbow, to smile forever and spread this happiness.”
He realized that he was going to do the craziest thing, “I’ll have to unleash all fury waves and form a rainbow to get her attention.”
He sat on the grey clouds above as he called forth his elemental auras as he noticed something else, some of the Elements of Harmony were called to him as well. They merged with his powers as he rose up and unleashed his fury wave which caused a booming sound as Spike blew a rainbow breath consisting of his powers over the rock farm.
On the farm, Pinkie looked up and saw the clouds blowing away as a rainbow appeared, the shockwaves also blew her mane and tail into a poofy shape. She looked up at the rainbow and felt a joy that she never had before. She was so overwhelmed by the rainbow with the need to smile forever and the need to spread this happiness, she went to plan while unaware of Spike landing and forming an earth cocoon around himself to blend in.
Spike thought to himself, ‘All I need is to wait until the next day until Pinkie plans that party for her family.’
He soon went into meditation as he sensed the aura of crystals within the rock farm. As the crystal flew to Spike’s cocoon, he felt his abilities and his strength gathering within his core. But during all of this, he remembered that even if Pinkie does get her cutie mark, it won’t be enough to reverse the spell.
He needed to find a way to have Twilight and Rainbow Dash get their cutie marks since the time was very precise when she did the Rainboom. But the main problem was that Twilight was doing her entrance exam for the school and it involved his egg, but it hatched on its own without the rainboom, preventing her from getting her cutie mark.
As for Rainbow Dash, his and Starlight’s arrival and battle got her distracted, she didn’t do the rainboom and didn’t get her cutie mark. Twilight and Rainbow Dash NEED to get their cutie marks if they want to fix the timeline. But how would they do that?
Soon enough, Spike remembered something that was in the school around the time of the rainboom. A statue that could pretty much help them achieve this task and fix this mess. A statue of an old friend who was asleep until the right time until he would awaken.
At Canterlot Castle, Celestia looked at the five fillies that Spike had helped. Twilight asked, “How would helping us get our cutie marks help him return home?”
Celestia spoke, “During their battle, his dragon powers merged with Starlight’s powers while attempting the time travel spell. The usual time for the traveler to be in the past would be a minute. But that’s not the case since they are not returning home.”
She turned to take a glance at the baby dragon in the cradle, “But I know she’s after his baby self, the baby dragon. We can’t let her get to him.”
Fluttershy remembered her encounter, “Well, um...when Spike saved me from her...she said that she would deal with him first…”
Rainbow Dash remembered, “I also noticed how shocked she was when Spike didn’t disappear.”
The alicorn stated, “She believed that disrupting the rainboom would prevent Spike from hatching. But she was only half right, she did stop Twilight from hatching the egg and prevented her and Rainbow Dash from getting their cutie marks.”
Rarity asked, “And now he’s trying to fix it?”
Applejack said, “So he could go home.”
Twilight asked, “But how does he do magic?” The filly’s curiosity made the sun princess smile as she said,
“Dragons...seem to be more experienced in magic than the most talented unicorn.” She motioned the five fillies to follow her to the cradle where the baby dragon slept, “My son, I’ve watched him since he was an egg. He was the only good thing to ever happen to me.”
Twilight was confused, “But when I saw you at the Summer Sun Festival, you looked happy.”
Celestia explained to the young fillies, “I may be happy that day, but I was sad on the inside.”
Fluttershy asked, “Why?” The alicorn lowered her head as tears began to form, “I lost my little sister a long time ago to her jealousy. After that day, I considered myself to be cursed after losing her.”
Applejack noticed, “Yer sister was everything to you. Without her, you were alone and sad.”
Celestia nodded at the farm filly’s statement and continued, “Until 5 years ago when he showed up next to me as an egg.”
The five fillies looked at the baby dragon sleeping in the cradle. They noticed the similarities with Spike since they saw him before he took off again. They could help but notice how cute the baby was, despite being a dragon. Fluttershy squeed,
“I never seen a baby dragon before. He’s so cute.”
Rarity smiled, “Little Spikey Wikey.” The five fillies admiring the newborn made Celestia cheer up. She looked into the cradle as the hatchling began to stir as he attempted to move himself up, only to flop back into the cradle as the alicorn reached her forehooves in and carried the baby dragon out.
The fillies noticed, not only the similarities to their time traveling dragon, Fluttershy pointed out, “His scales matches his mother’s eyes.”
Celestia smiled as she watched the hatchling snuggle against her as she noticed, “They do, but the idea of me raising him as my own is what I was waiting for.”
Rainbow asked, “But if he’s your son, that means…” Rarity finished, “He’s a prince!”
Celestia nodded as they also know more about their time-traveling friend and the hatchling. But then they remember the dragon’s adversary as Fluttershy spoke,
“I...I couldn’t believe she...would do something this...evil.”
Rainbow agreed, “That unicorn would go back in time and stop him from being born. That’s wrong.”
Twilight added, “I bet she already knows that he hatched...but why is she after him?”
Celestia spoke, “Because he’s powerful than he looks.” She asked the fillies, “Did he display any powers?”
Rainbow spoke, “Well, he shot fire, lighting, ice and what looked like an earth power.”
Fluttershy spoke, “He used an ice and electric power when it collided with the unicorn’s powers.”
Rarity added, “He broke a rock in half with a single tail strike.”
Applejack added, “He used all four of his breaths to show me the way home.”
Celestia was concerned about these powers. The power to wield four elements and attack with them is really troubling. She looked at the baby dragon and at the fillies and asked,
“Remember why I said that dragons are more skilled in magic than the most experienced unicorn?”
The fillies nodded as the sun princess continued, “Because my son...didn’t come from Equestria at all.”
Twilight asked in shock over the revelation, “But how did you know?”
Celestia looked at the filly and said, “Four wise dragon oracles told me about him when he was an egg and told me when he would hatch.”
The hatchling yawned and nibbled on his small wing and his tail tip. The baby soon noticed some of Celestia’s flowing mane near him and gripped a piece of her mane with his mouth, adding a bit more to the cuteness. The alicorn gently rubbed the underbelly of the hatchling as he embraced her hoof as the fillies smiled at this. Celestia whispered,
“Mommy’s here, Spike.”
Spike awoke from his sleep by the sound of the rooster crowing as the farmhouse door opened. He knew that Pinkie’s family left for the south fields - straight towards his cocoon. He noticed that Pinkie’s parents were closing in on him. As Pinkie’s father, Igneous Rock Pie spoke,
“How did this rock get in the south fields?” Cloudy Quartz, Pinkie’s mother noticed, “This rock, it’s not one, but almost all the rocks in the south fields.”
Spike was trying to think of a way to keep them from discovering him until his horns started to glow as he heard a voice, much like his own speak,
“You will ignore the rock.” Pinkie’s parents soon stated, “We will ignore the rock.”
Soon enough, they ignored him as they suddenly heard music coming from the silo as Cloudy Quartz yelled,
“Pinkamena Diane Pie! Is that you?”
Pinkie yelled, “Mom! I need you and Dad and the sisters to come in. Quick!” Spike let out a silent breath of relief as the Pie family went into the silo. As soon as the door closed, Spike emerged from his stone cocoon and stretched his wings as he looked at the silo where Pinkie Pie would most likely be throwing her first party. Spike flew up to the top of the silo and took a peek inside to see what was transpiring.
Pinkie had surprised her family with the party, “Surprise! You like it? It's called... a party!”
At first her family were really surprised about it as their expressionless faces shown. This was immediately noticed by the filly,
“Oh. You don't like it.” She gasped as she noticed that her family was starting to smile, “You like it!” Pinkie’s family soon broke into smiles as the pink filly bounced, “I’m so happy!”
Soon enough, her cutie mark appeared on her flank which was the blue and yellow balloons that Spike recognizes. The dragon smiled, ‘Well, four down, two to go.’ He knew that it was time to make his presence known. So he activated his time stop power and slipped his way into the silo and positioned himself behind the Pie Family as time returned to normal.
As time returned to normal, Pinkie noticed him, “You brought a dragon as well?” Her family were now confused until they turned to Spike and backed towards the pink filly in fear. The dragon sighed,
“That’s the reaction to everypony that meets me.” He looks at the decorations, “Nice party by the way, only a pony skilled at party-planning could set this all up.”
He saw the pink filly raise her hoof, “That’s me! That’s me!” Spike looked at the filly, “Pinkamena Diane Pie...is it okay if I call you ‘Pinkie Pie’ for short?”
Pinkie nodded as she said, “It’s okay, future dragon!” Spike chuckled, “You already know where I’m from.”
The filly nodded, “You’re a friend of mine from the future and you need my help along with five others!”
Pinkie’s father asked, “Is that why you’re here?” Spike nodded, “Yes, I need her help to restore the timeline and return to the future.” He smiled, “But it’s the first party that she’s ever thrown, it’s best to enjoy it before we set off to Canterlot.”
So Spike joined in Pinkie’s first party as he remembered how much fun her parties were. It all started with this party for her family. It reminds him why Pinkie is the best party-planner in Ponyville. It was also a reminder on how he avoided going into town back in his timeline to avoid Pinkie seeing him. He knew that Pinkie’s mane would go flat with sadness if she’s kept in the dark about things. He thought,
‘Maybe when I get back, I’ll talk with Pinkie about throwing me a ‘Welcome Home’ Party or just seeing me in Ponyville would prompt her to plan it.’
As soon as the party was over, Spike and Pinkie left the rock farm, but not before waving good bye to the Pie Family. After they said their farewells, Spike and Pinkie took off for Canterlot
When Spike returned to Canterlot with Pinkie Pie, they were all assembled in the throne room. Celestia spoke,
“You have done well, Spike.” Spike shook his head, “Not well enough, we still have two more cutie marks left.”
Twilight asked, “Mine and Rainbow Dash’s?” The alicorn answered, “That is correct, but your actions will no doubt get Starlight Glimmer’s attention.”
Spike had a plan, “I actually came up with a solution to Twilight and Rainbow’s cutie marks.”
Celestia asked, “Care to share your solution?” Spike began to explain his solution and it involves a statue back at the school for gifted unicorns. He explains that if they could create the sonic rainboom, it could jumpstart Twilight’s magic abilities to awaken the dormant statue and have both Twilight and Rainbow get their cutie marks. He knows of this statue because he knows the stallion back in his timeline. The fillies were amazed by Spike’s solution, especially Twilight as she asked,
“There’s a pony frozen in stone at the school?!” Spike nodded, “There is, but he’s...not like the others.” The filly asked, “And you want me to awaken him?”
Spike stated, “Consider this, your first lesson in magic and instant jumpstarts.” The filly asked in shock, “A lesson?!”
Spike replied, “You have a large grasp with magic, but combined with a sonic rainboom, your abilities would jumpstart and awaken Trail Blazer.”
Rainbow Dash decided to ask, “Trail Blazer?” The purple dragon replied, “That’s the name of the frozen stallion.”
Celestia understood what this means, “We should head to the school immediately.”
When the group arrived at the school, Celestia guided them to the room where the statue resides. When they entered the room, they saw the statue in question. Just looking at it made the six fillies raise their eyebrows. Rarity noticed,
“That armor he’s wearing looks like a furnace!” Twilight asked, “And he’s actually alive inside that statue?”
Spike nodded, “He is.” Rainbow asked, “And you want me to do a sonic rainboom to kickstart her magic and wake him up?”
The dragon nodded, “It’s the only way to get your cutie marks.” Celestia asked, “Are you sure that it will work?”
Spike was about to speak when he started to sense a familiar aura as he realized, “She’s here!” Soon enough, Starlight Glimmer teleported in as the fillies got behind the dragon. Spike glared at Starlight as the unicorn spoke,
“You have been busy with helping your friends get their cutie marks, Spike.”
Spike asked, “Enjoyed getting blasted off, Starlight?” The unicorn sneered, “Being embarrassed by you is not what I like.”
Spike stated, “Is that what your followers felt when they found out that you lied to them? When I told them that they are special, they realized that they were already happy. Don’t you ever feel happy once in your life?”
Starlight shouted, "I was perfectly happy before you and your friends ruined what I built!"
“Does that really drive you to keep me from ever existing? To prevent my friends from ever getting their cutie marks?” Asked Spike.
"Not everypony's lucky enough to get her cutie mark at the same time as her friends!" yelled Starlight.
Spike smiled, “The memories of your friend...of Sunburst.” Starlight asked, “What did you just say?”
Spike stated as he walked towards the unicorn, “Sunburst, you used to do everything with him? You two were inseparable?”
Starlight nodded, “Until he got his cutie mark, he abandoned me!” Spike stopped and stated, “And if you couldn’t get your cutie mark the same time as his then no pony would and decided to start the philosophy of equal cutie marks and have been doing it ever since!”
Starlight sneered at the dragon, “He left me and we never saw each other again!” She charged her magic, “But I will make sure that your friends never see you again!”
She looked at the sun goddess and saw the hatchling Spike and smiled, “And it will be a breath of relief to be rid of you!”
She fired her magic at the hatchling only for Celestia to erect a barrier to reflect it back at Starlight, the alicorn stated,
“YOU WILL NOT HARM MY SON!”
Starlight tried again, only for Spike to tackle her to the ground and hit her with a tail strike. Spike looked at Rainbow and yelled,
“Fly, Dashie, Fly like you’ve never flown before! I’ll keep her busy!”
The pegasus filly nodded as Spike told Celestia, “Protect the hatchling!” Spike was soon struck by a magic bolt from Starlight which knocked him to the ground. Starlight stood over him, “After you ruined my village, I decided that if I can’t convert you…”
Spike finished as he got up, “Then you’ll end me.” Spike and Starlight began to circle each other anticipating which side would make the strike. It wasn’t until the unicorn noticed Rainbow taking to the skies as her eyes widened in shock, so the unicorn used her magic to fly and stop her from doing the rainboom. But that didn’t stop Spike from taking to the skies as well and tackling Starlight as both sides exchanged breaths and magic bolts.
Spike looked at Rainbow who stopped to look at him, “Don’t worry about me! Keep gaining speed!”
Rainbow yelled, “Got it!” She continued flying as Spike turned to his foe as Starlight said, “You cherish your friends at a large extent.” She fired a red magic bolt as the dragon dodged it. Spike stated,
“Everything that they have become all depended on the rainboom. I care about my friends and I don’t want to lose them!”
Starlight soon smiled evilly as her horn erupted again and she duplicated herself creating four of herself at once as they all said, “If you care for your friends so much, how much in Equestria would you cherish when their Purple Dragon falls!”
Spike saw as the Starlights surrounded him as they all fired magic bolts at him. He activated his time powers to dodge them. But as soon as time returned to normal, he was distracted by the sight of the bolts hitting the Starlight duplicates - only to be struck in the chest by a powerful magic bolt as the impact caused his eyes to widen in shock.
The culprit was the real Starlight Glimmer as she smiled that she caught him off-guard. He soon fell down through the roof of the school in front of the fillies, Celestia and the baby dragon in her hooves. They looked in shock as Starlight landed and placed her forehoof on the downed dragon,
“Finally, I’ve defeated the Purple Dragon!” She looked towards the baby dragon, “But I still need to ensure that he never exists!”
She began to approach Celestia who was looking to protect her baby as Applejack stood in the unicorn’s way.
“You ain’t hurting her or the baby!” Shouted the farm filly.
Twilight joined, “She’s waited 5 years for this to happen!”
Rarity joined in, “We’re not going to let a jealous mare like you harm her or her baby!”
Pinkie bounced in, “I haven’t even known about him for that long, but still he’s our best friend like he will be in the future!”
Fluttershy, although timid, joined in, “We won’t let you hurt him! We’ll protect him because he needs us!”
Starlight sneered, “Five fillies against me? Are you that protective of that purple beast!”
Soon enough, Celestia snapped as she said, “He is not a beast, he’s a living, breathing baby dragon that I have waited 5 years to hatch! I am not going to let you have him!”
Spike woke up, but he wasn’t where the Trail Blazer statue was. He was in some kind of cave, a cave that has a large amount of stardust. He walked around the cave and saw a large clearing meant for something big. Spike was curious,
“Where am I?”
Soon enough, a voice erupted from a large mound of stardust, “We have been watching you, for a long time, Spike.”
Spike asked, “Who are you? How do you know my name?”
A deep voice spoke, “We have existed long before Purple Dragons, Spike. We have been a precursor to your kind for centuries.”
The first voice spoke, “We have come in many shapes, sizes and abilities. We are your many ancestors, young one.”
Spike realized, “You’re Ancestral Dragons!?” The stardust mound erupted as two dragon shapes emerged from it. The first dragon had four legs, wings, and was large in size. The dragon sparkled with the stardust from the caves as the large beast spread its wings. The second dragon only had two legs and wings, it’s eyes were blue and it shined like a polished piece of battle armor. Both dragons stared down at Spike as the blue eyed dragon spoke,
“You have fought to save your friends, to return the timeline to the way it was when you came home.”
The Stardust Dragon spoke, “To prevent Starlight Glimmer from creating a future where your friends never formed their bonds...only for you to meet each one and help them discover their calling.”
Spike asked in curiosity, “What do you mean?” Both dragons said, “Behold!” The cave vanished as the images of the many things that occured in the altered present do to the interference. Spike looked at one image that showed Rainbow Dash as a Bat-Guard during Nightmare Moon’s return. But it soon showed an image of himself...along with the Skylanders banding together to defeat Nightmare Moon and her minions.
Spike’s eyes widened as he saw himself land a swift tailstrike on Rainbow Dash and a headbash on Rarity. Spike stood in disbelief as he saw himself and the Skylanders assaulting the castle and he fights Nightmare Moon one-on-one and defeated her with a fury wave which reverts her back to Luna. He watched himself extend a wing in forgiveness for Luna, Rainbow and Rarity.
The next image showed himself fending off an invasion by King Sombra in the Crystal War with his friends and the Skylanders. He said in shock, “The future is a nightmare, the wars, the destruction…”
The Shining Dragon stated, “It is a disastrous future. Where Nightmare Moon returns, the Elements of Harmony have no use without their chosen bearers. Leaving you, the Purple Dragon as Equestria’s Last Hope.”
The Stardust Dragon added, “The Crystal War when King Sombra succeeded in ruling the Crystal Empire and like all tyrants, he seeks to expand by force.”
Spike noticed, “The...Skylanders were with me during the Night War.” The shining dragon replied, “Your essence caught Eon’s attention and sent the Skylanders to Equestria. Thus starting the Arrival early and in time for Nightmare Moon’s return.”
Spike asked, “Starlight has no idea what she’s causing?” The Stardust Dragon stated, “Unicorn minds, especially a mind like hers is filled with despair and jealousy.”
The shining dragon spoke, “She doesn’t know that the dragon she’s trying to destroy is not only Equestria’s Last Hope, but the child that Celestia has waited to hatch for five years.”
Spike stated, “I’m so close to fixing this…” The shining dragon pulled up an image, “You are and your friends are standing in defense of your baby self.” Spike saw what he was talking about, his friends are standing for his defense against Starlight, it wasn’t until a thump occurred as the skies filled with a rainbow shockwave, “For the Rainboom has happened. Notice the young Twilight Sparkle…”
Spike saw the filly’s magic jump-start and started firing magic bolts all over the room, striking Starlight and the statue as Trail Blazer awoken from his slumber. The images showed that Rainbow Dash and Twilight had got their cutie marks. Spike smiled, “That’s all of them!”
The Blue Eyes Shining Dragon spoke, “You still have to defeat Starlight Glimmer before she harms your friends.”
Spike asked, “How could I do that now? She already caught me off-guard and I can’t use my combined breath.”
The Stardust Dragon suggested, “The Harmonic Armor.” Spike was confused, “But I’m in the past, the elements haven’t even chosen them yet!”
The shining dragon stated, “Even in the past, you can still morph into your harmonic form.” Spike asked, “How do I summon it from a different timeline?”
The shining dragon stated, “Think back to your home, your friends, your family and feel the power of the bond that you share with all six of your friends.”
The Stardust Dragon added, “You are also connected to the Elements of Harmony like your friends. Remember the reason behind your adventures, your achievements and why you were chosen to go on these quests.”
Spike closed his eyes as he began to think back to his adventures, his victory over Malefor at the Crystal Empire, his journey through the Multiverse, his victory over Kaos at the Battle of Mt. Cloudbreak, joining up with his human self in defeating Kaos in the future and his journey to gather an army of dragons, ponies and griffins. Another image showed Spike talking with Trail Blazer while entering the Dragon Lands,
“Let me give you some advice, Spike. When times are tough, not many would want to see the true threat. But right now, this whole world needs a symbol of hope, an individual they could look up to and rally behind. You think Celestia asked you to undergo this task because you are her son?”
Spike didn’t say anything as the unicorn continued, “She sent you on this quest because she saw that you would be that symbol, a dragon that everyone would look up to.” All the images soon switched to Spike’s memories with the last one ending with a picture of Spike and his friends at Sugarcube Corner all smiling and happy.
Spike realized as he opened his eyes, “Hope. A symbol of hope!” The shining dragon stated, “And when you have hope and believe in your friends. No matter which timeline you are in…”
The Stardust Dragon finished, “The Elements of Harmony will never lose their glow!”
Spike soon saw the cutie marks of his friends as their elements as they began to glow which caused his eyes to widen in shock, “Wh...what!?”
The two dragons smiled as they began to sense, “Starlight is now locked in combat with Trail Blazer. We must go our separate ways...for now.”
Spike asked, “But I still have questions! How will I find you two?” The dragons pointed, “Look at the walls of the caves and you will know a rare occurrence in Equestria.”
The shining dragon asked, “Now tell us Spike, who are you besides the Purple Dragon?” Spike thought about the two dragons,
‘They are Ancestral Dragons, the precursor to the Purple Dragons. But that makes me…’ He paused for a moment as the elements began to glow, he spoke,
“I am your living legacy.”
Soon enough, Spike sprang up from the floor, much to everypony’s shock including Starlight as he used a charge to knock her into the air. The unicorn used her flight spell as the dragon flew up to meet her. He looked at her and said with a calm voice,
“I pity you. You just don’t get it at all!” He soon stated, “There’s not a thing that I DON’T cherish!”
Starlight smiled hoping for an easy win as Spike barrel-rolled to her as their powers collided with each other as Spike yelled,
“HARMONIC POWER!” Soon enough, the Harmonic Armor appeared and latched onto Spike’s body, much to Starlight’s shock and the shock of the ponies below. When their powers collided, Spike unleashed an ability which separated the element jewels as they took form of the grown up versions of the Mane 6 as well as Spike’s Natural Elements formed into four dragon-lookalikes.
All ten elements surrounded a shocked Starlight as Spike flew to each element and did a combined attack with each element. Spike used the powers of Fire, Electricity, Ice, Earth, Honesty, Laughter, Kindness, Generosity, Loyalty and Magic as he repeatedly attacked Starlight. It all ended when Spike did a piledriver attack which caused all elementals to strike at the same time which forced the unicorn back to the ground.
The dragon landed near the defeated unicorn as all elementals returned to him and said, “Once we return home, I’m taking you to Cloudcracker Base.”
Starlight asked in disbelief, “It’s...it’s no use...but why can’t I defeat you?”
Spike’s helmet opens, “Because I care for my friends and I hope to see them again.”
Starlight sighed, “I was so close...if I could’ve…” She paused for a moment as Spike placed a claw on her head, flooding it with the images of the alternate present. Her eyes were shocked as she realized,
"Spike, I wanted a paradise...but now after seeing those images.” Spike finished, “You feel guilty of ever trying to change the past.”
She sighed, “Yes, I do.” Spike smiled, “We’ll judge you when we get back.” He turned to the awakened Trail Blazer as the stallion said,
“I already knew that she was bad news when I woke up.” The stallion also said, “Don’t worry about explaining it, the princess filled me in.”
Spike nodded as he approached Celestia and the fillies, “Well, I guess it’s time to set things right.”
The sun goddess nodded, “I’m afraid so. Once the spell is reversed, everything will go back to the way they were before you arrived. Only you and Starlight will remember what happened.”
Spike understood this and said, “Despite all the adventures I had in this journey, helping my friends and saving myself. The only ones to remember this would be me and Starlight.”
Pinkie spoke, “Don’t worry, we were bound to meet each other in the future.”
Twilight stated, “Your quest here may be erased, but it’s not forgotten by you.”
Spike decided as he looked at the alicorn, “I’m ready.” The Mane 6 soon surrounded him as Celestia generated her magic into the spell along with the fillies as she said,
“You have won a great battle, Spike. You have saved yourself and your friends from an altered future.”
Spike nodded as he said, “Thank you, all of you for believing in me.”
Rainbow shouted, “Hey Spike, good luck in the future! It’s a real blast!” Soon enough, the spell was performed as all of the events that occured since they arrived began to reverse from Spike and Starlight’s battles, Spike helping his friends get their cutie marks, the interactions with his friends and their families, everything that transpired since their arrival was erased as the time travel spell was reversed.
Soon enough, Spike and Starlight were back in Spike’s room, back to their original time. Spike looked at the unicorn as she knew what this meant. Spike gestured her to follow him as they left the library and went to Cloudcracker Base. When they arrived at the base, they saw Twilight, Snap Shot and the supercharger Splat looking over some scrolls in the study. They were unaware of their presence until Spike said,
“Hey, Twilight.”
The unicorn stopped what she was doing as her ears perked up, recognizing his voice as she turned to him as her eyes widen in shock...she asked,
“Spike!?” Snap Shot looked at the dragon and said, “Crikey! You’re back!” Splat looked at the dragon as well and realized,
“You’re the dragon that everyone is talking about?!” The dragon spoke, “Yeah, I guess so. But I came here because I brought somepony here to turn over to the Trap Team.” He moved to the side to reveal Starlight Glimmer. The three were in shock as well since this mare kidnapped Trail Blazer and tried to kill him. Spike gestured Starlight to speak,
“I know that you heard of me, I tried to turn Spike to my philosophy and failed. But...I also tried to alter time to make sure that he was never born, he defeated me again and showed me the images of an altered present so I decided to concede.”
She sighed, “I know there's no excuse for what I did, but I want you all to know that I'm ready for whatever punishment you think is fair.”
Snap Shot approached, “Since it’s mostly giving Spike a hard time, he’ll decide your punishment.”
Spike shook his head, “Not right now, she’ll stay at the base in the custody of the Trap Team. I have to be somewhere.”
Spike looked at the unicorn, “You’ll be with the Trap Team until I get back.” Starlight nodded, knowing that those no arguing now. Spike looked at Twilight and said, “I think a certain party pony would like to know that I’m home.”
Twilight knew this when Spike left the base.
Spike arrived at Sweet Apple Acres, evading the Apple Family as he made his way to the far side of the apple farm as he made his way up a small hill and sitting on top of the hill were two gravestones. He approached the stones as he read the inscriptions, starting from the left,
“Bright Macintosh. Father and Husband.”
He read the right stone, “Pear Butter. Mother and Wife.”
Spike sighed as he spoke, “Hello, Bright Mac and Pear Butter...I’m Spike, I’m a friend of Applejack, Big Mac and Applebloom. I’m sure you never heard of me, but if you were still alive…” He frowned, “You probably would’ve met me when I was a hatchling at that time. But as the years went by, Applejack has grown into a strong mare…” He smiled, “If you know about AJ’s loving relationship with Terrafin, a boxing dirt shark, he proves himself to be very helpful to the acres.” Spike sighed, “I just wish you both were here to see this.”
“And I wish that too.”Said a voice that shocked Spike as he turned around to see a certain feather-winged dragon along with Big Mac.
Spike said in shock, “Storm Breaker?! Big Mac!?”
Storm Breaker stated, “Surprised, Spike?” Spike asked, “How did you know I was here?”
Storm Breaker chuckled, “Lucky guess and Big Mac heard a rumor that you returned from your journey.”
Big Mac asked, “So why are you at ma and pa’s grave?” Spike frowned at this until the older dragon sensed, “You’ve met them, haven’t you?”
Spike looked at Storm Breaker and asked, “How did you know?”
Storm Breaker stated, “I saw that look in your eyes, you accidentally went back in time and met Bright Mac and Pear Butter.”
Spike sighed, “I had to reverse the spell that brought me to the past. I had to help my friends get their cutie marks.”
Big Mac guessed, “And you’ve met Ma and Pa in the process.” Spike nodded as the older dragon sighed, “Bright Mac was a good friend, he was also a wingman for me as well. His red mane made me give him the nickname ‘Red’ and he actually accepted the nickname.”
Spike pointed out, “When I asked for AJ’s help, they mentioned that it’s what you would’ve done the same thing. Rainbow Dash’s parents even mentioned you when I asked for her help.”
Storm Breaker chuckled, “They remember me so well and determination in others.”
Spike sighed, “Looking at everything that happened, Mom was extremely happy when I was born.”
Big Mac chuckled, “Ah can imagine, when I was born, Pa ran all over the town saying that he now has a son.”
The feather-winged dragon chuckled, “He was really excited that he became a Dad although he mostly over did it.”
Spike chuckled as well, “Can't blame a stallion for expressing his excitement.”
Storm Breaker sighed, “At least Blaze didn't do something like that when Rainbow Dash was born.”
Spike asked, “Rainbow Dash’s dad?” Big Mac spoke, “Blitz was his nickname as far as Uncle Storm told me.”
Storm Breaker gazed at the gravestones and stated, “We were all close back then, Blaze, Bright, Nightlight and I. Our bond was strong, like the bond you share with your friends.”
Spike understood, “I care about them enough to protect them from harm.” Big Mac spoke, “But yer not alone in caring for them. Terrafin has cared for Applejack, helped on the farm and being a good help.”
The Purple Dragon noted, “It's true, Big Mac. I'm not alone in it at all.”
Storm Breaker decided, “You should head back to the base and find a fitting punishment for Starlight.”
Spike nodded, “I should...and I might go back to the library after that.” He smiled, “Don't want to be late for my own party.”
Storm Breaker chuckled, “Pinkie Pie’s parties never disappoint.” The purple dragon stated, “I’d imagine that the sky would fall before Pinkie’s parties disappoint which is unlikely to happen for a hyperactive mare.” Spike soon took to the skies and made his way back to base.
Upon returning to the base, Spike saw Starlight waiting for him with that same defeated expression on her face. She asked,
“Have you decided what you’re going to do with me?”
Spike asked, “That depends on the whereabouts of the Twilight, Splat and Snap Shot.” He noticed the absence of the three that were in the base. The unicorn said, “They waited me to wait until you got back so we can head back to the library.”
Spike smiled as he motioned her to walk with him. Starlight accepted as she walked with the dragon that defeated her twice. She noticed how calm he was, despite everything that happened. She asked,
“How are you so calm after everything that happened because of me?”
Spike stated, “What matters now is that things are back to normal. You wouldn’t have tried to change the past if you didn’t realize the ethics of it all.” Starlight lowered her head in shame until the dragon added, “But your skills in magic are as impressive as Twilight and her twin sister. But you have much to learn to use and control your powers.”
Starlight asked, “How?” The purple dragon replied, “With a teacher.” He stated, “On occasion, there are some dragons that take it upon themselves to teach a unicorn gifted in magical talents to know the ways of the elements that are known to a purple dragon.”
Starlight asked with a raised eyebrow, “Are you asking me to become your apprentice? After what I’ve done to you?!”
Spike nodded, “It’s best to forgive and forget what transpired. Our battle showed a true display of potential in you.”
Starlight guessed, “Enough to follow the elements that you can do?” Spike chuckled, “With enough training and studying, Starlight. You would be able to conjure up even the most simple of fire spells.”
The unicorn was puzzled by the dragon’s offer. He wanted to train her in the ways of the purple dragon, yet she tried to kill him twice. She did say that she was ready for any type of punishment, but being asked to be his apprentice isn’t what she expected.
Starlight asked, clearly interested, “When should I start?” Spike smiled, “That depends, what do you wish to prove?”
Starlight stated, “That I want to make amends for everything I’ve done and to know what it really means to be a friend and a teammate.”
The two approached the door to the library as Spike said, “Then I will take you as my apprentice.”
The dragon opened the door as they entered the dark library as Starlight asked, “What’s with the lights?”
Spike realized, “I was wondering the same thing.” Then all of a sudden, the lights came on as it is revealed that everypony and skylander in town was present in the library as they shouted,
“WELCOME HOME, SPIKE!”
The Mane 6 greeted him with hugs and kisses as the Skylanders greeted him with wing-fives, claw-fives and a bear hug from the ponies in town. Spike began to sweat as he realized,
“I didn't know I was missed that much.” Starlight noticed, “You have been traveling all over the world. Which is why they miss you.”
Spike took her acknowledgement as such and told the patrons, “W - wow! T - this is just amazing to be welcomed home like that.” He smiled, “I’m looking at you, Pinkie Pie! Thanks for the party!”
The party pony bounced towards him and said, “I always look out for my friends especially if my friend is a dragon!”
Spike turned to his friends, “And after going on that life-changing journey, it made me realize that no matter what happens or how far I travel - You will be there on my shoulder whispering to me. When I returned home after Griffonstone, a certain group of fillies told me that you were all worried about me.” He spoke to Rarity, “Sweetie Belle said that you were extremely worried.”
The snow white unicorn approached the dragon as she said, “I was afraid that you would not come back. When I heard about Griffonstone, I...I was worried about you.”
Spike placed a wing around her and said, “It was quite the battle with unexpected surprises. But in the end, we pulled through and saved the city.”
Rainbow Dash spoke, “So I heard that Gilda was involved in the defense.” Spike looked at the pegasus, “She’s changed, Dash. She's not the Gilda from before.”
The Pegasus asked with a raised eyebrow, “Are you sure that she changed?”
Starlight decided to speak, “If it makes you feel better, she's standing right next to me.” Rainbow looked and saw her old friend appear next to the unicorn as the griffin said,
“Long time no see, Dash.” Rainbow sped to the griffin and asked, “Why are you here anyway?!”
Gilda replied with an apologetic smile, “First, to attend Spike’s Welcome Home Party and second, to make amends with a friend.”
Spike turned to the griffin, “You did the right thing, Gilda. You were not just my partner in the battle, you're my friend as well.”
Gilda nodded as she said, “But hey, we all mess up once in awhile.” She looked at RD, “But Rainbow Dash, can you find it in your heart to forgive me?”
Rainbow Dash looked at Gilda, then at Spike and then back at Gilda as she sighed, “Okay Gil, I forgive you.” She added, “If Spike can forgive his greatest enemy, I can forgive my old friend for being a bad griffin years ago.”
The ponies and skylanders cheered as the two friends made up for lost times. Spike smiled at this as he decided to announce,
“As far as reunions go, I have an announcement to make before the party starts…” He gestured Starlight to stand next to him, “In light of the recent events that went on involving me and her. I have decided to take Starlight Glimmer as my Apprentice.”
There was a gasp of shock and confusion in the crowd when he made this announcement. Twilight approached, “I know that you were planning a fitting punishment, but taking her as your apprentice is unexpected.”
The dragon stated, “She misunderstood the nature of the coming battle. And her magic abilities are as powerful as yours.”
Twilight reminded him, “Being a Master is a huge responsibility, especially with taking in an apprentice.”
Spike nodded as he said, “I know, but I won’t expect her to go crazy with reports like you did.” Twilight twitched a bit since she still felt bad about it as the dragon finished, “But it’s not just going to me training her.”
Twilight asked in shock, “You mean?” Spike stated, “It’s best that all six of you help me out with teaching Starlight.”
The others were cautious about it as they spoke their concerns to Twilight about it until the unicorn said,
“Well, the others agreed to your decision. Starlight will be your Apprentice.”
The dragon hugged his unicorn sister as everyone cheered. As soon as they finished the hug, Spike turned to Starlight,
“Starlight, It's time to celebrate my return home and you becoming my apprentice.”
Starlight smiled as she said, “Then we should get started...Master.”
And from this day, Starlight Glimmer, once Spike’s nemesis, became Spike’s Apprentice, a rare thing for a Purple Dragon to do. As everyone partied on through the night reunions formed and new friendships were made while shattered friendships were mended.
Meanwhile, somewhere in the dark recesses of Skylands, Malefor sat on his throne as he looked at the kneeling unicorn in his presence. He spoke,
“Sunset is a traitor and that Starlight Glimmer only sought for her own gain by destroying Spike.”
The unicorn looked up at him, “They were weak and unable to destroy him.”
The dark master stated, “But the failure at Griffonstone showed them that these Doomlanders would change their leadership to someone else.”
The unicorn asked, “But what do you wish for me?” Malefor smiled, “There are rumors of a certain couple that is expecting. A royal couple that Spike is close to. That is my task for you two.”
The unicorn asked in confusion, “Two?” The large dragon pointed his wing to a doorway as the sound of a machine powering up. The mare looked at the source of it as her broken horn sparked as she could see what it is,
“He’ll do.”
“Unicorn Mare Data: Successfully Copied!” said the robot as a pair of red eyes flashed.
Author's Note
So Spike battled Starlight in the past in order to save the future. But he encountered two Ancestral Dragons as well. And made Starlight his Apprentice. But as we all know, something lurks in the dark as Malefor has caught wind of the recent successes of the Skylanders. Who are these two new enemies that they will face and when will I get back to the human Skylanders? Find out on the next exciting chapter of Skylanders X MLP!
Camp Everfree, a summer camp in the EQG universe is now anticipating the arrival of the Echo Squadron to investigate the bizarre activity around the camp. The two people who were waiting for their arrival were Gloriosa Daisy and her brother, Timber Spruce, Counselors and Co-Directors of the camp itself. But another reason why they called the squadron was of a personal matter involving their number six. Gloriosa sighed,
“I don’t know what to feel now. But they did everything right, more than we could hope for.”
Timber nodded, “Putting an end to the Traptanium War, even Spike becoming a Trap Ranger. He came far after becoming human.”
His sister shook her head, “But still it’s not enough.”
Timber spoke, “Cadance called us to let us know that they are coming, but Spike is a big concern for her now.”
The co-director walked towards the dock as she said, “But he’s only started to get those images after Equestria Shores even questioned the camp as if he's been here before.”
Timber stated, “And we know why he’s getting those images and questions. But I still keep going back to that night.”
Gloriosa’s face turned grim as she looked to her brother, “That night has haunted us ever since and Celestia left that gem with us ‘until the time is right,’ Timber.”
Timber pointed towards the forest, “Those creatures are still out there and if it wasn’t for Cadance’s donations, we would’ve lost the camp to Filthy Rich and there would've been a spa right where we're standing. But he’s the least of our concerns.”
Gloriosa was about to speak when a thump of energy occured as a large rift portal appeared over the camp. What they saw next astonished them, they saw a large airship exit from the rift as it closed behind it. The two could see that the ship was designed for combat, but they also noticed the docking and launch bays on the ship as well. But what they noticed was the name of the zeppelin on the rigid envelope, ‘Wings of Freedom.’ On the vertical stabilizer on the back of the ship showed a distinct emblem of a dragon skull with a ghostly tail breathing fire with six arrows in a delta formation.
The co-directors of the camp knew all too well that this was the Wings of Freedom, the mobile platform and base for Echo Squadron. As the ship passed over them, two objects launched from the launch bay as the ship shot an energy beam towards a nearby clearing as the ship itself began to descend towards the ground as the beam essentially anchored it to the ground. The objects that launched made their way towards the camp as the second object fell to its destination. The first object, revealed to be a tank flew to the ground and turned to a ground vehicle while the second, revealed to be some sort of scout car fired its thrusters to soften its landing.
The tank’s hatch opened up as the leader of the squadron hopped out while the door of the scout car opened as several girls and members of the squadron jumped out. The cockpit of the car opened as the number six of the squadron jumped out sporting the traptanium gauntlet on his wrist. The ship soon settled down in the clearing and powered down as Gloriosa approached the leader of the team,
“Are you the leader of the squadron?” The boy with the spiky yellow hair and red eyes looked at her, “That’s me, I’m Leg. Spyro, Spy for short. Echo Squadron’s leader and captain of the Wings of Freedom.”
He pointed to a select few that were among the passengers of the scout car, one of them being a boy calibrating a pair of cybernetic wings on his back from his mechanical gauntlets. “That’s Dro, he's Echo 2…” He pointed out the brawler of the team, the gardener and the only female member of the squadron, “Ter, Camo and Sonata are 3, 4 and 5.”
Gloriosa pointed to the boy with the Traptanium gauntlet, “And that's Spike, your number six?”
Leg. Spyro nodded, “That's correct.”
Timber asked, “We were told that the squadron was coming, not a whole group. Is there a reason?”
The leader of the squadron sighed, “They helped us shoot down the Heavy Command Cruiser over Equestria Shores. We also have an Orc, an ape and a Light Trap Master among the crew.”
Gloriosa watched as most of the arrivals interacted with each other and looked in awe of the sight of the campground. As mentioned by Leg. Spyro, a winged Knight was with Sonata, a large gorilla with a necktie with the initials ‘DK’ fist-bumped with Ter, and an Orc in a tribal warrior’s gear with a dragon skull on his head was with a girl that was recognized as Twilight Sparkle. She was amused,
“That's...quite the crew you have.” A boy who had orange eyes and two pistols holstered on his hips spoke with a Russian accent,
“We're just temporary, most functions were controlled by Blaster-Tron.”
Leg. Spyro sighed, “Thank you, LT for telling her.” He motioned him to move as he asked Gloriosa, “Cadance told us about bizarre activities being reported around the camp?”
She answered, “Yes, just recently the camp has been hit with an influx of strange sightings, strange energy distortions coming from the forest and eerie echoes emanating from the woods.”
Timber spoke, “We don't know what's going on and with the camp’s opening, we can't go out there to investigate the occurrences.”
“So you decided to call in a team that has experience with magical occurrences on an everyday basis to investigate.” said Spike as he approached the team after shutting down the Road Avenger.
Gloriosa looked at him, although in his eyes she was hesitant on talking to him as she said, “Yes...that's why we called. We...figured that if anyone could figure it out...it's Echo Squadron.”
Timber spoke to Spike, also possessing that hesitant look, “Your victory over Equestria Shores...was proof of it...despite being an air battle. You have powers which benefit you in combat.”
Spike, although curious about their hesitation in talking to him replied, “Okay, we'll find out what’s causing these occurrences.”
Gloriosa nodded as she said, “In the meantime, it's best that your team get settled. We have tents set up for you and your companions.”
Leg. Spyro asked, “What about the MBT and the Road Avenger?”
The directors knew that he was talking about the tank and the scout car that their airship deployed. Timber spoke,
“There’s a workshop behind my cabin, it’s big enough to hold those two.”
Leg. Spyro nodded as he hopped into the tank while Dro jumped into the cockpit of the Road Avenger as they followed the co-director to the cabin while the others decided to get situated for their stay at the camp. They knew for certain that they need to find the source of this magic occurrence. So instead of taking to the skies like at the island, it’s a ground game now. The team had to at least set up a base camp before they do anything else.
Except for Spike, who didn’t go with the others as he continued looking and scanning his eyes around the camp, specifically at the lake and the nearby cabin near the director’s cabin. At that instant, those three images appeared in his mind again, the same images that he saw when he was struggling to regain control of his plane after destroying the command cruiser.
“Camp Everfree…” ,thought Spike. “This place… so familiar, but why?”
He soon heard a voice coming from the direction that the others went, “Spike?” He turned and saw Gloriosa looking at him in a concerned way. Soon enough, after looking at her, Spike’s eyes widened as he gasped as he began to see, not an image but a memory.
It was at Camp Everfree during a camping trip as a young boy walked out to the docks as he looked out to the lake and sighed at this. Although he wasn’t alone as he thought, the boy turned and saw a girl whom he remembered,
“Gloriosa? What are you doing here?”
The young Gloriosa chuckled, “My grandparents run the camp, remember?” She stated, “You always tend to forget that my great-grandparents founded it.”
The boy smiled with a small chuckle as he rubbed the back of his head, “Well, it goes without saying.”
The girl asked, “Is it weird that you’re here on a school camping trip and the teacher in charge happens to be your mother?”
The boy turned red with embarrassment as he said, “It’s weird to have her looking over me and having to share her cabin.”
Gloriosa reassured, “She does let you off the hook to join a group from time to time.”
The boy nodded and saw a group in the distance as he said, “That she does, Gloriosa. That she does.”
Spike’s mind was soon back at Camp Everfree in front of Gloriosa as he gasped at what he just saw. Spike was panting until he said, “What’s going on with me?”
The co-director asked, “What do you mean?” Spike looked at her and stated, “These images, that memory, this familiarity… nothing makes sense!”
Gloriosa now had a sad look on her face as she confessed, “I… I know what you’re going through.”
Spike realized that he’s going to get answers to his questions and listened to what she had to say, but she asked him,
“What do you remember when you were a dog?” Spike explained that he believed that he was born a dog and was adopted by Principal Celestia until he met Twilight and was with her throughout the Fall Formal and the Battle of CHS. He was turned human after the battle was over, but when he was walking on two legs it felt like it was natural for him. It was almost like he walked on two legs before.
Gloriosa heard what he told her and explained, “Those images and memories are actually secrets of your past, Spike.”
Spike, confused by this revelation asked, “My...past?” She nodded as Spike tried to push it back, “But...that’s impossible. Are you saying that I wasn’t a dog at all?”
Gloriosa sadly said,”It’s true, but there’s an...artifact somewhere in the woods outside the camp. It contains a fragment of the truth.”
Spike was shocked as he thought, “The truth about my past?”
He also asked her, “Then why did you call the rest of the team here?” The co-director stated, “The bizarre activity around the camp is real. Ever since CHS, there has been an increasing number of sightings of those creatures and magical activity. Those creatures are after the same artifact that holds the truth. We called the team here specifically for it.”
Spike finished, “And you didn’t want them to find out about the other half of it.” Gloriosa stated, “Exactly.”
She motioned him to follow her as he said, “This can't remain a secret forever.” Gloriosa nodded as she heard of the many abilities and talents that Spike’s friends have. She looked at him and stated,
“But it will give you time to find the truth.”
Spike reluctantly understood, the idea of keeping a secret from his friends isn’t something he’s proud of. But whatever is going on with him had something to do with his memories. Gloriosa spoke,
“You’ll find what you’ve been searching for, eventually.”
As the team reached the tent area, the MBT and the Road Avenger were placed in the workshop behind the co-director’s cabin as the team set up a base camp while settling in for their stay. Meanwhile, the girls were settling in and getting themselves situated. Twilight looked around the camp and said,
“This is an interesting place to be.”
Rainbow Dash had set up the tent with Applejack as she said, “First, we go to tropical island and now we’re at a summer camp.”
Applejack nodded, “Even if we’re here just to find out about these things happening near the camp. Those boys always take us to the nicest places.”
Rarity noticed, “Spike stayed behind when we left the courtyard.” Indigo, who was setting up a tent with Lemon recognized it, “I noticed that he wasn’t himself since that suicide run on the cruiser.”
Lemon added, “He is kinda strange despite him being Megaman.” A voice in the lime-haired girl’s head spoke,
“Both of them were a bit strange if you ask me.”
So looked around for the source of the voice as the others noticed it and the Mane 6 knew from personal experience what this meant as RD asked,
“Hearing a voice in your head, Lemon?”
Lemon looked at the athlete and asked, “How did you know?” Twilight stepped in, “Spike began hearing Drago’s voice in his head before activating the gauntlet for the first time.”
The voice chuckled, “I guess they already know. It figures since I almost make you act crazy.”
Lemon’s face went red since the voice was slightly teasing her. But kept it to herself as she heard Pinkie Pie speak,
“I’ve noticed that Gloriosa went back to the courtyard to check on Spike. Although my Pinkie Senses are tingling every time she's around.”
Rarity looked at her fun-loving friend, “What gives you that idea?” Pinkie stated with a hint of confusion,
“It feels like we should already know both her and Timber before.
Twilight spoke, “But we just met.” Pinkie didn't know as she said, “It's like an itch in the back of my head. All of us knowing them is a doozy.”
“I also noticed how they paused before talking with Spike.” Spoke LT as he approached.
Twilight guessed, “They're hiding something.” The smart girl spotted Gloriosa passing by with Spike following behind. It made her curious as to why she went back for him to begin with. It began to further her suspicions that the directors were hiding something.
On the other side of the campsite, the team was busy setting up a base camp using supplies and materials from the airship. Dro had set up a table with the latest map of Camp Everfree and the forest surrounding it. While Spy and the team were setting up the tents for their stay. Even flipping a coin to see who bunks with who and the order followed with Spy with Dro, Ter with Camo much to the brawler’s dismay because he would be dealing with ‘wake-up pranks’ and Sonata and Spitfire would bunk with the girls, leaving Spike the only one who doesn't have a tent-mate.
Gloriosa and Timber watched the group set up camp as they saw how connected they were. But most importantly was how connected Spike was to his friends, he would help them out in any way he could. But still the events of Equestria Shores is still fresh within everyone’s mind. Timber looked at his sister,
“You told him, didn’t you?” Gloriosa nodded, “I did, after his first memory flash in the courtyard he wanted to find out what’s going on. I told him what I know and of the gem.”
Timber looked out into the woods, “This is going to be difficult with those creatures returning and everything that’s going wrong in those woods. If we sold the camp, this would’ve been Flithy’s problem.”
“We would’ve been arguing on and off about it.”
“But we didn’t because of Cadance’s donations.”
“I’m not going lie to you, Timber. The way everything is going, it’s going to get worse before it gets better.”
“And my stories about Gaea Everfree wouldn’t cut it.”
Gloriosa chuckled about that legend that her brother made as a means to scare campers during his ghost stories. But as time goes on, what’s happening is not the result of a vengeful forest spirit. As a matter of fact, it’s much more darker than that.
The counselors soon noticed Spy approaching them as he said, “We’ve set up our base camp and set up our tents for our stay. Although Ter isn’t too happy with having Camo as a tent-mate.”
Timber chuckled, “Camo’s a prankster, right?” Spy rubbed the back of his head as he sighed, “He used several pranks involving Ter and he responded with throwing him at a wall or pinning him to the ground.”
Gloriosa brought up another member of the team, “Your mechanic, Dro is one of the first to be created following the battle of CHS.”
Spy knew that his brother was a chance result, just like the others, “Dro was also in love with the captain of the Wondercolts, she's now my XO on the ship.”
Timber chuckled, “A mechanic and a team captain, I can imagine what it meant for her teammates.”
Leg. Spyro knew what this meant since he knew about Dro’s little fight with Soarin’ when he was just discovering his powers. That was before he and Camo were discovered and Dro and Ter were just discovering their powers. But he decided ask about what this is about,
“So what do you think is going on with the camp?”
Timber spoke, “Well, when I was on the hiking trails last week, I saw some sort of creature. It was looked like a large fly made of moss and bone. When it saw me, it attempted to attack me until I ran back to the camp. When turned around to see if it was following me, it was gone.”
Leg. Spyro knew all too well what that was, “A Grublin Fly, most likely a scout.”
Gloriosa cautiously realized, “If that's a scout, that means…” Leg. Spyro finished, “The Grublins are planning an attack on the camp.”
Leg. Spyro was going to discuss this with his team until Timber stopped him, “It wasn’t alone.” The leader asked the counselor, “What do you mean it wasn’t alone?”
Timber added, “Something else was with it. I only got a glimpse of it, but it was like that fly, but it was completely covered in what looked like a liquid shadow. It’s purple eyes glared at me which sent shivers down my spine.”
Leg. Spyro was concerned for a moment, he fought Grublins before, even those Shadow Apes, but these new Shadow Grublins? Something is going on at this camp and for better or for worse, it had to take place before the start of the summer. As far as he knows, no one would like to go to a summer camp with Grublins stalking the woods and most likely Malefor’s Cultists are behind this.
Leg. Spyro decided to say, “We’ll scout out the hiking trail where you first saw those two.”
Gloriosa spoke, “You don’t just have to scout the trail right now. You just got here.”
“I guess you’re right. I mean, we did just shoot down a Heavy Command Cruiser last week.”
Timber understood this, “Just get yourselves settled, if you want we could show your group the many activities around the camp.”
The leader of the squadron accepted, “That would be a nice change of pace from last week.” With that, he left them to rejoin his team.
After getting themselves situated for their stay, he told them about the tour that Gloriosa and Timber would be giving them. Everyone agreed to take the tour since Camp Everfree was a new environment for them and they need to know this place to and the many points of interests. As the directors took them on a tour, they approached a few areas that Gloriosa pointed out when they started out in the courtyard,
“The courtyard was technically where you landed your tanks, but you only needed a place to set up back at the tent area. The courtyard has a view of the cafeteria building, the center gazebo and a view of the lake...”
While Gloriosa was talking, Spike looked around again since he didn’t see much of the courtyard the first time. That was when he saw something near the totem pole and the gazebo. At first glance, it looked like a regular old sundial used for knowing what time is it. But to Spike, it felt familiar…
“This sundial, staring at it more closely… have I seen it before?”
Suddenly, Spike’s eyes shot open as he flashed into another memory…
He was in the boy’s point of view again, he was walking away from the Archery Range with a young Timber. It was clear that they were talking to each other as Timber pointed out,
“Sheesh, five bullseyes in a row! If I didn’t know any better, I’d say that you’re a natural at archery.”
The boy chuckled, “Says the supposed ‘awesome kid who should get invited to do fun things.’”
Timber felt a blow to his ego, “That hurts, you know.” The two chuckled at this as they approached the gazebo, but the boy stopped as he turned to the nearby sundial. Timber noticed this as they approached the sundial. Timber spoke,
“My grandpa said that this sundial was built by your Mom and Aunt when they attended the camp. It was a contributing gift to the camp itself.”
The boy looked closely at the sundial and saw the sun and moon insignia as the boy smiled, “I guess that’s why they brought me here aside from making friends.”
Timber decided to ask, “I know your Mom and Aunt, but...where’s your Dad?”
The boy paused as he pondered his memories of his father until he said, “All I know is that he disappeared. Mom doesn’t like to talk about it. She only said that she’ll tell me when I’m older.”
Spike soon came back to reality from that memory flash. He opened the gauntlet and asked, “Did you get all of that?”
The spirit nodded, “I stored both memories in case you want to view them later.” Spike noticed that the group was moving on, he looked at the sundial again and saw the same sun and moon insignias carved into the sundial. After that he took off after the group as the approached the boathouse and docks. Dro pointed out,
“The docks are seriously in a state of disrepair, if there was too much pressure on the docks, it would crumble.”
Gloriosa sighed, “It’s been like that ever since. We haven't been keeping the camp in a good condition since we became the directors.”
Dro had an idea, “What if we pitched in to help get the camp back on its feet?”
Timber looked at his sister for a moment before they agreed to having Echo Squadron, the Mane 6 and the two Crystal Prep girls to help get the camp on its feet and buy time in between for the Squadron to investigate the Grublin presence in the forest. Dro’s wrist comm started to beep as he opened it and realized,
“I received a transmission from Mom, she’s going to be sending one our friends here to help us out. She also needs Knight Light to report back to Cloud Cracker Base.”
Knight Light sighed as he said, “Duty calls.” Dro threw down a portable portal chamber and turned it on, Knight Light entered the portal as a familiar ex-nemesis emerged from the portal, decked out in Camp Everfree gear,
“Hey guys, mind if I lend a hand?”
Leg. Spyro smiled, “I’ve never been so happy to see you again, Sunset.”
Everyone knew that Sunset Shimmer has reformed from working with Malefor, but she did warn them about Malefor's plans for bringing war to Equestria. But now she wants to help out the Echo Squadron with getting the camp back on its feet. Leg. Spyro now had a new priority at Camp Everfree as he turned to Dro and said,
“Take Sonata and Ter back to the ship and get some supplies. Be sure to tell Blaster-Tron that he’s going to join us in fixing the camp.”
The three nodded and left for the ship as Leg. Spyro asked Gloriosa, “Are there any old blueprints to some of the buildings here?”
The director nodded as she explained, “Our great-grandparents founded the camp, so they might have some of the old blueprints in the cabin.”
Twilight decided to ask, “What about the Grublins?” The team knew that they can’t get the camp back on its feet with the Grublin sightings in the forest. If they were to focus solely on rebuilding the camp, those things will take the advantage and catch them off guard. Leg. Spyro decided,
“We’ll split into two teams. Alpha Team will focus on repairing the camp while Bravo Team will set up a perimeter around the camp in case any grublins try to attack the camp.”
Spike asked, “Who should be Alpha and Bravo?”
That’s when he had to think hard on choosing which members of their group would be fixing the camp and which members would keep a lookout for any signs of activity involving the rumored grublin activity. So Leg. Spyro turned to Twilight,
“Twilight, you and the other five can help with fixing the camp. Dro, Sunset, Indigo and Lemon will also be part of Alpha.”
Twilight looked at the others who would be part of the repair team, “We’ll set up a workshop once Dro and the others return. Who should be the Patrol Team?”
Leg. Spyro now had to decide on who would be Bravo Team. These people would ensure that if any grublins approach the camp, they would make sure that they didn’t get too close. After looking over the remaining members of the team, he decided,
“Voodood, Donkey Kong, Spike, Ter, Sonata, Camo and I will set up a perimeter around the camp. We’ll make sure that they don’t get through if they decide to attack.”
Gloriosa spoke, “I don’t know why those things have set their sights on the camp.” Spike looked at her,
“Well, I guess we better find out why they’re here.”
After the remaining members of the team returned with Blaster-Tron and the supplies, the repair team began setting up a workbench and a drafting board to look over the schematics of the camp’s structures. They would also work on the motor boats and most of the camp’s aquatic activities and go for a test run. The directors pitched in for renovating the camp so they could give the team a few pointers on certain structures.
Meanwhile, the Patrol team would guard the perimeter of the camp, Voodood would use his axe to set a magic tripwire near the hiking trails in case any grublins come that way while Blaster-Tron sets up a sensor to ensure that if those monsters make a move underground, it will alert the team. Camo threw out Chili-Pepper bombs and Exploding Watermelons around the perimeter and the hiking trails while Ter used his powers to erect a wall to serve as a watchtower.
Donkey Kong was mainly the muscle and as a gorilla, he can travel by tree. He used the strongest tree there is to watch for any movement, not before setting up a few barrel mines that was stocked with explosive powder. He kept his bongos with him since the powder would only ignite with a bongo tune. He also kept a few bananas with him (most likely from the airship's pantry) just to sate his appetite. But if those grublins ever show themselves, he would give them a Kong Knuckle Sandwich.
While the team began their patrol, Spike took it upon himself to look over the memories of the boy. He wanted to know if these memories have anything to do with the artifact that Gloriosa mentioned as he looked up from his gauntlet and gazed at the forest. If the artifact is something related to his past, he needs to find it without wanting the others to be suspicious. He asked Drago,
“Drago, can you scan for any magic anomalies in that forest?”
The spirit stated, “I can try, but something rubs my dragon head the wrong way about it.” The gauntlet flashed briefly as a horizontal light moved vertically down the length of the forest. This happened for a few seconds until it stopped as Drago spoke his results,
“I don't know about you, kid. But there are definitely grublins hiding in that forest. But there's also a very familiar magic somewhere close to the camp, something that should be avoided.”
“Should we find out where it is?”
“We still have to patrol the perimeter. But we'll look into it once we know more about the grublin presence.”
Spike couldn't shake the feeling that whatever that Drago found, had something to do with the Grublin presence.
Back at the camp, the others were fixing up the place, starting with the boathouse. But among them was Lemon Zest, the girl from crystal prep, helping Dro with refurbishing the boathouse. Back at Equestria Shores, she was determined to find out who Megaman was until that plant grabbed her and RD, forcing the Echo Squadron to take on their elemental forms. Her eyes were closed when they morphed, but she knew right then and there that Spike was Megaman.
Over the next few days, she began to hear the Trap Master’s voice in her headset. Dean Cadance told her to keep it with her. Lemon knew right then and there that with her Traptanium Headset and the Trap Master’s voice, she’s going to be like Spike - She’s going to be a Trap Master. But her thoughts were interrupted when the voice spoke,
“Lemon, We are being watched.”
Lemon decided to ask, “What do you mean?” The voice replied, “A nosy human is spying on us with a nearby drone and it’s not from the ship.”
Lemon slowly scanned the skies until a visor appeared from her headset, “This will help you find the drone. I apologize for updating the headset.”
She didn’t mind as she spotted a gold outline near the camp gate. After further examination, she realized that it was a drone with a camera attached to it. The voice was right, someone is spying on them, so Lemon has to do something about that drone. The voice spoke,
“You’ll need three stones and string to build a bolas.” The green haired girl found three stones and strings as the voice instructed. After that she tied the strings to the stones and connected them together. After the bolas was complete, she looked up at the spy drone and knew,
“I’ve only got one shot.” She closed her eyes as she felt the ground beneath her shift, the bolas spinning in the wind as she aimed for her target. She was once a Shadowbolt during those competitions which made her know that throwing a bolas was easy for her. At an instant, her eyes snapped open as she threw the bolas at the hovering drone. The bolas wrapped around the drone as the weight of the stones dragged it to the ground, causing it to crash right in front of her.
The drone’s crash caught the team’s attention as Dro approached Lemon, “Lemon, what's going on?”
The lime haired girl pointed to the wrecked drone and said with distaste, “Spies.”
Gloriosa approached the two while Lemon was recovering the surprisingly intact bola from the wreckage. Lemon explained, “Someone is using that drone to spy on the camp. I had to destroy it.”
The director moved close to the drone as she looked at the damage. After examining the drone, the rotors were destroyed in the crash, it's landing gear was blown off, but the chassis is still intact. But her curious face turned suspicious when she said,
“And I may know who that someone is.” There was venom in her voice as she pointed out an insignia on the drone - which showed three moneybags.
As the drone’s footage went to static due to it being destroyed, the man behind the desk sighed at the fact that his investigation into Camp Everfree turned up nothing on why the directors have not sold the camp as well as the presence of the Echo Squadron. As he became curious of their presence at a supposed failing summer camp, his office door opened as a secretary approached him,
“Mr. Rich, I came to inform you that…” She paused before continuing, “Someone broke into R&D and made off with one of our files.”
Filthy Rich looked at his secretary with a curious and questioning look and asked, “Which file was it?”
His secretary reported, “It was one of the ‘Top Secret’ files under Aviation, sir.” She held up a calling card in the shape of a crystal dragon skull that looked like it was on fire, “The culprit also left this in the R&D department.” The businessman sighed, he knew that calling card and he’s been trying so hard to find anything on him. He only knew of one name, one title as he sighed in anger,
“Artemis!” He was angry that this thief is causing problems for him like he always does. He would like nothing better but to see ‘Artemis’ caught. He thanked his secretary for the information and she left. He looked at the drone’s footage again and noticed something in the forest near the camp, he saw a grublin scouting close to the camp until it was shocked by a shock trap set up by the squadron. He knew the camp had a few reports of unusual activity. The businessman was curious ever since his recent visitors in the hoods gave him an amulet in the shape of a dark dragon skull as a token of cooperation. He never expected to see them move on the site of his future spa, if the owners weren’t persistent.
Meanwhile at a secret base, a cloaked figure walked up to his command computer with his recently acquired file and sat down as he began to type away. His cool purple eyes that peered through the hood had a look of anxiousness as he opened a communications array as he said with a voice of an experienced fighter,
“Artemis to Crystal Heart, come in, Crystal Heart.”
A female voice spoke, “I hear you, Artemis. The hooded man stated, “I managed to secure the file from Filthy’s R&D Labs. I need you to get this to Echo Squadron once the situation at the camp is dealt with.”
‘Crystal Heart’ nodded, “I’ll be sure to get it to them.”
‘Artemis’ knew that he would be taking a big risk and he did much to hide in the shadows and as far as he knows, only a few know his real name. He looked at a heart picture of a certain principal as a small tear formed in his eye. He turned to the screen and said,
“Once the camp is safe, I need you to send the reactivation codes to my outposts. Authorization 3566728-SDF.”
‘Crystal Heart’ was shocked, “You want me to reactivate the outposts?”
‘Artemis’ chuckled, “That squadron has always been itching to get out of the airship since their vacation.”
‘Crystal Heart’ nodded, “You also know about…” ‘Artemis’ understood, “The boy… Spike. I also know you sent him there on a different mission of his own.”
‘Crystal Heart’ assured, “She misses you, you know.”
‘Artemis’ glanced at the picture again and at the ring on his finger, “I know.”
Author's Note
The whole thing is starting to get a little deeper than before. Not only is Spike realizing that there's a truth about his past, the team is going to be dealing with a grublin incursion and Filthy Rich is spying on them. But now the question is this...
Will Lemon Zest become a Trap Master?
Find out when we return to them in a late exciting chapter of Skylanders X MLP.
Return to the Crystal Empire
As battles end and united armies form, the most busiest of kingdoms is the Crystal Empire. A city inhabited by the Crystal Ponies who could never forget what the Skylanders had done for them during the battle that took place in this very city. But more importantly is where the Hero of the Crystal Empire defeated the evil King Sombra and drove Malefor away. Everyday, scholars would go to the path to the Crystal Castle known as The Trail of History and learn the history of what took place from the writings engraved on the statues of the Giants, their guardians. From the Rise of the Giants to the Battle of the Crystal Empire, most Crystal Ponies flocked to the statue in the shape of a dragon striking Sombra down at the end of the path.
Among the crystal ponies were two hooded figures that moved with the crowd as they made their way passed the crowd and towards the Crystal Castle. They took a brief glance at the statue of the dragon before they left the Path of History. As the hooded duo approached the castle gate, the gate guard spotted them and said,
“Halt! You approach the gate to the castle! State your business.”
The larger figure spoke, “Princess Cadance requested us to come.” The guard recognized that voice as he apologized,
“Oh! I apologize, Savior. I didn’t recognize you. You may enter the castle. Princess Cadance and Prince Shining Armor have been expecting you.”
As the guard let the two into the castle, the two removed their hoods as it is revealed to be Spike the Dragon and his apprentice, Starlight Glimmer. Starlight looked at Spike with a curious look and chuckled,
“Savior? That seems like an odd title for you, Master.”
Spike assured his student, “I was known as the Crystal Savior after the battle. The Crystal Heart practically chose me to master its powers. That alone was a big test for me.”
Starlight understood this, “Having control of the artifact’s power is no easy task.”
Spike nodded as he and Starlight made their way to the throne room. That was also when she decided to ask about his movements before they arrived,
“Master, back on the train, I’ve noticed that you looked a little tense while on the train.”
The dragon looked at his apprentice and apologized, “I’m sorry for worrying you, but I’m also glad to see that your lessons on reading body languages from Fluttershy have made you notice.” Starlight felt proud that her lessons from her other teachers paid off as he Master explained, “It’s been so long since I’ve seen either of them.”
Starlight understood this since both Cadance and Shining Armor had a hoof in raising Spike since he was a tiny hatchling. Shining Armor was a brother for Spike since living with Twilight’s family while Cadance was always excited to care for Spike whenever she came to foalsit Twilight. She asked him,
“Do you think that even if I fractured the timeline, would that bond between Cadance and Shining Armor still be there?”
Spike sighed, “Cadance was very excited when Mom introduced her to me when I was an egg. It would be from that meeting that our bond will form even with the fractured timeline.”
Starlight knew that no matter what, Spike’s bond with the royals and the Elements of Harmony were destined, she still regrets doing what she tried to do to him and in the end, he forgave her and made her his apprentice. Spike decided to add something personal,
“Such as your friendship with Sunburst.” That was something that she would not expect in her time in his presence - the memories of her friend. She could remember him like it was yesterday, they were playing a book-stacking game until a stack of books nearly toppled over her, but it was avoided when Sunburst saved her with his telekinesis, earning his cutie mark. But after that, they lost touch with each other which made her believe that he abandoned her after he got his cutie mark before her.
Her dragon teacher could sense that she was thinking about her friend and could sense that she was troubled whenever the subject came up. But he also noticed that she almost collided with a passing unicorn, so in a swift motion with his time ability, he froze time and pulled his student out of the way as time returned to normal. In the unicorn’s point of view, Spike moved unnaturally fast as he first appeared next to Starlight and in a few seconds, both he and Starlight were out of the stallion’s way. The stallion was amazed as he spoke,
“That was astonishing! I never knew dragons could do that.”
Spike looked at the unicorn, “It more of a personal ability and it’s very useful for combat.” Spike realized,
“I suppose introductions are in order…” The unicorn stopped him as he said, “No need, I know exactly who you are, judging by how similar you look to the statue outside. You are Spike, the Hero of the Crystal Empire, the one that defeated Malefor and saved the city.”
Spike was impressed by this stallion’s knowledge, “It was only temporary since Malefor is still out there. But we’ll get him, that’s what Skylanders do.” He decided to introduce Starlight to him,
“This is my apprentice…” He was stopped when the stallion’s eyes widened in shock as he stuttered upon seeing her, “S-Starlight! My goodness, it-it’s been a long time!”
It wasn’t until both Spike and Starlight realized who this stallion was. Starlight immediately recognized who this was now, “S-Sunburst!?”
The stallion stared awkwardly at the mare as he asked, “What, uh, what have you been up to?”
She awkwardly discussed how she was doing, “Me? Oh! You know, some of this, some of that, different... stuff. Right now, as you see, I am Spike’s Apprentice.”
Sunburst looked at Starlight, then at Spike as he asked, “You’re her teacher?”
Spike nodded as Starlight spoke, “Heh... yeah... we’re here on some sort of business with the Prince and Princess. I mean, I know you're probably very busy as well.”
Sunburst nervously asked, “What do you mean?”
Starlight started to explain, “Well, I figured after magic school, you'd go on to do important wizard work, but…” The stallion interrupted her as he stated, “ Oh. No. Y-Yes! Uh, y-yes, that's me, yup.” He gave out a nervous chuckle, “Important wizard! Really busy with lots of, uh, wi-wizarding... stuff. Right. Uh, well... good to see you.”
The stallion ran passed them as Starlight stared at the fleeing stallion with sad eyes. Spike asked, “Not the type of reunion you were expecting?”
Starlight sighed, “What’s the point? After he finished Magic School, he knew everything about magic and became an important wizard.” She sadly stated, “It’s like he doesn’t need me anymore.”
Spike shook his head, “First, don’t say that he doesn’t need you. Second, I noticed a feeling of nervousness in his voice. He was also stuttering when you mentioned him doing important wizard work.”
Starlight asked her teacher, “What are you getting at, Master Spike?” Spike explained about a simple trick that he learned from Applejack, the ability to tell if one is telling the truth. He told his apprentice about Sunburst’s behavior which made him draw up a conclusion after using Applejack’s technique,
“He’s lying.”
Starlight was shocked to hear her teacher accuse her old friend of lying and asked, “Are you sure, Master?”
Spike nodded, “His tone and behavior is obvious that even Applejack would figure it out.”
Starlight wanted to go after Sunburst, have him explain himself, ask him why did he lie to her. But Spike held a wing in front of her, “Leave him, we’ll worry about him later. I imagine we’ll be seeing him again soon.”
Starlight, although wanting to go after Sunburst, knew that they still had to see the Prince and Princess. The two continued towards the throne room of the castle.
Upon reaching the throne room, they were greeted by none other than Prince Shining Armor, who looked a little stressed and even had some of the royal guards whimpering from an outburst he had before Spike and Starlight arrived. But he managed to keep his mood up in order to greet his little brother,
“Hey Spike, it’s good to see you again.” Spike greeted with a wing salute, “It’s great to see you, Shining.”
The unicorn shook his head, “I should be the one saluting you since you made this all possible after saving the empire.”
Spike stated, “You were the Captain of the Guard before you became a Prince.” Shining Armor couldn’t actually argue with that, but Spike is a dragon that his subjects recognize as a hero since it was Spike that defeated both Malefor and Sombra with the power of the Crystal Heart. He and Cadance heard about Spike’s journey to gather an army to fight in the coming war, hearing news of his involvements from the Dragon Lands to Griffonstone. There’s no doubt in the stallion’s mind that Malefor will strike back and he won’t be alone. But he also want Spike to know why he called him here until he noticed Starlight,
“I heard from Twilight that you’ve taken in an apprentice. I take it this is she?”
Spike nodded as he introduced her, “I did. This is Starlight Glimmer, my apprentice.”
Starlight spoke, “Master Spike told me many things about you and your wife.”
The stallion gave a curious look to his dragon brother, “Master Spike?”
The dragon shrugged, “It’s a formality, she has also undergone many lessons from Twilight and the others such as her Magic Lessons from Twilight.”
The mare looked at the dragon, “It involved me learning about how to focus my abilities on a single object before being taught different forms of Combat Magic.”
Shining Armor was curious about the many teachers of his dragon brother’s apprentice, “If Twiley and her friends teach you? What does Spike teach you?”
Starlight chuckled a bit at the stallion’s nickname for Twilight as she stated, “Master Spike teaches me the basics of an element that a Purple Dragon can perform. I’ve just started learning about the Element of Earth.”
The prince asked the dragon, “Is it possible?” Spike was confident in his apprentice, “After witnessing what she could do. I know right then and there, that she is like Twilight in someway - full of potential and always eager to learn.”
Shining Armor was impressed with how far his brother progressed. First he was an assistant, Purple Dragon, Skylander, Prince, Crystal Savior, a Symbol of Hope and now a Teacher. But he couldn’t delay them any longer as he decided to explain why they were called here,
“In any case, We called you here for two reasons. The first reason is to inform you that several battalions have pledged their allegiance to fight for your cause.”
Spike realized, “So the Crystal Empire is providing its soldiers for this war?!” Shining Armor smiled, “It’s pretty much a ‘Thank You’ for saving us, Spike.”
Spike felt a sense of accomplishment after hearing this. But he held it off for now as he asked, “And the second reason?”
The stallion gestured the two to follow him, “Cadance and I have somepony that you really must meet.”
So Spike and Starlight followed Shining Armor through the doors and into the throne room where they see that Princess Cadance was waiting for them. The pink alicorn was standing near a cradle when she turned to them and said with excitement,
“Spike, I’m glad you’re here. Aunt Celestia filled me in on your accomplishments all over Equestria. Uniting the Dragons, Griffins and Ponies would make an excellent army against Malefor.”
Spike approached the Crystal Princess as she pulled him into a hug like she used to do when he was little. During the hug, Spike asked, “I think you called us here to meet my new cousin?”
Cadance’s eyes widened as she released him and said, “That was the second reason…” She gestured for Spike to follow her to the cradle. When Spike looked at the foal in the cradle, he was in awe to see that the foal was an alicorn. He said,
“She’s...an alicorn.”
Cadance nodded, “She is.” The baby’s eyes opened as she gazed upon Spike with a curious and amazed look. Starlight noticed this and said,
“It looks like she’s curious about you, Master.”
Spike understood what his apprentice said as he stated, “This is the very first time she laid eyes on a dragon.”
Starlight asked Cadance, “How can the baby be born an alicorn?” Cadance already knew that she was Spike’s apprentice as she stated, “I don’t know and the only known records of a natural-born alicorn were with the alicorns on old...and Aunt Celestia and Aunt Luna.”
Spike was aware that in ancient times, there were natural born alicorns until they died off supposedly, the same existed in Skylands until they discovered them in Kaos’ old lair and freed them. That was basically five years ago, but an alicorn foal in Equestria is something else,
“There could be a chance that her abilities would develop much faster and could be highly unstable.”
It was evidenced when the foal sneezed which nearly blew the dragon away if he didn’t use his wings as a cover. He saw the foal clapping her hooves as she giggled, he smiled at her amusement and he asked Cadance,
“What’s her name?”
The crystal princess stated, “Her name is Flurry Heart.” She cooed at the newborn and said, “This is your dragon-cousin, Spike.”
Flurry Heart noticed one of Spike’s wings near her and grabbed the wing in her mouth. For Spike, seeing this flashed him back to when he was a hatchling when he would grip Celestia’s mane in his mouth. Starlight asked Cadance,
“I think congratulations are in order for your new daughter?”
Cadance nodded as she added, “There’s also The Crystalling Ceremony.”
Spike caught this as he snapped out of it, “The Crystalling?”
The alicorn stated, “It’s a ceremony that celebrates the birth of a new foal in the Empire. It requires the baby to add her power to the Crystal Heart to make it stronger to protect us from the Frozen North.”
Spike realized, “So besides choosing who could bear its power, it also serves as barrier generator?”
The alicorn nodded as she said, “We wanted to send the invitation, but everypony is busy preparing for war with Malefor, so your business here was also a Crystalling Invitation.”
Starlight was shocked as well, “That was very clever of you to do that.”
Shining Armor decided to cut in, “It was the best that we could do…” Spike looked at his brother, “And you didn’t invite Twilight and the others?”
“Don’t sweat it, Spike. We came here as soon as we got the call.” said a familiar robotic voice as Spike saw a familiar giant enter the throne room.
“Bouncer!?” The giant chuckled, “Eyes playing with ya?” The other giants came into the room as Spike and Starlight were in shock to see them here.
The dragon shook his head, “I’m definitely not dreaming. What are you guys doing here?”
Tree-Rex spoke, “This is our home, Spike. We got the invitation and Celestia gave us leave to come here.”
Swarm added, “We also brought a few extras with us as well.” The wasp motioned to Crusher as the stone giant approached as he knelt down as Spike saw, sitting on the giant’s shoulders were his friends as they disembarked the massive giant. Twilight spoke,
“We couldn’t miss this, Spike. We’re family and we look after one another.”
Starlight couldn’t believe it as well, “How did you know?”
Rainbow Dash spoke, “Well, we knew that the Crystalling was happening before you guys set off.”
Applejack stated, “An’ we knew they would invite Spike here on ‘business’ so they sen’ the invitation to the giants.”
Twilight finished, “And when the giants showed up at our doors, we took it as a signal to come with them for the Crystalling.”
Rarity stated, “And we are happy to see that Twilight is now an Aunt. As for you, you now have a second cousin.”
As the group mingled about the upcoming Crystalling, they failed to notice something metallic looking through a window. The spy looked throughout the room while camouflaged as it spotted Shining Armor as it scanned him and left saying,
“Shining Armor Data, has been copied!”
At the Crystal Tower, several royal guards patrol the tower as they guard the most important artifact of the Empire - The Crystal Heart. As the guards patrolled the tower, one of them noticed a familiar stallion approaching as the guard spoke,
“Your highness, what brings you up to the tower?”
The stallion spoke, “I just needed to check on the Crystal Heart for the upcoming Crystalling.”
The guard was shocked, “So there is a Crystalling...I never thought I’d see the day.”
The stallion nodded as the guard led him up the stairs as he passed by many other guards as they made their way to the top of the tower. That’s where they gazed upon the Crystal Heart itself, the guard stated,
“This chamber is also where the Hero made his stand against Sombra and Malefor.”
The stallion chuckled, “Yes...and speaking of Malefor…” The stallion chuckled again, but this time it was an evil chuckle as he suddenly turned on the guards using some unusual fighting styles as each royal guard was knocked to the ground unconscious. The last remaining guard that he incapacitated looked at the stallion with a shocked expression,
“Your highness! What is the meaning of this? What are you doing?”
The ‘stallion’ stated, “Paving the way for a new future. The Crystal Empire will now know what fear looks like.”
At that instant, the stallion turned silver as his form changed from pony to dragon, a familiar dragon, but he saw that this was different. As it turned solid again, he saw that it looked a lot like the dragon, but it was metal and robotic and was designed as a deadly weapon. As it turned its red eyes on him,
“And that dragon, my loathsome template will know a challenge when he sees it.”
The robot dragon’s wings opened up to reveal a pair of missiles, the robot aimed them at the Crystal Heart. As the robot stated,
“HE WILL FEEL THIS!”
The robot fired at the artifact as the impact of the missiles caused the Crystal Heart to shatter as dark clouds began to form. The robot looked at the fragments of the heart and began to laugh,
“Hehahaha! Hehahahahaha! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”
Spike felt a jolt of pain in his chest as gasped and collapsed to the ground. Starlight noticed this and yelled, “Master Spike!”
Everypony came to his aid as he got back up, he looked around and sensed several voices crying out in terror. He noticed Cadance putting her hoof to her head,
“I...I feel faint.” Spike stated, “I feel it too.” He was looking around as his senses went crazy until it came straight to him as he stated,
“The Crystal Heart has been shattered!”
Everypony and the giants were shocked, “WHAT!?”
Spike stated, “Someone or something shattered the Crystal Heart!”
Applejack asked, “I'm guessin' that's gonna make it harder to do the Crystalling?”
Spike looked at the Farm Mare, “It’s going to be worse than the Crystalling. Without the Crystal Heart, The whole Empire is going to be buried by a mountain of ice and snow!”
The doors opened again as a scout approached them, “Princess Cadance, Prince Shining Armor!” He was panting as he was trying to collect himself as Shining Armor said, “What’s going on?”
The scout explained, “The guards have uncovered evidence from the tower that someone that looks like him…” He pointed to Spike, “posed as you, fought off the guards at the top of the tower and destroyed the Heart.”
Spike asked, “What do you mean, ‘Someone that looks like me?” The scout spoke, “The guard knew that it wasn’t really you, but it looked like you. It was different, it was metal and spoke with a robotic tone.”
Shining Armor was concerned, because the last thing he would want is for the Crystal Ponies to accuse Spike of treason which was unlike him. The prince asked, “Anything else?”
The scout had a fearful look in his eyes as he said, “We’ve spotted a horde of Grublins approaching the Empire! It was like they were lying in wait for the moment the Crystal Heart was destroyed!”
Spike was concerned and asked the scout, “Did you see any sign of a portal?”
The scout shook his head, “No Savior, there was no portal.” Spike didn’t want to admit it, but something didn’t seem right. The Crystal Heart has been destroyed by a faker, the Grublins are now moving towards the city and there’s no evidence of an activated portal. Spike knew that there’s going to be a battle as he turned to the giants,
“Tree Rex, I need you and the giants to set up a defensive perimeter around the city.”
Tree Rex nodded as he motioned the others to follow as Shining Armor and the scout went with them. Cadance went to inform the rest of the city that the Crystal Heart is shattered and the Grublins have returned. She called for everypony to evacuate to the train station before the Horde arrive. There’s no doubt in anyponys mind that a battle is going to start and even with the artifact shattered and the city about to be reduced to a frozen wasteland - The Crystal Empire Must Be Protected!
Rainbow Dash couldn’t believe it, “You gotta be kidding me! Malefor’s on the move again?!”
Twilight looked at the infant and that at the others, “It looks like it. But it also looks like they planned to attack on the day of the Royal Crystalling.”
Rarity asked, “You don’t think?”
Spike turned to the others as he said, “It was an inside job!”
Starlight looked at her teacher and remembered, “That scout said that the culprit shape shifted as Shining Armor.”
Fluttershy was frightened upon the shape shifting saboteur, “You don't think the changelings are…”
Twilight stepped in, “No, the scout said that the culprit was a robot that looked like Spike.”
Pinkie Pie realized, “Would it try to frame Spike for the Heart’s destruction or challenge him to a fight while the empire falls apart?” They all looked at her since she was the most random pony among them, but she did have a point with the culprit’s plans of challenging Spike. But the Crystal Empire would still be a frozen wasteland even if Spike wins. It wasn’t until Starlight asked,
“Could there be a way to restore the Crystal Heart?”
Spike looked at his apprentice, “There could be someway to restore it...maybe if I use my bond with it to sense the energy within the shards, then restoring it could be possible.”
At that instant, Spike closed his eyes as he spread his wings out as the power in his core began to seek out the shards of the Crystal Heart. His spines and horns began to glow as the ponies stood back as Twilight realized,
“He’s communicating with the shards! Restoring the Heart is possible!”
“But it needs a certain spell in order for the Heart to be fixed.” Said Cadance as she returned to the throne room.
Twilight asked, “What kind of spell?”
Cadance stated, “It’s called the Spell of Relic Reconstruction. It could restore the Crystal Heart.”
Spike soon ended his meditation as he overheard Cadance talk about the spell, “It won’t work.”
Cadance was shocked and asked, “What do you mean?”
Spike explained. “The shards - they spoke to me...they said that no other spell could fix the heart.”
Twilight was desperate, “There has to be someway to restore it!”
Starlight asked, “What about Sunburst? That stallion that we ran into?”
Cadence recognized that name, “Oh? He was in the castle library searching for a book on Ancient Magic and Dragons.”
Starlight was curious, “Why was he looking for a book on that?” The princess shook her head, “He never told anypony about it.”
Spike asked, “Do you know where we could find him?”
Cadence stated, “He has a house just off the Trail of History passed the square.”
Spike gestured to Starlight to follow him as he spoke to the others, “In the meantime, I need all of you to help with the evacuation. Send word to Mom and Aunt Luna for every Magic and Fire Skylander in Equestria to hold back the Frozen North, and a squad of Life, Undead, Tech, Water, Earth, Air, Light and Dark Skylanders to assist Shining Armor and the Giants against the Grublins. You need to buy us some time to find Sunburst and restore the heart.”
They all nodded as the two ran down the hallway towards the entrance, shedding their cloaks in the process. As they ran down the halls, Starlight asked, “Are you still sure about Sunburst lying to us?”
Spike stated, “You suggested that we find him, but if he can help us restore the heart, we should take that leap and have you two make up for lost times.”
Starlight was still shocked by all of this, not only is Malefor’s army attacking, the Crystal Empire is on the verge of annihilation without the Crystal Heart. And she suggested going to the one unicorn that she knows who could know how to fix it. Although her ex-nemesis now teacher told her that he was lying to them during their encounter, she wanted to know what her friend has been up to and hopefully tell her the truth.
Her teacher knew exactly what conflicted her as Spike stated, “You're going to have your chance to speak with him in due time. But we need to find him first - Everyone is depending on us!”
Outside the Crystal Empire, the horde was charging straight for the city as The Crystal Army stood their ground with a Giant in each battalion. Shining Armor stood at the head of the army as he shouted,
“Mares and Stallions, Attack with Magic!” The Unicorns from the Canterlot Army led by the Skylander, Trail Blazer attacked with various magic attacks from magic bolts to fire attacks. The magic wave hit several grublins in the horde, but the survivors were still charging. Shining Armor looked up to the skies,
“Strike from above!” The Pegasi and the Air Skylanders attacked the horde as they picked a grublin up and dropped it to the ground while attacking with a whirlwind. Another several dozen were destroyed during the air strike as the horde still charged forth. The Captain now looked at the army and yelled,
“For The Crystal Empire!!” He charged towards the horde as everyone charged as well, ponies, Skylanders and everything else in between. They will defend the Crystal Empire with their lives and buy time for Spike and Starlight to restore the Crystal Heart and a small group of Skylanders to assist in the evacuation.
The battle that was going on outside the city got the duo’s attention as a stone from a catapult struck a nearby tower. The two looked at the damage that was done before moving on. Spike looked at his student,
“We have to find Sunburst, there’s no doubt that the battle would get his attention!”
Starlight nodded as they ran through the city while making their way through the crowd that was making their way to the train station. Some of the Crystal Ponies stepped to the side when they noticed them, some of the foals spoke,
“Is that him?” “The Crystal Savior?” “He’s here! We’re going to be okay!”
Spike looked at the foals and said, “We’ll find a way to win. But for now, I need you all to get to the train station quickly.”
The foals nodded as they ran towards the crowd where their parents will most likely be. After passing the crowds, they managed to point out their destination which was a house just passed the square.
Starlight guessed, “That’s got to be Sunburst’s house!”
Spike nodded as he said, “Alright, let’s go.” They noticed a couple of snowflakes falling as they made their way to the house. All they had to do was hope that their friends are doing all they can to keep the Frozen North at bay. If the horde doesn’t destroy the city, the mountain of ice and snow definitely will. As the duo reached the door, Spike allowed Starlight to knock on the door and almost instantly, Sunburst answered the door.
The stallion was surprised to see them again as he said, “Oh, Spike...Starlight. This is a… pleasant surprise.”
Starlight sighed, “I wish it was under pleasant circumstances. But we need your help.”
Sunburst was now shocked as he asked, “M...my help?”
Starlight was strained by her friends question, “Sunburst! Haven’t you looked outside or at least felt the danger around you?!”
Curious at her question, the stallion looked at the city and noticed something, “Snow? That's... not right. The Crystal Heart—”
Spike cut in, “Is gone! A sleeper agent destroyed it and now we have a horde of grublins trying to destroy the city!”
Sunburst asked, “Really?” The dragon only nodded as the stallion was now frantic, “A- A BATTLE!? HERE. NOW?!”
Starlight calmed him down, “Master Spike spoke with the shards, they can still be restored to their full strength, but there’s no other spell that could restore it. I figured that you may know a way to restore it.”
Sunburst stuttered, “Me?”
Starlight reminded him, “Of course! You're an important wizard in the Crystal Empire! It just makes sense!”
Sunburst remembered as he said, “Right... right... right right right. You know, I'd like to help, I-I really would. I-I just have so much, um, important wizard work to do around here.”
While Starlight was curious about his ‘wizard work’ in a time of crisis, Spike gave him a look that practically said, ‘I’m not buying it.’ Sunburst was sweating when he saw the dragon’s suspicious look. Starlight asked,
“How could you be busy in a time like this?!”
Sunburst sighed as he admitted, “Look, Starlight, I want to help. I do. But I can't. I wish I could.”
Starlight asked although knowing what he might say, “What do you mean?!”
He confessed, “Fixing an ancient relic? I-I can't even come close to doing something like that!”
Starlight couldn’t believe it as she stated, “But I thought you were an important wizard!”
Sunburst knew that the jig was up, so he stated, “Well, you were wrong, okay?! I'm not an important wizard! I'm not even a wizard at all!”
Spike knew all too well as he said, “So you lied to her instead of explaining yourself when we first met.”
Sunburst knew that there was no point in hiding his lie, especially in front of his old friend and the Purple Dragon. He confessed,
“I know it's hard for you to understand, but not all of us end up achieving greatness.”
Starlight asked, furious at her friend’s deception, “What? Why wouldn't I understand that?”
The stallion pointed his hoof to Spike as he said, “Really? You're the protégé of the Purple Dragon! I don't think he picks just anypony for that, I didn’t even know that he took in a protégé!”
Spike stated to the stallion, “She’s more of an apprentice than a protege and I had a reason to accept her as my apprentice.” Sunburst shrugged him off,
“Whatever. I'm sorry I'm not the big important wizard you were expecting.”
Starlight argued with Sunburst about everything that had happened and that she was surprised that he was not even a wizard and gestured to all of his books. The stallion admitted,
“Yeah, well, reading about magic is one thing, but you don't know what it was like at magic school! To know so much and not be able to do any of it!”
Starlight decided to recount what happened before her Apprenticeship, “Well, you don't know what it was like to be left behind! And then getting so bitter that you steal the cutie marks from an entire village and then get defeated by Spike and the Skylanders, so you travel through time to get back at the dragon that beat you, but he beats you again and becomes impressed by your abilities and takes you in as his apprentice, but you're so terrified ponies will find out what you did that you can't make any friends!”
Spike knew that she was furious enough to recount their battles, both in Equal Town and in the past. She let out a sigh as she let her old friend take in what she said as he processed all the information until he asked,
“Did you really travel through time?”
Spike chuckled, “Well, I guess you’re impressed.” Sunburst didn’t know how much she missed him and to go so far as to do horrible things to others only to be defeated by the Purple Dragon and then go back in time to prevent said dragon from being born and failed again. It made him realize that half of it was caused because he wasn’t there for her. It felt like an eternity passed until he decided to apologize,
“I'm sorry we lost touch. Maybe if I had reached out, you could have helped me at magic school, and I could have helped you to…” She assumed, “Not become totally evil?” She sighed, “Let's just say I know what it's like to have something you're not exactly proud of.”
Sunburst stated, “When you showed up thinking I was some big wizard... I'm sorry. I should have told you the truth.”
Spike decided to explain, “I knew you were lying the whole time. But I wanted you and Starlight to reconcile with each other, to show that each of you had a terrible experience ever since you split up. In any case, I’m impressed.” He now got serious,
“But we can’t waste anymore time, there’s a battle going on and the city’s about to be consumed by the Frozen North.”
Starlight gasped as she told Sunburst, “They’re also evacuating the city! You need to get to the train station unless you know someway to restore the Crystal Heart so the baby can have her Crystalling!”
Soon enough, the stallion’s brain hatched an idea as he realized, “Crystalling…! Of course!”
As the Skylanders were escorting the Crystal Ponies to the train station, some of the grublins got into the city and ambushed them. Until the Dark Imaginator of the Ninja Class, Shadow Strike, pushed them back with a black hole trap while Tidal Wave launched his piranhas at the fragments of the main horde. The Golden Queen and Radiant Sun used their powers on a group of grublin bowmen as an array of Light and Earth struck the abominations. King Pen shouted,
“HOLD THEM BACK!” The Magic Skylanders and Unicorns were doing all they could to hold the Frozen North back while the others were protecting the Crystal Ponies as they made their way to the train station. It was especially crucial since Flurry Heart was with them and the baby needed to be protected at all costs.
Star Strike was doing her best as she helped hold off the torrent of ice and snow. A grublin nearly took advantage of her vulnerability until Applejack kicked it with he back hooves as Terrafin, now a Supercharger, shot at the airborne monster with his rockets. The Supercharger was panting as he said, “The army isn’t going to last long, if Spike doesn’t find a solution to the Crystal Heart, we may be in trouble.”
As more grublins started to make their way towards the group, a series of lightning strikes hit the grublins as a series of magic bolts hit the monsters as they fell to the ground and dispersed into spirit crystals. The Skylanders looked up to see Spike and Starlight in the skies as the dragon and unicorn landed. They were relieved to see the two again, but they brought one more pony with them, a stallion that they assumed was Sunburst. Spike approached the group and said, “We’re going back to the castle.”
Quick Blaze asked, “What do you mean?” Sunburst spoke, “I know how to stop this!”
The Skylanders were curious to know how they could restore the heart until Spike noticed that a few of them were missing. He asked, “Where’s Twilight and Cadence?”
The Golden Queen spoke, “They’re still at the castle with most of the Magic Skylanders to hold back the North. Star Strike went with us to assist in the evacuation, she even held back some of the North.”
Sunburst was shocked by this, “That means they won’t be able to hold it back for long!”
Starlight noticed the baby among them, “We need her to come with us as well.”
Flurry Heart immediately flew towards the group and landed on Spike’s back as she giggled in excitement. Spike felt sad for her to be born in a time of crisis, but they need to get her to the Crystal Heart as soon as possible. As the trio left to the castle, Spike let out a few words of encouragement for his fellow Skylanders, “Protect the Crystal Ponies at all costs and hunt down those grublins to the last!”
The Skylanders cheered as the trio ran back to the castle with the newborn alicorn filly. As they ran back towards the castle, Spike looked at Sunburst, “I hope you’re right about this. Because one way or another - We’re going to end this battle.”
The stallion nodded, “The Crystal Heart has been around for a millenia and if I’m not mistaken - you bonded with the Crystal Heart during the first battle. Which gives you the ability to speak with the relic itself - even when it’s in pieces.”
Starlight asked, “And letting the baby have her Crystalling could restore it?”
Spike knew that not only will his new cousin have her Crystalling, but will restore the Crystal Heart and save the city. So he stated, “It’s the best chance that we got. If we fail, the Crystal Empire will be destroyed from both Grublins and the North.”
The trio knew that they had to return to the castle to let the others know their solution. Unknown to them, they were being watched by two figures, one of them being the robot while the other was a hooded unicorn. The unicorn noticed,
“The three came up with a solution for our attack.”
The robot asked, “Targets are going to use their solution for the Crystal Heart. Permission to engage?”
The mare shook her head, “Not out in the open.” The robot acknowledged this as he took off.
At the castle, Twilight, Cadance and the Magic Skylanders were doing their best to hold off the North, even the Fire Skylanders were trying to heat things up a notch. But even the combined powers of Magic and Fire only succeed in delaying it instead of stopping it. Twilight’s magic began to strain as she said,
“It’s...too much...can’t hold on...much longer.”
Her alicorn twin said as her magic began to strain, “Even with my powers...I can’t…”
Cadance spoke, “We...just need to buy...them time to find a way…”
Pop Fizz was using his new Supercharger gear in tandem with his magic core to hold off the freezing cold, “We can’t give up!”
The Trap Master, Wildfire used his shield to block out a portion of the freezing cold. He watched as the other Fire Skylanders started to try to erect a Fire Shield around the northern edge of the city. But they couldn’t actually cover the northern edge if they were going to risk burning the Empire to the ground. Which they didn’t want to risk, so they only made the fire shield to protect the back of the castle. It wasn’t until a larger version of the fire shield appeared before their eyes. It also had the magic users catch their breath and recover their energy. The Fire Skylanders knew that they didn’t do that without risking the city.
They didn’t have time to question it when Spike and Starlight returned to the castle with Flurry Heart on the dragon’s back and Sunburst trailing behind. Cadance saw them and said, “Spike, Starlight, We’ve been holding the North off for a while but it won’t be enough to stop it.”
Spike looked at the shield, “My fire shield won’t hold it off forever.” He gestured to the stallion, “Sunburst found a solution to our crisis and it involves the Crystalling.”
Cadance was curious about Sunburst’s solution to the Crystal Heart, she also recognized this unicorn because of his visit to the Royal Library. She spoke to the stallion,
“Starlight said you were a powerful wizard.”
Sunburst admitted, “Oh I’m no wizard.” The Magic Skylanders gasped at this until Starlight stepped in, “But he studied magic his whole life! You should see his house! And since nopony has any better ideas, what do we have to lose?!”
The Skylanders were cautious to let a unicorn who couldn’t actually do magic fix the Crystal Heart. But their backs are against the wall right now and they needed a miracle. Spike looked at Sunburst,
“So, what’s your idea?”
The stallion cleared his throat and began to speak, “The Crystal Heart's been around for millennia. Restoring a relic like this is way beyond one spell. You need to combine it with something else. Something unique to the relic itself. Something that strengthens it and provides it with power...?”
Everyone realized what he was talking about, “The Crystalling!”
Sunburst continued, “Combining that spell with the light and love of everypony gathered for the ceremony, together with... Somnambula's Weather Abjuration to clear away the snow... and a little Fledgling's Forbearance for the parents... Heh. That should curb the little one's power fluctuations. Followed by a Fury Wave generated by the Crystal Heart due to its bond with a creature that could harness that much power.”
Spike knew what Sunburst meant, “You want me to merge with the Crystal Heart again?”
Sunburst nodded, “It chose to bond with you, you carry its power as much as the heart itself. Combining your powers, the heart’s and the little one’s would emit a powerful fury wave that could kill the remaining Grublins, both in the city and out.”
Pop Fizz asked, “Wait a minute, doesn’t the Crystalling also require someone to be appointed as the baby’s Crystallier?”
Cadance looked around the room, she had planned on having Spike or Twilight be their crystaller, but with the battle and the North, they still need to recover, even an alicorn has her limits. She spoke to Spike,
“It’s your call, Spike. Most of us are still trying to regain our strength. The fate of the Empire is in your hands, who will be Flurry Heart’s Crystaller?”
Spike looked around for a moment, he briefly looked behind to see the foal playing with his wings as they kept her on his back. He couldn’t waste time, but he had to choose the Crystaller, he can’t do it because he has to merge with the Crystal Heart. But as he turned to Sunburst, he grew more curious on how much research he did on the heart to understand that the Crystalling is the solution. He was more of a scholar than a wizard, but he knew it’s time for the scholar to make his mark.
“Sunburst, you will be the Crystaller.”
This actually surprised the unicorn, he knew all about magic, but not enough to actually do magic. But he was chosen by the Hero of the Crystal Empire to be Flurry Heart’s Crystaller in order to restore the Crystal Heart. As he knew very well that the fate of the Empire now lies in both his hooves and Spike’s claws, so he stated with determination,
“I’d be honored.”
Cadence knew that it’s now or never, so she approached the three and said, “The Crystal Heart resides at the top of the Crystal Tower, Spike knows where to go. We’ll remain here in case the fire shield gives out or if those creatures somehow make it here.”
The trio knew what she meant, there is no doubt that the grublins will make air drops into the city. So Spike, although worried that they will be fighting those things or trying to hold back the bitter cold. He looked at everyone and said,
“Do what you can down here and stay alive. That includes you, Cadance. Your daughter still needs a mother after this.”
The Princess of Love accepted as she said, “She also needs her father as well.”
The Purple Dragon knew that Shining Armor is still on the battlefield accompanied by the Giants as his Bodyguards. But they take a lot before they go down and in the months apart, Shining’s fighting skills have improved, so Spike knows that a few hundred grublins won't keep his unicorn brother down. He nodded as they ran out of the throne room and made their way to the Crystal Tower.
At the gates to the city, things are starting to go from bad to worse, the Crystal Army are holding out but they are slowly getting pushed back. The grublins are relying on sheer numbers to overwhelm them. But if it wasn't for the bombing runs made by Blast Zone and the Superchargers in the Sky Vehicles, things would have gotten even worse than before.
At the head of the charge was Shining Armor as he shot magic bolt after magic bolt at the oncoming horde, Tree Rex was on his left as he shot his photosynthesis cannon at the attackers while Bouncer was on the stallion’s right, firing shot after shot to slow the horde down from overwhelming their perimeter. Swarm took a chance of turning into a swarm of insects and caused some of the monsters to flail around due to the insect swarm. Eye-Brawl was wrestling with a Grublin Troll as Dive-Clops shot his torpedoes at the monster. Crusher was swinging his hammer at the horde, either crushing the grublins into a pulp or swinging them away as Hot Head set the horde ablaze by coating them in oil. Thumpback dropped anchor on those Hero Orcs as they managed to get close for an attack, but due to the distance between those beasts and the Water Giant, it was easy for his anchor to latch onto them and pull them in for a good pummeling.
Shining Armor was panting as he saw that some of the horde’s numbers were falling due to assassinations, the stallion knew that it was Cynder using her stealth shadow technique. The black dragon’s powers were a great benefit for this battle, but they needed a bit of breathing room as Shining Armor yelled,
“Skylanders, fall back to the perimeter!”
The Skylanders that were fighting the horde heard this and went back to the perimeter. As soon as they were there, Shining turned to Ninjini, “Ninjini, we need a barrier to keep them away from our line.”
The genie spoke, “I’m on it!” The Giant sheathed her swords as she focused her powers on creating the barrier around the perimeter. But it wasn't until the scout yelled,
“ARMORED TROLL APPROACHING!”
Shining Armor and the Skylanders saw what the scout meant, they saw a large Grublin Troll wearing a heavy set of armor with a set of blades on the shoulders for ramming. The beast roared as it challenged them to a fight as Shining Armor said,
“That's big…”
Tree Rex, the Giants, Cynder and the rest of the defending Skylanders stood at his side as the Black Dragoness said,
“But we fought bigger foes than him.”
The Armored Troll charged at them as they dodged it. Shining Armor shot a magic bolt after he dodged, the bolt struck the beast as it turned towards him and brought its right foreleg up and attempted to crush him until Tree Rex whacked it with his cannon as Bouncer used his Rocket Fists to knock a piece of the armor off of the beast. The Troll’s eyes turned bright red as it roared, Tree Rex noticed,
“Now he’s angry!”
The Troll stood up on its hind legs and used its forelegs to punch the tree giant and whack the robot giant to the sides as it leapt over to Crusher and Eye-Brawl as its sudden agility caught them by surprise. The impact of the armored troll sent both Earth and Undead Giant tumbling to the ground. The Armored Troll looked at its downed opponents as it ignored the others attacking it as it brought its fists up in an effort to finish them off. It wasn’t until it felt something slash at a vulnerable point in its armor, followed by another slash attack at its shoulder, exposed after Bouncer knocked its shoulder piece off. The beast looked around for the assailant, giving the giants enough time to retaliate by hitting it in the face.
The punch sent it flying to the ground as Eye-Brawl noticed, “I don’t know what happened, but something had it distracted.”
Shining Armor asked, “It was close to finishing you, what could’ve stopped it?”
Suddenly, a voice spoke, “That was me!” They looked towards the direction of the voice and saw something that they never thought they would see.
They saw a female hippogriff with a light magenta coat and a cornflower blue mane and tail. She also looks quite young in any case. Shining Armor recognized this type as he asked,
“You’re a hippogriff?”
The hippogriff nodded as she said, “I’m Silverstream and I know you guys are in the middle of a battle, but have you seen a Purple Dragon around here?”
Cynder approached, “There’s only two Purple Dragons and that’s Spyro and Spike.”
Silverstream asked, “Where is Spike?” Shining Armor suspiciously asked, “Why are you looking for him?”
Silverstream was about to speak until a roar caught her attention, the Armored Troll managed to get up as it stared at Silverstream. The beast’s eyes glared with anger as it spoke in a garbled language that none could make out until one word came from the beast’s mouth,
“Hippogriff!”
The troll charged directly at Silverstream as Swarm used his wrist stingers to block its path while the hippogriff flew towards the troll and slashed at its shoulder with her claws.
At the top of the Crystal Tower, Spike, Starlight and Sunburst reached the chamber where the Crystal Heart stood. As they approached the pedestal, they saw the Crystal Heart in pieces which was the very reason why the barrier fell. Spike also noticed scorch marks near the pedestal and remembered from the investigation that the saboteur is a robot. He knew what those scorch marks were the result of,
“Missiles.”
Starlight knew for certain, “The saboteur did this in order to signal the horde.”
Sunburst couldn’t believe it, “All of this destruction, caused by shattering the Crystal Heart.”
Spike looked at Sunburst, “Now we’re going to fix the Crystal Heart and win this battle.”
“Oh I’m counting on it.” Said a new voice that none of them recognize. The three turned around and saw a dark purple unicorn mare wearing pieces of armor. She had a dark rose colored mane, opal eyes and a broken horn as she glared at Spike. She stated,
“The Purple Dragon of Equestria, Hero of the Crystal Empire and Crowned Prince of Equestria. We meet at last.”
Spike raised an eyebrow, “You heard of me?” The mare stated, “How could I not forget about the dragon that defeated my Master on this very tower years ago.”
Spike remembered the first battle since he harnessed the power of the Crystal Heart and kill King Sombra. But Malefor escaped before it could consume him, so he knew for certain who this mare was,
“You’re a servant to Malefor!”
The mare chuckled, “I am Tempest Shadow, Malefor’s Lieutenant and the one who signaled the horde to attack this city.”
Spike asked, “But...when the Crystal Heart shattered…”
Tempest stated, “It was all part of the plan. Malefor wanted revenge on the Crystal Empire and he sent us to plot his revenge.”
Spike asked, “Us?” Tempest looked to her side and said, “Time for you to meet my colleague!”
At that moment, something dropped down near Tempest as the trio stood on edge. The object stood up on all fours as its wings flared open. It had the shape of a dragon and judging from the investigation, it looked exactly like Spike, except its color was more darker, it was more robotic and its eyes were dark with a red iris.
The duplicate stared at the trio and spoke, “And so, we meet at last, Spike. My loathsome enemy!”
The trio didn’t know what they were seeing, but they knew for certain. These two weren’t going to let them perform the Crystalling without a fight.
Author's Note
The Cliffhanger before the confrontation. So Tempest Shadow has made herself known and she's brought a robotic version of Spike as a means of fighting the Purple Dragon.
But Princess Silverstream arrived as well, looking for Spike? What does this mean for Spike if a hippogriff was asking for him?
Will Spike be able to defeat his robot copy?
Find out in the next exciting chapter of Skylanders X MLP!
Tempest Shadow and Metal Spike
As the battle rages on and efforts to keep the city from being a frozen wasteland grows thin, Spike, Starlight and Sunburst are in a standoff between this new pony, Tempest Shadow and a robotic version of Spike himself. The robot was built to look like him, but it doesn't speak like him. It also became clear that this robot can shape-shift into others, which explains how it was able to infiltrate the tower and destroy the Crystal Heart. Spike knew for certain that these two were here to stop them from restoring the Heart. Spike gave Flurry Heart to Sunburst,
“We’ll handle them. Keep her safe and perform The Crystalling. Let me know when it's time to merge with it.”
The stallion nodded as he ran to the shards of the artifact as the Dragon and Unicorn went into a fighting stance as Tempest Shadow chuckled,
“What fools, you think that you can stop us?”
Spike shook his head, “We don't think, Tempest. We KNOW that we will stop you and Malefor. That's what Skylanders do!”
Tempest gestured to her partner, “Metal Spike, time for your duel.”
The robot curled up in a ball and charged at Spike as the dragon used an Earth Shot which blasted his robot counterpart back as Metal Spike slammed his claws down causing a bunch of crystal spikes to emerge from the ground. But the dragon dodged them before they could hit.
Spike retaliated by firing his electric breath as the Metal Spike dodged as fast as it could. It left it open for Spike to do an electric cyclone which caused the robot to scream in pain as the electricity shocked him. Which left him open to a series of melee attacks from wing strikes to claw strikes. Despite his foe being a robot, it took damage from the attacks as a tail strike knocked him back.
Metal Spike regained his functions as the shock wore off, he stared at Spike and said, “You may be strong, but I can do better!”
At that instant, Metal Spike vanished as the real Spike looked around to see where he went, only to get hit in the face by a metallic wing. He was pushed back from that attack as he looked around again with his guard up until he was hit by a surprise tail strike. The impact threw the dragon to the ground as Starlight yelled,
“Master Spike!” She was about to aid him, but he said, “I’m fine! You need to deal with this bot’s handler!”
Starlight understood this as she turned towards Tempest Shadow and shot a magic bolt at her. The broken horned unicorn dodged the bolt and fired a magic bolt of her own - a black magic bolt. Upon seeing this, Starlight focused her abilities and formed a shield to block the bolt. As it deflected, she felt the shield ripple as she recognized the type of magic that her foe used,
“Dark Magic!?”
Tempest grinned, “I’ve learned a lot from the Dark Master. Let’s see how much you learned from yours.”
Starlight stated, “What you fail to realize is that, I didn’t have just my Master, I had multiple teachers!”
Starlight slammed her hooves to the ground as several flashing lights caused the broken horn mare to get thrown into disarray, followed by a magic bolt which struck Tempest. The dark unicorn growled as she fired multiple dark bolts as Starlight used her duplication spell as her phantoms took each hit. Starlight retaliated from Tempest’s attack by using a special power that she’s been trying to master. She focused her power to her core as her eyes started to glow green as her horn released a flash of green energy, similar to an Earth Shot. The shot hit Tempest as she was blown back by it.
Meanwhile on Spike’s side, he managed to anticipate when his doppleganger would attack and began to avoid most of his attacks and countered with a Wing Strike followed by an Electric Breath. It caused Metal Spike to scream in pain as it was stunned by the attack as the dragon used this opportunity to strike with a headbutt which knocked the robot into the air as he did a combo attack which struck him three times before kicking him to the ground. The impact caused the left foreleg to break off of the robot as it said,
“You...you are stronger than I predicted.”
Spike said to his robot doppelganger, “You should have done your homework. But still, not bad for an imposter.”
Metal Spike’s red eyes glared as his wings opened up, revealing the missiles, “I would kill you right here and now!”
The missiles fired as Spike used his time stop power and redirected the missiles back to his doppelganger as the impact of the missile blew off his right foreleg and damaged his chassis. The robot knew that the dragon had the upper hand on him when he blew off his forelegs as the machine resorted to using his wings to support himself. The robot stared at the dragon and flung a series of razor sharp discs at Spike.
Spike used his abilities and skills to dodge the discs and send a few back to his robot doppelganger which did more damage to his chassis. The robot glared at Spike as it became clear to the dragon - It wasn't giving up.
Meanwhile on the battlefield, the Armored Troll’s attention was drawn to Silverstream as it attempted to swat at her as she flew, but it left the giants open with an opportunity to strike the beast as Eye-Brawl used his eye beams to attack the troll, blowing off another piece of its armor - only to reveal a cannon as it pointed to the giants. The hippogriff saw the beast’s new weapon as she knew that the cannon would be used against the army. She had to think fast and her usual slash attacks won’t help - but she had an ace up her claw. She gazed at the bracer on her left fore-claw, which looked like it was made out of steel and coral. She had a determined look on her face, she is determined to not only ensure that the Skylanders win this battle, but to bring her message to Spike. But she silently whispered,
“For the honor of Seaquestria!” When she said that, the bracer began to glow as a flash of light consumed her, catching the attention of the Armored Troll as turned to the light which was blinding the other grublins. Both armies watched as the light faded to reveal Silverstream, but she looked different than her usual self. Her wings were larger and had the appearance of a grown hippogriff, her eyes were now glowing blue while her armor was a combination of coral and steel as her bracer extended into a sword as she said in a voice that was different than her own,
“I AM CORAL LEVIATHAN!”
Silverstream, now Coral Leviathan gazed at the invading Grublins as the Armored Troll aimed its cannon at the hippogriff, but before it could shoot, the hippogriff dashed through the cannon as her wrist sword sliced it to pieces. The troll, angry that its ranged weapon was destroyed alerted the grublins for backup as a new Troll approached.
It had the same appearance of a regular troll, but the difference was the glowing yellow helmet that it wore on its head. Tree Rex knew what this was,
“An Elite Troll!”
Coral Leviathan knew what he meant, “Its attacks will be deadly if we take it head on.”
Boom Jet joined in, “Our attacks will have no effect on it.”
The hippogriff knew what the Swap Skylander meant, “It's helmet protects it.”
The Trap Master, Thunderbolt spoke, “But not against lightning attacks.” He turned to a group of Air Skylanders that were experts in lightning attacks. Among them was the Knight Sensei, Wild Storm and his Imaginator student, Storm Falcon. The Sensei spoke,
“Leave the helmet to us, Leviathan. Once it’s gone, you move in to finish it off.” The hippogriff knew that they were specialized in taking down beasts like this, but since she involve herself in this battle, she will fight alongside the Skylanders. She nodded as Wild Storm turned to the others,
“Lightning Storm Company, Move out!”
The Lightning Storm Company moved in to attack the Elite Troll as the beast laughed believing that their attacks would be futile against it. It raised its shoulder cannon to fire on the team until Storm Falcon got close enough to charge at the troll, unsheathe his twin swords and slashed them at the cannon before throwing one of his swords at the helmet, giving the troll a real shocker before it returned to him.
Wild Storm shot out a lightning bolt from his sword and struck the dazed troll while Thunderbolt called forth a lightning storm which struck the Elite Troll as it roared in irritation. But they also noticed a few cracks forming in the beast’s helmet. Lightning Rod summoned a lightning strike followed by a few lightning bolts which caused more cracks to emerge on the beast’s helmet.
While the battle for the Crystal Empire raged on between the forces of good and evil, Sunburst was in the background with the newborn foal as he kept himself focused on the task at hand - restoring the Crystal Heart by having the baby undergo her Crystalling. The stallion knew that in order to complete the ritual, it required the baby's power in at least one of the shards and since she has a very unique magic core, a single shard could hold that power. As the stallion worked, he couldn't help but stop for a moment to see how the duel was going.
He turned to see Starlight smacking the dark unicorn with a green energy ball that she summoned from her horn. He saw Spike locked in melee combat with his robot counterpart, he noticed that the robot’s forelimbs were blown off and its chassis was damaged as the robot swiped its wings at the dragon which he dodged and countered with a wing-strike of his own. Sunburst noticed that the attack added a frost attack which froze the metal wing in place as Metal Spike glared at the real Spike. The robot swung its tail towards the dragon as its tail tip detached to reveal a rocket drill. When Spike saw this, he used that remarkable speed ability to counter the small projectile and direct it back at its launcher.
Sunburst turned to Starlight as his close friend displayed a more tenuous grasp of magic as she shot out a green shockwave which blasted the dark unicorn to a pillar. But her opponent wasn't done yet, she shot several bolts of dark magic at Starlight, but the mare countered with a bolt barrage of her own. Her barrage served her well as she performed a charge attack which hit the dark unicorn, knocking her to the ground.
As the fight continued, Sunburst couldn't help but envy Starlight. He went to magic school to learn about magic, but he didn't have the will to cast it. His knowledge made him become scholar, seeking out any books of magical arts. His research in the Crystal Empire was going to be the most important thing in his life. But it was all shattered by the Grublin Attack and yet, Starlight suggested him to find a solution to the Crystal Heart - the very thing he was researching. She believed that he was a great wizard, but he never could cast a simple spell ever since he saved her when they were foals.
From what he heard, Starlight lost her faith after he left for magic school and never bothered to send her a letter. She started an Equality Cult, attempted to convert Spike by kidnapping one of the Skylanders, and attempted to change the past by going back in time. Now she is the Apprentice of the Purple Dragon, she had a great grasp in magic and from that display, she would be even better than the stallion ever could. Sunburst soon began to think,
“We were friends once, maybe we can be friends again. Maybe when this is all over...maybe we can rekindle our friendship.”
As Metal Spike recovered from Spike’s attack, the robot’s chassis sparked as it turned to Tempest who was recovering from Starlight’s charge attack,
“Critical Damage sustained to chassis. Forelimbs destroyed. Flight Engines are still functioning. I recommend that we withdraw!”
The mare slammed her hoof onto the floor in anger, knowing that they have been beaten. She stood up and glared at the Purple Dragon and his Apprentice,
“Don't think you’ve won this, Spike! This isn't over!”
Spike decided to be intimidating, “Run back to your Master, Tempest. We’ll be coming for him in the future!”
Tempest smiled, “Oh, I’m counting on it.” After saying that, Metal Spike grabbed her with his hind claws and took to the skies, carrying Tempest away from the Crystal Empire. As Spike and Starlight watched as their new foes flee from the battle. Spike noticed that Starlight had her hoof to her head as the energy of her newfound ability became noticeable through her horn. Spike took this in as he said to her,
“Chin up, Starlight. We won this fight and you’ve also learned a few abilities with the Earth Element.”
Starlight felt proud of herself since Spike notice her first dragon element. She thought to herself, ‘I just learned a dragon element...I don't know what to think, but part of me likes this!’
She looked at her teacher, “Thank you, Master Spike. It was because of your teachings that made it possible.”
Spike nodded and stated, “We're going to have Twilight teach you the basics of elemental magic and have Applejack put you through combat training with your Earth abilities.”
The mare understood what her teacher meant because of her new powers. As soon as the battle is over, she would have to return to her training with Applejack and magic lessons from Twilight. But the first thing is to wait until the Heart is ready for the ritual. But they soon got their answer when Sunburst called out,
“Spike, the Crystal Heart is ready!”
They turned to the pedestal as the shards of the heart formed around it as the foal began to glow. Sunburst stated,
“After a little bit of research and with the time you gave me, the baby's power has already merged with the shards. Spike, I guess it's time to light this candle!”
Spike nodded as the dragon approached the shards as they began to react to his presence. Spike looked at Sunburst and then at Starlight,
“You both did a good job. It’s now or never.”
Spike soon stood between the shards along with the baby as he generated his powers from the Crystal Heart and the baby as their powers merged together as one. As both unicorns watched this, Starlight looked at Sunburst as the stallion watched in awe of this spectacle. Starlight asked,
“Sunburst…” The stallion turned to her, “Starlight…”
“There’s something I need to tell you!” They both said it in unison until Starlight said, “You first.”
The stallion took a deep breath and said, “I just wanted to say...I’m sorry. I’m sorry for not contacting you all those years ago, I’m also sorry for lying to you. I...I thought if we ever saw each other again…”
Starlight asked, “Then you would be a great wizard without the knowledge to cast a spell?” She shook her head, “But Master Spike has a way to tell that you were lying.”
Sunburst sighed, “His abilities are more special than I imagine.” Starlight stated, “Spike is a Purple Dragon after all.”
The stallion nodded, “You have him as a teacher and I couldn’t even cast a simple spell.”
Starlight smiled, “Master Spike would probably tell you to not doubt your abilities. And I’m sorry for the way I acted when you told the truth.”
Sunburst understood that, “We’ve all been hard on ourselves since we’ve seen each other. I made up my wizard when we ran into each other today because I was scared to see you again. I’m not afraid anymore.”
Starlight placed a hoof around Sunburst and said, “Maybe after this, we’ll teach you how to cast magic.” The stallion smiled as they hugged.
As Spike began to build up his power, he noticed Starlight and Sunburst making up for lost times as they hugged. He smiled at this as he knew that because of his decisions and Starlight’s choices in the time they’ve been there, Starlight and Sunburst have reignited their friendship. But Spike could sense something else,
“This will end up being more than friendship.”
He noticed that the baby was near him. She hugged his right foreleg as he smiled, “Well, Flurry Heart, you’re not only going to have your Crystalling, but to show everyone that smiling face and your playful personality.”
Soon enough, the shards formed around both of them as he felt the heart’s power merge with him, but even with just him, would it be powerful enough to cleanse the city? He soon had an idea as he called out to the others,
“Get close to me. Now!” Starlight and Sunburst noticed as they got close to him and his cousin. At that instant, Spike’s core was amplified by both Starlight, Sunburst, Flurry Heart and the Crystal Heart itself. As the wave of powers merged with him, he closed his eyes and began rising up into the air as his wings gained the same blue color from the previous battle. He felt the power from everyone near him build up inside of him, but he also felt through everyone of the feelings of the inhabitants of the Crystal Empire, the Skylanders, his friends and his family. It was at this moment when the combined powers reached their peak as Spike’s eyes shot open as they glew a bright blue as he flared his wings as Sunburst predicted - The Crystalling Fury Wave has been unleashed!
At the train station, the grublins were pushing more towards the station while the Skylanders were doing their best to hold them back as Shadow Strike and Tae Kwon Crow used their Fire and Dark elemental abilities and Sky-Chi powers to hold them off.
Wolfgang, now a Bowslinger laid down a musical beat to hold the grublins back as his student, Ice Sling laid down a volley storm to keep them at bay. The imaginator was panting at this, seeing that it’s not going to hold them back for long. Wolfgang agrees with the imaginator as the grublins pushed more towards the train station. That wasn’t until they noticed a massive wave of energy heading right towards them. Wolfgang yelled,
“EVERYONE TAKE COVER!”
They got to cover as the wave passed over them, but the wave didn’t do any harm to those that were out of cover. The grublins however, were not so lucky as the wave disintegrated the smaller grublins while the more larger ones like trolls and Hero Orcs just stood there for a moment until they collapsed onto the ground. The Skylanders saw that after the wave had passed, the open sky and the bright sun emerged from the former clouds as they cheered in victory.
At the city gates, Coral Leviathan and the giants took down the Elite Troll as they began to take down the other grublins trying to push through their line. Shining Armor did his best to keep the line defended as he helped the Imaginator, Storm Falcon onto his feet since the imaginator was hurt during the scuffle with the troll. As the stallion was helping him back to the line, he saw a large energy wave heading straight for them. Shining could help but wonder, something caused this wave to be unleashed. But he and Storm Falcon braced as the wave passed through them, but it didn’t harm them.
They looked towards the grublin line and saw that the grublins were either disintegrating or collapsing to the ground, even the wyverns were crashing to the ground after getting hit by the wave. Shining Armor looked behind him and saw the sun and the Crystal Tower shining bright over the city. The stallion couldn’t believe it,
“We - we won!”
Storm Falcon joined him as he raised his hand up, “WE WON!” Everyone in both the Skylanders and the army cheered in victory as they knew for certain that they won. Coral Leviathan soon turned back to Silverstream as the hippogriff looked up at the Crystal Tower where the wave came from. She approached Shining Armor and asked,
“Was that?”
Shining Armor knew the only one powerful enough for a shockwave like that, “It’s no longer snowing and all the grublins have been destroyed. It’s Spike - He found a way! He did it!”
The hippogriff soon remembered why she was here, “Can you take me to him?”
The stallion remembered that she was here to find Spike, so he decided, “I will.” He pointed to Tree Rex and Bouncer,
“You two, with me. Everyone else, head to the palace.” The giants understood as the Skylanders followed them while Tree Rex and Bouncer followed Shining Armor and Silverstream.
As they made their way back into the city, they passed by the train station as the Crystal Ponies started rising up to see the aftermath. Among them to the surprise of Shining Armor were his own parents. The stallion said in shock,
“Mom! Dad!” His parents rushed at their son as they hugged him as he asked, “When did you guys get here?!”
Twilight Velvet spoke, “Just before those creatures and that snowstorm delayed our train.”
Night Light stated with confusion, “Those things just came out of nowhere, just like that snowstorm. It all stopped when that shockwave appeared.”
Shining Armor understood that his parents took shelter at the train station from the cold and the battle. It made this fight even more close to his family if his parents were caught in the crossfire. It wasn’t until he heard his mother ask,
“We heard that Spike came here before us. Where is our little dragon as well as our granddaughter?”
Shining said nothing as he turned his head towards the tower as his parents realized as his father asked, “He’s there...isn’t he?”
Shining nodded, “They are, Dad. We’re heading there now and someone wanted to speak with him.” He gestured to Silverstream behind him as Night Light realized,
“A hippogriff? I haven’t seen one in a long time.”
Silverstream chuckled, “We don’t have much contact with others.” Shining’s parents understood as they made their way to the castle as the many Crystal Ponies, Skylanders and Alliance forces gathered at the Trail of History gazing up at the tower as they waited in anticipation for something to happen. It wasn’t until they noticed something drop from the tower, there were three that dropped from the tower and were falling fast.
The first that dropped kept falling until a familiar pair of wings opened up as the crystal ponies instantly recognized the wings as the purple dragon flew close enough for everyone to see him. The other two were unicorns that descended to the ground by magic as the dragon landed near them with his wings flared and with the giggling filly on his back.
One of the unicorns, a stallion Sunburst stepped forward with Starlight taking Spike’s side. They were also different in appearances since they were all shining like the rest of the Crystal Ponies. Sunburst announced to everyone,
“Citizens! May I present the newest member of the Crystal Empire!”
Spike had the baby in his wings as he held her up high as the crowd stood in awe at the newest member of the royal family. The baby, Flurry Heart giggled at the crowds looking at her in awe. Spike felt happy that she could finally have her Crystalling. After he was finished presenting her to the crowd, he decided to speak,
“This has been a decisive moment for us all. Today was not only the day of my cousin’s Crystalling, but the day that we came together to fight an enemy set to ruining this big day. But there’s no doubt that this is a time for celebration for you all. This victory has reminded us of what we are fighting for. We’re fighting for the future, for our children and for a time of peace! Let us rejoice for this moment as we welcome the newest member of the Crystal Empire! Princess Flurry Heart!”
The crowd cheered as they knew of the battle that occurred minutes ago. Afterwards, the royal family joined the trio as Cadence and Shining Armor were reunited with their daughter. Spike was also greeted by his family as both Twilight Velvet and Night Light hugged their adopted son. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were also in attendance as his royal family hugged him and were proud of him.
They were now in the throne room of the palace as Spike managed to relax after that battle. It wasn’t until he was approached by an excited Silverstream,
“Excuse me! Um...you’re him, right?”
Spike asked, “Umm...yeah, but I don’t think we’ve met before.” Silverstream stated, “But I’ve heard of you. You’re the dragon that everyone is talking about!” The hippogriff practically gripped him by his neck as his scales returned to normal. Spike asked, although it was muffled,
“You were looking for me, miss?” The hippogriff released him, “I’m Silverstream from Mount Aris.”
Spike remembered the name from studying Equestria’s map, “The Hippogriff Kingdom?”
Silverstream nodded as she said, in a sad tone which was surprising since she was excited, “I needed to tell you something.”
Spike, now concerned asked, “What happened?” Everyone in the room was curious to hear what the hippogriff had to say. Silverstream looked sad as she gathered herself and said,
“Mount Aris...has fallen.” Everyone gasped at this news and Spike could only guess who took Mount Aris,
“Malefor…” The purple dragon knew all too well that Malefor has the Hippogriff Kingdom in his claws. Spike asked,
“Does anyone else know you’re here?”
Silverstream replied, “Only my cousin knows I’m here. We are big fans of you...I’m not so sure about my parents or worse, my aunt.”
Spike asked, “Why is your aunt worse than your parents?” The hippogriff sighed, “She’s very distrustful of outsiders and has somewhat of an ego. She didn’t like how my cousin and I were your fans.”
Spike stated, “She’s thinks that the dangers of the outside world will not harm them.” Silverstream frowned until Spike continued, “But if I can speak with your parents and your aunt and appeal to them, we can take Mount Aris back!”
Silverstream smiled at Spike’s courage as she said, “So you will help us?” Spike stated, “We won’t let Malefor get away this time. We’re going to find a way to defeat him. That’s what Skylanders do.”
Silverstream felt relief as her idol accepted her plea for help. But she forgot one thing as Spike asked,
“Where will I find the surviving hippogriffs?” The hippogriff chuckled, “I kind of left that part out.” She took a deep breath and said, “The hippogriffs fled when Mount Aris fell and are currently living in Seaquestria, the underwater city of the seaponies.”
Everyone was surprised, even the Skylanders gathered there as Gill Grunt asked, “Wait, how come we’ve never heard of this place before?”
Silverstream stated, “It’s kind of isolated and outsiders are not welcome there.”
Spike understood, “So, I’m going to be in for a heated welcome when we get there.” Although the dragon was still confused, “But if you’re from an underwater city, why are you a hippogriff?”
She tapped her claw on a pearl necklace that she wore around her neck, “This necklace can make me change from hippogriff to seapony when I enter water.”
Then with that in mind, Spike knew that they need to go to Seaquestria and appeal to the rulers.
On the outskirts of the city, Tempest Shadow and Metal Spike were overlooking the city as the dark unicorn sneered at the heroes saving the city while the robot installed new forelimbs to himself, regaining his ability to walk normally again. Tempest scoffed,
“Beaten by a dragon and his unicorn apprentice, I can’t believe that we lost!”
Metal Spike stated, “We may have failed our mission, but we have many opportunities to face them again.”
Tempest understood it, “You’re right, we need to return to our master for our next assignment. I will get his friend’s powers eventually.”
Metal Spike said with a sinister tone, “More specimens, more powers and more data to copy.”
Tempest agreed with her robot companion as she walked away from the city. As Metal Spike looked over the city again, he gave a metallic growl. As he went to join his companion, he stated,
“We shall meet again, Spike. The battle may be over, but the war is just beginning!” He gave a robotic laughter as he rejoined Tempest.
Somewhere beneath the ocean is the underwater city of Seaquestria, the home of the seaponies. As the seaponies were going about their business, a large number of them were refugees from Mount Aris when those terrifying creatures attacked. Even though they managed to evacuate, their home was lost and hope for the hippogriffs as well. But at the Seaquestria Royal Palace, a light colored seapony with a magenta mane was in the throne room sadly gazing at a photo of her daughter.
She was sad and worried that her daughter disappeared on the day of the attack. She asked herself, “Silverstream, where are you?”
She let out a tear as she hugged the picture to her chest. She was soon snapped out of her thoughts when another seapony entered the room. She was light colored with a brilliant fuchsia and strong mulberry mane. She also looked like she just got back from a beauty parlor. The new seapony saw her and asked,
“Ocean Flow?” She noticed the picture as she frowned, “Silverstream has not been found, I assume.”
Ocean Flow nodded, “I just don’t understand. Why would Silverstream run away on the day of the attack?”
The seapony sighed, “Skystar and Silverstream have been obsessed with that Purple Dragon from Equestria.”
Suddenly, Ocean Flow’s mind clicked as she asked, “Novo, you don’t think Silverstream flew off to find him?”
Novo, understanding why Skystar and Silverstream were fascinated by the dragon realized, “She wants his help? Can we really trust him?”
Ocean Flow stated, “Sister please, you and Skystar lost your home during the attack. We don’t have that much of an army to fight that horde on the surface and we need help! If my daughter believes that this dragon is our best bet, we should accept him if he comes here.”
Novo face-hooved, “The Hero of the Crystal Empire, I know the story. But could we really put the safety of our kingdoms into this dragon’s hands? I still have nightmares of the dragon leading those monsters.”
Ocean Flow stated, “We may not have a choice, Novo.”
Before this could go any further, a seapony entered the throne room and said, “Your highnesses.”
Novo and Ocean Flow gazed at the seapony as Novo asked, “What is it?” The messenger said, “Well, the sages of the Coral Temple of the Elder have said that the power bracer is missing.”
Ocean Flow realized, “But, that artifact was to only remain in the temple…” The messenger continued, “But there’s more...the sages reported that the statue of the Elder started to glow.”
Novo knew about this, “But if the statue is glowing, that only means…” Ocean Flow finished, “The bracer was activated!”
Novo looked at her sister, “But who activated it?” Ocean Flow had a hunch on who activated the bracer as she looked at Silverstream’s picture again,
“I may know.”
Author's Note
So the 2nd Battle of the Crystal Empire ends, two new rivals emerge, a new ally approaches and a new adventure begins. So Mount Aris has fallen to Malefor, Silverstream came to ask Spike for help and now he's off to a brand new mission: To recruit the Seaponies and Hippogriffs, reignite their hope and take Mount Aris back.
Will Spike and Silverstream appeal to Queen Novo? Will Seaquestria join their cause? Find out in the later chapters of Skylanders X MLP!
Spyro's Chronicles Part 1
In the Canterlot Portal Chamber, the CMC were looking over the crystal tank of a new type of Imaginator, one that is much different from the others. They wanted to make Imaginators unique in some way, like Storm Falcon and Tidal Wave are. It's been quite enjoyable ever since they became imagineers, coming up with new Imaginators, mixing and matching them left and right as well as giving them their names. The best part about it is that they get to hang out with the Imaginators and play games with them when they’re not training with the Senseis.
Their thoughts were interrupted when a voice said, "You three seem really hyped for your imagination."
The fillies turned to see Spyro entering the chamber as Scootaloo chuckled, "We just like the way our imagination comes to life, Spyro."
Applebloom spoke, "Ah've even sent one of them to live at Sweet Apple Acres."
Spyro asked, "So that robot with the apple for a head?" Sweetie Belle answered cheerfully, "That was us!"
The purple dragon chuckled as he went over to the Arch-Portal, he didn't enter it though, he was looking over the portal design as he said,
"Reminds me of the portals back in the Dragon Kingdom."
Scootaloo decided to ask, "I have to ask. What happened to you and Cynder after the war ended?"
Applebloom spoke, "Master Eon said that you two disappeared after it ended."
Sweetie Belle said, "What is your story anyway?"
The dragon knew that this question would come up, he looked at the trio and said, "Well, I had to freeze both me and Cynder again after the remnants from the first war lured us to a trap. But, we were released afterwards and not by Grublins."
The girls were curious as Applebloom asked, "What happened?" The dragon smirked, "Let me tell you a story about an angry creature with magic, called 'Gnasty Gnorc."
In the Realm of Dragons, there was an interview going on with one of the dragon elders. The elder in question was dozing off until the camera crew woke him up,
“Okay, we’re rolling!”
The elder gathered himself and said, “I-It’s been peaceful here in the five realms...or is it six? Well, for a dragon’s age, we now have over 12,000 treasure or is it 14,000?”
The interviewer asked, “What about this Ga-nasty Ga-norc character? Now I imagine that he’s found a magic spell that turns gems into warriors for his cause?”
Another dragon walked beside the elder and stated, “I’ll take that question.”
But little do they know that Gnasty Gnorc himself, a villain that was banished to the Dragon Junkyard was watching the interview from his lair as he was relaxing. He was just about to eat a drumstick until he heard the dragon state,
“Gnasty Gnorc is a simple creature.” The gnorc stopped eating and questioned in shock, “Simple?!”
The dragon continued, “He has been contained in a remote realm and is no threat to the Dragon Kingdom.”
Gnasty was even more shocked and angry as he tossed his drumstick away, “No Threat!?”
The dragon stated, “And besides, he is ugly.”
The gnorc was hurt, the dragons saw him as harmless, his realm was no threat to the Dragon Kingdom and they say that he’s... “UGLY?!”
He was now angry at this, “OH THAT DOES IT!”
He grabbed his helmet and his mace used a spell that turned all the dragons into statues, fortunately only the Dragon City remained unharmed by Gnasty’s wrath. As he sent his warriors all over the Dragon Realm, a stray bolt from the gnorc’s spell struck a crystal shard in a cave in the Artisan home.
But this particular crystal held two dragons and a dragonfly and that bolt from Gnasty’s spell shattered the crystal, releasing the dragons in the process. But unlike the first time they woke up from being frozen, they were a bit tired at first, until Cynder regained her bearings and looked over at Spyro,
“Spyro? Spyro, wake up. Wake up!” Her shouting woke the purple dragon up as he shook off the effects of being frozen.
“Cynder? Wh-where are we?”
Sparx buzzed near him and spoke for the dragoness, “Well, we were frozen again when those things trapped us.” He sees a ray of sunlight at the end of the cave, “But since something destroyed the cave in, it's safe to go out and explore the world. Right buddy?”
Spyro and Cynder looked towards the exit and saw the sunlight that Sparx mentioned. They knew that it was safe to leave the cave as they made their way to the exit. At least it wasn't in ruins like the catacombs of the Well of Souls and wouldn't have to worry about the grublins. As soon as the dragons and dragonfly left the cave, they were greeted with an intriguing and horrible sight.
The Dragon Kingdom was a mess, evil warriors roam about the place, the treasure was stolen and there were dragon statues everywhere. Cynder looked around the place and wondered, “Where are we?”
Sparx recognized this place as much as Spyro did as the dragonfly spoke,“Oh...right, that cave that led us to that trap…” Spyro finished, “Also brought us to the Artisan Dragon Home.”
Cynder had an annoyed look in her eyes, “And you guys didn't tell me about it until now?!”
Sparx buzzed to her, “Hey, don’t blame us ‘Terror of the Skies’ we didn't…” Spyro cut in, knowing his brother would always bring up her past, “Sparx, don’t.” He looked at Cynder, “We knew that those cave systems led to several different dragon homelands, but we never expected the one we were trapped in, lead to the Artisan Home.”
Cynder, understanding Spyro’s words, not as much as Sparx with the dragonfly constantly reminding her of her past, “Okay, I understand. But, where are the dragons?”
Sparx buzzed around as he called out for any ‘scalies’ around. When no one heard the dragonfly’s call, he stopped near the closest dragon statue as Spyro and Cynder approached.
“Nope, no dragons hearing my call. But those bozos over there were laughing at me!” He pointed to the enemies that were on the hill as they froze in fear when they saw Spyro and Cynder. Spyro couldn't help but wonder,
“What happened here?” As the dragon stood close to the statue, a bright flash occurred which snapped Spyro out of his trance. The statue began to shake as Spyro backed up towards Cynder and Sparx as the statue began to chip away as the crystal skin revealed scales, horns, claws and wings. As soon as the statue collapsed, the Artisan dragon stood tall, wearing the gear of a carpenter as he recognized them,
“Spyro, Cynder? This is an honor to be in your presence.”
Spyro asked, “You know us?” The Artisan stated, “You two ended the war and saved the planet.”
Cynder asked, “But who are you?” The Artisan apologized, “I suppose that introductions were in order. My name is Nestor and I would like to welcome you to the Artisan home, but we have a problem as of late.”
Spyro asked, “What happened?” Nestor sighed, “Gnasty Gnorc happened.”
Cynder asked, “Gnasty Gnorc?” The older dragon stated, “A former resident of our realm. Gnasty was a troublemaker, he is greedy and ugly. But after we banished him, he wanted revenge on the dragons for his banishment. Apparently he found a magic spell that turns gems into warriors for his cause. During an interview earlier today, Gnasty must have tuned in to the interview and heard himself being called ugly among other things, he used a spell to turn all of the dragons into statues.”
Spyro knew what to do, “He has to be stopped - I have to stop him.”
Cynder spoke, “You can't just walk up his door and torch him, Spyro.”
Sparx buzzed, “I agree with the lady, Spyro. Come on, we just woke up after being frozen for who knows how long. Got stuff to do.”
Nestor, understanding the situation that they are facing decided, “Being frozen would no doubt put a number on your strength. So, you need to regain your strength first.”
Spyro asked, “How?” The older dragon explained, “I was freed when you and Cynder approached me. I need you to free ten dragons in the Artisans Home and then find the balloonist. He’ll transport you to the next home. As for regaining your strength, Gnasty’s forces are all over the realm, getting rid of his warriors would increase your strength and combat experience.”
Spyro asked, “But what about Gnasty Gnorc himself?”
Nestor stated, “Find Dragons first. You will get your chance to fight Gnasty in the future. But until then, that's all I can tell you.”
The dragon soon took to the skies, no doubt heading for a safe area, leaving the trio alone. Spyro looked around and knew what they had to do,
“We need to free the dragons in each dragon home, reclaim the stolen treasure and confront Gnasty Gnorc.”
Cynder looked at Spyro, “Nestor said that being frozen weakened our strength.” The purple dragon knew what she meant, “I only have my fire abilities and my combat skills.”
The dragoness used a shadow fire breath, “My Shadow Breath is the only thing I have left on the elemental side.”
Sparx sighed, “Oh great, back to square one of shooting magic outta your faces.”
Cynder glared at the dragonfly as he slightly chuckled, “I was only kidding, Cynder!”
The dragoness stated, “Good, because you should remember how scary I can be.”
Spyro, after listening to this banter between his brother and girlfriend spoke, “Let's get going.”
The others agreed and started their way down by gliding off the balcony near the waterfall where another dragon statue stood before them. When Spyro approached the statue, a bright flash occurred as the statue shook for a little bit before it began to chip away until the dragon was freed. Sparx shook his head at this as he asked Spyro,
“Why couldn't you just torch the Gnorc already?”
The freed dragon, Delbin stated, “Keep your antennas on, Sparx! You can also protect Spyro and Cynder as well.”
Sparx buzzed up to the dragon and asked, “How?”
The big dragon stated, “Although the butterflies give you strength, certain butterflies will give you great power.”
Delbin pulled out a canvas that had seven different butterflies painted on it. “You eat one of these butterflies, you can use their special abilities.”
The dragonfly sarcastically asked, “Besides a stomachache?” That only led Sparx to getting slapped by Cynder’s tail. The dragoness spoke,
“Your stomach is the least of our concerns. You just learned that seven breeds of butterflies exist which can give you a special ability.”
Delbin spoke, “You heard the lady, Sparx.”
Spyro stepped in, “It seems like all of us have much to learn.” The Artisan replied, “No matter how old you get, the urge to learn never leaves.” Delbin left as the trio made their way across the field where two cowardly gnorcs ran away from them. But Spyro was in full pursuit when he used his flame breath to torch each of the gnorcs while Cynder used her Shadow breath to defeat a gnorc gem thief. Upon defeating these enemies, they went poof and all that remained of the gnorcs was a gem for each gnorc. Spyro knew what this meant,
“Nestor was right about Gnasty turning gems into minions.” He looked at the nearby portal, “And I’m certain that his goons are in other areas of the Artisan home.”
Cynder saw a hedge-maze housing another portal, “With these portals, Gnasty’s forces are spread out over this dragon home.”
Spyro had an idea, “Cynder, let's split up. We’ll have to go through different portals to find the dragons and reclaim the treasure.”
Cynder knew that Spyro would think about this as she agreed, “If we split up, we can cover a lot more ground in the Artisan home.”
The two dragons soon split up and went into different portals.
Back in the present, the CMC were amazed by Spyro’s story through the Artisan home with Spyro telling them about how the Artisans depend on a much more calmer approach to their problems. They provided other dragons with artifacts of culture and beauty with songs, sculptures and poetry. This made Sweetie Belle raise her hoof,
“Rarity once brought home a small dragon statue after her date with Spike.”
Spyro knew what it was, “That statue was sculpted by the Artisans.” Spyro knew for a fact that Artisan art is valuable in Equestria. Art collectors would love to get their hooves on any artwork created by the Artisans, mainly due to their draconic origin. Scootaloo stated,
“Who knows what else your dragons can do!”
“What was that?” Spoke a new voice as a newcomer entered the chamber. It was a female dragon, although young like the fillies she possessed a competitive attitude, something that Spyro had sensed. She had orange scales, orchid spines and cyan eyes that looked irritated at first until she noticed the chamber she was in.
“When that mosquito said that there were portals here, he actually meant it.”
Spyro knew exactly who she meant, “You’re talking about Sparx, the dragonfly you mentioned.”
The dragoness looked at Spyro and asked, “So you’re the leader of the Skylanders? You don’t look that tough to me?”
The purple dragon chuckled, “Never judge a book by its cover for there’s more to a dragon than meets the eye.”
The dragoness was curious about it since he said those words. Spyro decided to ask, “So who are you? And what brings you to the Portal Chamber?”
She grumbled, “I’m Smolder and I didn’t want to be here in the first place.” Spyro was curious, “And why is that?”
Smolder sighed, “At the request of the Dragon Lord-To-Be. She said that dragons need to learn about teamwork and friendship. The dragons are better than this, especially in a time of war.”
Scootaloo smirked, “You would eat those words when you hear Spyro’s story about how he rescued the dragons in his world.”
Smolder asked, “Are dragons in his world weak to allow him to rescue them?”
Spyro flared his wings, “That’s enough, Smolder. You may think that a dragon’s aspect is brute strength and size. But in my world, Dragons are more peaceful, full of wisdom and willing to help others, no matter what.”
Smolder couldn’t help but feel afraid as Spyro spoke to her. While she resented the idea of friendship, having been brought here against her will. She felt initially afraid by the purple dragon's statement and how he flared his wings until she felt something resting on her head as a voice spoke,
“Yeah, I should’ve warned ya that a lot of crazy things happen when he gets mad. Trust me, I’ve been there.”
Spyro closed his wings as he noticed, “Sparx, what are you doing here?” The dragonfly took off from the dragoness’ head, “Showing little Miss Bitter-Scales around when she noticed the Portal Chamber.”
Smolder attempted to swat at the dragonfly, but missed as he taunted, “Missed me!” The purple dragon sighed as he said,
“I’m sorry about Sparx, he’s just like this.”
Smolder sighed as she said, “As long as he doesn’t call me that anymore.” Sparx buzzed up to her, “I make no promises.”
Spyro glared at his longtime friend as the dragonfly sighed, “Okay, I won’t call you that name again.”
Now that everything was back in order, Sweetie Belle asked, “What happened next?”
Spyro replied, “Well, after we went to Town Square, rescued the Dragons, reclaimed the treasure - “
Sparx interrupted, “That was when that chef dragon had a panic attack over the theft of the dragon egg!”
The three fillies were aware of the importance of the eggs, both history wise and listening to Whirlwind's story about it. But Smolder was curious, "Who and why would anyone try to steal a dragon egg?"
Spyro remembered that very much as he explained, “When Gnasty Gnorc used his spell to trap the dragons, he not only sent his warriors all over the dragon realm, he also sent thieves to steal the dragon eggs. Those thieves are fast runners and are more annoying than those key thieving imps from our first war with Kaos.”
Smolder, interested in Spyro’s tale decided to listen.
At Town Square, Spyro and Cynder had defeated Gnasty’s minions, took back the treasure and made sure that they won’t come back. Although, all of the bulls in Town Square were now stuck in the ground, so they decided to leave them. It wasn’t until they came across the last dragon of Town Square, right next to the whirlwind that would return them to the Artisan Home. They approached the statue and freed the dragon. He was a chef dragon as he noticed them,
“Hmpf, Spyro, Cynder, did any of you see a man dressed in blue running around here?” The dragons looked around and saw the man in blue on the high ground at the edge of town as Spyro pointed out, “I see him.”
The dragon, Alvar yelled, “HE'S A THIEF! And he's stolen a dragon egg! You've got to track him down and - and get that egg! RUN! RUN!” He starts to have a panic attack over it as he said, “... I'm getting a little winded.”
Cynder spoke, “We’ll handle him, you need to get yourself someplace safe.”
As Alvar left, the dragons took off for the edge of town where the thief was. As soon as they reached the edge of town, they spotted the egg thief and he was as Alvar described him - a man wearing blue with his face concealed by the blue cloak, showing nothing but his eyes and mouth. The thief spotted them and then taunted them, “Na Na Na Na Na!” He laughed.
As the two approached him, he suddenly took off, taking the dragon egg with him. But Spyro and Cynder were not far behind the thief as he ran and laughed. As the dragons chased him around Town Square, the thief hopped off of the wall towards one of the areas that they were at before with Spyro following behind. When Spyro turned to the blue colored man, that sneaky thief hopped back onto the wall as he taunted the purple dragon - only to be knocked off the wall by the black dragoness who held back in the chase. As the thief flew over the ledge, the dragon egg remained where he left it on the wall as Spyro smiled,
“Nice surprise, Cynder! He did not see you coming.”
Cynder smiled, “I have my moments.” Sparx buzzed in, “Now can we deal with this egg and head back to that dragon head back at the Artisan Home?”
The dragoness looked at Sparx, “Dragon head?” The purple dragon asked, “Artisan Home?”
The dragonfly realized, “Right, while you two were dealing with those gnorcs back there, I went off on my own and found this dragon head near a trapped dragon. Just looking at it made me think that it was meant to open up somehow. But it didn’t have a keyhole, so I couldn’t open it. Heck, I even tried to shove it open!”
Cynder chuckled at the fact that the dragonfly tried to open a dragon head. After they were finished in Town Square, they went back to the Artisan Home to find that Dragon Head that Sparx mentioned. They went back through the tunnel out to the field where the first portal was as the dragonfly pointed to the opening behind the portal. Spyro and Cynder followed Sparx to a small courtyard where the dragon head stood and the trapped dragon that he also mentioned. Spyro went up to the statue and freed the dragon.
The dragon they freed had a pair of glasses, dark purple scales unlike Spyro, a purple scarf with a round body. He was also holding a half-eaten watermelon when he was freed. Sparx noticed that flash when he was freed as he said,
“Whoa, cool flash! Do that again!”
Spyro sighed, “Sparx.”
The dragon recognized them, “Ah, Spyro and Cynder. I would say that it’s nice to meet you, but there’s a problem.” He pointed to the dragon head, “One of Gnasty’s lieutenants is through the portal in the dragon mouth.”
Cynder spoke, “Right, Sparx only told us about the head. But about this boss.”
The dragon chuckled, “Well, his attempts to open it were enough to make me laugh, despite being in crystal.” That made the dragonfly feel embarrassed by this until Spyro asked,
“But...umm…” The dragon spoke his name, “Argus…” The young dragon continued, “Argus, how do we get there?”
Argus smiled, “Well, you would have to complete one area to open the portal, but since you and your mate had completed all of the areas here. You can now face the boss when you are ready.”
Although Spyro and Cynder’s faces turned red when he mentioned them as mates, Sparx nudged his brother with a smile on his face. Argus chuckled at this because he knows that this was young love, he soon snapped his claws as the dragon mouth opened, revealing the portal. He stated, “Good luck, you three.”
Argus took off to a safe place, leaving the two dragons and dragonfly to enter the portal.
“Gnasty had lieutenants?” Asked Scootaloo as she broke the silence between each verse of the story.
Spyro nodded, “Each dragon realm was watched over by one of Gnasty Gnorc’s lieutenants, these five minions joined Gnasty as a means for revenge against the dragons. Each boss had a certain connection with that particular realm which why the gnorc placed them there.”
Smolder asked, “About this ‘Boss Realm’ who was the boss of Artist Dragon Realm?”
Spyro chuckled, “Well, you four are not going to believe this one.”
The fillies and dragoness were eager to hear what this Boss Realm was like.
When Spyro and Cynder arrived at the boss realm, they landed at the cliff that was shadowed by a large castle. They noticed that the castle was guarded by those sheep herders from the plains, but they have dogs accompanying them now. Spyro noticed the herders and the dogs as he said,
“No doubt that Gnasty's Lieutenant sent them to stop any intruders.”
Cynder smiled, “I’ll take those guys.” She vanished as her shadow sped toward the nearest group of herders and dogs. She caught them by surprise and took them down with her shadow breath. The dragoness looked over her handy work when the fallen enemies went poof, leaving a few gems behind. She collected the gems as Spyro joined her and said,
“I’ll take the next group.” The purple dragon used his comet dash and plowed through the second group before the dogs and herders knew what was going on as they too were reduced to gems as Spyro collected them. The two were now inside the building as they saw more dog and herder groups, one was on the left and the other was on the right. Spyro and Cynder saw those groups as they glanced at each other,
“You take right while I take left?”
She smiled, “Didn't even have to ask.”
Spyro and Cynder split up as the dragons took their sides and with a mix of Fire and Shadow, they defeated the enemies and collected the gems that made up those enemies. The dragons soon made their way further into the castle as they noticed the picture frames on the walls. Sparx took note of the portraits, mostly were of some areas of the Artisan home,
“Whoever owns this place is quite the artist.”
Spyro looked at the dragonfly, “They're called Artisans for a reason, Sparx.”
The dragonfly buzzed, “And now I know the downside of being raised in a swamp.”
As they made their way through the castle, they defeated the enemies guarding the place and grabbed every piece of treasure that was between them and the boss. When they reached the end of the hall, they spotted a dragon statue as Cynder approached,
“Let's hope he knows what we're up against.” When she touched the base of the statue, it shook and cracked until the trapped dragon was freed. The dragon was no doubt, a painter as he was wearing the clothes of a painter as well. The dragon noticed them,
“Spyro, Cynder, Gnasty Gnorc has sent one of his most devious lieutenants in charge of the Artisan Realm. He also took over my house while I was working on another portrait for the hall you were just in.”
Spyro spoke with determination, “We’ll kick him out for you.”
Cynder added, “He won't get away with this.” Sparx decided to be humorous, “Does anyone smell a barbecue somewhere?”
The dragon, Nevin warned, “Be careful, young dragons. Toasty has many tricks up his sleeve.”
After Nevin left, the trio moved passed his pedestal and entered what looked like a courtyard and found Toasty, which looked like one of the sheep herders, but he had a big red coat with a hat and a pumpkin on his head. Spyro decided to get his attention,
“Stop right there, Toasty!”
The pumpkin headed herder sneered as he put his skeletal fingers at his jack o lantern mouth and whistled which singled the sleeping dogs near him to wake up. The dogs looked at Toasty as he pointed his scythe at the two dragons. The dogs knew very well that the dragons were threatening their master, so they growled at them and attacked. Cynder took on the dogs while Spyro went after Toasty as the pumpkin head herder tried to get away from the purple dragon. He just kept running until his dogs were defeated and lashed out at Spyro with his scythe.
Spyro dodged the scythe and opened up with his fire breath, the fire singed the herder’s cape as his boney hands beat the flames away. The door to the next area opened as Toasty ran for that area with Spyro and Cynder in pursuit. Toasty signaled more dogs to wake up and attack the dragons, but Cynder's Shadow Fire did away with them as Spyro dodged Toasty’s scythe and let loose another flame attack. It torched the herder's cloak as the pumpkin fell off his head and splattered onto the ground.
The identity of Toasty brought a shock to Spyro, Cynder and Sparx as they saw before them…
“Toasty was a Sheep!?” Shouted Smolder in a shocked tone.
Sparx added, “A sheep on stilts with an army of literal dogs.”
Spyro stated, “Believe me, I was surprised as much as Cynder when his identity was revealed.”
Scootaloo was curious, “Why would a sheep be that evil in joining Gnasty Gnorc?”
Sweetie Belle remembered, “Sheep are mainly punching bags for dragons among others.”
Applebloom whistled at this, “He seems like he had enough being a punching bag.”
Spyro agreed, “But he chose the wrong side to see it his way. He makes Sheep Creep look harmless...although he's patrolling the Artisan Realm as part of Tuff Luck’s Trap Team Patrol.”
Smolder asked, “I thought they were called back to their base in Ponyville?”
Sparx stated, “Most were called back and only a few stayed in certain areas.”
The young dragoness asked the purple dragon, “Back to Toasty, he was one of the five lieutenants?”
Spyro nodded, “He was and the Artisan Realm was safe again now that Toasty was gone. It's also best that you don't tell Hugo about it since he is afraid of sheep...mainly because they made off with his spare clothes while he slept.”
The fillies laughed at that incident when they moved the sleeping scholar into a field of sheep as the dragoness found it funny as well. Spyro continued, “Now that the Artisan home was safe, we found the balloonist and no, it's not Flynn, to transport us to the next realm - The Peacekeepers.”
Upon arriving at the Peacekeeper’s Home, the balloonist spoke,
“Be careful in this realm, Gnasty's forces have turned this desert home into a military camp for target practice. Those gnorcs will be firing cannons on and off, so it’s best to take care of them and if you can, knock them in the tar pits. There's another balloonist at the far end of the desert, just keep frying up those baddies, rescue dragons and collect the eggs and treasure!”
Spyro replied, “We will, thanks for the ride!”
The balloon flew off as the dragons began their trek into the home of the Peacekeepers. As they made their way through the hall, they freed their first Peacekeeper dragon, Titan, the leader of the Peacekeepers who welcomed their arrival and explained that they need to recover the treasure that has been turned into gnorcs. Upon entering the desert area which was basically a testing ground for the gnorc armies.
After seeing the gnorcs in the desert, the dragons charged in and began taking down the gnorcs left and right. Once the grunt gnorcs saw them, they immediately ran for the tents with the dragons in pursuit. Spyro used his fire breath to take down three of them while the fourth jumped into the tent. Cynder used her scythe-like tail tip the cut the tent open with a gnorc’s bare butt to greet her. When she saw this, she was disgusted by the gnorc, so she used her shadow breath shot it at the gnorc as it flew into the nearby tar pit. She stated,
“You show your butt to a girl, she'll beat you up for that!”
“Yikes, that might've been overkill, but showing your flank to a dragoness was just ridiculous!”,spoke Sweetie Belle.
“I was shocked that the gnorc did that, but then again, Cynder was more scarier than him.” ,replied Spyro.
Spyro and Cynder soon made their way to the portals that lead to many areas of the Peacekeepers Realm. It went from Spyro frying the gnorcs and their pet vultures and conquering challenging glides at Dry Canyon to Cynder pulling Pueblos and Fat Ladies into her shadows and burning them with her shadow breath at Cliff Town. It soon had both Spyro and Cynder taking down the gnorcs occupying the Ice Caverns, the only frozen area of the Peacekeepers Realm.
Sparx also had a bit of help since he ate a sparkling butterfly in Dry Canyon and started spewing out energy projectiles. This helped in catching the gnorcs off guard in the Ice Cavern since his projectiles pushed the patrolling gnorcs off the cliffs. It all boils down to the Boss of the Peacekeepers Realm, a gloating witch doctor who thinks he is so cool. The dragon that they freed near the boss stated,
“Doctor Shemp thinks he's so cool! You have no idea what it's like to have to hear him go on and ON!”
Spyro knew one thing, “A boaster nonetheless.”
Cynder sighed, “Boasters always gloat over how much cooler they are to others. Most do it to impress girls.”
The freed dragon, Trondo gave them a hint, “But let me tell you one thing: he should watch his back since you two are here.”
The dragon took off as the trio confronted Doctor Shemp, the sunglasses wearing witch doctor just looked at the dragons and dragonfly and laughed,
“These are the creatures responsible for causing trouble in the Great Doctor Shemp’s Realm?! What a big joke!”
Spyro stated, “Your reign over the Peacekeepers is over!”
The Witch Doctor gloated, “Many have faced the Great Doctor Shemp and none have won! You will fall like the rest!” He made the first move by slamming his staff down on the two dragons. They dodged his attack and made their way behind him as Cynder noticed the witch doctor’s exposed backside, she had a sly grin,
“He should watch his back all right.” Seeing this opportunity, she used her shadow breath on Doctor Shemp’s exposed backside causing the witch doctor to jump up in shock. His backside was now on fire as he ran to the next platform with the dragons in pursuit. Shemp managed to put out the fire on his backside as he glared at the two, “You were lucky, but you won't catch the Great Doctor Shemp off guard again!”
Spyro looked at Cynder, who sported a confident look and then back to the Witch Doctor, “We’ll make you eat those words!”
Doctor Shemp angrily attempted to slam his staff down on the dragons again, only for the two to dodge and evade his attack. The witch doctor attempted to swing his staff at Cynder, only for the black dragoness to dodge it once again, leaving his rear open to Spyro as the purple dragon used his fire breath on the boss as the frantic witch doctor jumped in pain and ran to the third platform as the duo pursued him once again.
When they caught up with him, the witch doctor said nothing and proceeded to bring the staff down on the dragons a third time, but he executed a spin attack. While he was spinning, his backside was exposed which the dragons noticed whilst dodging his attack. Spyro and Cynder took the initiative and attacked Doctor Shemp with both Fire and Shadow. This combined attack was enough to finish that boaster off once and for all.
Smolder was intrigued by Spyro's story, in fact the only thing that dragons mostly do is fight for their own turf, hoard lots of treasure and destroy trespassers. But these dragons are more civilized and had different classifications. Artisans were masters of art and architecture while the Peacekeepers were more militaristic and keep the peace in the Dragon Realm.
Scootaloo asked, “So Doctor Shemp is like Trixie?” Spyro sighed, “He’s like her, but more annoying and didn't rely on his staff attacks.”
The young dragon spoke, “I have to admit, the dragons are very interesting. Each are very unique in their own way.”
Sparx, who was lounging on her head spoke, “We still had three more dragon worlds to save before moving on to Gnasty Gnorc. Although the Peacekeepers were grateful of our success...well, I was kind of a big deal back on Tall Plains.”
Spyro sighed, “Sparx, we still had a job to do and a realm to save.” The dragonfly understood this as he said, “Okay, now about our next destination, brother?”
The purple dragon continued, “Our next realm is the home of the most magically-inclined dragon species, The Magic Crafters.”
Smolder recognized the name, “Wait a minute, I remember hearing something about them.”
Spyro asked, “What do you know about them?” The dragoness thought about it for a second before saying, “I remember seeing a group of ponies looking over a dragon statue that was teeming with magic. The ponies studying it mentioned them.”
Spyro recognized it, “That was an artifact created by the Magic Crafters. The ponies have been studying the artifacts and learning more on dragon magic.”
Sweetie Belle asked, “What was the Magic Crafters Home like?”
Spyro described, “It was high on the mountain peaks, the dragons are mostly shy and prefer to keep to themselves. But when we arrived at the Magic Crafters Home, an old friend of ours was trapped in crystal as well.”
Upon arriving at the mountainous region, the balloonist spoke, “Things have gotten worse since Gnasty froze the dragons. Those pesky thieves stole most of the eggs from this realm and right now you have to get them back.”
Sparx spoke for the two, “Right, just look for the guys in blue? Got it!”
As they disembarked, Spyro noticed an egg thief taunting them from the corridor. Thanks to careful planning, they outsmarted the blue thief and got the egg back. They soon went to the end of the corridor and rescued a frozen dragon. But this dragon was an ice dragon and very familiar to the three,
“Ugh, that dastardly gnorc had to stir up trouble for us all.” He noticed, “Ah, Spyro, Cynder, I wondered when you two would return.”
Spyro was surprised, “Cyril, what are you doing here?”
The ice dragon stated, “Cosmos, the leader of the Magic Crafters sent a message to Dragon City, requesting our presence here. I assume that he was going to use one of the artifacts to locate you. But I guess that’s no longer an issue.”
Cynder realized, “Us?” Cyril sighed, “Volteer and Terrador came along as well. But we separated after our arrival.”
Spyro recalled, “We didn’t find them in the Artisan or Peacekeeper realm.”
Cyril, curious on the whereabouts of his colleagues suggested, “They must have been in the next two worlds around the time that gnorc decided to make trouble. In fact, as you all know with the dragon frozen, the unhatched dragon eggs are now fair game to those despicable blue thieves. Especially in the Magic Crafter Realm.”
Spyro knew all too well what they had to do, “Find the thieves and rescue the eggs. We’ll also rescue any other dragons that were frozen by Gnasty Gnorc.”
As the young dragons left, the ice dragon warned, “Careful, you two. Gnasty Gnorc has another one of his henchmen watching over this realm.”
Cynder assured him, “We’ve dealt with two already, but thanks for the heads up.”
Spyro soon told his listeners about his journey through the Magic Crafter Realm. The journey consisted of him fighting the Tornado Wizards and Metal-Back Spiders at High Caves with Fairies helping him up in case he falls while chasing two thieves. Cynder fought the Druids and their Beasts at the Alpine Ridge while chasing an egg thief. The two went to Wizard Peak and fought off the Ice Gnorcs and Armored Druids while utilizing the supercharge panels scattered around the peak. It was there that they learned of a secret in the Artisan Home by the waterfall from one of the dragons they rescued. So, they took a detour back to the Artisan Home and found the waterfall that the dragon mentioned.
“That waterfall hid a portal to a speedway.” said Spyro.
Scootaloo remembered, “Whirlwind told us about those places. I bet Rainbow Dash can clear those places in 10 seconds flat!”
Sparx sighed, “Right, because that speedster would love to try out the race courses.”
After conquering the speedways in the other realms as well as the speedway in Magic Crafters, the dragons soon moved on to the boss of this realm. A creature created by Gnasty himself resides in a mountain fortress guarded by Weather Wizards and Green Druids. Although the wizards and druids were meant to stop the dragons from reaching the boss, they were no match for the dragons as they blew through the defenses, reclaimed the stolen treasure and rescued the dragon, Altair before confronting the boss who was a Magic Crafter with a crystal ball, feathery wings and was curious about the two dragons despite thanking them by name after he was freed.
After that, they went to confront Gnasty’s creation, Blowhard who appeared as a green torso, complete with arms and head. He wore a witch's hat and had a long orange beard. His lower body consisted of a whirlwind. The wind sorcerer attack the dragons with lightning and generated thunderclouds to defend himself. The dragons dodged his attack while waiting for the opportunity to strike. Their moment came when the sorcerer dropped to ground level as Spyro attacked with his fire breath. After the initial attack, Blowhard decided to make a run for it, but Spyro and Cynder weren’t going to let him get away. They chased him across his realm as Cynder landed her attack on him as he fled a second time until they had him cornered. Blowhard tried to fight back, but he was no match for two highly-trained dragons. After Spyro and Cynder struck him with a charge, the supporting whirlwind flattened out and was knocked out.
Spyro had told them about his journey through the Magic Crafters Realm as Sweetie Belle spoke,
“Wow, that place must’ve been amazing to see. I wish I could go there and see it without those druids and wizards crawling around.”
Smolder was curious, “That’s something you don’t normally associate with dragons since we’re not usually associated with magic.”
Spyro stated, “And yet, you have four dragon oracles that are known for magic even when they are statues.” He soon spoke in a different language, “Zu'u etaak tal nol iidah nau dovah himdah”
Smolder was surprised by the purple dragon speaking in a language that was spoken by the Oracles. Although she remembered that the Skylanders played a part in the defense when Malefor attacked the Dragon Lands. She sighed in that language, “Zu'u mindoraan tol hin fahdon sav dii hofkiin. Zu'u dreh ni really mindok druv Zu'u lost drun het, nuz nii vust kos fah nuft.”
The CMC were confused by the sudden shift in language between the two dragons as Applebloom asked, “What was that?”
Spyro told them, “That’s for another time.” He turned back to the young dragon, “Smolder, Magic and Dragons have always been linked together. From the Oracles of the Dragon Lands to the Ancestral Dragons of Ancient Times. I'm sure you’ve heard of Spotlight and Blackout’s ‘unique ability’ during the Dream War?”
Smolder couldn't forget what she saw when she first met the two. Before she and Sparx walked into the portal chamber, the dragonfly gave her the tour of the training ground only to see Spotlight and Blackout as the Blue Eyes White Dragon and Red Eyes Black Dragon working in tandem against the training dummies, both Grublin and Troll War Machines. Even though she was a dragon herself, the very sight of dragons that could put a hoarder to shame was scary. It was after she saw them shift back to normal that secretly amazed her. The young dragoness nodded as Spyro continued,
“Those are the Ancestral Dragons, the precursor of the Purple Dragons, before Spike, me and even Malefor himself.”
Sweetie Belle spoke up, “What happened to them?” Spyro shook his head, “No one knows what happened. Some legends say that the Ancestral Dragons died out after Malefor turned evil and raised their temples to the ground while some say that the dragons went into hiding after Malefor began the war, waiting for the day that they will rise again once peace has been restored and Malefor is defeated for good. They didn't return when Cynder and I beat him the first time, assuming that they were extinct, but the rumors of their presence lives on. Some of the artifacts from the Magic Crafters Home date back to the Ancestral dragons.”
Applebloom was curious about these precursor dragons, but she wanted to know more about the next realm, “Where did you go next?”
Spyro sighed, “A swamp.” Scootaloo asked, “Why were you in a swamp?”
Sparx pointed out, “Besides the fact that we were raised in a swamp?”
The dragon stated, “This swamp is the home of the next group of dragons known as the Beast Makers.”
The Beast Maker dragons are responsible for bringing forth all new species of creatures living in the world. They choose to live in swamps, in tumble-down wood platforms, on stilts in the mud flats and in hollowed-out trees in the thick forests. Here they can find natural claw, roots and other materials to do their work. But around the time that Spyro and Cynder arrived at the swamp, Sparx took a deep breath and felt a deep sense of nostalgia,
“Ah, the swamp. It feels like home eh, Spyro?”
Spyro felt it too, remembering the swamp he and Sparx were raised in when he thought he was dragonfly. But to see the swamp inhabited by Gnasty Gnorc’s minions is not only sad, but hideous. The two dragons and dragonfly made their way across the electrified floors while taking out the gnorcs responsible for it and reached the first dragon in the Beast Maker’s realm. Upon stepping on the pedestal, the dragon statue broke apart as expected, but what they didn’t expect was the dragon itself, he was big, had green scales and the tail tip was a spiked ball. He had the build of a warrior - a warrior that both Spyro and Cynder recognized by name.
“Terrador!”
The Earth Guardian shook off the effects of the spell and noticed, “Spyro, Cynder! It’s good to see you again. Although there’s no doubt that you know about Gnasty Gnorc’s little scheme.”
Sparx buzzed up, “Yeah, we’ve already rescued Cyril back at the Magic Crafters realm.”
Terrador understood, “Then I guess you know why we were here since you never came back to Warfang.”
Spyro decided to ask, “How long have we been gone?”
“It’s been five years since you three went off to wipe out the remnants.”
Cynder was shocked, “Five years?! We’ve been gone that long?”
The older dragon nodded before saying, “Many things have changed since you’ve been gone. But now Spyro, Cynder, it's your duty to restore peace to the Dragon Kingdom by rescuing the dragons and defeating Gnasty Gnorc and his lieutenants.”
Spyro asked, “But this swamp...what happened here?” Terrador pointed a wing out to the swamp, “This swamp was once the home of the Beast Makers, but its current state is what Gnasty Gnorc did when he took over. He turned the Beast Maker’s Swamp into an electrified wasteland and the local dragons claimed that their swamp was beautiful before Gnasty moved in.”
“I’m sure it was.”
After Terrador left, Spyro and Cynder separated to tackle different areas of the Beast Maker Realm. Spyro was in Terrace Village, sanitizing the village of all gnorcs and stopping the gnorcs using the electrified floors while rescuing the dragons in that area.
Cynder was in the Misty Bog, which looked like a nice place to be, if it wasn’t infested with boars, gnorcs and attack frogs which one of the freed dragons, Rosco claimed to be ‘Cold-Blooded Killers’ which the dragoness took to planning a strategy for those frogs. Cynder used her shadow breath before the frogs attacked her which proved to be an effective method to deal with them.
The most challenging area that both Spyro and Cynder had to do was Tree Tops, since as its name implies, is up in the large trees of the Beast Makers. But the challenging part is using the supercharge ramps to get to higher and further places where they couldn’t get to by gliding. It took Spyro and Cynder several tries to find all of the treasure, chase down the thieves and get to a remote island where the dragon, Jed was frozen. After freeing him, they’ve shown a bit of irritation for the remote area that he got stuck in.
After that, Spyro went to do the speedway before he and Cynder went to confront the fourth lieutenant, Metalhead.
Metalhead’s Realm was a wasteland filled with those monkey-like enemies from Treetops and toxic waste pits. Spyro and Cynder fought their way through these enemies while retrieving the gems along the way until they came across another trapped dragon. After they freed the dragon, Sadiki, he gave the dragons a hint about their foe,
“Metalhead is all charged up to meet you. Attacking the power poles should disrupt his power supply.”
Spyro realized, “No power to him means he can’t attack.”
Cynder added, “And if he can’t attack, we can beat him.”
The duo went to battle their foe, Metalhead, who is a robot with a shiny bulk, a saw blade in the shape of a mohawk on top of his head and an arm cannon on his left arm. The robot spots them and starts firing the cannon at the two dragons before tossing one of those monkeys towards them. They dodged his attacks as the large monkey hit one of the power pylons, shattering it. The robot sparked a bit before throwing an armored banana boy towards the dragons only for Spyro to take any banana boys and strong arms as Cynder destroyed the other pylons.
When Metalhead realized that the pylons were down, he ran to the next area with the dragons in pursuit. The robot stopped at the second chamber which was a wider, outdoors area with nine pylons surrounding it. Spyro kept the robot busy while Cynder went to destroy the power pylons when they open. It was a difficult battle, it was definitely not like Toasty, Dr. Shemp or Blowhard since the robot seems to hold his ground. Metalhead was more formidable than most bosses, but this also proves that Gnasty was capable of building a robot. But the downside was that Metalhead had to be powered by those pylons, so he can’t leave his realm. As soon as the pylons were destroyed, the robot toppled over and blew up. Spyro and Cynder obtained the gems from Metalhead’s realm and returned to the Beast Makers Realm.
They were surprised by the battle against Metalhead as well as the Beast Makers Swamp. Smolder was intrigued,
“I guess not all dragons live in volcanic areas. From what you say, these dragons have a lot more places to live in.”
Applebloom spoke, “Not to mention that the Beast Makers create new creatures.”
Scootaloo realized, “Just like we’re doing with Imaginators!”
Sweetie Belle was excited, “I never really thought of that.”
The fillies and dragoness were excited to hear more on Spyro’s story of the struggle against the evil Gnasty Gnorc. Scootaloo was anxious,
“This is amazing, you’ve traveled all over the Dragon Kingdom in your world, kicked flank, took names and rescued those dragons that were frozen by Gnasty. When do you get to the part where you finally torch him?”
Spyro assured her, “One thing at a time, Cynder and I still had one last Dragon Realm to save.”
Sweetie Belle was curious, “What was it?”
“The Realm where Blackout first entered the Waking World and where he and Spotlight first met.”
The CMC thought about it, meaning that Spotlight and Blackout were involved in this realm. They began to think back to the story that the head librarian of the Eternal Archives, Wiggleworth told them of the origins of Spotlight and Blackout and how they saved the Waking World in the First Dream War until one word came into mind, the realm where the First Dream War reached a turning point in favor of the dreamers as the three called out,
“THE DREAM WEAVERS!”
Smolder was confused about what they said as she asked, “The Dream What?”
Spyro stated, “The Dream Weavers are the dragons that are the peacekeepers of the night and experts on dream magic. From their island in the clouds, they wander through the dreams of other creatures of the world, making sure no nightmares bother dragons while they're asleep. Anyone who has bad dreams at night can call on these Dragons for help.”
Smolder couldn't believe what she was hearing from him; Artistic Dragons, Desert dwelling Enforcer Dragons, Magic Dragons, Swamp-dwelling Dragons that create various creatures and now there are dragons that can traverse the dreams of others? If anyone else told her about this back home, she would've laughed, but she's hearing it from Spyro, a dragon that’s not from Equis and has been there before. The dragoness spoke,
“Dragons that can go into the dreams of others...now I’ve seen everything.”
Sparx spoke, “Trust me on this; the Dream Weavers are known for what they do. Even Princess Luna would travel to their realm all the time and was given the name ‘Dream Walker’ by many of those dragons.”
“I never knew how powerful these Avalar Dragons are. But dream weaving dragons is something that's out of the ordinary for hoarding dragons.”
Spyro understood that some of the dragons on Equis are not all reliant on the Dragon Oracles and are more loyal to the next batch of gems they steal. But the teachings of the Oracles have shown a bit of enlightenment as some of the dragons agreed to leave their volcanic region in hopes of peace. It wasn't until Scootaloo asked,
“What happened in the Dream Weavers World?”
Spyro knew that it was time to continue the story as he told them about his adventures in the Realm of the Dream Weavers.
As the two dragons disembarked from their balloon, they were in awe to see the Dream Weavers Home for the first time as Spyro pointed out,
“Until today, I’ve never seen the Dream Weavers or their home.”
Cynder was amazed by the sight of this realm, “It’s beautiful up here.”
The balloonist spoke, “These elaborate castles and temples on the grassy knolls, as well as crystallized structures were built by the Dream Weavers during Ancient Times. These dragons mainly use them for resting, playing, and practicing their arts. There are many pools of water around here and they confusingly fall up instead of down, swirling in a circle where they collect. The sky itself is a plethora of colors, constantly changing with the clouds as they pass by. There are sparkling funnels of air that can carry passengers to each island safely, use these to your advantage to get across this realm. But watch out for the Fools, they’ve been wandering around a lot more since Gnasty began making his move around here.”
“Thanks for ruining the moment.” This marked the second time that her moment with Spyro was ruined due to being brought back to reality of all the dangers that darted around the realm.
Spyro looked at the balloonist, “We will!”
As the balloon left, the two dragons made their way towards the first island that had a portal near on it. There was also an enemy on a nearby island firing a cannon at the fools that wander the islands. Spyro and Cynder witnessed the first fool that was close to the portal get hit by a blast from the cannon, but instead of destroying it - it changed to a much larger size as it made it immune to their charge attacks. Spyro got close to the large fool as it attempted to attack the dragon by slapping him, but to no avail since Spyro dodged and opened up with a flame attack - knocking the large foe into the pool of water near the portal. Cynder looked up at that fool on the cannon and sighed,
“We're not going to get anywhere in this world unless we take out that fool on the cannon.”
Spyro nodded as he and Cynder jumped to the next island and spotted several armored fools, three of them are in a line while two larger ones were blocking a flight of stairs as they waved their arms and blabbered about. They knew that they definitely have to take out that fool on the cannon in order to bring those two down a notch. But that wasn’t necessary to take down those two when something happened.
Something behind the armored enemies blew up in sparks as the large enemies were electrocuted, which increased due to their armored breastplates and poofed into gems. When that was said and done, the two dragons looked went to the now-opened passageway and saw, sitting at the top of the stairs was the cause of the electric explosion as Spyro yelled,
“Volteer!”
The older dragon noticed them, “Spyro, Cynder? I had almost given up hope! Although, seeing the state of the Dream Weaver’s Realm in a state of chaos is evidence of Gnasty Gnorc’s doing. As well as your presence at this very moment…”
Sparx buzzed up to him, “Okay, okay, we get it! Gnasty’s caused all sorts of problems in the five worlds and it also released us from being frozen for five years.”
The electric dragon knew this, “Well, I suppose that explains why you are here.”
Cynder asked, “When we were in the Magic Crafter and Beast Maker home, Cyril and Terrador were frozen, so we had to rescue them. How are you not frozen?”
“Well, for some unexpected and unexplained reason, I was the only one to escape Gnasty’s spell as the fools went berserk.”
“How is that possible?”
Spyro spoke, “It’s strange as well. Maybe his Electricity power shielded him from Gnasty’s spell.”
Volteer was curious, “Although, I would like to understand why I wasn't frozen, you need to find the rest of the Dream Weavers. I’ve already freed Lateef, the leader of the Dream Weavers and he knew of your eventual return and told me to pass on this piece of information of this world.” The Guardian cleared his throat before stating,
“While chasing Gnasty’s minions in this world, you must expect the unexpected and prepare for what is not there.”
Sparx groaned, “My head was already hurting from these cryptic riddles!” Spyro understood this, “It means we’ll be fighting against enemies that we would only see in our dreams.”
Cynder knew of this, “It makes sense since we are in the Dream Weavers Realm.”
After introductions between the guardian and the two dragons, Spyro and Cynder split off to the various other realms within the Dream Weavers World. Spyro went off to battle the enemies of Dark Passage while knocking the fools back and turning them into lamps in order for the light to be bright so the monsters like the devil dog and armored turtles won’t be in a spot to harm him. He also noticed that there were more dragons in this realm than anywhere else.
Cynder went to Lofty Castle to battle the Gnorc Balloonists, Devilish Cupids and Puffer Birds that get in the black dragon’s way. She used her shadow breath to pop the balloons holding the gnorcs up, causing them to fall while dodging the arrows from those demonic cupids. Not only was she rescuing the three dragons, she was also freeing the trapped fairies in order to progress further into the castle.
Both Spyro and Cynder soon traveled to the Haunted Towers as they battled the Wizards in order to prevent them from bringing the discarded pieces of armor to life and block their path. The dragons met a few fairies which used their magic to augment their fire breath, temporarily giving them the ability to flame metal. They used this ability to break down the metal doors and destroy the living armored suits that the Wizards brought to life. They even had to quickly reach and destroy a wizard that was at the top of the tower before his magic reanimates all the armored suits so they wouldn't reach him. After they done him in, they rescued a purple fairy which gave them an infinite enhanced flame breath until they leave Haunted Towers. They hit the speedway course of the Dream Weaver’s World before going to confront the fifth and final lieutenant of Gnasty Gnorc - Jacques.
Spyro and Cynder arrived at a nightmarish volcanic landscape riddled with monsters and those clock fools from before. Spyro looked around the place and felt a bit cautious about it as Cynder asked,
“Spyro, what’s wrong?”
Spyro sighed, “It’s just seeing this place reminds me too much of the Burned Lands.”
Cynder knew what he meant, “You almost lost yourself after Ignitus sacrificed himself to get us passed the Belt of Fire.”
“But you were right, Ignitus would still want us to press on and follow our heart. It never failed us before and it won’t fail us now.”
Sparx was curious until he remembered that Ignitus never returned after getting Spyro and Cynder through the Belt of Fire. He remembered the Guardians mourning the loss of their old friend after Spyro and Cynder defeated Malefor. Sparx decided to add,
“If Ignitus were here, he would say that you two have achieved so much since you’ve been together. When you two are together, you fight as one.”
Spyro was amazed by the dragonfly’s words, “That was good advice, Sparx.”
“Well I did listen to some of the words that Ignitus said to you.” He points towards the area with the monsters, “Come on, let’s hunt down this last boss and then torch Gnasty’s butt!”
The dragons and dragonfly pressed on into the volcanic region, battling armored horrors, giant pansies and racing against the clock fools’ times to jump from platform to platform, collecting the treasure in this world before rescuing not one, but two dragons that were frozen, Unika and Revilo. Revilo was a local knitter who was actually knitting around his whole body. Spyro asked,
“Any advice before this battle?”
The knitter stated, “Advice before fighting Jacques? Hm… a wise dragon once told me ‘Aim high in life, but watch out for flying boxes.’” After that, Revilo took off.
Sparx asked, “What kind of advice is that?”
Cynder spoke, “He may be onto something, Sparx.” Spyro thought, “Aim high in life, but watch out for flying boxes…”
“The flying boxes may refer to Jacques’ method of attack.”
“And ‘Aim high in life’ refers to a jump and flame strike, meaning that we need to be on his level to strike.”
The dragons soon moved towards a battle arena where the most disturbing and craziest thing they have ever seen stood before them.
It was a fool that was more of a jack in the box with spring included. It had a demonic green face, sharp teeth, freaky grin and was all in all disturbing. The thing looked at them and spoke,
“So...you are the ones ruining all the fun in this world? I have worked so hard to ensure that the dragons are contained and everyone could have fun in their dreams.”
Spyro stated, “You’re actually causing nightmares to several innocent people in the Dragon Realm. The Dream Weavers are there to stop nightmares from making the dreamer too afraid to sleep.”
The jack in the box asked, “Oh? But I suppose the female has had terrible nightmares of her dark past? Gnasty knows about this and you can tell your dear ‘Uncle Jacques’ about it.”
Cynder stated, “I’m not proud of who I was. But I’m not going to let a twisted fool like you use my past to make me fear myself! As long as Spyro and Sparx are with me…”
They all spoke, “We fight as One!”
Jacques laughed, “Oh, this is going to be so much fun. Almost as fun when I deliver you both to Gnasty Gnorc for a bounty that he has on your heads!”
Jacques sprung out to a pink box as he began to throw boxes at them. The dragons dodged the flying boxes as they took Revilo’s advice as Spyro kept the demented Jack in the box busy while Cynder snuck up from behind and opened up with her shadow breath. The shadow fire had struck Jacques as the enemy realized that he was hit and fled to another box, forcing the dragons to come after him.
They chased the twisted jack in the box to the next box as he stated, “Now that smarts.”
Cynder declared, “Enjoy it, green face! That's the only smarts that your going to have!”
Jacques prepared another box, “You lizards are about to get boxed!” But as the demented fool threw the box, Spyro appeared behind him and performed a new move - the Flame Spin as it hit Jacques as the fool screamed in frustration as he fled to a floating platform with the dragons in pursuit once again.
When they caught up with him, he was standing on a third pink box, holding a small box in both hands as he yelled,
“You think you can come into MY realm, destroy MY minions, take MY treasure, ruin MY fun and get away with it?!”
The dragons were going to speak until the jack in the box continued, “Wrong Answer! Gnasty will rid this realm of the dragons! Banish them like they did to him, to Shemp and to Me!” He twirled the boxes in his hands, “Oh I'm going to enjoy bringing a world of hurt upon you two before delivering your broken bodies to Gnasty! He wi-”
He was soon cut off when a small yellow arm delivered a powerful punch to Jacques’ green face as the jack in the box spun around for a bit before slumping over on his spring and went poof. When Spyro and Cynder saw Jacques’ unexpected demise, they looked at the culprit behind it all. The culprit behind the defeat of the demented jack in the box turned out to be none other than Sparx as the dragonfly rubbed his fist. He looked at them and said,
“What? He was talking too much and that green face was just asking for a punch in the mouth.”
Spyro sighed, “At least that shut him up.”
Cynder collected the remaining treasure that Jacques dropped, “At least we get his treasure and the Dream Weavers are now free.”
“You punched his lights out?!” Smolder asked, looking at Sparx.
Sparx boasted, “Yeah I did and that jack in the box never saw me coming!”
Spyro smirked, “That’s the second time Sparx punched someone’s lights out. The first was that yapping bird that was with those pirates during Malefor’s conflict.”
“I did learn those dragonfly powers, but nothing compares to a good punch.”
Scootaloo pointed out, “I’m surprised that you were able to punch him in the face to finish him off.”
Sparx smiled, “Don't judge a book by its cover, Scoots. Spyro and I have a fair share of enemies that underestimated us.”
The listeners were intrigued by the story and of some of the stuff that they did in the story. But they remembered that Spyro and Cynder's quest was to reach Gnasty Gnorc, beat him and restore peace to the Dragon Realm. Sweetie Belle asked,
“What about Gnasty Gnorc? I thought you were going after him?”
Spyro stated, “Cynder and I knew that since we took care of his lieutenants, we knew for certain that Gnasty would be next.” He took a deep breath and continued, “We found the balloonist that transported us to Gnasty's World - The Gnorc Gnexus and believe it or not - that's where we first met Flynn.”
As the balloon reached their destination, the balloonist stated, “And here we are, the Gnorc Gnexus, home to the big bad and mostly ugly and not-as-handsome, Gnasty Gnorc. I have to admit, this is not the friendliest of places, but you needed to get here to face him and I wouldn’t stop ya.”
Spyro stated, “Thank you…” The balloonist replied, “Flynn the Balloonist, Best Pilot in all of Skylands.”
Cynder shrugged, “Well the title for ‘Best Pilot’ could be debatable.”
Flynn sighed, “That’s what my cousin Amos said.”
Sparx noted, “So I’m guessing that you’re full of yourself?”
“Hey, one of these days, I am going to be the best pilot and a great hero in Skylands! BOOM!”
“Well, you’re standing next to great heroes, the former god of Tall Plains and Slayers of Malefor.”
“Heroes known throughout Skylands, but I’m going to be the best pilot that Skylands has ever known.”
“Well look where that got him today.” said Scootaloo.
“I can’t believe he was like that, way back then!” spoke Sweetie Belle.
“Ah could only imagine what shenanigans that he did while on his quest for being the best pilot.” laughed Applebloom.
“Flynn was that cat guy who was with that pancaked unicorn at the Library in Ponyville?” asked Smolder.
Spyro realized, “Yes and the reason behind Twilight being a pancake is that she has this ‘Secret Lab’ underneath her library which is accessible through her closet. Depending on the situation, she would use it with either Flynn or her boyfriend Pop Fizz, but when she has Flynn as her lab assistant and she would have him pull the lever to her lab. But everytime he pulls the wrong lever and she would end up falling down trapdoors, hit by a crusher, giant corn, snowman, giant piranha, etc. and she would say ‘Wrong Lever’ or ‘Other Lever’ and he would pull the correct lever.”
Sparx winced, “Ouch, she took that much from his antics.”
“It was something out of a comedy movie with a villain and a bumbling assistant.”
Smolder winced, “Ouch.”
Spyro sighed, “Anyway, back to the story. After Flynn dropped us off, we went to the trapped dragon in the center of the platform that had dragon heads around the platform.”
Cynder had stepped on the pedestal as the trapped dragon they freed, revealed to be Delbin from the Artisan Home as the dragoness asked,
“Wait, didn’t we free you already?”
“You did, but me and a few other dragons attempted to face Gnasty Gnorc and we ended up getting trapped again.” Delbin admitted.
Sparx sighed, “Right, just leave him to us, okay?” Spyro asked, “How do we get to Gnasty himself?”
The painter pointed to the dragon head behind him, “The portal to Gnasty’s lair has been sealed and only him and his followers are allowed in.” He pointed to the open portal, “But there’s a way to bypass it. You and Cynder need to reach the end of Gnorc Cove and Twilight Harbor in order to make the center head think that you are one of his followers. Then you can challenge the Gnorc himself!”
Spyro looked at the portal to Gnorc Cove, “Just one more push to go before the final battle.”
Delbin warned, “Be warned, young ones. Gnasty’s World is more advanced than the other realms, the enemies use guns, TNT and all kinds of tools. Keep your distance and strike when there’s a break in their fire.”
Cynder finished for the group, “We will.” She then looked at Spyro, who then looked at Sparx who had both fists up with magic as all three looked at the portal as Spyro stated,
“We’re coming for you, Gnasty Gnorc!” The group ran into the portal as Spyro and Cynder traversed around the dangerous harbors, oil platforms and bases of Gnasty’s World. The Gnorc Soldiers and Commandos tried their best to stop the dragons, but they were blasted into the water by Sparx’s fire and ice based attacks, thanks to most of the butterflies that were fed to him. They rescued a few more dragons and collected all of the treasure at Gnorc Cove, reached the exit vortex and made their way to Twilight Harbor.
When they reached the harbor, Spyro and Cynder went to work on carving their way through the Gnorc soldiers, Commandos and Dock Workers throwing TNT barrels and metal barrels intending to crush them. The dragons weaved through the Gnorcs, beat them, rescued the dragons that were trapped and collected every last piece of treasure in the harbor as they made their way to the exit vortex. When they returned to the Gnorc Gnexus, the second dragon head opened up, revealing the portal to Gnasty’s lair. As they stood at the portal to Gnasty’s Lair, Spyro looked at Cynder and asked,
“Are you ready for this?”
The dragoness stated, “After Malefor, I’m ready for anything.”
Sparx added, “Hey, if you guys can handle a dragon with the same powers, an ambitious gnorc should be a cakewalk.”
The dragons soon entered the portal, making their way to Gnasty's Lair to face the Gnorc himself.
Once they arrived at Gnasty's Lair, which was a large arena with an open path, a locked door, a chuckling thief with the key and a balcony, occupied by the Gnorc himself as the foe stated,
“Well well well, what have we here? The dragons, Spyro and Cynder, I must admit that I never thought I would meet you two face-to-face. I could've planned out everything all the down to pre-selling the movie rights.”
Spyro yelled, “Gnasty Gnorc, you're scheme ends here and it ends now!”
Cynder joined, “It's all over, Gnasty. The Dragon Kingdom is free of your lieutenants and it's between you and us.”
The gnorc sneered, “Those overgrown lizards made the mistake of banishing me to this junkyard of a wasteland. But this land is my home and I plan to expand it by showing your kind that they need to know their true place and I will have my revenge!”
Sparx buzzed around him, “Well, we're the only ones standing between you and your revenge! Put em up, Gnasty Gnorc!”
Gnasty swung his mace around trying to hit the dragonfly, only to miss as Sparx taunted him and called him ‘ugly.’ Gnasty was angry at the dragonfly’s remarks as Sparx buzzed back to the dragons while the gnorc powered up his mace.
“PREPARE TO MEET YOUR MAKER, YOU LIZARDS AND MOSQUITO!”
He shot a green blast at them which they easily avoided as the dragons spread out as they noticed the gnorc’s elevated position as Spyro spoke,
“He's too high for us to attack! We need to find a way to bring us up to his level!”
Cynder was dodging Gnasty's blasts when she noticed the thief with the key near the doorway,
“Spyro, I remember seeing two locks on his platform and a locked door nearby. If we can get the keys from that thief and the one behind the door we should be able to unlock his platform!”
“Good thinking, Cynder. We’ll take the thieves together! Sparx, distract Gnasty Gnorc, get in his face and make him angry.”
Sparx, although a little annoyed that he was the bait, saluted, “Right behind you, buddy!”
The dragons went after the thief while the dragonfly went to Gnasty himself as he buzzed around, annoying the gnorc as he attempted to swat at him with his mace as he taunted,
“Oh, so close!” The gnorc swung his mace again and Sparx just buzzed away while holding a small drinking cup with Spyro’s head on the side, “Haven't worked up a sweat, but still famished.”
Gnasty growled, “Hold still, you little Mosquito!” He swung at him again as Sparx utilized a dragonfly fire ability which he used on Gnasty's rear end as the gnorc jumped in shock, “That was just a spark compared to what my friends have in store for you!”
Meanwhile the dragons were chasing the first thief across the halls of Gnasty’s Lair as they used their method which helped them deal with the previous thieves before. Spyro chases the thief while Cynder ambushes the thief in a surprise attack. The ambush surprised the thief as the green clad man was thrown off track which put him in range of Spyro’s Flame Breath, defeating the thief and getting the first key to Gnasty’s Platform. The dragons appeared back to the arena where they saw Gnasty getting frustrated over the constant torture that Sparx was putting him through.
“I guess Sparx is doing a good job with distracting him.” ,laughed Cynder.
Spyro smiled, “He's just as annoying as he was during the war and that's why we love him.” Spyro flew over to the door and opened it to reveal the second green thief with the key. The thief spotted the dragons and took off as the purple dragon yelled,
“Let's get that key, Cynder!”
“Right behind you, Spyro!”
It didn't take long for the dragons to catch up and torch the thief. Now that they have the two keys, they flew to Gnasty's platform and used the keys to lower it to their level. Gnasty freaked out and yelled,
“YOU TRICKED ME!” Spyro declared, “You can still step down, Gnasty. It's over!”
The gnorc pointed his mace at them, “Nothing's over when I’m still on my feet!”
“Kind of hoped you'd say that.”
Gnasty soon turned tail and ran with Spyro and Cynder in pursuit. While the gnorc was big, he was surprisingly fast and he would stop at a pedestal to try to attack the dragons, but he would run off soon after. Spyro and Cynder knew that Gnasty would try a tactical retreat, so they were pursuing him and they were not going to stop until Gnasty was brought to justice. They chased him all over his lair as the gnorc took five laps until Cynder used her Shadow Breath on Gnasty when he tried to attack them again. Shaken from the attack, Gnasty Gnorc fled down a tunnel that opened up. The dragons pursued him through the tunnel as it opened up to a lava room with platforms as the gnorc hopped across the platforms while the dragons glided to each platform.
The bad part was that they were on a time limit since the platforms began retracting towards the wall. They made it a priority to not stay on a platform for more than 5 seconds. By the time they reached Gnasty, all of the platforms have retracted into the wall. The gnorc glared at the dragons as he roared while firing a spell towards them which made them scatter. Gnasty wanted to turn Spyro and Cynder into ashes as he blocked the dragoness’ melee attacks and attempted to flatten her with his mace. Only for Spyro to use his flame breath on the gnorc’s butt as he jumped in shock - throwing his mace up into the air. Spyro had joined Cynder and Sparx as they saw Gnasty put out the fire on his butt - only to get knocked out by his own mace as the dragons stated,
“YOU’RE TOAST, GNORC!”
Spyro, Cynder and Sparx returned to the Artisan home where the interviewers greeted them as Spyro spoke,
“Sorry we took so long. We almost forgot about you guys.”
The interviewer asked, “What about Ga-Nasty Gna-Norc?”
Cynder took that question, “Gnasty Gnorc is toast and won't be causing trouble for some time.”
The interviewer asked his next question regarding the outcome, “So now there’s order again in the Dragon Kingdom?”
“Not necessarily…” Spyro stated, “We still have some treasure that we need to find.”
The last question spoke, “Then what will you do next?”
They were going to say something until an annoying sheep was interrupting the interview by getting into the camera. Sparx decided enough was enough and used his dragonfly fire power to send the animal flying as he said,
“I say the Sky’s the Limit!” The dragons soon left to continue their search.
“So after all that fighting and rescuing the dragons, you were not ready to call it an adventure?” asked Scootaloo.
“Gnasty stole a lot of treasure from the dragons to make his minions, so we still needed to find the treasure. But luckily we didn’t need to look far.” ,replied Spyro.
Smolder asked, “What happened?”
Sparx sighed, “Well we went back to Gnasty’s World and re-rescued Magnus while stating that Gnasty is ancient history.”
Spyro continued, “When we asked Magnus about the last closed dragon head, he stated that it led to Gnasty’s Treasure Hoard, but it would only open unless we collected everything in the Realm.”
“And lucky for us, we were way ahead of that tip.” ,spoke a new voice as the black dragon, Cynder appeared from the Portal of Power.
Spyro looked at her, “Cynder, you’re just in time for the part when we went into Gnasty’s Loot.”
“Telling stories without me, Spyro?”
“Yeah, sorry for not letting you know.”
“That’s okay, I was kind of busy helping out Rubble Rouser and his team at Summer Forest.”
Smolder asked, “So you went into Gnasty’s Loot and took all of the treasure from it?”
Cynder looked at the young dragon, “It was more complicated than that since Gnasty had several Key Thieves steal the keys to the doors. We had to catch the thieves, grab the keys to get to the treasure.”
Spyro pointed out, “We did have to chase down a bunch of thieves that were in planes. Apparently the magic of that realm temporarily gave us the power to fly again.”
Sparx snickered, “When we came up to the highest point of the area, we entered Gnasty’s room that was filled with many things, like a portrait of himself and a bunch of motivational posters.”
Sweetie Belle laughed, “It must be funny that all of his plans were foiled because he overlooked you two.”
Cynder spoke, “Well, let’s face it, his plans were flawed from the start. After we collected all of the treasure, we returned to the Artisan Realm.”
Spyro and Cynder were back with the interviewers, it was night time as a gnorc was being chased by a ram while two dragons were playing Sheep Basketball. Spyro and Cynder were wearing their Golden Armor from the war to be presentable as the interviewer stated,
“Spyro and Cynder, you have defeated Ga-Nasty Ga-Norc, collected the dragon eggs, saved all the dragons and recovered every bit of treasure in the dragon kingdom. How you you feel?”
Spyro stated, “We feel fired up, Bob! And we’re happy for the dragon world, of course.”
Cynder stated, “I wouldn’t want to spend the rest of our dragon days butting heads with Gnasty Gnorc and his weird minions.”
Bob asked, “What’s a minion?” The gnorc waved at the crew from the background until the ram knocked him off as Cynder shook her head, “Nevermind.”
Spyro decided to make a statement, “You know what they say, for every good battle, you need a good adversary and we found Gnasty - in spite of his misguided nature, to be a worthy opponent.”
All of a sudden the two dragons in the background were turned to crystal once more as Spyro and Cynder saw this and said,
“Uh oh…”
“Here we go again.” As they took off to face Gnasty again.
“We managed to stop him once more which left him under house arrest by the Warfang Soldiers. After all of that, we decided to take a vacation and continue to protect the Dragon Realm afterwards.” Spyro concluded his story as Smolder spoke,
“That was amazing...if the Dragon Lord-To-Be heard your story, she would be interested.”
Cynder pointed out, “Princess Ember was a member of Spike’s Fellowship when he traveled across Equis. I’m betting that she learned a thing or two about our dragons…” She smirked, “Even in the company of Trail Blazer.”
Sweetie Belle asked, “Wait, are you saying that Ember has a crush on Trail Blazer?”
“Call it a ‘Female Intuition,’ Sweetie Belle.”
“This would be useful gossip…”
Spyro stated, “I wouldn’t do that if I were you. Remember what happened when you spread a lot of gossip all over Ponyville?”
The filly sighed, “Right, Rarity wasn’t too happy with the story about her.”
Scootaloo spoke, “All this time, I’ve idolized Rainbow Dash and Whirlwind since they were revealed to be cousins.” Mentioning Whirlwind made her realize, “Whirlwind told us that she knew you from before.”
Applebloom asked, “She also mentioned another friend of yours. That faun, Elora?”
Spyro and Cynder looked at each other and then back to the group as Spyro said,
“That story begins on a stormy day in the Dragon Realm where we planned to go on another vacation - only to get dragged into a part of Avalar where an evil riptoc attempted to take over.”
Cynder stated, “And that’s where we met old friends and new friends - even the Dragon Skylanders…(To Be Continued)
Author's Note
I'm back after a long hiatus, but at least I managed to get the first part of this two-part chapter done. I managed to integrate the original games into this. And there's more to come!
Fun Fact: When Spyro spoke dragon, he was saying "I read the report from the attack on the dragon land."
With Smolder replying with, "I understand that your friend saved my home. I do not really know why I was brought here, but it could be for purpose."
Spyro's Chronicles Part 2
It was a rainy day in the realm of Dragons as a bunch of sheep were standing around on a hill until they ran when Spyro and Cynder charged through before coming to a stop by a tree. Spyro sighed,
“Is this rain ever going to stop?” Cynder sighed, “With all this rain, I forgot what the sun looks like. Any suggestions, Spyro?”
“We should go on vacation, all three of us. Somewhere warm, somewhere sunny.”
Cynder spotted a nearby portal with the name of their destination, “Dragon Shores!”
“Yeah, I haven’t been there since we kicked Gnasty Gnorc’s butt for the second time.” He looked at his dragonfly friend, “What do ya say, Sparx? Up for a vacation at the beach?”
The dragonfly stated, “I’m up for it…” He sped towards the portal, “Since you guys gave me a head start!”
The two dragons chased him as Spyro yelled, “Last one there’s a gnorc!” They caught up to Sparx just before all three of them entered the portal.
Meanwhile in one of the many areas of Avalar, three people were standing next to a portal as one of them, a faun girl asked,
“Is it working, Professor?” The little mole-like scientist stated as he was tinkering with two orbs, “Almost...just a few more adjustments to these orbs and…”
The third one was a familiar cheetah archer with his hood up as he said, “These things do take time and we have little with Ripto causing trouble which is why we need to bring a dragon to this part of Avalar.”
The faun stated, “This was your idea, Hunter since you and your village had fought with the dragons during the war.”
“Exactly, not only do dragons draw strength from crystals, they possess a wide variety of attacks. Perfect for standing up against Ripto.”
“You also mentioned those two dragons that ended the war. Who were they?”
Hunter was going to answer until the Professor shouted as the orbs began to activate the portal, “It’s working...IT’S WORKING! I’VE GOT A DRAGON!”
The newly-activated portal spat out not one, but two dragons as they crashed and skidded onto the grassy ground. A dragonfly was also flung from the portal and crashed while saying in a dazed state,
“Mommy...fluff my pillow.” The insect collapsed after saying that as the two dragons got up. There was a Purple Dragon and a Black Dragon, two dragons that Hunter never thought he would see again. Both dragons shook off the dirt from their landing as the black one stated,
“That was a rough landing.” The purple dragon nodded in agreement and turned towards the three, “Hi, which way is the…” He looked around and realized that this wasn’t Dragon Shores at all, “Beach?”
While the faun and the Professor were initially surprised, Hunter knew that it was only a matter of time before he would see these two again. As he approached, he knelt down and gently picked up the dragonfly in his paw as he spoke,
“Spyro, Cynder. Are you hurt from your landing?”
Spyro stated, “A little shaken up, but we’re fine.” The archer smiled, “It has been too long, my friend. But, we wouldn’t have pulled you from your intended path if it weren’t dire.”
He removed his hood as Spyro had recognized him, “Hunter...is that you?” The cheetah nodded, “It is me, my friend. Although our reunion could have come under better circumstances.”
Cynder asked, “What do you…” All of a sudden, a powerful blast struck the portal that they came out off, destroying it in the process and knocking the group to the ground and waking up Sparx in the process. The culprits responsible for the attack were a trio, consisting of two monsters, a blue dinosaur with a chicken leg for a club, a green quadruped dinosaur that was being ridden by a short riptoc with a scepter. The riptoc looked around and stated,
“Well, it looks like someone forgot to invite me to the party.” He noticed that these three took great lengths to hide something, “What exactly are you hiding?” He soon turned his glare towards Spyro and Cynder,
“Dragons!? You brought dragons to this part of Avalar!?” He was angry and declared, “I. HATE. DRAGONS! NNNEEEEAHHHH!!!!” He raised his scepter with the intent to strike, only for the faun to whisper to a fairy and struck him with a zap followed by another zap by Sparx who utilized his dragonfly powers. The riptoc yelled, “OW! Crush! KILL THEM! KILL THEM!”
The blue dinosaur, Crush glared at the fairy and dragonfly and swung at them, missing the two while the dragonfly taunted, but hitting his master in the process as the scepter was flung into the air and into the jaws of the green dinosaur as it jumped due to the power that the scepter possessed. His master yelled,
“Gulp! You idiot! You ate my scepter!” He climbed onto his mount as they ran off, not before the riptoc declared, “I’ll deal with you later!”
Cynder, after looking at what transpired, “Who was that jerk?” The faun stated, “That was Ripto and we have to get rid of him! He’s been causing a whole lot of trouble around here, but I haven’t got time to explain.” She handed them a book, “Here, take this magic guide to Avalar. It will help you understand our worlds in this part since you haven’t been here very often during the war,”
The book made its way towards the dragons as Sparx stated, “Well, you got us right there. We have only ever seen Hunter’s village and that’s just about it.”
The faun noted the dragonfly’s statement and spoke, “In the meantime, we have to go follow Ripto and see what he’s up to. I’ll meet you in Summer Forest!” As she and Hunter ran off with the Professor lagging behind. Spyro called out,
“Hey, wait a minute!” But that fell on deaf ears as he sighed, “How do we always get ourselves mixed into these messes, guys?”
Cynder sighed, “I have no idea, but I guess we’ll have to help them with their problem and then get to Dragon Shores.”
Sparx declared, “I guess we have another adventure on our hands.” But before they started their adventure, Cynder noticed a cave at the top of some stairs. She motioned Spyro and he too, saw the cave and they went to investigate. Upon entering the cave, they were met with a tunnel as they walked through the short, but large tunnel until they were entered an open area of the cave. What they saw surprised them, there was a large nest filled with scales and upon further investigation, it was revealed to be Dragon Scales. Spyro also noticed that the structure of the cave had scorch marks and the remains of a creature that they all recognize - the body of a grublin. It looked like it had been dead for years and beyond the corpse, they found more dead grublins which were scattered in a way that looked like a battle had taken place. After passing the remains of those creatures, they had also found what had killed the grublins.
There around the nest were the skeletal remains of two dragons, positioned in defense of the nest. Spyro was shocked to see this as they knew that grublin remnants would raid the nests of various dragon couples, only to be repelled by the parents. After looking over the battlefield, it was clear that the parents won, but not before nearly getting overwhelmed and from the looks of it, they fought to their dying breath. But then Cynder noticed the absence of one crucial thing,
“If these two fought with the instinct of defending their nest, where’s the dragon egg?”
Spyro looked around and saw that someone came here as the parents were succumbing to their wounds and took it. The purple dragon figured, “It wasn’t a thief or an agent of darkness, it was someone who was concerned, who spoke with the dying parents and they requested that they take the egg somewhere safe.”
Sparx sighed, “Yes, that is quite a mystery, but don’t we have an evil tyrant to stop?”
With that being said, the trio of longtime friends left the cave and made their way through the realm known as Glimmer which was a farming site for gems until a gang of lizards stormed the place with an intention of stealing and eating freshly farmed gems from the gem cutters.
In the Canterlot Portal Chamber, Spyro was telling this story to the CMC and the dragon, Smolder as he stated,
“The Gem Cutters in Glimmer were having a lizard problem, so we had to stop those lizards from doing any more damage to the place.”
Cynder, who was present as well added, “There were some parts that we couldn't actually reach, such as a Super Fly power up that would give us a temporary flight time.” He explained that certain power ups were activated via spirit particles released from fallen enemies. Applebloom asked,
“So you defeat the enemies and their spirits power those things?”
“It's strange at first, but it was acceptable. We deal with the various enemies and in return, we activate the power ups in that world. Back to the super fly power up, It was in the caves of Glimmer, at the top of a ladder and we were still recovering from our five year sleep, so we couldn't use the ladder.”
Scootaloo stated, “I guess five years really did take a tool to both your wings, your powers and your strength. I can imagine if Rainbow Dash spent five years frozen, she would feel weak as well.”
“Weak, but with a high self esteem. Our wings recovered after this adventure, but our powers didn't fully recover until the Equestrian Portal of Power first activated.”
Smolder asked, “So you had to stop the lizards from robbing a gem farm and then head to Summer Forest?”
Spyro stated, “We also did some challenges for the Gem Cutters. I was lightning the gem lamps in the courtyard using the super fly power up that was also in the courtyard. Cynder had to help a Gem Cutter deal with some pesky burrowing lizards that ate his gem crops by shooting a rock at them and with those challenges, we were given an orb as a reward.”
Cynder added, “One of the Gem Cutters said that some ‘girl with wings’ dropped it there yesterday.”
Sweetie Belle realized, “It was a fairy that dropped the orbs there.”
Applebloom asked, “Weren't those like the orbs that brought you to that part of Avalar?”
Spyro sighed, “We didn't know what those orbs were for. When we helped fend off the lizards, the gem cutters gave us a talisman instead of an orb - which were found out what they were meant to do after we arrived at Summer Forest.”
“Didn't you also meet Auric’s greedy cousin in Glimmer as well?”
“Whirlwind told you about Moneybags as well?” All three fillies nodded. Cynder laughed, “While Auric is a nice, assuring businessman, Moneybags is a greedy, manipulative and conning bear, we have ever met.”
Sweetie Belle pointed out, “Hunter actually threatened him at arrow point back in Evening Lake.”
Both dragons chuckled at the fact that their old friend didn't take any deals from that bear. But they knew that they were off track as Sparx said, “So with the bear aside, we are just getting to the point where we arrived at Summer Forest.”
Spyro noticed, “Right...so after leaving Glimmer, things took a bad turn when we arrived at our destination…”
At Summer Forest, the faun looked out at the nearby castle, just as Moneybags was kicked from the building. She sighed in annoyance, “Oh no!”
The Avalar banners were removed and replaced with banners that have Ripto's likeness on them. It wasn't until the two dragons from earlier appeared from the portal behind her. She noticed them, “Oh hello, Hunter mentioned you two, but we haven't been properly introduced. My name is Elora.”
Spyro introduced himself, “Oh hi, I'm Spyro…” Cynder introduced herself, “I’m Cynder.” Sparx confidently said, “And the glue that holds these two together...Sparx!”
Spyro looked at Elora, up and down and asked, “What are you some kind of goat?”
Elora tilted her head down and chuckled, “I’m a faun, you dorks.”
Spyro realized, “Oh...sorry.” The faun anxiously asked, “Did you meet the gem cutters in Glimmer?”
Cynder recalled their time in that realm, “Yeah, they gave us a souvenir before we left. They called it a ‘Talisman.’”
Elora was surprised by this, “They gave you a Talisman?!”
Spyro decided to ask about the importance of it, “What? Is it important? We just stuck it in the guidebook that you gave us.”
“There are 14 Talismans in this part of Avalar and they are all magical. If you two can collect enough of them, it should be enough to defeat Ripto.”
All of a sudden, Hunter appeared from the portal as Elora asked, “Hunter, where have you been?!”
The archer stated, “Remember those heavy lizards we encountered on our way over here? You said, ‘Get those things away from the portal’ I was able to keep them busy for you to get to the portal. After that, I needed to craft a few arrows, using the gems that the gem cutters supplied for me.”
Elora, remembering the situation, understood her friend's disappearance. She soon told him,
“Spyro and Cynder are going to help collect the Talismans.”
The dragons were surprised as Spyro asked, “What?” Cynder asked, “We are?!”
Hunter stated, “You must listen, there's no way for you to get to Dragon Shores now.” Elora pointed out, “Right now, Ripto and his monsters have taken over the castle here in Summer Forest.”
“What must be done now is for you two to go to the other realms and convince the inhabitants to give you their talisman which you can keep in your guidebook.”
Sparx suspiciously asked, “Wait a minute, why can’t you or a member of your tribe handle the talismans? Why can’t we just torch Ripto?”
Hunter glared at the dragonfly, “The most overconfident of my students can barely keep track of his running shoes.” Elora joined in, “How could we expect to trust someone else with 14 talismans?”
The dragonfly sighed at this as Elora spoke to the two dragons, “If you come across any orbs, they’re important...but I’ll tell you about that later.”
Spyro recounted their tasks, “Okay, so we collect a few talismans…” Cynder spoke, “Give Ripto the old hop foot…” Sparx buzzed around them, “And be in Dragon Shores by lunchtime!”
Spyro and Cynder soon began their trek across the homeworld, Summer Forest. There they spoke with Elora and Hunter who appeared at some points in the area. Elora told the two that if they’re lost, they could find her and she will take them to a portal that would possess a talisman.
When they found Hunter, he led them through a lesson on jumping and gliding to get across gaps. Hunter’s lesson also had them learn hovering, giving them an extra boost to get up to the ledge. After the lesson was over, Hunter stated that if they keep practicing, they would be able to fly on their own once more. He had also found an orb during the lesson and gave it to them when it was over. They soon went to work on collecting the gems that were scattered around the area.
All the while, they encountered Moneybags who was shaken up after being booted from the castle. The bear offered 500 gems for them to re-learn how to swim underwater, the pair reluctantly accepted and they now learned how to swim underwater again.
After that, their attention was drawn to a nearby portal that said the name ‘Colossus’ which made Spyro remember that they passed by another portal that said ‘Idol Springs.’ Spyro looked at Cynder and said,
“We should split up. We’ll be able to cover more ground and find those talismans at a faster pace.”
Cynder asked, “There are two portals and the two of us. Who should go into Colossus?”
Spyro thought about it and the brief history that he was told from Hunter and Elora, considering Cynder’s past still haunting her. He stated, “Cynder, you’re going to Colossus while I go to Idol Springs.”
“I’ll find that Talisman…” Spyro added, “Sparx will be going with you as well.” The dragonfly buzzed up, “Wait wait wait, hold up! You want me to go with her?! You know I still get cautious whenever I’m around her! It feels like she’ll eat me at any moment!”
Cynder glared at the dragonfly, “Believe me, Sparx. If I was going to eat you, you would know it.”
Spyro calmly stated, “She just needs someone to talk to. I don’t want her being reminded of her past.”
He sighed, “Okay, I’ll go with your girlfriend. But if she tries something, I’m blaming you.”
“I’m glad you understand, Sparx.”
Sparx buzzed up to Cynder as he said, “Ready to go?” Cynder soon disappeared into a shadow and reappeared by the Colossus portal, “I’m ready! Are you?” Spyro watched as his two friends entered the portal as he turned and went into the Idol Springs portal.
Meanwhile in Colossus, two monks were dragging a goat near the temple where they captured a yeti. The goat was meant for the yeti to eat, but after the monk pushed the goat in, there were the sounds of the beast eating as he smiled. But his smile disappeared when he noticed that the goat was still here. When he looked inside, he was shocked to find that the yeti had eaten his companion instead.
Outside the gate on the outskirts of Colossus, Cynder and Sparx had arrived and were met immediately by Brother Harry as he was surprised,
“Umm… I’ve heard of you before. Most of the brothers are still afraid due to your dark past, Cynder.”
Cynder assured him, “I wasn’t myself back then. But we managed to defeat him forever.” Harry was interested, “It’s best to leave the past behind you. But right now, a yeti has been rampaging around our home, but we managed to trap him by shutting all the doors.”
Sparx sighed, “More like trapping all of you with him.” Brother Harry stated, “If you talk to the other brothers, they should open the doors so you could get to him.”
The dragoness looked at the sight of tempest clouds around the mountains of Colossus, “Those clouds look like someone is controlling them.”
“That would be one of our frequent visitors. She came here, seeking refuge and a place to meditate. She may also be hesitant in speaking with any dragons.”
“Why's that?”
“I think it would be more appropriate if you spoke with her.” Cynder asked the monk, “Where would I find her?”
“She would be meditating next to a statue in an ice cave above the building containing the yeti. Be cautious when approaching her.”
Cynder nodded as she made her way through the temples of Colossus, fighting off angry goats, having the monks chant to open the doors, fighting off angry yaks with her shadow breath and gaining more spirit particles for the new power up, ‘The Super-Jump.’ It allowed her to jump up to higher levels of the temples where she couldn't normally reach. When she entered a temple overlooking the valley, she spotted the Professor being harassed by a ball of magma and smoke with an evil grin. When the smoke ball noticed her, it screamed as it flew away in fright. He sighed,
“Whew, I’m glad you scared that evil spirit away, Cynder.” The dragoness stated, “I guess I am that scary.”
“To your enemies, my dear. But now we have a much bigger problem with that spirit. Since you scared it away, it has split itself into several fragments and is now hiding in the statues around the temples. If you can find and flame 10 statues…”
She finished, “The evil spirit will be gone for good.” The professor nodded, “Exactly.”
Cynder soon went off to find the spirit and found that the evil spirit’s presence within the statues has turned them green and wield weapons instead of a hockey stick. The dragoness went to work with finding and flaming all 10 statues scattered around the temples. Every time she would use her shadow breath on a statue, the spirit would reveal itself and fly off in terror while the statue returned to normal. She was just about done with the statues until she noticed those tempest clouds again, she was near the temple holding the yeti and remembered what Brother Harry had told her about Colossus’ Frequent Visitor. She would be in the ice cave, meditating next to a statue and would no doubt be surprised by its current condition.
Utilizing a Super-Jump power up, Cynder decided to head up to the top of the yeti’s containment temple to deal with the last statue and meet the source of those storm clouds. Upon landing on top of the temple, she approached the ice cave, only to hear the discharge of magic and the frightening yelp as the evil spirit flew out of there in fright, it noticed her, screamed in horror and flew away very fast. After that interesting encounter, Cynder turned her attention towards the sole occupant in the ice cave. It looked like a dragon, but she had feathered wings like a Dream Weaver and yet, she doesn’t look like one. She has a light blue coat of fur with white scaly underbelly, her tail was a furry tail with a mixture of dragon and equestrian. She had blue eyes, pointy ears and the most bizarre thing about her - she had a horn, just like a unicorn. The dragon/unicorn sighed,
“Just when I thought things would be quiet, an evil spirit interrupts my meditation and now I find myself in the company of the black dragon and a dragonfly - the Terror of the Skies. Isn’t that right, Cynder.”
Sparx sighed, “Man, it seems like everyone's got your number!”
Cynder sighed, “I’m not surprised that you know of my dark past. But I’ve left that past behind me.”
“It’s good that you did not let your past get in the way of your judgement. But I have to ask - Why are you here in Colossus? Why do you intrude on my meditation after I disposed of that spirit?”
“I was told about you and the monks mentioned that you be hesitant on speaking to any dragons.”
The dragon raised an eyebrow, “Dragons in this part of Avalar are rare. I am also a dragon, but I have a unicorn ancestry.”
Cynder was surprised by this as she stated, “You’re a hybrid!?”
The hybrid stated, “I am, but the dragons and unicorns didn’t seem to like that I have a horn and possess the ability to fly, I was envied and shunned. But I do not have any grudge against them for shunning me, so I came to Colossus to meditate and harness my tempest power.”
Hearing her story, the black dragon can sympathize with her - since she was shunned for her role in turning the war to Malefor’s favor after his influence poisoned her - turning her into a monster until Spyro rescued her. She felt that she didn’t belong with Spyro at the temple - but he tried to convince her to stay, he even defended her when the hermit in the valley brought up her past which made her know that he would be there for her. After reminiscing, Cynder had an idea,
“If you’ve been harnessing your tempest powers, maybe you could help us.”
The hybrid suspiciously asked, “Why do you need my help?”
“Spyro and I are helping our friends collect the talismans from each realm in order to face Ripto.”
“Ripto? That short wizard that has been causing trouble? The same Ripto who actually let the yeti into the temple?”
Cynder nodded, “The very same and I’m surprised that he was responsible for this.”
The hybrid spoke, “He’s been causing a lot of trouble for weeks and I would be more than happy to help you in dealing with him.”
“Well, It’s nice to have you tag along…” Cynder realized that she never asked her name until the hybrid took notice, “Now that we are going to be fighting alongside each other, My name is Whirlwind.”
“That was when you first met Whirlwind?!” asked Scootaloo.
“It was and with her help, we managed to gather up the orbs, including the orb from the Professor. There was also that anticlimactic confrontation with the yeti who ended up crushing himself when his stomps and slams caused the idol to fall on top of him. Brother Ned gave us the Talisman that he was guarding from the yeti in order to keep it from being its lunch.” Cynder exclaimed.
Applebloom asked, “So Whirlwind joined you on your adventure to stop this Ripto varmint?”
Spyro stated, “Whirlwind was not the only one to join us.”
Sweetie Belle asked, “You did say that this is where you first met the other six dragon skylanders. Who was next?”
Spyro narrated, “It was back at Idol Springs when I was taking down the living idols and helping the workers…”
At Idol Springs, the idols that the workers were building had come to life, they had locked all the doors and stole all of the food from the workers and foremen. Spyro had arrived to help the workers and foremen deal with their idol problem. But when Spyro approached the third door at the end of the tunnel when he noticed one of the workers being chased by one of the idols. The worker passed an unusual looking bush as it began to shake for a little bit. But when the pursuing idol passed the bush, it suddenly burst open as the idol was dispatched by a sun ball.
Spyro looked at the assailant and noticed one thing about him - he was a dragon and yet he looked like a plant from his leafy tail. The plant dragon sighed,
“Those idols have been causing trouble ever since they came to life this morning.” He noticed the purple dragon, “I came to Idol Springs to relax and now I get to meet a war hero. Could this day get any more interesting?”
Spyro asked, “I take it that you have been taking down these idols?”
“That's right, these idols came to life, stole all of the food and locked me out of the inner sanctum.”
Spyro realized, “I’m actually going to the inner sanctum to retrieve the Talisman of Idol Springs.”
The plant dragon raised an eyebrow, “Why are you after the talisman?”
“We need the talismans to defeat Ripto.”
“Ripto? I shouldn’t be surprised, he's been causing trouble ever since he got here. As a matter of fact, the idols coming to life has his name written all over it.”
Spyro asked, “Maybe you can help us with the idols.”
The plant dragon stated, “I can help you, but first, I have to go and take down the leader of the idols. As far as I know, he's in the usual meeting spot for the hula girls. If you help me take him down, I’ll join you in your fight against Ripto.”
Spyro knew that he's going to have this dragon’s back as they secure Idol Springs. But he never actually asked for his name until the dragon remembered, “Since we're going to be fighting side-by-side, you can call me ‘Camo.’”
“Camo? As in Fluttershy's dragon mate? The dragon that can grow fruit, that Camo?!” Asked Smolder.
Spyro had stated, “The very same.” He added, “Camo and I took down the Idol Leader by supercharging the hula girls over to its platform where they performed their rain dance and zapped it into smithereens. We also obtained the Talisman from the foreman for helping them with their idol problem. But before we left, we noticed that one of the tall idols had sat down with a group of workers and were roasting marshmallows and hot-dogs.”
Sweetie Belle figured, “I’m thinking that you somehow managed to have the idols get along with the workers.”
Sparx figured, “I figured out that part too.” Scootaloo asked, “So where did you go next?”
Spyro and Cynder continued to tell them of their journey through Summer Forest, introducing Whirlwind and Camo as they got access to the underwater passage to the other portals. Spyro and Cynder went to assist the Electrolls with their issues with the Gear Grinders and stopping any other attempts from the Gear Grinders at making the lives of those Electrolls a hard time in Hurricos. While Whirlwind and Camo went to escort a group of baby turtles to safety at Sunny Beach and freeing them from the evil Water Workers. It was there that Whirlwind had encountered the air turtle, Warnado when Prince Tortiss mentioned that he arrived there two days ago and started to fight the Water Workers.
When they got to Advisor Moppet who was at the base of the ladder, he stated that he had tasked Warnado with stopping the Master Chef from making soup out of the baby turtles. The turtle monk had pointed out a whirlwind that he left behind when he ascended to meet the chef. Upon utilizing it, she saw the chef ringing a triangle as the baby turtles began to approach the pot. But only one turtle stood out, as it began to spin and collect the wind around him before sending out a blast of air - blowing the turtles into a nearby pool. When the second course began, there were a lot of baby turtles, but she saw how the turtle’s unexpected speed and prowess saved the baby turtles from a terrible fate which angered the chef into giving up the two orbs that he carried as well as his plans for turtle soup.
Warnado was soon added to their group after Sunny Beach. It was a good thing because Whirlwind had never seen a turtle with that much air power take on the Water Workers and the chef and win like that. Spyro and Cynder found Elora standing next to a speedway portal and stated that there are no talismans to be found in there, but with a fast enough speed, they could get lots of treasure. Spyro had participated in the race and discovered that there are special challenges that are available once he completed the course. The challenge of Ocean Speedway was to follow Hunter through the rings as a way for Spyro to retrain his wings. Spyro had completed the challenge, retrieved the orb and was congratulated by Hunter who stated that while his wings relied on the magic from the speedways and power ups, the magic from the speedways will refresh his wing strength and he will fly once more and tells them to find the other speedways in the Seasons Kingdom..
Afterwards, the team had to do some tricky jumps in order to reach a hidden room on the other side of the far door to reach an orb. After retrieving it, they jumped off the balcony to a large wall which looked like it was hiding something. They weren't surprised when they found Moneybags waiting for them. After paying him a fee to lower the wall, there was a portal leading to another realm and Camo actually recognized where it went.
“Aquaria Towers? I’ve been there before.”
Spyro asked, “What do you mean?”
“I go there all the time to visit my friend, Zap. Even though, it's mostly underwater, most dragons can breathe underwater.”
Whirlwind asked, “Aquaria Towers is mostly populated by Seahorses?” Camo remembered, “That’s right and Zap is known for his racing skills, although the dolphins tend to complain about his shock abilities. He was so famous that the seahorse king had granted him residence in Aquaria Towers.”
Cynder thought about this before saying, “If Zap is as good as you say, we could use his help in defeating Ripto.”
“He wouldn’t pass up a challenge like this.” Camo proceeded to walk into the portal as everyone watched him leave. Although he was going without a partner, Whirlwind sighed as she said, “I’ll follow after him.” She soon followed him through the portal as well.
Upon arriving at Aquaria Towers, Camo was treated with a horrifying sight - all the water was drained. As if it wasn’t bad enough, the whole of the towers were crawling with crabs and Water Workers. Camo looked and saw an immobile seahorse, Ripple who struggled to move,
“Ah, Camo...those funny looking guys with the shock sticks have drained all our water. We can’t get it back unless you activate the switches they are guarding.”
Camo looked passed the water worker and spotted a red button near him. He turned back to the seahorse and asked, “Where’s Zap?”
Ripple stated, “I believe he went off to the next area to fight those shock stick guys as a form of revenge for turning Verne, our giant squid into fried calamari yesterday.”
Camo soon went towards the water workers as they attempted to shock him, only to get knocked into the air by a charge attack. The dragon hit the button as water began to flood a few parts of the room. Camo submerged and swam through a tunnel and made his way towards the next area and prepared to fight the enemies in that area and flood the room. It was until he heard a voice call out his name,
“Camo…” He turned around and saw Whirlwind climbing out of the water. “I heard what the water workers did to this place.”
The plant dragon nodded and said, “I know, but we need to make Aquaria Towers wet again and find Zap.”
“Did somebody call my name?” asked a voice as the two dragons turned towards the button and found a water dragon with an electric pack on his back. Camo recognized him,
“Zap, there you are!” The water dragon recognized him, “Camo, it's great to see you again, but I’ve got a bit of a water worker problem.”
“I know, it's happened at Sunny Beach as well and a group of us have been going from world to world to stop this and get the Talismans.”
Zap asked, “I didn't know that other dragons were around this part of Avalar. Who else is with you?”
“There's four of us plus a turtle and an annoying dragonfly. The hybrid from Colossus followed me through the portal to the towers.”
Upon mentioning his companion, the water dragon looked behind his friend and noticed Whirlwind, ‘Well, hello beautiful.’ He kept the thought to himself and introduced himself,
“Hi, I’m Zap and I’m Best Swimmer in Aquaria Towers.”
The unicorn/dragon spoke, “I am Whirlwind and I don't have much interaction with other dragons due to my ancestry.”
Camo just sighed as he thought, ‘Zap's gonna try harder if he's going to crack her cloud cover.’
After they introduced each other, Zap explained the situation that was happening in Aquaria Towers, they already knew that the water workers drained all the water. But the other half was after they got the water back - Zap revealed that the water workers had kidnapped King Flippy’s six children and placed one in each tower. He was going to save the royals until the facility dried out. But since they got the water back, Camo and Whirlwind assisted Zap in the rescue effort. They climbed up each tower, avoiding the hazards and saved the seahorse king’s children.
King Flippy was grateful for their efforts in saving his children and gave them an orb as a reward. They soon assisted Hunter, who was wearing scuba gear with taming his manta ray and after his ray was tamed, he gave them the two orbs that he found. After obtaining the Talisman of Aquaria Towers, Camo had offered Zap to join them in their quest of stopping Ripto and he accepted since the riptoc did interrupt one of his races. The water dragon was in for an even bigger surprise when he arrived at Summer Forest to find Spyro and Cynder standing before him since he knew the stories, but never imagined to fight beside them.
After a brief introduction, the five dragons made their way to another hallway and saw Elora standing near a gate. She noticed,
“Whoa, I didn't know that there were other dragons here!”
Spyro stated, “Well some of them preferred some peace and quiet until we came along.”
The faun understood their reason and told them, “But now that you have six Talismans, the gate to Ripto and Crush will open.”
The gate opened to reveal a small hole in the floor as Elora continued, “All you have to do is jump down that hole to the dungeon where Ripto and Crush will be waiting. I’ll throw some sheep down there to help you guys, if I can catch them.”
Camo and Zap took a look down the hole and was surprised how far this goes. Camo asked, “I’d ask about taking the stairs, but Ripto's blocked them off?”
“Sadly, yes and this is the only way to get to them.”
Warnado looked at the hole, “Dragon wings can slow the fall and so will I with my air powers.”
Cynder looked at the others and they nodded in agreement with the decision. The dragoness looked at Spyro, “Spyro, are you ready?”
The dragon nodded as he declared, “We have to stop Ripto, no matter what.” As the group acknowledged the decision and made their way to the hole, Elora stopped them and said,
“Before you make it to the castle dungeon, guys. I thought you might wanna how Ripto and his monsters arrived in this part of Avalar…”
Winter Tundra One Week Ago…
Elora was with Hunter at the Winter Tundra while the Professor was working on some new Super Portal technology. They were amazed by it as the Professor fashioned all the orbs around the portal,
“There, that’s the last orb in place. Now let’s see, all we need is some coordinates.” The scientist had thought about it and then typed in the numbers 2-2-4-7-5 which Hunter recognized as his birthday. But both he and Elora realized where those numbers led to as they tried to stop the Professor, but it was too late as the portal turned on as Ripto and his monsters were flung from it. Ripto went first as Crush and Gulp landed on top of him as he yelled,
“Get off me! GET OFF ME, YOU USELESS BUFFOONS!!” He glared at his minions, “Why can’t either of...you…” He paused as he spotted the trio in front of the portal and realized,
“Where are we?” He looked around and sniffed the air, even grabbing the Professor and sniffed him as well and sighed, “This isn’t Dragon City? Wonderful to be rid of those lizards, even though I’d rather do what Malefor failed to do.”
He turned to his monsters, “Crush, go back and pack my bags! We’re moving in!” He threw the Professor back to Hunter and Elora, “Say ‘Hello’ to your new King!”
Elora picked up the remote from the ground and told the Professor, “Professor, shut it down, quick!”
He had the remote, but he realized that, “Oh my, I can’t see the switch! I think I might’ve broken my glasses!” It was mostly due to Ripto throwing him back. As the dictator smiled, knowing that he’s going to rule this land, he noticed that Crush was actually hitting the portal, “Crush, go THROUGH the portal, you idiot!”
Elora and Hunter, realizing that he could return with reinforcements, chose the only option as Elora spoke to Zoe,
“Tell your friends to take the orbs and scatter them throughout the Season Plains!” Hunter spoke, “Act fast, we can’t let them bring reinforcements!”
The fairy and her friends soon went for the orbs on the portal as one by one each orb was dislodged, deactivating the portal and angering Ripto,
“NO!! Gulp, Crush! Get the Orbs! NOW!” His monsters began to go after the fairies in an attempt to get back the orbs. One fairy fell near Ripto as she picked the orb up, Ripto, not wanting the orb to get out of his reach, grabbed the orb as the fairy fought for him to lose his grip as he yelled,
“You Despicable Little Creature! I’LL KILL YOU!!” As Ripto was carried away by the fairy, Elora was worried about the presence of Ripto while Hunter was wondering why he would want to conquer the Dragon City. Elora sighed,
“This is bad news for us.” She noticed her friend pacing, “Hunter, what’s going on?”
Hunter stopped his pacing and stated, “I’ve been thinking about his intentions regarding Warfang...I did remember seeing a Wanted poster with his face on it…” That's when he realized, “Now it makes sense, Ripto is a criminal wanted for attacking a dragon settlement because he hates dragons and he and his monsters have been running from the dragons ever since. There were rumors that he was building an army to burn Warfang to the ground, but since he landed here - he would conquer this land without dragon interference.”
That’s when Elora had an idea, “Professor, can we catch a dragon to help us?”
The Professor stated, “Yes, yes I think so. We’ll need a world that has an alignment much better suited in the network to intercept one of these creatures.”
Hunter remembered only one place that had an alignment with the dragon realm in the portal network, “We should go to Glimmer since I once knew a dragon couple that once...nested there.” His voice was sad and mournful which Elora noticed,
“You ‘knew’ them?” The cheetah sighed, “I don’t like to talk about it. For now, we must get to Glimmer.”
Summer Forest Castle, Season Plains, Avalar. Present
Spyro realized that Ripto was a criminal, but Hunter revealing that he knew a dragon couple that nested in Glimmer made him remember, “The two skeletal dragons we found at the nesting cave!?”
Elora realized, “Hunter never told me about what happened to them. But I do remember seeing him board an airship - holding a dragon egg, that was five years ago.”
“I think I remember the Princess saying that she cared for Spike’s egg for five years.” guessed Sweetie Belle.
Spyro had a thought, “Now that I think about it, we were frozen for five years as well. But…”
Applebloom asked, “You don’t think those dragon skeletons were Spike’s Parents?!”
Cynder noticed, “It would make sense, too.” Scootaloo impatiently asked, “So when does the part where you kick Ripto’s butt come in?”
Summer Forest Castle Dungeon
They managed to repeat this process while dodging his attacks using the pads or his club when he gets mad. Even when the pads changed from blue to red and Crush sent out fireballs, the five dragons and turtle remain steadfast. When some of the pads changed blue and Crush charged whenever they attacked him, they dodged his attacks and tricked him into slamming his club down. This ultimately caused the boulders from the ceiling to collapse on top of him, burying him in the debris and leading to his defeat. As the heroes cheered, Ripto cried out,
“NO! CRUSH!” He glared at them, “You may have been able to defeat that simpleton! But Gulp will be more of a match for you!”
“Bring it, Shorty!” challenged Spyro. Ripto was snarling at this challenge as he turned to the door, “Gulp! Come here, Now!”
The door burst open to reveal Gulp as he came to his master’s aid. Ripto ordered, “Destroy them and make sure it’s painful!”
He was going to jump in until more bricks began to fall from the ceiling which Ripto noticed, “What the?! Gulp get me out of here!” He climbed onto Gulp as he glared,
“So long, Dragons!” They ran as the doorway was blocked. Camo sighed, “What a wuss and to think he’s causing trouble.”
Whirlwind joined, “Tell me about it.” After that, the Guidebook appeared and with a flash of light, the Summer Forest Castle’s Ripto banners changed back to the Avalar banners.
After Spyro finished his story of Summer Forest, Scootaloo asked,
“So Ripto ran away instead of fighting?” Cynder pointed out, “The ceiling above the door was collapsing due to Gulp’s forced entry. But we knew where he was going next since the Seasons Kingdom had three main areas.”
Spyro stated, “When we met back with Hunter and Elora, we were told that Ripto had taken the castle at Autumn Plains, not before scaring Moneybags into falling as he remembered his boxing days at university.”
Sweetie Belle remembered, “I remember Auric telling us about his days at University and how his cousin was a championship boxer.”
Sparx sighed, “Well, Auric is cool and we all love him, but Moneybags is not as loved as Auric. But I just wish he would have beaten Ripto into submission, but one punch to Gulp hurt his hand.”
Applebloom pointed out, “So you knew not just Whirlwind, but Camo, Warnado and Zap as well.”
Spyro assured her, “Trust me, there’s more where that came from.” He noticed that Smolder was quiet, “You’ve been quiet for some time.”
The dragon sighed, “It’s just that, I’ve heard so much of your tales of how you met the other dragon skylanders and thought back to home. I remember seeing Whirlwind after the battle and I couldn't believe what I was seeing and hearing - Dragon Hybrids. I knew about Whirlwind and her family due to her involvement in aiding the dragons during the raid, but a plant dragon is something out of the ordinary.”
The dragonfly spoke, “And we also have a Phoenix Dragon hybrid, a rock dragon with the desire to fly and a dragon who is a genius with technology.”
“I did remember seeing most of the dragons train...but there was also that bug dragon.”
Spyro remembered, “High Five is a dragonfly/dragon hybrid and is also one of Royal High Flying Dragonflies, a popular Sky Racing Team before the war began.”
Sparx added, “I’m also weirded whenever I see him because of his dragonfly appearance.”
Scootaloo stated, “I think he’s pretty cool...maybe not as cool as Rainbow Dash, but he’s cool.” They knew that their high flying dragon hybrid friend is as good as he says. A race between him and Rainbow Dash would be fun to watch. But in Spyro’s case, High Five would come out on top since Rainbow’s signature move would only kick in if she reaches top speed.
Sweetie Belle asked, “So what happened in Autumn Plains?”
Upon arriving at Autumn Plains, Spyro, Cynder and their friends were greeted by a small pool of water, the open plains within the castle walls and it just looked beautiful - if not for the Ripto banners hanging from the castle. Spyro turned to the group, “All right guys, we need to collect the remaining talismans from each portal in Autumn Plains. We have six talismans so far, we’ll need all fourteen talismans before we can throw Ripto’s going away party.”
Cynder stated, “We’ll split up and head into different portals.”
Camo pointed out, “The portals here are Skelos Badlands, just across the pond, Breeze Harbor is near the far side of the valley and Crystal Peaks is over there at the top of those steps.”
Sparx buzzed up, “What about that portal over there?” He pointed to the deactivated portal over at the top of the ramp as the plant dragon realized, “That's the portal to Zephyr, but it's been having problems with the power supply. We’ll get to that later.”
So the team split in groups of two and went into different portals, Spyro and Cynder went to Skelos Badlands to save the native cavemen from the lava wizards and the lava lizards while helping a caveman put his boney friend back together by taking down the lava toads. Zap and Whirlwind went to Crystal Peaks to help the Eskimos rescue their leader, Shaman Tuk from the Ice Wizards while helping the other shamans with dealing with a troublesome species of spiders called ‘Draclets’ and finding a missing snow leopard that ran off while fishing.
As for Camo and Warnado, they went to Breeze Harbor to assist a group of birds called ‘Breezebuilders’ hold off an infestation of Land Blubbers, a group of worm-like creatures that were feuding with the Breezebuilders. They had to stoke the boilers and raise their main ship to receive the Talisman of Breeze Harbor while the Breezebuilders began planning a counterattack on Zephyr which made Warnado realize that they need to go there to get the Talisman. Zap had pitched an idea for peace between the Breezebuilders and Land Blubbers which was an interesting idea for the Breezebuilder Navy, even the Land Blubbers that they captured agreed with the idea.
Although the birds warned them that an advance team had left for Zephyr and received information that some bear sold them a whole bunch of bombs and TNT Barrels that did not come from the armory. After Zap and Warnado told Spyro and the gang about this, they were on their way to the Zephyr portal where they had to pay Moneybags to activate the portal and he complained about how those birds never paid him for the weapons that he sold them.
“Wait...he sold weapons to bad guys!?” Asked Smolder.
Scootaloo scoffed, “Whirlwind told us that The Sorceress paid him handsomely to guard Sheila, Sgt. Byrd, Bentley and Agent 9 during her adventure.”
Sweetie Belle sighed, “I remember Auric telling me that Moneybags doesn't care if the faction is good or bad, he just wants to make money.”
Sparx stated, “The guy lacks a sense of morality while Auric has his emporium set up on the Dread-Yacht and has all the cool stuff!”
Cynder smirked, “A Sparx the Dragonfly action figure?” There were a few chuckles in the room until the dragonfly sighed, “Okay, now that it's over, let's get back to the part when we arrived at Zephyr.”
When the team arrived at Zephyr, things were just as bad as it seems. The Breezebuilders had the Land Blubbers outmatched and outgunned and were bombarding various positions around the battlefield. While they counted on the Land Blubbers since they were more organized and less of a nuisance than the ones at the harbor. They helped the worms push the birds back to their munitions dump while completing other challenges away from the battle from helping a herder retrieve all of native creatures of Zephyr called ‘Cowleks’ to helping the professor reunite Private Romeo with a beautiful bird named Juliet(Saw what you did there Insomniac when you referenced the protagonists of Shakespeare’s poem of the same name, from the classic game!).
It came to an end when the team blew up the Breezebuilder Munitions Dump, winning the battle, letting the worms know that they convinced the birds for a cease-fire agreement and the worms say this as an opportunity to end the fighting. The General gave them the Talisman of Zephyr as they went back to Autumn Plains only to witness the leaders of the two groups shaking hands as the hostilities ended.
Afterwards, the team met Elora who told them about the Metro Speedway, a race course in the middle of a bustling metropolis. Cynder went to complete the course with a good time before speaking to the mayor. He tasked Whirlwind with recovering the mayor’s reelection funds from a group of thieves since it was an election year. Whirlwind wasn't alone in her mission since Hunter was with her in a jet-pack while using his stun arrows to hit the thieves while the hybrid catches the loot before it falls into the harbor. She and Hunter managed to catch the thieves and recover the stolen loot and the grateful mayor gave them an orb as a reward.
The next area was a desert region called ‘Scorch’ which, as its name implies was hot, sandy and just full of bad guys guarding a castle. There were a few complaints about the heat in Scorch, mostly from Zap because, being a water dragon prefers wet and moist areas. But he knew that they had to do this, they had to find the Talisman of Scorch. The team met a young girl with blonde hair and pigtails named Greta, she explained that she and her brother, Handel were secret agents on a mission to blow up the castle. But the guards baited her brother with a lollipop and he got captured which made Greta retreat from the inner sanctum. She needed their help to open castle doors, find Handel and complete their mission.
“Handel and Greta were at the Fireworks Factory on a mission to recover the Professor’s rocket plans from the Sorceress during Whirlwind’s story.” Said Scootaloo as she pointed out that part.
“Scorch was where we first met them and we helped them out on their mission. Hunter was there as well, he was there to retrieve a bunch of monkeys that escaped from the zoo, so we helped him out and found that one of the monkeys had an orb. Once we fought our way into the inner sanctum, Greta gave us the Talisman of Scorch, we found Handel and he told us that he and his sister needed the three flags from the flagpoles that we used to open the doors in order to prove that their mission was a success.” Stated Cynder.
“But we had to face an egotistical flag keeping, bomb throwing genie riding a magic carpet!” Sparx had stated with venom in his voice.
Spyro sighed, “Bombo the Flag Keeper. How could we forget about him? We had to knock him off the flagpole with the super flame power up and chase him back to Handel where he would give up the flag. During the chase, he was flinging bombs, taunting us and moving back as fast as he could. After the third flag, he was going on a rant…”
“Until Mr. Ha, you won't get my flag! Got a face full of Dragonfly fists and knocked him out!”
Smolder spoke, “You always seem to have a strong punch when your mad.”
Sparx shrugged, “Well at least I don't turn into a huge green rage monster afterwards.”
Cynder pointed out, “Well, before we left, we saw Handel and Greta surrounded by guards. We thought that we would intervene, only to see them hold hands. When that happened, their eyes turned red and shot orbs of light at the guards, knocking them off the tower.”
Sweetie Belle realized, “When they are together, they fight as one!”
“Exactly.”
Spyro stated, “After we got back to Autumn Plains, our next stop was a place called Fracture Hills. It's inhabited by the fauns who also built a temple in the center of the hills. Fracture Hills is also known for its resident Satyrs that play a musical tune from their bagpipes. But to us, that's where we first met our rolling rock of a dragon.”
When they arrived at Fracture Hills, things were odd. Since normally, the Satyrs would play music to soothe any beasts and smash and stone obstacles. Zap pointed out, “Strange, usually the Satyrs and the Fauns would greet us.”
Camo pointed out, “What happened here? I heard that they had a temple here, but there’s just a mountain.”
“Well, I would love to give you a tour of our temple, but those lousy Earthshapers have encased it in stone as well as petrifying the Satyrs.” Said a nearby faun who wore a yellow skirt and was holding a yo-yo.
Whirlwind knew this faun, “Lila, is that you?” The faun smiled, “Whirlwind, great to see ya. But right now, the satyrs need to be freed so their songs could break the stone walls on our temple.”
Spyro understood this, “We’ll stop the Earthshapers, free the Satyrs and then head for the temple.”
Before the team could get to work, Lila stated, “Before you go, be on the lookout for a brown rock dragon while exploring. He's been fighting the Earthshapers ever since they encased the temple and a few of my friends say that he's cute for a quadruped.”
“We’ll be sure to keep our eyes open for him.”
Whirlwind asked, “What has your brother been up to?”
Lila sighed, “He’s been trying to find many ways to fly even though he has no wings. But also, tell him that I told you to look out for him.”
Zap asked, “Brother?!”
“He’s adopted and he always gets himself into trouble when he tries to fly.”
They understood now and went towards the first petrified satyr and freed him. The satyr’s music he traveled across Fracture Hills before breaking off a chunk of rock from the temple’s shell. The satyr thanked them and told them that there are five more satyrs left to find and when asked about Lila’s brother, the satyr stated that the dragon would always be here to hang out with Lila’s friends, dance to the music or attempt to fly. rescue the satyrs while taking care of any Earthshapers, Killer Bushes and Killer Trees in their path.
While exploring the hills and freeing the satyrs, they came across a faun who was standing at a nearby door who explained that her friend was locked inside the building and there's no way of finding a locksmith at this time of night. She pointed out that another dragon passed through here and is looking for a way to break down the door. The group instantly knew that it was Lila’s brother since he's the only dragon in Fracture Hills on regular days. They were about to set off until they heard a shout,
“INCOMING!!”
After that was said, a brown ball flew through the air and broke down the door, freeing the trapped faun in the process. Upon looking into the now opened door, they saw the faun, Krista and the ball that broke down the door as it uncurled revealing a brown, rocky dragon with no wings, and a spike ball tail. As he shook himself off, he laughed,
“Man, that was a rush! I can’t believe I managed to fly that high and far! But at least the door is down.”
Krista spoke, “Nice work, Bash. I thought I was going to be stuck here forever.” The dragon winked, “I never leave my friends hanging or trapped in a room.”
Krista gave him an orb,“Anyway, you can have this orb that I found, there's also a group of dragons behind you as well.”
Bash turned his head to the group of five dragons and a turtle, “Whoa, I didn't think that there were other dragons around here.” He noticed the obvious ones, “Spyro and Cynder, the dragon couple that put down Malefor!? In Fracture Hills?!”
Spyro stated, “The very same, Bash.” The rock dragon was confused on how he knew his name until he remembered,
“You’ve met Lila no doubt and she told you about me?”
Cynder spoke, “Your sister wanted to know that you're okay. We also have to free the satyrs and restore the temple.”
Bash sighed, “That's exactly what I was doing. Knocking Earthshapers into the lava and helping out the fauns here in the hills before freeing the satyrs. Although, there was a cheetah archer nearby who's gotten himself in a jam.”
Zap realized, “Hunter's here too?” “Yep, that's his name and his feet were cemented to the ground. I had to escort the alchemist that caused his problem, passed the Earthshapers in order to free him. After that, he and I took out the remaining Earthshapers and obtained two orbs, he actually mentioned that I bring them to you guys.”
Sparx buzzed up, “Well, it's safe to say that he did our job for us.” Bash shook his head, “Not quite, the temple is still petrified and there is still treasure around here.”
So the group and Bash found the remaining treasure, freed the last satyr and went to the temple where they found a faun who was trapped inside, the faun, Sheila thought they expected a ‘You rescued me, you're my hero’ but Bash pointed her out saying that she just sneaks into the temple because she likes the peace and quiet. Sheila knew that Bash would point her out and also told them that the other fauns wanted her to give them the talisman of Fracture Hills as the exit portal appeared. But they didn't leave yet, Spyro had explained their situation to Bash and how they were hunting down Ripto. Bash, not wanting to miss this opportunity, agreed to join. Sheila also agreed to tell Lila that he was going to join Spyro’s team and also apologizing if she acted rude when they first entered the temple.
“Bash was actually living at Fracture Hills?” Asked Scootaloo.
Spyro stated, “Lila told us that he hatched in their care and the fauns raised him. Bash and Lila were the most oddly paired brother and sister that the hills ever seen.”
Smolder pointed out, “Like you and Sparx?” Sparx spoke, “Hey, we may not be blood, but that didn't matter to us. Since I was born the same time as Spyro hatched, we're an odd pair of twins.”
Applebloom noticed, “Ya said that the fauns of Fracture Hills love playing with yo-yos. I'm bettin’ Crash would love it there since he's a master of the Yo-Yo!”
Sweetie Belle realized, “Fauns would be fawning for him the minute he pulls out the yo-yo!”
Sparx yelled, “Hey...you stole my future joke!”
Both dragons laughed at Sparx's misfortune as Smolder asked, “What about that Phoenix Dragon? I’ve heard stories about him from the teenage dragons that were involved in the dragon migration.”
Cynder remembered, “Sunburn? Well, he was actually at the Magma Cone, which was a relaxation spot located at the base of a volcano, which used to be an old forge for Gaul’s mercenary forces. Now a group of Fauns set up a spot there and they were setting up a celebration when everything started to go down.”
She told them about their adventures at Magma Cone and discovering that they were just in time for a birthday party for one of their good friends, but the blasted Earthshapers had activated the volcano. If they didn't stop the Earthshapers and seal the volcano, the whole party would be buried in lava. So, they made their way into the resort, taking out the Earthshapers, from the small ones who were easily dispatched, Bash pushed the bigger ones on a red X where the fauns would use any means to destroy them. From throwing a large boulder, to swinging a ball and chain and using a Jackhammer, the fauns of Magma Cone took out the larger Earthshapers as the team made their way towards the cave that leads to the volcano.
Bash noticed a cave in the side of the mountain and went to it and found Hunter, who was inspecting a crystal that came up from the gas vents from around the cave and the dragon helped him gather a few crystals until an orb popped up from the vent. Upon discovering this, Bash and Hunter collected more of those crystals until Hunter found the second orb and gave it to Bash. After that, he rejoined the group as they made their way to the volcano after paying Moneybags for free use of the elevator.
When they arrived at the volcano, that was when they met Sunburn, he was standing at the foot of the lava, looking up at the volcano. He turned towards them and introduced himself while recognizing not only Spyro and Cynder, but Bash as well, revealing that they were friends. He explained that the volcano is threatening his birthday party, revealing that he was the birthday boy, so he needed to climb up the ladders and close it. Bash offered to help, to which the Phoenix Dragon agreed as both dragons climbed the ladders while avoiding the lava balls. When they reached the top, Sunburn absorbed the heat and with a swing of Bash’s tail, the lid closed the volcano, saving Sunburn’s Birthday Party and obtaining the Talisman.
But it wasn’t until Chedda the faun told them that the party hats were stolen by a group of lava monsters. Sunburn took off after the lava monsters, got back the party hats and was rewarded with an orb as a birthday present. It was during the party when Spyro gave Sunburn the option to join them in their quest of stopping Ripto for good. Sunburn couldn’t back down from this and as soon as the party ended, not before accidentally getting knocked into the lava by one of the fauns, but luckily, teleported back to solid ground, displaying his powers of teleportation.
After that, the group of seven dragons made their way to the next realm, after paying Moneybags to open the bridge to the portal. There was also another speedway portal further down, Sunburn knew of the Icy Speedway since it was his stomping grounds and his fire powers kept him warm. So Spyro, Cynder, Zap, Camo and Bash went to Shady Oasis while the rest stayed at Autumn Plains.
Spyro’s team helped out the hippos of Shady Oasis reach the great berry bush in the center of the oasis while fighting off their old friends, the Thieves, instead they carry weapons. They were also chasing three thieves that stole their brass lamps and were successful in catching them. Bash helped rescue a hippo’s petrified brothers from sinking into lava with the help of the Invincibility Power Up. While Sunburn flew through the race course of Icy Speedway, earning the treasure from beating the course and an orb from Hunter’s challenge. After they obtained the 14th talisman, they went towards the end of the hall and met with Elora in front of a boss gate. She spoke,
“Well done, guys! Now that you have collected all 14 talismans, the guidebook can break the lock on this door and you can fight Gulp. I also see that you have new friends to fight Gulp. Are you ready?”
All eight of them nodded as Bash spoke, “Bring ‘em on!” After that, the door opened to reveal a hole in the floor as the faun continued, “You’ll have to jump down the hole in the floor to get where Ripto and Gulp are waiting. I can help you out a little bit. I tamed some pterodactyls from Skelos Badlands… they’ll be dropping in objects that you can use to fight Gulp. And as for your friends, don’t forget to utilize your abilities during the battle.”
Spyro nodded and said to his team, “Let’s go take Gulp down!” Spyro and his team jumped down the hole to Gulp’s Overlook.
(Autumn Plains Castle Overlook)
“Gulp, we’ve finally made the Seasons Kingdom ours! You’ve earned a special reward!” Ripto presented his mount with a fairy that he captured while taking up residence in the castle. It was at that moment that Spyro and his team arrived which caught Gulp’s attention as he began to glare which Ripto asked,
“Gulp? What is it, boy?” He guessed, “Oh, the fairy? Here you go.” Unaware that Spyro was behind him, the dragon let out a devious smile before unleashing his fire breath at Ripto as he let out a surprised scream while releasing the fairy. Gulp tried to eat the fairy, although he failed to grab her as Ripto landed on a throne that was in the room. He looked at his cape and yelled,
“You singed my cape!” He turned towards the team, “Dragons, you are really starting to get on my nerves!” He called out, “Say ‘Goodbye’ Flame Breath! Gulp! Lunch time!”
Gulp soon had a pair of dual energy guns mounted to his back as the team turned and took their battle stances. Ripto commanded, “Gulp! Finish them off and you can have all the fairies you can eat!” He grinned, “I’m going to enjoy this!”
The team soon faced off against Gulp as the dinosaur proved to be a very formidable opponent. Warnado got Gulp’s attention by using his wind abilities, the dinosaur saw the turtle as he jumped in an attempt to crush him only to be hit by an explosive barrel that was swung by Bash. The pterodactyls began flying overhead and dropped supplies for the team to use, but they also noticed that Gulp could use those supplies after swallowing an explosive barrel and tried to burn Whirlwind. Spyro saw the pterodactyls drop an array of bombs and barrels as he and Sunburn shot one of each at Gulp. They also noticed that every time Gulp gets hit, he jumps into the air and upon landing, all the items are destroyed.
Gulp soon fired his energy cannons as Ripto grinned, “Those meddling lizards are going to be a nice lunch for Gulp. And taking down the Purple Dragon would elevate me as the riptoc that ended Warfang’s hero!”
Cynder swung her scythe tail at a lit bomb towards Gulp as the explosion hit and surprised him before glaring at the dragoness as he charged. Cynder dodged him as the green dinosaur realized that he missed. The pterodactyls were now dropping rockets and chickens that would spawn butterflies for Sparx to eat. But when Gulp ate one, it healed him of his injuries as Cynder yelled,
“Guys, those chickens will heal him if he eats one! Get the chickens before Gulp does or else we’ll be fighting him all day!”
Sunburn spoke, “We’re on it!” Sunburn and Camo put down each chicken they saw as Sparx gobbled up the butterflies and used a heavy fire blast on Gulp, knocking him into the air as he glared at the dragonfly as he said,
“Take that, you big lizard!” Gulp aimed his cannons at Sparx before Ripto called out, “Forget about the dragonfly, focus on the dragons and then you can have the dragonfly for lunch!”
Gulp shot various energy balls in all directions while eating a rocket and shot it at Zap, but he dodged it when he used his slip slide ability to get some distance until it began to home in on the water dragon. It never hit him since it was destroyed by a tempest cloud summoned by Whirlwind. Bash decided to attack Gulp directly as he bounced all over the overlook as the many hits angered Gulp. Camo struck the dinosaurs with an array of explosive watermelons while Warnado followed up with an array of turtle shells as Spyro ended it by spitting a rocket that he had picked up earlier as the rocket knocked Gulp into the air and upon landing, he took one dazed look at the group of seven dragons, one turtle and one dragonfly before falling over as visions of flying dragons spun around his head.
As for Ripto, he was shocked to see that Gulp was defeated, but even more shocked when his throne tipped over due to the shock waves generated by Gulp and a stray rocket hitting him during the battle as he was sent tumbling out the window of the overlook. After seeing this, the guidebook appeared and flashed in front of them, which the team knew very well that the Avalar banners are back in place. As they sighed, knowing that the battle was over. Elora approached and said,
“Guys, you did it!” They were surprised to see her as Spyro asked, “Elora, where did you come from!?”
The faun explained, “I was just outside the castle in Autumn Plains - The Castle is now free again! There’s no sign of Ripto!”
The seven that are with Spyro and Cynder cheered knowing that Ripto is gone. As they stated that now they can live in peace in their home realms as Elora added,
“And since you and Cynder have been around, the creatures of Avalar are finally starting to get along!”
She turned her head away from them as the team noticed a group of fairies holding eight beach chairs and eight umbrellas as Whirlwind asked,
“Is this...for us?” Elora nodded while explaining, “Since you guys did so much for the Seasons Kingdom and since I knew that Spyro and Cynder really miss being on vacation, we really wanted to do something nice for all of you.”
The fairies had set everything up for the dragons and the air turtle as the faun added, “It’s not much, but I hope you like it.”
Camo spoke, “Not much? This is the best thing to happen to us from all of that butt-kicking.”
Zap grinned, “Stopping a villain is worth a vacation!”
Sunburn laughed, “Talk about a late birthday present, I love it!”
Whirlwind smiled, “It seems nice to be liked once and a while. My training at Colossus did help me harness my powers, but a little relaxing would do.”
Bash bounced up and down in his ball form like a pinball, “Man, a vacation is more like it!”
Cynder chuckled, “We may not be in Dragon Shores, but this will do.”
Warnado approached his beach chair, “It may not be Sunny Beach, but relaxing after you defeat a bad guy is a good day off.”
Spyro smiled that he and his friends get to have a vacation and asked, “Aren’t you going to join us?”
Elora stopped for a moment and said, ‘Uhhh...no ...I'd like to. But I have to go check on the Professor in the Winter Tundra. He’s still trying to fix the Super-Portal so he could send you home.”
As she said that, Spyro and his friends had already climbed into their beach chairs as Spyro felt a bit drowsy, most likely due to the battle, “Oh, that sounds...interesting. I think we’ll hang out here for a while and soak up a few rays.”
Like Spyro, the team also felt drowsy due to the fight against Gulp as each of them took a quick nap.
Spyro had told the CMC and Smolder on how he and the team defeated Gulp and were given a temporary vacation as Elora went to the Winter Tundra. Scootaloo was amazed,
“I can’t believe that all of you defeated Gulp and seen the last of Ripto! But at least you managed to have your vacation.”
Cynder sighed, “Well, that’s what we thought until Spyro realized that Elora was gone.”
Spyro spoke, “I thought she was going to stay with us. But I also had a feeling in my gut that our job wasn’t over, so we had to follow her.”
Smolder asked, “I heard Spike say that the Winter Tundra portal was powered by a Bloodstone Jewel?”
Sweetie Belle guessed, “Which is the same crystal on the scepter that Ember possesses.”
Spyro nodded as he said, “Ember uses the scepter to close any opened portals that Malefor opened and it’s a good thing that she has the scepter and not anyone else.”
Applebloom asked, “Why do ya say that?”
Cynder added, “Because it happened once before with the power crystal for the Super-Portal.”
At the Winter Tundra, Elora and Hunter were there as the Professor was just about done fixing the Super-Portal as he theorized,
“I think I’ve developed a way to access the Dragon Realms from the Super-Portal!” He pointed out the shining purple crystal on the keystone of the arch, “This power crystal is made out of pure bloodstone and has the magical properties to give us the extra boost that we need!” He began writing his notes, “Just a few more calculations to set it up.”
He continued writing, “Almost got it…” He finished, “There! Everything is finally ready! We’re going to need a lot more Orbs, but with the power crystal boosting it, the Super-Portal should work again.”
All of a sudden, a bomb caught them off guard as the explosion knocked the crystal off of the keystone as it turned from purple to its natural red as a familiar voice called out,
“So, you thought that you’ve gotten rid of me?” Approaching them from the entrance while holding a bomb, was Ripto as he continued,
“Well, I’m afraid not! I persuaded that fat bear Moneybags to sell me a few bombs!”
Hunter called to the professor, “The power crystal...he can’t have it!” The professor tried to crawl his way to it, but Ripto warned him, “Don’t even try it, Book Boy or you’ll be the world’s smartest pile of ashes!”
With the trio subdued, Ripto snatched the Power Crystal as he grinned, “This is just what I need for a new scepter!”
Hunter, knowing that if Ripto gets away with the crystal, he could build a new scepter with the crystal boosting it. The cheetah attempted to pull out his bow until he felt a large amount of pain in his arm. He couldn’t reach his bow until he realized while groaning,
“The bombs must have sprained my arm!” But his right arm still worked as he pulled out his dagger as he lunged at the riptoc with the intention of knocking the crystal from his grasp, but Ripto’s speed and Hunter’s sprained left arm, he couldn’t stop him as the villain climbed the stairs of the Winter Tundra Castle. He gazed at the unfortunate trio as he laughed,
“AHAHAHAHA!! You little fools! After I destroy you all with my new scepter, I’m going to rename this place, ‘Riptonia!’ AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!” He walked into the castle, kicked Moneybags out as the Ripto Banners appeared.
A few minutes later, Spyro, Cynder, Whirlwind, Camo, Zap, Warnado, Bash and Sunburn arrived at the Winter Tundra. To the dragons, they found the place to be very beautiful, if they didn’t already notice the Ripto banners in the distance. They also found Elora, who was worrying about something until she noticed them,
“Guys, Ripto’s still alive and he’s locked us out of the castle! Even worse, he’s stolen our new power crystal for the Super-Portal!”
Bash asked, “Are you kidding me?!” Sunburn added, “I guess falling into an abyss isn’t enough. Oh well, we’ll just roast and toast him.”
Spyro looked at the others, “I guess we’ll have to. Even though Cynder and I may not have regained our full powers, we can still beat Ripto if we work together.”
Zap stated, “You can count me in!”
Camo added, “Me too!”
Whirlwind sighed at the purple dragon’s determination as she said, “My dad is exactly like you, full of determination, never to back down and a great leader. You can count on me, Spyro!”
Warnado added, “And so will I!”
Elora looked at the strong friendship that the seven dragons and the turtle have. All following under Spyro’s leadership, she knew the stories that Hunter would tell about Spyro and Cynder; but to witness that defining feature is amazing. So she decided to let them in on a secret,
“Spyro, Cynder, I know that you and your friends have come this far, but there’s something that you should know.”
Cynder asked, “What is it?”
“There’s a dragon that lives in Metropolis, he’s a master machinist and a good friend of the Professor.”
Spyro asked in shock, “Why didn’t you tell us sooner?”
“We thought Ripto was dead after Autumn Plains and didn’t think we would need him and he also prefers to work on his cybernetic suit and test its capabilities, even helped the Professor with a few projects, the Super-Portal being one of them. His workshop in Metropolis has many mods and technology salvaged from various caches found across the seasons kingdom and built his aforementioned cybernetic suit which he uses for combat.”
Cynder realized, “If this dragon mechanic is as good as you say, we may need his help with defeating Ripto for good.”
Elora pointed towards the blocked gate, “The Metropolis portal is on the other side of the gate, but Ripto’s surprise attack and earthquakes due to him building a scepter from the crystal has blocked the gate with boulders.”
Spyro stated, “We’ll storm that castle and get back that crystal from Ripto! This time, he's going down!”
The dragons began their journey through Winter Tundra and encountered Moneybags again where he taught Spyro and Cynder how to head bash. After that, they cleared the rubble and proceeded into the castle courtyard where the Super-Portal lies inactive. Upon seeing the portals all over the place, the team separated and went into different portals with Spyro entering the Metropolis portal.
Camo, Bash and Zap were fighting off the indigenous wildlife that went crazy due to the Wizards Fountain shutting off at the Mystic Marsh, only to discover that the water wizard, Snoozle was slacking off. Whirlwind, Warnado and Cynder were helping a group of wizards fight off a group of evil warlocks that stole their magic wands at the Cloud Temples. Sunburn was dealing with the last speedway course and helped Hunter pop all the balloons that appeared after he completed the course, while on Hunter's recently acquired remote-controlled plane. They collected the orbs and retrieved every bit of treasure from each area.
Spyro was in Metropolis during an insurrection from the farms, there were suicide pigs and space cows all over the place. Spyro made short work of the enemies and took down an Ox that seized the armory. He fought his way to the Inventor Droid where the dragon that Elora mentioned was there as well. The dragon definitely fit the description as the dragon, Drobot recognized Spyro, no doubt from the stories as well. Spyro asked for Drobot's help against Ripto, but the tech dragon stated that he won't until they take care of the flying sheep saucers flying all over the city. So Spyro offered to help Drobot with the saucers as the purple dragon utilized the Inventor Droid’s Combination Power-Up of Super Fly and Super Flame while Drobot used his tech suit.
“Whirlwind told us about those Sheep UFOs when Hunter was dealing with them back in the Forgotten Lands.” Scootaloo remembered.
“She said that those sheep were just blasting race courses, abducting people and stealing eggs.” mentioned Sweetie Belle.
“You did tell me about the sheep saucers in Metropolis and how you and Drobot shot down both waves.” Cynder pointed out.
Sparx sighed, “Trust me, there was also the robot bugs that Drobot had to deal with at Robotica Farms.”
Smolder asked, “Robot Bugs? I thought real bugs would be bad, but robots?”
“We went from a city to a farm run by robots and were facing a robot bug problem since their big bug zapper turned off.”
Applebloom, due to her being a farm filly, sighed, “I know that feelin’ of them bugs eating the crops, none of them were robot bugs.”
Spyro stated, “The Robot bugs were exclusive to Robotica Farms and Drobot goes there at some point to exterminate the pests. So Drobot and I went to the farms, exterminate any robot bugs while we made our way to the bug zapper so Drobot can repair it.”
Sparx added, “We got all the orbs and all the treasure from every area.” Smolder realized, “That only leaves just Ripto himself!”
Spyro nodded, “Just him against eight dragons and an air turtle. Although, the door to Ripto’s Arena required a certain amount of Orbs, but since we got all of them, it was more than enough to open the door. Elora also told us that the Orbs will be infused with the various offensive power-ups that would help us against Ripto. Hunter would be dropping the orbs from above during the fight. Here’s what happened…”
Castle Arena, Winter Tundra
Ripto stood proud with his new scepter as he intended to test the crystal’s power on a bunch of sheep. But when he fired, the sheep immediately scattered which infuriated him,
“NYAH!!! Get back here, you useless animals!”
“Hey Shorty!” Said a familiar voice as he turned to see Spyro and his team as the purple dragon continued, “Maybe we can help!”
Ripto was shocked, “What! You again!?” Cynder smirked, “Yep and if want to test out that power crystal so badly, why don’t you test it on us?”
Drobot spoke, “Lasers locked on target and on hold.”
Zap grinned, “If you want to see what that crystal could do to us, take a free shot!”
Camo waved his leafy tail, “Come on, we’re open!”
Sunburn flared his wings, “I can take a shot from it.”
Whirlwind challenged, “I’ll stand still.”
Bash slammed his tail, “Time to see if you have a bite to your bark!”
Warnado stated, “We promise that we’ll stand still.”
Ripto, although intimidated by eight dragons and a turtle challenging him and getting in the way of his domination, found it interesting as he grinned,
“I like that. Dragons, YOU HAVE JUST SEALED YOUR FATE!”
The battle was on as Spyro’s team clashed with Ripto. Ripto’s only method of attack was shooting fireballs from his scepter, although when Spyro attacked him directly, the riptoc was knocked back yelling, “NO!”
Zap shot several shots at Ripto with the same result. It wasn’t until the water dragon noticed that Ripto’s scepter makes him immune to regular attacks, they soon remembered the Orbs as Hunter flew overhead, dropping several orbs. Some of them were red, green and blue, Zap noticed the blue orbs and collected three of them. In collecting the three blue orbs, he felt a powerful electrical current surge within him as he charged up a powerful lightning attack and struck Ripto which caused some damage.
Ripto, noticing the orbs, grabbed three red ones as he laughed while charging up his scepter and releasing three flame waves. Zap jumped in order to keep himself from getting singed while Sunburn grabbed three red orbs as Ripto noticed the hybrids power boost and began to run. Sunburn, using his new power, teleported to Ripto and used a focused Super-Flame breath and damaged Ripto even more. Camo grabbed three green orbs and shot volleys of sun bombs, which emitted plasma at Ripto.
After they damaged him enough, Ripto used his scepter to create a robot version of Gulp as the riptoc mounted him. The dragons realized that they couldn’t get to Ripto when he’s on the robot, so they focused on getting the orbs before Robo-Gulp. Bash got a red orb, a green orb and a blue orb which gave him the blue orb’s power. Instead of an electrical charge, Bash went into his ball form and charged directly at Robo-Gulp as the robot took damage. Robo-Gulp soon ate two red orbs and a blue orb as the robot shot a barrage of light-blue electricity balls from its horns. The dragons quickly dodged as Spyro grabbed three green orbs as he lobbed plasma bombs at the robot, damaging it even more.
Whirlwind and Drobot grabbed three reds and blues, Whirlwind’s blue orbs gave her a more potent tempest cloud power while Drobot’s red orbs gave him a more focused optical laser beam as both attacks damaged Robo-Gulp. It couldn’t take any more damage until Cynder used a lightning attack with a blue orbs power to reduce the robot to scrap metal and Gold Orbs, flinging Ripto off as well.
“It’s not over yet, troublesome fools!” Ripto directed his scepter towards one of the scattered orbs, turning it into a giant robot bird, similar to the birds from Skelos Badlands, and jumped onto the bird and began to destroy the arena floor as lava began to pour all over. Spyro and his team, upon realizing their situation, ran to the Gold Orbs and obtained the Super-Fly Power Up even those that didn’t have wings, sprouted a pair of wings and flew while the gold orbs enhanced their regular powers.
Spyro and Cynder flew after Ripto as the arena was now a big lava pool. Ripto used his scepter to fire a green ball of magic with every intention of killing them, they dodged it, but it started to come around and trail them again. The two dragons avoided the ball as it slammed into the side of the arena. Spyro shot a fireball at Ripto which hit home on the robot bird as Cynder unleashed her new black lightning strike on the bird. Ripto attempted to shoot them again, only to be hit by a turtle shell from Warnado, which the orbs had him spin in his tornado for sustained flight.
Whirlwind and Bash, even though happy with his temporary wings, attacked Ripto with a combination of rainbows and rocks. Zap and Camo struck with a combined attack of lightning and explosive fruits as Ripto increased his bird’s thrusters to get away from the dragons and retaliate. Drobot and Sunburn followed up with a combination of fire blasts and optical lasers as Ripto grew desperate.
“Give it up, Ripto! You're over-matched!” Shouted Spyro.
Ripto turned toward the assembled dragons and turtle, “I WON’T GO DOWN SO EASILY!” Ripto fired multiple green magic balls as they went towards the team. Until Spyro's eyes began to glow purple as a magical power began to wash over the team as he yelled,
“AS ONE!” Soon enough, the elemental energy building up in all nine of them grew to the point of release as multiple vortexes opened in front of each member of the team. When it reached its peak, all nine of them unleashed a powerful fury wave of Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Life, Undead, Tech and Magic directly at Ripto. The impact of the fury attacks were too much as the robot bird as it broke apart due to the amount of damage that it took as Ripto himself fell into lava.
After defeating Ripto, the power crystal merged with the guidebook as Ripto's banners disappeared as the Avalar banners took their rightful place on the Winter Tundra castle. Spyro and his friends had already left the castle, with a tied up and singed Ripto as well.
They gathered at the Super-Portal where everyone else was, including Moneybags as Elora gratefully said, “I don't think we could ever thank you enough!” She kissed Spyro on the forehead while receiving a jealous glance from Cynder as she whispered, “Sorry about that.”
She cleared her throat and sadly asked, “I suppose you have to go?” Spyro sighed, “Yeah, they’ll be missing us in the Dragon Realm…” Cynder added, “And we still have a vacation to take.”
Elora stopped them for a moment, “Before you go, I think Moneybags has something to give you!”
The bear scoffed, “I most certainly will not!” Hunter, not wanting to hear the bear refuse, used his bow as a blunt weapon and gave him a few whacks before jumping him and pinning him down. Elora turned to the team, “Guys, Moneybags is really sorry for having you pay him throughout your journey. So you are welcome to keep the gems as a reward for helping us.”
Spyro grinned, “Nice, thanks. Sparx, can you grab them?” The dragonfly buzzed off and grabbed the bag of gems as the Professor typed in the right coordinates. After he was finished, the scientists proudly declared,
“Spyro, Cynder, you can now go to Dragon Shores!” Spyro had an idea, “How about you guys come with us? I bet you can use a vacation!”
The faun sighed, “We love to, but you may have captured Ripto, but he's caused a big mess in his short stay. There's going to be a lot of cleanup work to do. But if you ever want to visit, you access the portal in Dragon Shores.”
Hunter approached the two, “I will also see to it that Ripto is brought to Warfang to face proper justice.”
Ripto shouted, “You can't do this to me! I demand a trial!” Hunter glared as he took the captured riptoc, “You will get a trial...after your finished cleaning the Warfang stables under close supervision!”
Ripto shouted, “Nooooooooooooooooo!!” After witnessing that, Elora turned to the others that were with Spyro and Cynder, “Whirlwind, Camo, Warnado, Zap, Bash, Sunburn, Drobot, you guys did great with helping Spyro and Cynder on their quest. I know you guys want to get back to what you were doing before you met them…”
Zap stated, “Are you kidding? This is the best thing that's ever happened to us. To fight alongside War Heroes!” The others agreed to his statement as Elora knew that they formed close bonds with Spyro and Cynder as she said,
“Well, since you guys did so much for us... I’d like you guys to go with them to Dragon Shores, take a vacation and have fun. We’ll handle the cleanup and turning Ripto over to Dragon City.”
They were surprised that they were being told to go with Spyro and Cynder for their vacation. But with determination, they accepted this as Spyro nodded as he said, “Come on, guys! We have a lot of vacationing to catch up on!”
As soon as it was said, all eight dragons and turtle went into the Super-Portal.
As soon as Spyro and Cynder finished their story, their audience were amazed at the many chronicles that they had. First of the fight against Gnasty Gnorc and then the battle against Ripto and his monsters with the rest of the dragon skylanders to boot. Scootaloo asked,
“Whirlwind said that it was at Dragon Shores that you decided that a special team needs to be formed in order to deal with villains like Ripto and any other bad guy that comes crawling out of the woodwork. Right?”
The purple dragon nodded, “It was around that time that we crossed paths with Eon and brought us to his citadel. It was at the citadel when we first started calling ourselves ‘Skylanders’ We got our individual powers that are drawn from the eight elements, but as you already know, Whirlwind declined, believing that she wasn't ready for the Skylanders.”
Sweetie Belle remembered, “Until after the fight against the Sorceress when she approached you, Cynder and Elora.”
Cynder nodded, “That's right and it was at that moment when we were proud to be called Skylanders, because We Fight As One.”
Smolder was amazed, “You guys really are heroes...and as a matter of fact, I don't actually feel angry about coming here anymore.”
“And that’s good to know how you started out. You need all the help you can get.” said a familiar chuckling voice as Spyro and Cynder turned to the Portal of Power.
Spyro smiled, “Donald, Goofy, I’m glad you guys made it.”
The newcomers were a cartoon dog wielding a shield and a duck with a staff. The dog stated, “King Mickey sends his greetings.”
Donald spoke, “It’s good to see you again, Spyro.” The dragon replied, “The feeling’s mutual, old friends. How are the new powers?”
Goofy’s shield turned into a gear, “Gawrsh, the Tech Element is a bit hard to get used to, but it has a few abilities for me and Donald’s really liking to boost from the Magic Element.”
The duck nodded as he said, “Ever since we’ve got these new powers, we’ve helped our friend across the many worlds back home while making sure he doesn’t meddle in the affairs of that world.”
Spyro asked, “Is he coming?” Both sadly shook their heads as Donald said, “He had to find a special friend of his...alone.” Goofy continued, “We haven’t seen him since.”
All of a sudden, there was a pulse of energy as the surprised group turned to the nearby Creation Crystal as the holographic display on the containment unit said,
“Imaginator Creation in Progress. Element: Tech Species: Human New Battle Class detected! Battle Class: Pilot Creation Identity: Pilot JC-4727 Confirmed.”
There was a brief pause before the display stated,
“Unusual magic detected within Pilot JC-4727. Do you still wish to commence with creation?”
Applebloom replied, “Yes! Create him!”
“Imagineer Applebloom voice accepted. Creating Imaginator.”
Goofy, who had his shield up asked, “Gawrsh, what is that?”
Spyro turned toward the three fillies and asked, “Is this what you three were working on before I entered?”
Author's Note
Hey hey! I'm back! Longest Chapter that I had to work on...took me half of 2019 to make.
Spyro has told them his chronicles, how he and Cynder met the others and the formation of the Skylanders.
Also Donald and Goofy from Gill Grunt Wham-Shell and Zap's Adventure return, revealing that they, too have become Skylanders.
But also, the CMC's Imaginator project, JC-4727 has begun it's creation process. What would this new Imaginator bring? Find out in the next exciting chapter of Skylanders X MLP!
(Imaginator POV)
It looked like a stained glass mural depicting...a girl with red and yellow striped hair, light green eyes and she looked like she was wielding fire. In all honesty, she was actually quite breathtakingly beautiful, there was something about her, like I’ve seen her before...but I don't know what's going on in this place. Taking my attention away from the girl, I noticed that the mural had six other pictures which I could point out the boy with the gauntlet in one of them since I recognized the spiky green hair until a noiseless, disembodied voice spoke,
“Your life is beginning, your journey is beginning as your current form will change to what it will appear.”
That caught me by surprise when it said that my ‘life is beginning’ meaning that I was actually on the verge of being born...brought into the real world outside of this mysterious place. All of a sudden, a mirror appeared right in front of me, out of curiosity, I approached it and all I saw was a crystalline figure consumed by light, mimicking my movements.
“Is this supposed to be me?” I asked. All of a sudden, the light in the mirror began to change from a figure of crystal and light to a more human appearance. The figure in the mirror wore a suit that had some patches of red on the pant legs and arms. I did point out several pieces of armor from the chest, shoulders, knees and back, which had a device strapped to the lower back. It wore finger-less gloves, a piece of fabric that was wrapped around the neck and a hi-tech helmet with the visor looking like an X as it gave off a blue glow.
I looked back at myself and realized that the figure in the mirror was me as I was wearing the same gear as my reflection. Soon as I was looking over my new self, that voice spoke,
“This form is what you are, your weapons, your armor are a part of you. The door is waiting for you, your element is awakening within you, for you also have gained a special power. Use your abilities to reach the next station and open the door.”
I cautiously looked at the mirror again as it soon turned into a door and flashed towards the nearby pillar or as the voice calls it, a station. There was nothing but a gap between the station I was on and the station the door was on as two walls appeared to bridge the gap on the side, but not the walkway. It wasn't until that voice spoke,
“Run the walls to reach your goal, bound between for the bold.” Looking at the walls, I realized that I have to run the walls to get out of here. I took a running jump as I felt myself sticking to the wall as the device on my back kept me up as I began wall running. I noticed the other wall as the device began to wear out on this side, so I jumped from the first wall to the second and continued to run. I repeated this process several times until I reached the next station. It was heart pounding to think about what would happen if I messed up and I would end up falling into darkness again. As I approached the door with caution, I took notice of the ‘station’ that I was on. It was a different image than the first, it had the image of the boy with spiky green hair and a spirit-like creature with the head of a dragon. When I reached my hand towards the door, I had a gut feeling that this was a test of some sort. I opened the door to reveal an obstacle course that has walls, ramps and still enemies as I asked,
“Is this a test?”
“Your abilities are strengthened by your element and battle class, Pilot. Do not be afraid, for you see the world differently. Sheer walls will become flanking routes, you will master the art of stealth and deception, even overwhelming odds will be used in your favor. All of those skills are put together in this gauntlet, Pilot.”
All of a sudden, a flash of light appeared in my hands as two weapons took their place. The first one was some type of rifle while the other was a pistol,
“You have the tools needed for your run. Get through the course, quick and efficient.”
So, I ran the course as I took the voice’s advice about who I am. But I couldn't help but think as I ran across a wall and shot the three targets. Element? Battle Class? Pilot? Special Power? What's going on here? How am I alive? Why am I called a Pilot?
All of these questions filled my head as I jumped from the wall, slid on my knees and shot at two more targets as I jumped onto another wall and tossed a grenade at a group of targets before continuing on. I continued running, shooting and sliding my way through the gauntlet until I reached the finish line as my time read ‘00:45.1’ and the voice spoke again,
“A fast run, efficiency in dispatching foes and speed are a key factor in the power you wield, Pilot.”
I looked around again as the gauntlet faded back to a station which showed the picture of a girl with lime green hair wearing a pair of headphones, holding a set of bolas as the green spirit of a fawn circles around her. I was still dumbstruck to this whole thing, but the only way to get out of this place is forward as I began to walk forward. That wasn't until I felt a tingling sensation and I jumped out of the way of an unknown assailant. I managed to double jump, thanks to the device on my back and backflip over the assailant and landed behind him. As I saw the figure turn towards me, I noticed something familiar about him, despite the shadowy appearance and red X visor on the helmet - He looks just like me.
“Be warned, the further you go towards the light, the greater your shadow becomes.”
My shadow gazed at me before morphing into a shadow giant with a literal heart shaped opening. I knew that this was a fight, so I pulled out my gun and my left hand flashed to reveal a sword. I was confused at first until the giant stomped its way towards me and I dodged it. I fired my gun at the monster’s eyes while landing a couple of slashes with my new sword at its hand. The monster was doing everything possible to stop me as I continued to alternate between the sword and the gun via slashing at the hands or shooting in in the the eyes. It even summoned some smaller dark creatures to stop me, but I managed to slide beneath them and chop them up with the sword. When it looked like I had the big guy on the ropes, it suddenly dropped through the floor as a puddle of darkness attempted to consume me.
“Do not be afraid, for you wield the ultimate weapon…” All of a sudden, a bright blue light appeared in my vision as a metallic hand pulled me from the darkness before placing me in what looks to be a cockpit,“As well as the power of Tech. You may now awaken.”
“JC…”
“JC...”
I heard voices as I moved a bit as those same voices spoke again before opening my eyes as a blinding light appeared in my vision. It didn't take long for my eyesight to adjust to figure out that I was lying down on some sort of table. I also felt a bit cold since I noticed that I wasn't wearing the gear, instead it was a form fitting bodysuit. While lying down, I noticed that I was in some sort of chamber with two archways and a platform in the center of the chamber. I also took notice of the glass tube behind my prone form and how...familiar it looked.
“JC…” Said a small voice as I looked down to see that I wasn't alone. In the room were eight creatures, the smaller ones were four legged and were hooved while the fourth one was a dragon that walked on two legs. The larger ones were two dragons one purple, one black and the last ones were a dog with a shield and a duck with a stick.
The three hooved creatures approached my table with a smile as I asked, “Who are you?”
The yellow one with the bow spoke, “Ah’m Applebloom…” She pointed to the white one with a horn, “That's Sweetie Belle…” She pointed to the orange one with the wings, “And Scootaloo! We made you, Jack.”
I raised an eyebrow and asked, “Jack? You called me, Jack? Is that my name?”
Sweetie Belle stated with a shrug, “Well, we called you ‘JC’ before you were flushed from the tank. Donald and Goofy suggested that we call you Jack since it's in your number.”
I asked curiously, “Number?” Scootaloo added, “The number that you were given by the tank behind you was ‘JC-4727’ but we had to give you an actual name since you're a new type of Imaginator with a whole new battle class.”
I remembered, “JC-4727, Pilot of the Tech Element.” I slowly sat up from the table and said, “Where am I?”
The purple dragon decided to speak, “You're in the Canterlot Portal Chamber, it's the hub of the portal network, linking this world, Equestria to our world, Skylands.”
The black dragon spoke with a female voice, “Spyro and I have just finished telling these four of our adventures before you woke up.”
The dog realized, “Gawrsh, we got here too late to hear it.”
I didn't know what to do when I took my first steps after getting off the table. I was a bit wobbly at first, but I managed to get used to walking before running since I was doing plenty of it in the awakening. I also felt myself looking at the walls that had stained glass windows that shown that history of how this chamber and the portals came to be. But it wasn't until I noticed one of the arch portals displaying a familiar sight, acting on instinct, I dashed from the table, jumping over the dragons and sliding through Goofy's legs as he yelped in surprise. I stopped at the portal and took in what was being shown - the camp from my dreams. I turned to group who were surprised by my sudden reaction,
“I...I remember seeing that place before...in a dream before I woke up.”
That caught everyone by surprise with what I said as Goofy asked, “This dream...what was it about actually?”
I described it as best I could, from the stations, the voice, the pilot's gauntlet, fighting my dark side to a metal hand saving me from the darkness. I could tell by the looks on Donald and Goofy's faces that they've heard about this before. I don't know if they experienced it or someone they know had gone through it, but they definitely heard of this before.
“Hmm...that is interesting.” Said a voice as a new pony entered the room, he had a blue coat, white mane and beard. He had both a horn and wings as he wore a cloak with a sash that had the symbols of all ten elements. His blue eyes had shown wisdom as he said,
“Greetings young Imaginator, I am Eon and I have to say that you are more different than the regular Imaginators that go from crystal to life. As I recall correctly, you entered a dreamscape during your creation?”
I nodded before saying, “I did and it somehow showed the camp in the portal behind me.”
Eon gazed at the portal and then back at me, “That is a mystery, isn't it? Whatever dream you had, might mean that you are supposed to go there.”
I turned back to the portal and back the big pony and asked, “Something tells me that I can't go yet.”
“Indeed, considering that you are fresh out of the tank, we’ll need to run a few tests with your element before assigning you to a Sensei and that's a tricky one.”
“There aren't any Pilot Senseis?” “It wasn't until the Pilot Class was discovered until the children created you. But if what you said about the camp is true, we would be more than happy to assign a member of the air team, Echo Squadron to the rank of Sensei.”
I was confused, “Wait, what do you mean?” Eon stated, “You are going to begin your Pilot training under the leader of Echo Squadron, who would also be given the rank of Sensei. The whole squadron is through the portal, fixing up the summer camp and bringing it back to its old self.”
I looked back at the portal as the image of the camp was just begging for me to step through. But I was still fresh out of the tank, I still needed to know what makes me an Imaginator and find some answers to the mystery of the dreamscape. I turned back to the group and said,
“I don't know what all of it meant during my awakening, but I've only been alive for 5 minutes. I still need to learn more about my new life if I am to live my life.”
“That's a great opportunity for you.” He turned toward the four children, “Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, Applebloom, Smolder, would you be so kind to lead Jack to the infirmary?”
The three fillies approached me as Applebloom said, “Don't worry, Jack. We do this with every Imaginator that we create. You just need to get yourself looked at by a doctor.”
I looked at them and nodded before asking, “Since you three made me from a crystal, do you think you can craft the suit I was wearing in the dream?”
Sweetie Belle said, “We just need to know what it looks like. But we'll figure it out after you see the doctor.”
(Normal POV)
As for the CMC, they used the Imaginite chunks and thanks to the imagination and the sketch of Jack’s suit from that dream, they were able to craft the pieces of the suit, the armor, the thruster pack, the suit and the helmet. But they added some extra attachments to it, Scootaloo added a grappling hook to his left wrist for escaping danger or pulling an enemy towards him. Applebloom added an emergency cloak in order for him to sneak around and slip away. Sweetie Belle added a holo-decoy that would either stand idle or run towards the direction he was facing, it's mainly used for distracting enemies. Smolder decided to pitch in and added her creation to the suit; because of witnessing the grublins use of ranged attacks, she used the Imaginite to create a shield wall to protect him, should he ever engage in combat.
These four attachments as well as the suit were placed inside a suitcase as the new Imaginator, now in Camp Everfree clothes stood at the portal. He would definitely stand out amongst the others since his skin was pale with a tan, he had dark brown hair and his build is that of a human teenager who spent a lot of time with a track team. Master Eon looked at the Imaginator and said,
“I have already sent word to the team and news of Spy’s promotion to Sensei. Although all six members are skilled, he will teach you everything you need to know on what it means to be in the Pilot class and perhaps more that you could find out yourself. He would also tell you to not be afraid to ask the others for additional training, Dro is an excellent machinist and would do well for your Element Training aside from your Pilot Training.”
Jack nodded, “Thank you, Master Eon. I'm glad to have been brought into the world and now it feels like my adventure in life begins.”
Goofy spoke, “Oh and before you go, we kinda figured out that dream of yours.”
“What was it, Goofy?”
“Well, it's called ‘The Dive to Heart’, King Mickey went through it before and our friend, Sora had gone through it several times.”
Donald spoke, “In some cases, a Dive to Heart could mean one thing.” Jack caught on, “The ultimate weapon?” This caught them by surprise as the human imaginator remembered what the voice said.
“You really are on your way to getting it.”
“What are you saying, Donald?”
Goofy spoke, “We wish we could tell you more, but all you need to know is to trust your heart and the hearts of your friends. For your friends are the power which the key can sense.”
Jack asked, “Is this a riddle?” Eon sighed, “I suppose it means that you have to trust yourself and your new friends at Camp Everfree. The Echo Team is more than a squadron, it's a family as well.”
Jack nodded, “I guess Jack-4727 is going to Camp Everfree.”
Scootaloo spoke, “Um...Jack, the girls and I were thinking about your name and figured, every first name should have a last name. You can't keep going by Jack-4727 for the rest of your life like a product number.”
“My first name marks the J in the number...C could have my last name start with it.”
Applebloom asked, “If yer looking for a last name to start with C, how about Carter?”
Jack shook his head as Sweetie Belle guessed, “Cedar?” He shook his head as Scootaloo guessed, “Crasher?” Jack sighed, “None of those would do. I need a name that could define who I am.”
That's when Smolder asked, “How about Cooper?”
The CMC looked at the dragon as Sweetie Belle asked, “What gave you the idea for name?”
“I thought about the names you chose for him, he doesn't seem to be fond of them. He needed a name that would make him stand out from the rest of the Imaginators. You said it yourself, he's a new type of Imaginator, one that's fully human with superpowers.”
The Imaginator thought about this, “Cooper? Pilot Imaginator Jack Cooper? Hmm...that's actually a fitting name. It will do.”
Scootaloo smiled, “You seem to like your full name.”
Jack nodded, “It makes me feel like I'm ready for anything.”
Applebloom looked at Smolder, “Nice work on giving him a full name. You might have what it takes to become an imagineer.” The dragon nodded at this as Eon chuckled,
“Well now, Jack Cooper, your journey with the Echo Squad is just beginning.” Jack bid everyone farewell as he walked into the portal. At that moment, the Alicorn turned portal master had a grim look as Goofy noticed,
“Is there something wrong?” Eon sighed, “I've been having premonitions regarding an evil that's been haunting me for years and I fear that he will return and we will be too occupied to deal with this.”
Eon nodded as the CMC cleared out as he prepared to leave with Donald and Goofy before turning his head back to the portal before thinking,
“It's been 16 years already, Brother?”
Author's Note
(So yes, I created an origin for the Imaginator, Jack Cooper. Based on the protagonist of Respawn Entertainment's Titanfall 2. Same name as the game character, but different origin and yes, I implemented Kingdom Hearts origin for him. This is also a short chapter, it's actually a good thing, considering that I've been posting long chapters through the duration of the 'Spyro's Chronicles' two-parter.)
The newest Imaginator is now being sent to Camp Everfree for his Battle Class training. What would happen once he's there? What evil did Master Eon sense? Find out on the next Exciting Chapter of Skylanders X MLP!
As the summer draws near, so does the deadline for the opening of Camp Everfree. You’d think that Timber Spruce and Gloriosa Daisy wouldn't be able to run another summer with the state that the camp is in, but with the help of the Echo squad and their friends, Camp Everfree would be good as new in no time. But when Lemon Zest took down a spy drone, they grew concerned about what it was up to. Gloriosa explained that Camp Everfree is targeted by wealthy business tycoon, Filthy Rich who wants to buy the camp, tear it down and build a spa. Luckily, the brother-sister directors were given donations in order to hold him back, but now he's getting curious about what's going on with the camp and that drone was proof that he was getting nosy.
The patrol team that was sent to keep a lookout for any grublin activity in the forest were told of this development. They were on the lookout for any signs of grublins or additional spy drones. As for the only Trap Ranger on the team, Spike had been receiving some strange images, memories of a young boy that went to this camp and was informed of an object that could answer his questions. He also kept it hidden from the rest of the team since he didn't want to involve themselves until he knows what's going on. Spike was rotated to the restoration team where he worked with Twilight and the gang in restoring the docks while Dro worked on the motors for the boats. As he was hammering a nail into a plank, his Traptanium gauntlet chimed in as his spirit companion spoke,
“Nothing like a little woodwork, right kid?”
Spike, nearly hitting his thumb said, “You know after almost hitting my thumb in shock, it's pretty good so far.”
“Reminds me of the structures of my village which were mostly wood.”
The boy reminded him, “You were also a master of woodcraft and Traptanium crafts.”
“That's true.” Spike paused for a moment and then asked, “What do you think about Lemon taking down that drone?”
Drago crossed his arms on screen as he figured, “She crafted a magical bolas to drag it down. That craftsmanship, the throwing style and the aura that the weapon gave off reminds me of a colleague of mine - the same one we talked about at Equestria Shores.”
“Trap Ranger Gaia?” Asked Spike. The spirit of the founder stated, “Remember when she first got her Traptanium Headphones when the crystal that tracked us and Gaia’s armband merged?” Spike guessed, “You think that Trap Ranger Gaia is speaking to her?”
“That's a very good possibility.” Spike thought about it since a Trap Ranger was the highest rank of the Trap Team and Rangers made up the Inner Council. He also figured that since Lemon wore those headphones since the island, Trap Ranger Gaia would speak to her sooner or later - just like he and Drago before they merged for the first time.
Spike realized, “She's on her way to becoming a Trap Ranger!” Drago nodded, “Exactly.”
Soon enough, a small puff of smoke emerged from the motorboat shed near the dock as Dro stumbled out of there, covered in black soot as he coughed up smoke. The mechanic sighed,
“Well, that could use an overhaul.” Spike asked, “Problems with the motor?”
“Yeah, it looked like the motors on those boats haven't been given any repairs for years.”
“Yikes, Dro.” The mechanic nodded, “Exactly.” Twilight, who was working with Sunset on the rowboats asked, “I know it's not a good time, but you know about the message from Master Eon about the new Imaginator, right?”
Dro nodded and said, “I was briefed about him and I heard that the CMC created him to be fully human, which means that they couldn't swap out any body parts if they wanted to.”
Sunset winced at this, “I have to admit that switching between body parts of Imaginators is kind of weird.”
“Trust me, some Imaginators come in all shapes, and sizes as their parts usually mix and match. But this new guy, Jack, I think he was called, also led to the creation of the Pilot Battle Class.”
Spike asked, “So, we now have a battle class of our own and Spy was promoted to Sensei in order to train him.”
Twilight nodded as she told Dro, “He also told you that you have to train him in the Tech Element.”
Dro smiled, “That he did, that he did.”
After the four talked about the new arrival, Spike couldn't shake the feeling of familiarity with the camp, Gloriosa’s words, those memories that he experienced. Nothing seemed to make sense to him and yet, he had a feeling that they were being watched, not by any of Filthy's drones, but something else, something he couldn't figure out. But before he could guess, Timber approached,
“Hey, guys, I can see that the docks are finally done.” He noticed the soot covered Dro, “The motor was clogged up?”
“More than you thought, the motor hasn't been serviced for years.”
Timber sighed, “Six years actually.” Sunset asked, “Six years and no one thought to check on the motor?”
The co-director stated, “I was 10 years old when the motor had problems. Gloriosa, who was 11, went to our grandparents about it and revealed that our financial problems are going to end up cutting a few corners and the motor boats haven't been used ever since.” He silently muttered, “Especially after that night.”
Spike noticed, “What was that?” Timber, realizing that he heard him, “Umm...nothing.”
Spike could've pressed him on the subject, but Drago whispered, “He’s obviously going to redirect the conversation. Another time.”
Timber decided, “Anyway, the new guy just arrived and Dro, you're going to meet with Spy and the new guy, Jack at the gazebo.” The mechanic nodded as he left the docks, the director turned to Spike,
“Spike, you're going to rotate with Camo, he's going to be with the repair team, you're back with the patrol team.”
He nodded as he went back to the perimeter, but Timber stopped him briefly and whispered, “Find the artifact during your patrol. You need to find the truth.”
He quickly nodded and went to the perimeter on the outskirts of the camp.
Dro arrived at the gazebo to find Spy and Gloriosa with the new imaginator. He has pale skin with a tan, he has dark brown hair with the appearance of a regular human teenager around their age. He was also carrying a suitcase with him that bore the Tech Symbol. Dro spoke,
“So you’re the new imaginator of the new pilot class?”
The imaginator nods as he says, “That’s right, my name is Jack Cooper and my imaginator number is JC-4727. Master Eon told me about you two, he said that Spy’s going to be my Sensei and you’re going to train me in the Tech Element.”
Spy shrugged, “I would've suggested having Dro be both Sensei and Elemental Trainer.” Jack figured, “He did tell me to request additional training from the other members of your squadron.”
Dro chuckled, “I guess in some way, we’ve all become Senseis.” Gloriosa chuckled at his statement and then turned to Jack, “I just want to welcome you to Camp Everfree, Jack. We were in the process of rebuilding the old buildings and various places around the camp.”
The pilot nodded, “Eon did tell me that you were restoring the camp.” The director was amazed, “You were well informed.”
The human Imaginator confidently said, “Hey, I've done my homework on this place before stepping through the portal.”
Spy cleared his throat before saying, “While it is true that I’m going to be training you, Dro was right when he said that we’ve all become Senseis of the Pilot Class. Pilots are not only experts on vehicles, like cars, tanks and planes, we’re also combat specialists that utilize speed, quick take-downs, stealth and deception. In heavy combat, our own elemental powers will work to our advantage.”
The new guy rubbed the back of his head as he stated, “I did put on a display of my pilot powers when I first woke up.”
Dro turned to the director, “Gloriosa, is there a course that we could use for Jack’s training?”
The director thought about it for a bit before remembering, “Donkey Kong and Terry actually restored the camp’s obstacle course not too long ago. It would be perfect for your new member.”
Spy nodded and turned to Dro, “I guess we went from repair team to training team. Right, Dro?”
Dro chuckled, “You said it, brother.” The mechanic soon spoke, “Alright, Cooper. Follow us to the obstacle course. Your training begins.” Jack nodded as he followed the two.
As they left, Gloriosa looked around the camp as she saw the once decaying camp that her grandparents left her and her brother turn back into the summer camp that she remembered from her childhood. It wasn't until she heard a faint echo in her mind as she saw a flash of nightmarish images and voices that were all too familiar as her eyes widen,
“Die!” One image showed a boy of 10 years old, being blasted into the air, the culprit being a creature of shadow.
“HANDS OFF HIM, YOU FIEND!” The second image showed a woman impaling the creature with her sword as the injured boy watched from the doorstep of a cabin.
“You're going to be alright, just hold on!” The last image showed the woman cradling the injured boy in her arms with tears in her eyes.
She soon snapped out of it as a voice asked, “Sis?” She turned to see her brother approach her with a concerned look in his eyes. He asked, “You saw it again? That night?”
She frowned, “Six years, Timber. It's been six long years since that night.” The co - director sighed, “Tell me about it, it's been haunting me for years.”
“The truth of his past is out there in those woods. I'm starting to worry about this whole thing since there's only one person who can produce these shadow grublins.”
Her brother froze as he stated, “And he was defeated 16 years ago!”
As they were conversing, a shadowy ball peered through the bushes as a pair of purple eyes glared at the siblings. The eyes chuckled,
“The emotion of fear and worry, little Gloriosa Daisy is worried that their attempts will fail. The camp is none of our concern, but the young boy…” The eyes had an idea, “She worries for the boy and soon - SHE will crush him before he finds it!” The eyes laughed as it slipped into the shadows and blended in with the female director’s shadow.
At the edge of the Everfree Forest, Spike was checking the perimeter for any signs of grublins; he may have his Magic blades, but in an emergency, he would have to merge with Drago. His experience with danger and combat has given him a good sense of alertness in case danger is imminent. It wasn't he heard the snapping of a twig and quickly turned around as he reached for his blade, only to reveal that it was Lemon Zest, who had her foot on a twig. He asked,
“What are you doing out here, Lemon? I thought you were with the restoration team?”
She sighed, “I was, but after the drone, I decided to go for a patrol shift.” Spike asked with suspicion, “Is that all?”
The lime haired girl stated, “I also wanted to find you...” Spike raised an eyebrow at this since he knew that Lemon Zest had a crush on him as Megaman until that shifted to himself after she found out his identity. Of course, he would sweat while Rarity gets jealous, even after the incident where both ganged up on him and let's just say, he turned the tables on them.
Lemon added to her statement, “Because I want you to train me in the ways of a Trap Ranger.”
Spike guessed, “A voice in your head told you to find me?”
“She did and she also asks for Drago to get his ghostly draconic butt out here.” Spike’s gauntlet flipped open as the screen showed Drago’s image,
“Yeah, I definitely recognize that saying from anywhere. But back then, she would tell me to get my spotted butt out of my forge and into the map room.”
Lemon smiled, “So you do recognize her?” The spirit confirmed, “Affirmative, I know Trap Ranger Gaia from anywhere and considering that the armband once belonged to her before becoming your headset.”
Lemon looked at Spike, “So Spike, since the Trap Team’s Inner Council only has two members, I was thinking if you would consider adding a new member?”
He thought about the possibility of rebuilding the Inner Council since it was Snap Shot’s plan after the other members died. He remembered that Snap Shot lost that memory after the attack on Cloudcracker Prison and its subsequent destruction. But since Trap Ranger Gaia chose Lemon to wield her powers, it's one step closer to rebuilding the council. Spike nodded as he held his hand out, “Consider yourself a new member of the Trap Team, Lemon!”
She grasped his hand and shook it, “I won't let you down and I want to know everything if Gaia and I are going to merge.”
“When the time is right, then she will let you know when to activate the Traptanium Wave Change.” They released their hands as Spike remembered, “We can discuss the basics of being a Trap Ranger during our patrol. You've brought your bolas, right Lemon?”
His new recruit twirled her bolas and said, “I've had these since I took out that drone. I'm keeping this, no matter what.”
Her headset spoke, “You're starting your journey to becoming a Trap Ranger. It is best to learn from both Spike and Drago since they have more experience. As for us, we can't merge since my power isn't fully synced, I will let you know when it's time to unleash our powers.”
Lemon nodded as she joined Spike for their patrol. She began to ask him a question, “How did you get the gauntlet?”
Spike raised it up as it's screen opened, “Master Eon, the portal master, gave it to me during the start of the Traptanium Wars. It was in a black box when I got it, he said that I have power within me, more than I can imagine and told me to open the box when I was ready.”
Lemon guessed, “You didn't open it until the attack on the battle station?”
“It was around that time that Drago started talking to me and hearing the phrase ‘Light Our Darkest Hour’ both in the present and the future, I knew what I had to do and opened the box.” He chuckled, “I fought Kaos, the evil portal master on my own and when it looked like he had the upper hand…”
“You activated the gauntlet.” He nodded, “My first Traptanium Wave Change which turned me into Megaman Ranger. I drained the Traptanium from the station, captured Kaos and escaped before it blew up. When I was in Drago’s tomb beneath the academy, he also gave me these.” He gestured to the Traptanium Glasses sitting on his head.
Lemon noticed, “What do those do?” Spike took the glasses off his head and put them over Lemon’s eyes as he exclaimed, “They reveal the various roads that originated from Traptanium itself.”
His companion, now wearing the glasses, looked up and was amazed by the various roads that go in all different directions. She smiled,
“It's like a whole different world up there!” She heard Gaia’s voice chuckle, “When Spike and Drago merge, they could circle the globe over a dozen times over.”
Spike had noted, “A Traptanium Wave World.” She removed the glasses and gave them back to him as they continued their patrol.
The Trap Ranger decided, “I also need to let you know that being a Trap Ranger means that you're a member of the Trap Team Inner Council, the Leaders of the Trap Team.”
Lemon was a bit surprised at that part, not only is she going to be a Trap Ranger, but a member of the leadership as well. She asked,
“What is the Inner Council?” Gaia spoke in her head, “The Inner Council are the leaders of the Trap Team which comprises five Trap Rangers, Drago, Snap Shot and I were among the five. The Council sends off Trap Masters on missions, they handle negotiations and even take direct roles which can change the tide of battle. When we died, Snap Shot became the last of the council, so he had to lead the team at Cloudcracker Prison, our headquarters.”
She nodded and thanked her for the information and she asked Spike, “During those battles, your arms would become weapons. How did you do that?”
He opened the gauntlet and pulled out a crystal, “It’s the power of the Battle Crystals, traptanium is usually used for trapping villains or forging new weapons, but Battle Crystals are traptanium used specifically for combat. These range from Swords, Blasters, Grenades and more powerful attacks.”
Lemon was amazed by this, “So when I become a Trap Ranger, I could use these crystals, just like you!” He nodded as she thanked him for the information as Spike’s gauntlet beeped. He opened the screen and was surprised, “We found it!”
Lemon asked with a hint of suspicion, “Found what?” He paused, realizing that he shouldn't have said that while she was around. So he thought up something to at least put her at ease, bringing up something he saw during his last patrol,
“Well, during my last patrol, I came across a roving band of shadow grublins, they were moving in a way that made me suspect one thing - they were looking for something.”
“Something or someone?” Asked Lemon. Spike shrugged, “I don't know, but Drago picked up an energy reading in this area. I was going to investigate, but I was rotated to the restoration team.”
“Well we’re here now, let's investigate it together.” She grabbed Spike’s arm and dragged him to the location of the unknown energy.
At the obstacle course, Dro was looking over Jack’s suit and the various pieces that were created from Imaginite with Jack’s permission of course, while Spy told the imaginator the time to beat for the course. Soon enough, Jack began to run the course, exhibiting some impressive moves, agility and speed. He managed to finish the course in less than 40 seconds which was impressive for a tank bred human, although Spy did remember that Dark was tank bred by Dr. Krankcase during the war and he was a very skilled opponent. Spy looked over the imaginator’s run time and said,
“Nice work on the course.” He chuckled, “Can’t wait to tell Dash that she has some new competition.”
Jack stated, “I do my best and it’s not surprising since I ran a gauntlet in a waking dream before I was flushed from the tank.”
Dro looked up from the bench, “Eon did tell us about that.” He figured, “It’s probably the reason why you passed the course.” He walked over to them, “I also want to try something.”
Jack asked, “What do you have in mind?” He stated, “I want you to run the course again, but this time…” He pointed to Jack’s gear, “Run the course with your gear on.”
He looked at the gear and then back at Dro, “You want an evaluation of my time with the Pilot gear?”
The mechanic nodded and said, “That's right, Cooper and the mods on the suit are really advanced. Give me two days with this stuff and I could produce these Pilot suits for the rest of the team. I just want to see your capabilities with the suit.”
The Imaginator knew that he's not only a student of the Pilot Class, but a member of a squadron, so he threw on his Pilot suit as he went to the starting line of the course.
As the Imaginator did his second run, Gloriosa was observing the aspects and abilities of the pilot as he bounded over obstacles, double jumped and ran along the wall and slid underneath the beams. It surprised her that three young fillies from another world created a human being from a Creation Crystal, Imaginite’s refined form. The boy has been a surprise for the team and his skills are exceptional. She knew for certain that Cooper would be a valuable member of the team. As the director’s thoughts settled in on the Imaginator, she started to get a strange feeling like she was being watched.
She looked around, cautiously since she was watching the training from a distance. She would've thought that Timber was going to surprise her again, but this feeling wasn't her brother's usual greetings until an eerie laugh caught her attention as she turned to her still shadow on the ground. At that moment, a ball of liquid shadow erupted from the director’s shadow as two purple eyes glared at her. She was shocked at this as she shouted,
“I-IT’S YOU!” The shadow then consumed her as they both disappeared.
Meanwhile, back in the forest, Lemon had finally stopped dragging Spike as he was given back his left hand, so he could check the signal. As he checked the signal, Spike noticed that they were at their destination. Spike and Lemon looked to see a small rock quarry, covered in rocks and vines. The duo were confused about this as Lemon remembered, “This is Camp’s Rock Quarry and Timber said that it's off-limits for campers.”
Drago spoke, “If he said that, it means he's trying to hide something and judging by the way he and his sister were acting around Spike means that it has something to do with him.”
Lemon was curious, “Didn't you tell me that you were once a dog before CHS?” Spike sighed as he confessed,
“I did, but ever since I destroyed the Heavy Command Cruiser, I began having flashes, images, memories of a young boy, a young Timber and Gloriosa. They knew about those images and stated that it has something to do with my past and they pretty much confirmed it. They told me not to let anyone know until the time was right.”
“So you were born a human?” Spike couldn't figure out an answer, but decided, “It's possible.” He added, “Gloriosa and Timber told me of an artifact, hidden in this forest that holds the answers I seek.”
Lemon suspiciously asked, “So the shadow grublin thing?” Spike stated, “It wasn't a lie, they're after the same thing.”
They looked at the rocks and vines as Spike pulled out two battle crystals that had the shape of a jackhammer and saw until Lemon took them from him as he asked,
“What are you doing?!” She glared at him, “You said that you can utilize Battle Crystals outside your Megaman form. I may not have the ability to merge yet, but Gaia told me that I could use the crystals.”
Spike was about to retort, but she does have a Trap Ranger’s spirit, so he relented. Lemon looked at the battle crystals as she knew that it's the only way to carve a path through the quarry. She slid the crystals into her headset as the shapes of the aforementioned tools appeared. The jackhammer broke off the rocks while the saw cut the vines blocking their path. Once that was done, there was an opening that led the entrance of the hidden cave. Spike, still a bit concerned that Lemon took the two crystals from his hand, looked over the cave entrance. He looked at her and said,
“I have to admit, Gaia has definitely been giving you pointers, good job, Lemon.”
She smiled, “Thanks.” He soon became serious about their situation, “If the artifact is anywhere, it must be here. This cave is seemingly well-hidden, the grublins didn't even think about searching here and this was the only part of the camp that was outside our perimeter.”
Drago spoke, “Well, we have to find that artifact before the grublins realize that we found this cave. Let's go.”
The duo nodded and entered the cave, but unbeknownst to our heroes, a figure appeared from the forest, emanating dark magic from the body. The figure glared it's purple eyes at the cave entrance. A dark voice snickered,
“So, the boy has found the cave. He even brought that girl from Crystal Prep as well. Oh I am going to enjoy finishing what I started.”
The figure laughed as it made its way towards the cave. Whatever this entity was, it's going to be a big problem for our heroes. (To Be Continued)
Author's Note
So not only has Jack arrived at Camp Everfree to begin his training, Spike and Lemon had discovered a previously hidden cave that could could hold the artifact that he was looking for. Meanwhile, Gloriosa was ambushed by a mysterious shadow ball that took her somewhere. Will Spike and Lemon find the artifact? What became of Gloriosa? Who was that shadow ball? Find out in the next exciting chapter of Skylanders X MLP!
Back at the camp, Timber noticed that Gloriosa was missing and was looking around the grounds for his sister. The co-director was curious since Gloriosa wouldn't just up and disappear like that. There were many things that would make his sister become pressured, one was the constant attacks and offers by Filthy Rich, which they denied thanks to Cadence, the other was when they would both think back to that night six years ago when a young camper almost died.
As he searched, he also checked up on the restoration process and the training team. Upon arriving, the new Imaginator, Jack Cooper had just finished his run through the obstacle course with his pilot suit. The director of the camp looked at the results and was impressed by his speed and how he cleared the course in record time. He spoke,
“That was an amazing run, Coop.” The trio turned to him as Cooper said, “Thanks, I have to admit, the camp has a very good course. But the one from my waking dream was more combat-related since the camp’s course focuses on speed.”
Spy looked at the stopwatch, “And I must say, Cooper. You did well on both runs, I know for certain that Dash is going to be jealous of your record.”
Dro laughed, “In some cases, she would end up running the course herself in order to establish her fastest time in order to beat yours.” Cooper looked at the two, “I guess I should watch my back then.”
The four shared a laugh until they were approached by Twilight and Sunset as the lavender girl spoke,
“Timber.” The director looked at Twilight, “Twilight, Sunset, how's everything going around the camp?”
Sunset spoke, “We're happy to report that the docks have been fully restored and the old archery range has been restored by LT and Pinkie.” She turned to the team, “The supplies from the airship really paid off, boys.” They gave the bacon-haired girl a thumbs up as Twilight asked,
“The others told us that there's an Imaginator here.” She looked at Cooper, “I take it that this is him?”
Timber nodded as he stated, “Yes, it's him.” Twilight introduced herself, “Well, I think we haven't been introduced. My name is Twilight Sparkle.”
Sunset introduced herself, “And I’m Sunset Shimmer.”
Jack paused as his eyes locked onto her as he remembered seeing the stain-glass picture of her, “The girl from my Dive to Heart. She's real.” He collected himself as he introduced himself, “It's nice to meet you both. I'm Jack Cooper, Imaginator JC-4727 of the Pilot Class.”
Sunset asked, “You're fully human?” Cooper stated, “Not fully, but when I was flushed from the tank, I was given the powers of the Tech Element.”
Sunset began to look him over as she thought to herself, “He was grown from a crystal in a vat...but there's something about him...something familiar.”
The awkward silence lasted for about a minute before Timber turned to Spy, “Have you guys seen Gloriosa?”
The squad leader thought about it and remembered, “She was watching our training session, that was five minutes ago. She wouldn't have gone somewhere else without telling us.”
“It's just that, I checked in with the others and they haven't seen her anywhere and looked all over the camp to find her.”
Twilight was concerned, “You don't think…” Sunset after the awkward silence between her and Cooper finished, “That she was kidnapped?”
The director was afraid, “I hope not since the patrol teams have set up the perimeter for those Grublins.”
Dro had a look of shock in his eyes as he spoke, “Timber, I may have an idea of what happened to your sister.” He tapped a button on his wrist as a holographic screen appeared,
“During Jack’s second run, I was recording it for a data analysis when I swore that I heard Gloriosa shouting behind me.”
The recording showed Cooper’s run which gave those who were watching a firsthand look at the Imaginator’s ability as he jumped, slid and ran through the obstacle course. It was reaching the midpoint when they heard a voice shout, “I-IT’S YOU!” Followed by a dark cackle, the camera shifted from the course to where Gloriosa was standing...only to see nothing but shadow residue as Dro said in the recording, “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”
They were even more concerned about Gloriosa now more than ever, Timber especially since he recognized the dark cackle. He had a look of shock as Spy asked him,
“Timber, what's going on?” The director's look turned from shock to determination as he told both him and Twilight, “Spy, Twilight, gather your teams and meet me near the quarry. This is a lot more dangerous than just grublins and shadow grublins.”
He soon left as Sunset realized, “Something terrible must've happened to Gloriosa.” Jack put his helmet back on and armed himself, “Like it or not, we may have to fight.”
Spy remembered, “Spike’s still on the patrol team...he may be in trouble.” He looked at the girls, “Twilight, Sunset, you get Voodood and the others while Dro, Cooper and I rally the squadron. Whatever happened to Gloriosa might have something to do with the camp’s unusual problems.” They acknowledged this as they both went to get the others.
Meanwhile, Spike and Lemon had previously found a hidden cave in the camp’s rock quarry where the artifact is supposedly located according to the tracker. As they traversed through the cave, they found that its walls and ceiling were lined with crystals which the two explorers were amazed. As Lemon said,
“I can’t believe there was a crystal cave near the camp this whole time.”
Spike looked at the gauntlet and then back at his surroundings as he chuckled, “Rarity would have a field day with this cave because of the amount of dress designs with these crystals as a centerpiece.”
He looked at the various crystals around them, “It’s hard to believe that it’s been hiding here...and yet, Timber said that this is off-limits to campers - almost like he wanted to hide something.”
Drago asked, “Like the artifact that we’re looking for?” “Exactly.” As they walked further into the cavern, Spike began to feel a familiar sensation as his tracker pinged again, he checked to discover that there was a second energy signature which was identified as ‘Equestrian Magic’ which shocked him,
“The tracker’s now showing readings of Equestrian Magic from the other world. Drago, any thoughts?”
“If these readings are correct, this cave is a conduit for magic from Equestria. When it leaks into this world via the portal in front of the school, the cave catches and stores this magic.”
Lemon pointed out, “That explains the crystal geodes in front of us.” They looked and spotted seven crystal geodes in the center of the cave. They were glowing very brightly as Spike began to get that feeling again.
“There it is again...first the courtyard, then the totem pole and now…”
Spike’s eyes snapped open as he let out a shocked gasp as he flashed into another memory.
(Memory Flash) Near the rock quarry, the boy from the previous memories was following a young Gloriosa and Timber. The boy kept a great pace with them as he asked,
“What are we doing here in the rock quarry so early in the morning?” Gloriosa looked at her brother and then back to the boy, “Well, Timber and I were planning on exploring this cave that we found in the quarry.”
Timber spoke, “Since you're always looking for adventure, we figured that having you with us would be a great change of pace from yesterday.”
The boy sighed since he remembered those two sneaking him out of his mother's cabin recently, “Right, Mom wasn't even letting me off my leash after the motorboat incident.” Gloriosa remembered, “Truthfully, it was Timber’s fault and yet you took the fall for it.”
The group talked about the incident and how awesome it would be to scout out the cave until they reached the aforementioned cave and went inside. As they traversed the cave, they came across the crystals that lined the inside of the cave. Timber was shocked,
“Are those...crystals?!” Gloriosa was in awe, “I never knew that this place existed!”
The boy was amazed by the amount of crystals that were in this cave. It wasn't until he turned his attention to the center of the cave where the geodes lay. Among the seven white lights, he thought that he spotted a small green light beyond the geodes. The boy asked his friends,
“Did you guys see that?” The siblings turned to their friend and spotted the geodes, “The crystals?” He pointed to the green light, “That green light beyond the crystals.”
Gloriosa asked, “What about it?”
“I have a strange feeling about it. I don't know how to explain it...but I can hear my Mom’s voice...and my Aunt’s voice as well.”
The siblings were a bit spooked by it until the older girl checked her watch as her eyes widened, “We gotta get back to the camp before the others wake up.”
Timber checked his watch, “Yikes, we need to head back, hopefully we'll be back in time for breakfast.”
The boy nodded as they ran out of the cave, not before he turned back to see that green light as he heard a different voice from it, a male voice,
“You have a great potential, my son.” (Crystal Cave)
Spike took a deep breath as he said, “That flash pointed out what we are looking for.” He got back to his feet as he saw the same green light, beyond the geodes and stated, “The artifact is here in this cave...hopefully when we get it, I can find the truth about my past.”
“Oh I sure hope so…” Said a mixture of a girl’s voice and a dark voice. The surprised duo turned to see a very familiar figure approaching them as they both shouted,
“Gloriosa Daisy!?”
Her eyes were closed as she approached them, but with every step she took, there were several dark fluctuations emanating from her body. Spike asked,
“How did you know where to find the cave?” ‘She’ chuckled as her dark voice echoed throughout the cave as she stated,
“Did you really think that I would not come after you? After all, you have started your search for the truth. Although I would like to thank you both for finding the artifact for me.”
Lemon asked with suspicion, “Why would you want the artifact? Spike needs it more than you since you and Timber told him about it.”
“Foolish girl and as foolish as Gloriosa and her feeble brother in hiding the artifact from us.”
As the two looked ‘Gloriosa’ over, Spike remembered how the real Gloriosa gave him the information on the artifact. He used the gauntlet to scan the magic emanating from her and realized that it was dark magic. They took a step back as Spike pointed out, “You're not Gloriosa! The real Gloriosa wouldn't be as selfish as you are!”
She laughed again, “How did you think I managed to control her? Before those meddlesome principals donated to the camp, she was struggling to make ends meet and keep the camp in her hands. All the hidden emotions of her trying to keep the deed to the camp ended up being easy for me to take control of the cheery director of Camp Everfree.”
Lemon demanded as she brought out her bolas, “Who are you really?!”
“Ah, the girl from Crystal Prep, it wasn't surprising that I would find you with him.” She turned to Spike, “As for you, I believe we met many times, I remembered that my future self was killed by you during the Traptanium Wars.”
Spike’s mind went to work as he remembered the many missions and battles he fought in the wars until that mission to the future came up. The one adversary that he and Avenger Squadron had fought, the entity that came from Convexity as a product of Malefor's evil - the same entity that he killed using Avenger Omega’s Core of Light powered Cannon Buster. His eyes widened as he came to the conclusion of who possessed Gloriosa’s body,
“THE DARKNESS!?!?”
Her eyes shot open as her cheerful eyes were replaced by evil purple eyes. The Darkness asked,
“I may not have the power to form my own body like my future self did, but this was the only way for me to speak to you.”
“What have you done with her!” Darkness smiled as it spoke through Gloriosa's voice, “Isn't it obvious, she sent you here to find your past. But she remembers what happened to that poor little boy, a boy that supposedly disappeared after finding this very cave.”
Spike had his gauntlet up, ready to merge at any time, “What happened?” Darkness sighed, “An assassination plot foiled, a form changed, a green diamond gem that ended with memories lost.”
Spike’s eyes widened as he asked himself, “What's it talking about?!”
“Oh, I know you wish to solve that riddle and I know ‘Memories Lost’ speaks to you.” Gloriosa sported a sinister grin, “But unfortunately for you, none of you will live to solve it. This camp will burn to the ground until it’s nothing but ashes. The human would get that spa he wanted, but our agreement was for his desire for the camp while he provides us with the most advanced weapons. As for the artifact, we have plans for it and the disciples of Malefor want it.”
Lemon knew that this guy was bad news as she heard Gaia’s voice, “The Darkness cannot be allowed to cause desolation to this camp! Everything we have built will get destroyed if we don't act!” She whispered, “Can we merge?” Gaia sadly said, “Not yet. We're not fully synced, but the bolas are magical, thanks to the Traptanium.”
The Darkness, possessing Gloriosa's body, held her hand up and yelled, “Dark Wave Change! Gloriosa Daisy Power Up!”
At that instant, the magic from the geodes hit her as her form changed, much to Spike and Lemon’s shock. Her transformation sent out a shockwave as the two shielded their eyes. As the dust settled, Spike and Lemon turned their attention towards the corridor and saw that standing in Gloriosa’s place was a different being. She was more super-powered as magic radiated off her ceriseish gray skin and moderate cyan and turquoise hair. She wore a plant-themed outfit as she gave off a sinister grin as her dark purple eyes glared at them as she stated,
“I AM GAEA EVERFREE!!”
Spike and Lemon were shocked to see Gloriosa like this, possessed by The Darkness and under the name ‘Gaea Everfree’ which he remembers her saying that Timber would make up those stories. But to see her like this...is horrifying and hard to imagine the terror she would bring if she were to leave the camp.
“You must know that all of your efforts are for nothing! You will not stop us and what is to come!”
Spike glared at Everfree, “That’s what they all say and in the end, we end up beating them!” He gave Lemon a few Battle Crystals as he activated the gauntlet,
“Traptanium Wave Change! Spike, Power Up!” The familiar blue flash occurred as Spike and Drago merged, becoming Megaman. The first thing he did was use the sword crystal as his arm cannon turned into a blade while Lemon used one of her battle crystals to attach blades to the bolas.
Megaman charged towards Everfree as the corrupt human dodged a slash from his sword. She retaliated by summoning vines of brambles to ensnare Megaman, but they were instantly cut, thanks to Lemon’s bladed bolas. Everfree went in and attempted to slash at her attacker with a bramble-enhanced claw, but Megaman blocked it and landed a couple of slashes on her. The brambles tried to ensnare him again, but Lemon’s bolas prevented that from happening, but as more brambles appeared, she tried to cut them by using her bola blades as makeshift swords, but couldn’t get them all which led her to being snared by the vines. As she struggled, she noticed the bramble near the Trap Ranger and yelled,
“Megaman! Look out!” He quickly turned his attention to the bramble and sliced it with his arm sword, only to get snared by more of those vines. He tried to resist until it got to the point where his sword reverted back to his mega buster. Drago spoke,
“I’m sorry kid, there's too many of them. It's also depleted the sword’s power.”
“We got to think of something!” As Megaman and Lemon were moved next to each other, Gaea Everfree laughed at this,
“I must admit, you did put up a good fight, albeit briefly. I could see why you easily took down Kaos. But unlike him, I have a greater power, directly from Malefor himself, my creator.” She snapped her fingers as several shadow grublins appeared in the cave as the dark creatures surrounded the captive heroes. The creatures had their weapons pointed at them as Everfree went over to the green light.
“Is it really surprising that you, a human that had once been a worthless dog, had begun to remember a time when a young boy of age 10 spent time here at this very camp?”She reached her arm out as the green light began to move towards her as she continued,
“A boy who was friends with the two siblings that would soon become the co-directors of this very camp?” Lemon struggled as she wondered, “What's she talking about?”
Megaman asked, “What are you saying?” The light soon hit Everfree’s hands as the corrupt human held an object that was glowing a green light. It was a diamond shaped gem that had two points on the top and bottom as it shined green.
“That the boy heard a voice in this cave, one that belonged to a long-lost enemy of ours on the day of the assassination?”
He was trying to make sense of what she was saying until the gem’s green light faded until it was nothing, but a dull rock. This brought a shock to Everfree as she gasped,
“What? What is this?”After that, her body had twitched as she grasped at her head. After that, she lifted her head up, now with a familiar eye color as a familiar voice, spoke through Everfree,
“The artifact in this cave was a fake! We put it there six years ago to trick them!”
Megaman was shocked, “Gloriosa! You're still in there!?” Gloriosa's voice spoke with happiness, “That fiend hasn't been able to fully sync with my body. I won't allow it to hurt you and I will continue to fight it! You need to defeat the Darkness, free me and find the real gem!”
Lemon smiled, “We will!” At that moment, Everfree regained control as she crushed the fake gem, “That miserable girl! She may have tricked us, but we will have the last laugh!” She turned to the shadow grublins, “Kill them!”
The shadow grublins brandished their weapons as they approached them. Megaman and Lemon struggled even more to get out of the vines. As the lime haired girl struggled, she heard the Trap Ranger’s spirit,
“Lemon, we're now fully synced, we can merge at any time!”
“Well, we need that power, now more than ever, right?” “Indeed, but in our current position, you can't activate the headset.”
Lemon remembered that Spike had to activate the gauntlet when he first became Megaman as one of the shadow grublins, a Grublin Fly held its club over its head as it closed in on her while a shadow grublin axeman was closing in on her friend as she said, “We could use some help right about now!”
As if on cue, a flash of light appeared in the cave as an armored figure dropped to the floor, followed by another flash revealing Spy in his Supercharged form with Dro, Ter, Camo and Sonata, all Supercharged while another armored figure dropped his cloak as he ran towards the shadow grublins, slid beneath them and left a grenade which obliterated the shadow horde while a giant ape arrived to take down another group of shadow grublins. More flashes of light appeared as the girls arrived, sporting their elemental swords as the shadow grublins finally decided to retaliate as a battle ensued in the cave with weapons fire being exchanged from both sides. Gaea Everfree got distracted by the heavy armored being as he fired what looked to be a laser rifle at her and yes - they caught that in slow motion. Sonata used her shurikun to cut the vines holding Megaman and Lemon in place, freeing them. The siren asked,
“Sorry we're late!” Megaman said, “Talk about cutting it a bit close since we were nearly executed.”
The siren fired a few blasts from her shield cannon while the blue bomber fired his mega buster, taking down several shadow grublins. Dro joined in as he fired his wrist blasters at a few shadow grublins while doing a cable yank at another and delivering a strong fist to the face. Ter was firing his rocket launcher at the gathering grublins as he dodged their fire while the burrowing missiles hit the group. Camo was using his plant-based armor and pistols to tie up the grublins with one shot from his vine pistol and take them out using his chili pepper pistol. Spy was fighting side-by-side with the armored figure as the squad leader fired bolt after bolt from his crossbow as they took the shape of various projectiles while the armored figure shot a charged projectile at Everfree herself as she let out an ‘Ugh!’ upon impact.
The squad was clearing out of the cave when Everfree attempted to attack the fleeing group, only for Dro to blind her with his prototype webbing from his launchers. This gave them enough time for them to escape the cave before she got back to her senses.
As the team left the cave, Megaman and Lemon took a deep breath as he said, “Talk about a close call.”
Lemon added, “You said it, we were almost killed in that cave.”
The armored guy approached, “Yeah, I'm glad we managed to make it here in time. If it wasn't for my suit’s magic tracker, it would’ve been too late.”
That's when the blue bomber and the lime haired girl froze when the armored guy spoke. When he spoke, his voice, despite being concealed by a helmet, was recognizable since they heard his voice before as Lemon asked in surprise,
“Timber, is that you?”
The armored guy removed his helmet to reveal the familiar face of Timber Spruce, the co-director of Camp Everfree. Timber smiled,
“You bet!” Megaman asked, “Where did you get that armor? I don't recognize it from Dro’s lab!”
“Now is not the time to question where I got my Power Armor. What we really need to talk about is the situation at hand.”
The blue bomber knew that considering that they had just been rescued from Everfree and knowing that Gloriosa told him that the gem was a fake, he asked, “You knew about the gem?”
The Trap Ranger turned to the others as Spy said, “Timber told us everything, about you, your search, the gem and the Darkness.”
“Guess there's no point in hiding it now.”
Twilight approached, “Spike…they wanted you to find out who you really are. But in some cases, we want to help you find your past.”
The others explained that when Timber told them of those images that appeared ever since he blew up the Command Cruiser and when he told them of his separate mission to find the gem, they knew that Pinkie’s senses weren't acting up for nothing. The directors did hide the fact that Spike was on a separate mission to find the truth of who he is. But now with missions intertwined, Gloriosa is being controlled by The Darkness and wants not only the real gem, but to destroy Camp Everfree itself.
Timber spoke, “Now you see why I told them? We have to stop Gaea Everfree and free Gloriosa from The Darkness.”
Megaman remembered one thing, “Gloriosa is still inside Everfree, fighting the Darkness, she managed to get control when Everfree realized that the gem was a fake.”
The camp director smiled, “That's my sister. She never backs down when a friend is in danger. If we can damage her possessed form enough, it should weaken the Darkness’ hold on her, allowing her to regain control of her body and expel it from herself.”
Ter sighed as he leaned against his rocket launcher, “Considering how powerful she was after seeing them tied up back there, this will be tough with those piles of moss and shadows aiding her.”
That was when Lemon remembered what happened before they dropped in, “Wait, I may have an idea.”
Indigo Zap asked her friend, “What are you planning?”
She smiled, “Well, before you guys dropped in, the spirit in my headset, Trap Ranger Gaia told me that she and I are fully synced.”
Rainbow Dash, realizing what this meant, asked, “Are you serious?”
Pinkie Pie twitched, “Oh...so that's why my Pinkie Senses were going crazy around you earlier.”
Camo realized, “That means…” Megaman finished, “You can activate the Traptanium Wave Change!”
Lemon nodded and said, “I couldn't reach my headset because we were tied up at the moment.”
Drago spoke, “Well it's true that she and Gaia can merge, but at this moment, Everfree has no idea that another Trap Ranger is here.”
Megaman asked, “What are you saying, Drago?” “I'm saying that we should let her think that she's only dealing with one Trap Ranger, a team of Skylanders and the director’s brother in Power Armor.”
“Make her think that she's only dealing with us. And when the moment arrives, Lemon merges with Trap Ranger Gaia!”
“Just like the battle against Kaos when we merged for the first time.”
The team knew that it would be a tough battle, but they can't let any Grublins get past them to the camp. After planning the defense, they fell back to the perimeter as they waited for the grublins to appear. This was the battle to save Camp Everfree from total destruction, if they fail, the camp will be burned to the ground by the horde and everything they worked for would be all for nothing. The team spent the precious time setting up defenses from sentry turrets to mines all from the airship’s armory. After the defenses were set, a few members decided to take up offensive positions due to combat experience. While a few accompanying Skylanders and the Main 7 fought in the Soul Gem Conflict, the Echo Squadron fought with them in the Cloudbreak, Undead and Traptanium Wars as they stood on the offensive with rookie pilot Imaginator, Jack Cooper alongside them.
It seemed like an eternity passed before they spotted the grublin horde emerging from the quarry. Both regular and shadow grublins gazed at the defenders and they were hungry for blood as they walked towards the camp. Everyone at the defense line was ready for battle as they had their powers and weapons ready. At the offense team, Spike and his friends were about to confront the grublins on their own since they have no additional support from the Skylanders in Equestria since the war that Sunset warned them about had begun in their world. As Spike watched as the largest of them grublins, a regular Hero Orc cracked it's neck in anticipation, he turned to his friends,
“Well, we not only found the source of camp’s paranormal activity, but now we have to fight it.”
Ter spoke, “Not what I expected, but a battle is a battle.”
Spike shifted his attention to Lemon, “Remember the plan, right?” The lime haired girl winked, “We won't merge until Gaea Everfree shows herself and we take her down together, Spikey.”
Although she relayed the plan, she did drop Spike’s nickname which caused Rarity to flinch a little, but she steadied herself as she gripped her Earth Swords, “We are counting on you two to strike as soon as she shows herself. Isn't that right, my little Spikey Wikey?”
She winked at him as well, which caused Lemon to tense up until Spike, recognizing this, got between them and put his hands up,
“Girls, girls! Focus on the battle, not me!” Both girls had calmed down and turned their attention to the front with swords and bolas pointed out towards the horde.
It was at that moment that the Hero Orc let out a loud roar and made the gesture to charge. As the horde began charging towards their line, Dro had his hand on his left wrist as he waited for the horde to get closer. It was at this moment that the horde reached the minefield in which several elemental mines were strategically placed. As the horde crossed the field, several mines detonated in flashes of fire, electricity, earth, tech, light, magic traditional frag shards, taking out a good chunk of regular and shadow grublins, which were susceptible to the elemental light from the mines. The charging grublins were either incinerated by fire, impaled by the earth chunks, disintegrated in dust from the magic or given a good shock from the tech and electricity mines.
After the surviving grublins of the horde made it through the minefield, they continued to charge towards the defense line, that's when Dro pressed a button on his wrist. Upon pressing the button, all the defense sentry guns activated and locked onto the horde and opened up with various elemental tracer rounds, hitting the horde as they tried to charge the sentry line. While the smaller ones went down, the more larger and bulkier creatures like Trolls and Hero Orcs absorbed the damage from the sentry guns and kept going. Some of the lumbering trolls had cannons mounted to their shoulders as they shot at the sentries, destroying a few of them in the process. The flyers weaved through the turret's line of fire and did a direct assault on the line. While the Wyverns attacked directly, some of them were grabbed out of the sky and slammed into the ground by Donkey Kong or shot down by Timber with his laser rifle.
That's when the offensive team decided to join the battle as the girls charged in with their elemental swords and slashed at several grublins, regular and shadow. The Echo Squad utilized their supercharger powers as both Spy and Dro utilized a technique called ‘Sky-Chi,’ which was used mostly by Sensei-Class Skylanders, but considering the circumstances surrounding the Pilot Battle Class, they were able to access this power. Spy’s Sky-Chi allowed him to split his crossbow in two as twin swords, similar to his katanas, granting him to use his dual crossbows for range and close quarters before merging them in a cannon after taking down a group of grublins. Dro’s Sky-Chi gave him multiple weapons attachments to the arms of his suit (like a demon cyborg from a certain anime) as he uses a series of melee attacks using the wrist blades and ranged attacks using his cable and web launchers, he soon took to the sky and merged his arms into multiple cannons as the blast eradicated a group of heavies.
Sunset was with Twilight and Voodood as they used their swords, axes and elemental powers to hold off the grublin horde while the others covered them from the defense line. The Orc sliced a Grublin in two as Twilight threw an aura bomb at a charging group. Sunset, on the other hand was impaling and slicing grublins left to right as the horde recognized her. One of them, an axeman had let out a guttural roar that spoke,
“Traitor!” That got her attention as the axeman had his ax out, ready to put her down for her treachery. She gripped her sword as she said, “Let's dance.”
Both her and the axeman clashed weapons as the monster used the weight of his weapon to add more power to his strikes which nearly staggered the ex-apprentice. But she was much faster than him, despite his nimbleness as she slid between his legs and landed a strike on him. The axeman winced from the attack as he used the blunt end of his ax to trip her. As soon as she was on the ground, he attempted a finishing blow as he brought his weapon down her - only to get knocked aside by a kunai thrown by a charging Cooper as his blue visor flashed at the axeman. Cooper ran towards Sunset as he tossed a grenade into the air before sliding towards her and scooped her up in his arms. As they were sliding on the ground, Jack brought out a pistol and shot two shadow grublins that were on both sides with quick precision as the grenade exploded behind them, killing the axeman.
As he set her down, more grublins of both types attacked, but Jack brought out a small knife as he stabbed one of them before throwing it towards the others and knocking a group of them down like bowling pins. He then made quick work of a Grublin fly with his knife before quickly bringing his blade down on another one. But dealing with a group of grublins left him open to an attack by a troll. The hulking heavy of the horde attempted to charge at the Imaginator and trample him with its fists. Jack noticed the beast on top of him and since the knife was already in the body of another grublin, all he could do is hold his right hand out - that's when a flash of light appeared from his hand. It blinded the beast, causing it to back off as the shadow grublins tried to get a bearing on what was going on until the light faded to show that Jack was holding a new weapon.
It was key-shaped with the guard handle being the color of his helmet as the shaft was gun-metal grey with teeth that make up the weapon. It had a theme to it since it was themed to his pilot suit from the colors. But dangling from the handle was a small keychain that was shaped like a grey rectangle with a light blue circle in the middle. Cooper stared at the weapon as the voice in his head repeated the same word,
“Keyblade… Keyblade…” Although he was curious, the sight of the grublins reminded him that they were in a battle as Sunset took out the grublins in his stead. She asked,
“Need a hand, Cooper?” The Imaginator, gripping his new weapon in one hand and a loaded pistol in the other stated, “Let's get them!” They both leapt at the horde and continued to fight them.
Megaman and Lemon stood back-to-back as grublins surrounded them with mega-buster and bolas out. She glanced over her shoulder, “You think you can handle this many?”
The Trap Ranger shrugged, “We’ve fought giant plants, evil elves, trolls and cyclops before I even became Megaman.”
She reminded him, “You know this is actually my first battle.” Spike had stated, “Your first ground battle actually.”
The two lunged at the grublins with buster shots firing and bolas spinning. The attacking grublins were either destroyed by the blasts from the mega-buster or tripped and sliced apart from the bolas equipped with the sword crystal. Lemon even swung her bola blades like improvised daggers and bisected the regular grublins. Megaman kept firing his mega-buster as the horde began to increase in numbers. That's when he pulled out a new crystal from his gauntlet,
“Battle Crystal!” Drago chomped down on the crystal as the dragon shaped arm cannon transformed into a large chain gun as its six barrels glowed green. Megaman held the grip with his right hand while pointing his gun arm out while yelling,
“Plasma Gatling!” The six barrels spun as rounds of plasma mowed down the grublins and their shadow counterparts.
Lemon spoke, “Nice one, dude!” Megaman nodded and said, “Let’s get every last one of them.”
As the battle progressed, each grublin slain reduced the threat level of the horde. Since the team have been killing the grublins from the light troops to the heavies, Timber shouted while firing his rifle,
“The grublin threat level is even lower now! Drive them out of Camp Everfree!”
All of a sudden, several vines appeared as the majority of the defenders were tied up by them. Megaman and Lemon noticed and dodged to avoid getting tied up again as they continued to take out the grublins. But that wasn’t until a whole chunk of bramble appeared in the middle of the battlefield which made the heroes come to a halt. As the duo managed to free most of their friends from the vines, they all stood side-by-side, weapons pointed at the bramble.
The blue bomber asked, “This has got to be her, right?”
Soon enough, the patch shattered as Gaea Everfree emerged, she stared at the heroes and stated,
“I am impressed, Skylanders. You managed to take down almost every Grublin I have in the horde. A good sideshow for the main event which you all know what it is.”
With a stomp of her foot, more bramble vines appeared and tied up most of the team once more. But Megaman and Lemon managed to avoid them and still glare at the corrupt human. She chuckled as she looked at her captors and then towards the remaining two,
“As expected, you two would avoid my traps due to your experience. But at least I have a captive audience to witness your failure.”
The Trap Ranger glared, “We both know that the outcome of the battle determines the Camp’s fate. But we won't give up and we will triumph over you!” He glanced at Lemon with her magical bolas as he gave a quick nod. She understood what he was doing as she motioned her unarmed hand towards her headset as its visor activated.
‘Okay, I just need to say the words…’ All of a sudden, Everfree shot her vines at her and pulled her towards the villain as she screamed,
“Megaman!” The Trap Ranger held out his Mega-Buster, pointing it directly at Everfree. “Lemon?! Let her go!”
“Oh, you're now making demands? What does a student from Crystal Prep Academy mean to a worthless dog from CHS? There's only one way this will end, Megaman. If you want to end this fight, it only requires one shot, sacrificing Lemon in the process!” The corrupt human laughed as she held the headset girl as a human shield.
Megaman was trying to look for a way to stop Everfree without having to sacrifice Lemon in the process.
‘She should've activated the Traptanium Wave Change by now! Now Everfree is playing with my emotions... I can't shoot without risking Lemon...come on, think Spike!’ He thought as he hoped she wasn't too late to activate her headset.
Suddenly several blobs of ink hit Everfree as she released her grip on Lemon. The corrupt human, covered in ink, scanned her surroundings in hopes of finding her attacker until she was attacked by several inkling creations. Soon enough, a pink faun appeared out of nowhere and slammed her paintbrush staff at Everfree's midsection, sending her across the field.
As Megaman got Lemon back on her feet, they and their friends were surprised by the faun’s arrival since the majority of them knew who this was as they called out,
“Splat!?” The faun, Splat, was a Supercharger of the Magic Element, who was interested in the art of war. Self-taught from her school years, she excelled in various forms of combat and her way of using a paintbrush-like staff against a band of evil Drow that attempted to steal valuable artwork from her village. She turned towards the Trap Ranger and smiled,
“Well met, Spike and to you as well, Drago.” The dragon head realized, “Wait... I know you.”
The faun smiled, “It has been too long, but we are in the middle of a battle, reunions will have to wait.” She glanced at Lemon, “And I believe my mother's powers still call to you.”
The girl's eyes widened in shock at her statement as she thought, ‘She's Gaia’s daughter!?’
That thought was interrupted when Everfree returned, now enraged, “Another Skylander!? I must say, I didn't expect a Supercharger to take notice, but I will not lose to the likes of you!”
Splat twirled her brush staff into a ready position, “I was lucky to make it in time to save the bearer of my mother's powers and now it's game over, Darkness!”
Lemon took what Splat said as a signal as she placed her hand on her headset and yelled,
“Traptanium Wave Change! Lemon Zest, Power Up!”
Upon saying this, a green flash struck where she was standing as everyone including Everfree watched as Lemon transformed. When she activated the wave change, Lemon’s headset broke off into particles as energy vines wrapped around her extremities. When the vines hit, her normal Camp Everfree outfit changed into a suit, though not as armored as Spike’s, was themed to the Life Element with green on the arms and legs with light green Traptanium plating on the shoulders, boots and elbows. The body of the suit was more akin to a miniskirt that wasn't frilly as the green skirt traveled up to the center as a light breastplate took the upper portion as the Life symbol appeared on her chest. The headset reappeared as a helmet formed around her head as her lime green hair turned rose red as the visor shone yellow as her bolas became Traptanium green with a centerpiece in the shape of faun's head, Soon enough, a female voice echoed,
“Arise Rose Star.”
Lemon Zest, now Rose Star muttered, “Trap Ranger Gaia.”
Everfree, shocked by all of this shouted, “NO! I didn't know that another Trap Ranger existed!?”
Megaman stood next to Rose Star with his Traptanium Tomahawk in hand and stated, “You should've done your homework.”
Rose Star’s bolas spun fast as her helmet began playing ‘The Touch’ as she declared, “This is the end of the battle, Everfree!” After that, both Trap Rangers leapt at Everfree as the corrupt human tried to use her vines, only for Rose Star to take control of the vines herself which shocked Everfree. As a voice spoke,
“I was a guardian of life and all my studies in the forests have taught me more than enough about controlling vines.”
Rose Star struck first with her bolas as she used a bomb crystal which replaced the crystal weights with bombs while Megaman landed several Break Saber and Tomahawk strikes. Rose Star manipulated the vines that were holding their friends and used them on Everfree herself as Megaman used his Shotgun Ice and froze the corrupt human to the ground. Rose Star flung her blazing bolas, enhanced by the Fire Crystal which gave the corrupt human a real burn while the blue bomber laid down another barrage of Shotgun Ice.
Gaea Everfree was hurt badly and was on the verge of being defeated and the host would be free upon defeat. The Darkness had intended to gain a host body, put an end to the defending Skylanders of Camp Everfree and get the real artifact. But it did not anticipate that the spirit of another Trap Ranger had synced with another human. It threw a wrench into their plan for the camp and now as it’s enemies stood over her kneeling form, it could only be shocked and angry as it's host slowly began to push back its possessive power. Ter spoke,
“Punk ass, Darkness.”
Megaman pointed his tomahawk at Everfree and asked, “Any last words before we expel you from Gloriosa?”
Everfree stated, “You don't know what you kids are getting yourselves into…” She declared, “Strykore shall rise again!”
The team could only lower their weapons as what their fallen enemy had said as Camo commented, “That doesn't sound good.”
Megaman, although baffled by this, stated, “Not today.” He and Rose Star back flipped away before leaping at Everfree and striking her in all directions as Timber yelled,
“Now Light Our Darkest Hour! All-Out Attack!” After that, they touched down as Megaman posed with his buster arm held up while Rose Star was listening to her music while posing to look like she was dancing. After that, Everfree exploded as a ball of shadow was ejected from her body and sailed off to parts unknown. All the remaining grublins had either collapsed or dissolved as Gloriosa Daisy lay face-first on the ground, alive, no longer possessed and unharmed. Megaman rushed toward her along with the others as he knelt down next to her.
He flipped her over and held her in his arms, “Gloriosa…” She moved a bit as she groaned. He asked, “Gloriosa, are you all right?”
She opened her eyes as she noticed him holding her, the team, her brother in power armor and Lemon, now Rose Star standing over them, she said,
“I’m sorry, Spike...for everything I did...to you, your friends...what I almost…”
The Trap Ranger removed his helmet as Spike hugged her as he said, “Don't worry, we all fought hard today, even you fought to keep the Darkness from fully syncing with your body.”
Gloriosa stuttered, “It's just that... I was...close to losing until…” She stared at Spike’s emerald green eyes as she finished, “I almost lost the fight if you didn't defeat free me.”
Rose Star spoke, “Hey, after what Indigo and I went through at the island, we both know that we’re all in this together. Besides, helping others out is what friends are for.”
Spy spoke, “We help our friends, no matter what happens. Right guys?”
The Main 7 replied with “No Matter What Happens” as well as the Skylanders and Jack and Timber. This made Gloriosa feel better knowing that she had friends that saved her from being a puppet of The Darkness, that nobility reminded her of an old childhood friend of hers and Timbers as she hugged Spike as the Trap Ranger comforted her. During that time, The Supercharger, Splat approached Rose Star as she spoke,
“I have to say, my mother's notes were very much accurate.”
“Oh, so you have found them.” Said a familiar voice that both Lemon and Splat know as the eyes of the faun centerpiece of the bolas moved. Lemon knew who this was,
“Trap Ranger Gaia!?” The faun head looked at her and said, “To you and the Trap Team, I am Trap Ranger Gaia, but to my daughter…”
The pink faun collapsed on her knees as tears came out of her eyes as she smiled while saying, “Mom...it's really you!”
Gaia smiled, “It has been too long, Splat. I had only wished that I had been alive to see you grow into a fine young woman.”
“Don't say anything like that, Mom. You and Dad raised and trained me well in the art of war which did get me into trouble with the elders. But they changed their minds when I saved their artwork from the evil Drow sometime after the Traptanium Wars.”
Gaia smiled, “And for that, I am glad to see that you are doing well as a member of the Skylanders.”
Lemon looked at her spirit companion and at Splat and asked, “How did you know where to find us?”
The faun stated, “Investigation, expedition and hours of studying scroll after scroll. That's when I found that her armband was swallowed by a plant-like creature that was a sick experiment from a riptoc. Snap Shot had intended to capture the creature and recover the armband, but the riptoc sent the creature to your world.”
Lemon remembered it, “That thing almost killed me at the island. But Echo Squadron killed it and saved me and Spike found the armband which merged with the crystal that I had and built a new headset after that creature destroyed my old pair.”
“There's no doubt in my mind that she picked you to possess her powers. Her powers were beneficial for forested areas back in Avalar, all those years of studying in Summer Forest helped her develop her power before the first war.”
Gaia told her daughter, “That was long before your time, Splat. But I can see that both combat, artistry and curiosity are within your genes.”
“I wanted to find out more about you since...I was only a baby when you died.”
Lemon could see how hurt the faun was when she said this and how guilty that the spirit was of the time of her passing. So she decided,
“Splat, what you went through made you want to know more about your mom. You searched for her notes, found them and read through them to discover that me, Spike and two others would possess the power of the Inner Council. Besides, if you hadn't intervened, I still would've been a hostage.”
Splat walked up to her and placed a hand on her shoulder, “Thank you for those words. I can see now that mother chose you to wield her powers.” She soon pulled the Trap Ranger into a hug as she said, “She made the right choice.”
Everyone was relieved to know that the battle was over and Camp Everfree was safe. The victors were cheering while Cooper was observing his new keyblade, giving it a few swings before it vanished in his hand until he called it back as Sunset observed him. She was curious about him since she noticed how he was artificially created and yet she still felt a familiar presence from the pilot.
Timber had left his armor when the back side opened open as he climbed out to join the others, leaving his armor standing idle. It was around the time that Spike had helped Gloriosa back onto her feet when they felt a strange presence near them. It was as if it was coming from the forest as the team turned to see a mysterious creature, it was in the shape of a woman, but most of her was covered in tree bark which preserved her modesty. Her smooth grass green hair was blowing in the wind as her green eyes focused on them. She spoke,
“I bid you welcome, humans and you have my thanks for kicking those creatures from these woods.”
Spike asked with a buster arm ready, “Who are you?” The lady stated, “Before I answer, I must ask that you and your companions lower your weapons. I only wish to speak with you, Megaman.”
Spike motioned to the others to stand down as his arm cannon was turned into a regular arm. He asked, “Okay, we stood down. Now on to business.”
The woman introduced herself, “The native wildlife refer to me as ‘The Lady of the Everfree’ the guardian of this very forest that surrounds your camp, but the one who placed me in these woods called me ‘Lucy’. Until then, I was unable to protect the forest due to the actions of those abominations that you call ‘Grublins.’ When the grublins started dying, I felt the forest heal and my power being restored.”
Camo stepped forward, “So you went to find the ones responsible for restoring you?” Lucy glanced at him,
“I did and for someone with the blood of wolves, plants and dragons, you understand me very quick.” Camo was taken aback as this woman was able to figure out his physiology as he asked,
“W-what are you?” The Lady smiled, “I am a Dryad, planted here in this forest to serve as its protector. It has been sixteen years since my eventual birth and it's been so long since I've spoken to your kind.”
Fluttershy noted, “Dryads usually despise humans for damaging the environment, but you seem happy to speak to us.”
Lucy sighed, “The camp has been very good to me and has been respectful of my forest.” She glanced at Timber, Gloriosa and Megaman, “I remembered meeting three friends trekking through the forest six years ago.”
The co-directors approached her as Timber said, “It's been too long since we've seen each other, old friend.”
Gloriosa looked over the dryad’s body, “You’re looking well, my lady.” The dryad chuckled as she glanced over to the Trap Ranger,
“There was another reason why I am here.” Megaman asked, “The gem?”
She walked up to him and said, “By now, you already know that the gem in the cave was a fake, placed there, years ago while the real one was hidden.”
“You know where the real one is?” She said nothing as she held her branch-covered hand out as she focused her power to her hand as a green light shone before taking the shape of a six-sided diamond as the gem floating freely in her open hand. The trap ranger and everyone else present were shock as he asked,
“You had it?” The dryad nodded and explained, “After the fake was placed in the cave after the attempted assassination, the real gem was given to me, so I could protect it. They didn't find it because I masked its power so they wouldn't find it.” She held it out to him, “It's yours now, but I have to warn you, what you will find there are memories, answers and revelations.”
Megaman nodded as he reached his hand out and took the gem. When he made contact with it, his mind soon flashed into a series of images of people he never met, places that he never seen and memories that he couldn't identify.
Spike’s vision cleared to reveal that he wasn't at Camp Everfree and he wasn't in his Megaman form. Instead, he was in his regular clothes, staring down a hallway with medical beds, IV bags and double doors at the end of the hallway. He figured that the only way to get out of here was through the doors, so he walked down the hallway, passing a medical bed on his left and an IV bag on his right. As he approached the door, he heard the muffled sound of a woman's scream, he jumped at the sound as he placed his hand on the door. He cautiously checked his surroundings to see if anyone else was here, only to find no one in the hallway.
Satisfied with his results, he pushed the door open to reveal the source of the scream, a woman lying down on a bed with a doctor at the foot of the bed, a woman on the left side of the bed looking down at her and a man, both dressed in similar garb as the doctor, holding the woman's hand while obscuring the woman's head from view although he did point out the covered woman's blue eyes which looked familiar. Spike took notice of the large belly that the woman on the bed had and put the pieces together as he realized,
“She's in labor!” He quickly covered his mouth in case they heard him, but neither the doctor, nor the pregnant woman took notice. He soon realized that this happened in the past as the woman screamed again as he saw her clench the man’s hand in an iron grip as she said,
“Let’s have a baby, you said! We are going to be married anyway, you said! Damn it, Scorch, this is the last time I ever let you seduce me in my balcony room at the manor!”
When Spike heard the woman speak, he could swore that he heard that voice before recalling one location - His Balcony Room at Equestria Shores. That's when the man - Scorch spoke,
“It's okay, honey! It's all part of giving birth since your mood is erratic.” The woman yelled with tears, “I’ll be sure to tear you a new one afterwards!”
The other woman spoke, “Be calm, sister. Just keep breathing, soon enough your son or daughter will be here with us.”
Spike, still curious about the familiarity with the voices of both women, decided to move in for a closer look. When he got to the point where he could see her, his eyes widened as the woman's frazzled, but recognizable multicolored hair was shown and her eyes - her purple eyes, that matches his skin color. He now knew who this is,
“P-Principal Celestia?! Giving birth!? But...how?!” He could even point out the familiar tufts of blue hair from the woman on her side as he realized that this was Vice-Principal Luna and the reason why she was there was to be the godmother and witness the birth.
Soon enough, Celestia felt another contraction as the doc told her to push as she screamed once more as she clenched Scorch's hand. But before he could see more of it, his vision soon became consumed by a flash of light as a voice spoke,
“If you are seeing this, it means you have come into possession of one of the seven Mystic Shards - powerful gems that were crafted by only the most skilled of gem cutters and empowered by the strongest magics ever known. I know who you are and your journey to find the truth about your past. As I feared at this moment, Strykore is planning for his return and will stop at nothing to return to our realm. But it's now certain that you have a daunting task: Find the Mystic Shards to find the truth.”
After that voice finished, he was greeted by an image of Celestia with a coat covering her nightwear, kneeling next to an injured man lying face-first in the snow in front of her house before a bright light engulfed his vision as a baby's cry was heard.
As soon as that ended, Spike had woken up, staring at the sky as his friends stood over him. Rose Star was kneeling down as she asked,
“Spike, you just fell to the ground after grabbing the gem! Are you all right?”
He sat up as he noticed that he was back in his Megaman form as his friends surrounded him with concerned looks. He glanced over to his hand as he held the Mystic Shard which rested in his hand. He sighed,
“You guys are not going to believe what I just saw.” Rarity knelt down to his level and asked,
“Please, Spike, tell us what you saw.” He knew that this would be a lot for his friends to take in.
Meanwhile in an undisclosed location, Artemis looked over some additional information regarding the plans for the prototypes that he ‘borrowed’ from Filthy's labs when he had received confirmation that the grublins threat to Camp Everfree has been eliminated and the camp itself is now secure. Artemis looked over the report as he leaned back in his chair while sighing,
“It's done, Camp Everfree is safe.”
Crystal Heart spoke over the comm, “I’ve been informed by the Echo Squadron of the outcome as well.” She paused for a moment before continuing, “They've also found it.”
Artemis smiled, “The real one or the decoy?” Crystal Heart chuckled, “They have the real one that you left with the guardian of the forest.”
“Lucy? She was a very curious one, but I did save her life and brought her to the forest many years ago.”
Crystal Heart stated, “You're like a father to her, Artemis.” Artemis nodded, “And I’m happy about that.” After he was done reminiscing, he typed in a few commands on his computer as he asked,
“So like it or not, Spike’s journey for the Mystic Shards has begun.”
“It has and I have also imputed the Reactivation Code for your Outposts - Starting with Outpost Alpha at the camp.”
“They have quite the surprise in store for them. But I also came across an update on those specs that I ‘borrowed’ from Rich Industries - there was more than just planes.”
He sent the updated specs to Crystal Heart as her voice from curious to shocked, “T-that's impossible! I thought that thing was sent to the bottom of the ocean along with the psycho of a captain!?”
The eyes beneath Artemis’ hood were serious, “Apparently there was a second one and Rich Industries has it.”
“We need to get this information to the Squadron!”
Artemis looked sad as he realized that he's going to be sending them out of the frying pan and into the fire. He shook his head, “Let's give them some R&R first. They've been through a lot today. I'm currently planning a strategy for the mission and I’ll let you know the perfect opportunity to strike, but I going to have Omega Squadron take part in it as well.”
“I’m still concerned about the whole thing, Strykore returning, Disciples receiving weapons and manpower and those documents regarding those six prototype planes and...that boat. You've been in hiding for years and you’ve already gotten a reputation for heists and harassment ops on Filthy's labs.”
“Anything that could bring me closer to seeing my family.” Crystal Heart sighed, “At some point, you should contact her, let her know that you're okay.”
Artemis glanced again at the ring on his finger and at the picture of a certain principal, “With Malefor starting a new war back home and Strykore working to return from his prison, we need to stay vigilant.”
He whispered to the picture, “Our children will find a way, my love.”
Back at Camp Everfree, Spike was walking past the group that were currently unloading most of the Gyrocopters and Spy’s B-66 bomber upon discovering the existence of an underground outpost which also included a runway for planes to takeoff and land. The runway extended out to the outskirts of the camp which meant that it was safe from prying eyes and thanks to Dro’s examination of the outpost’s data core, he discovered that there were more outposts activating along with a map of their locations. But that's beside the point, Spike walked up to the director’s cabin with the green Mystic Shard in hand. Upon approaching the door, he knocked on the door as he heard Gloriosa speak,
“Come in.” Upon hearing this, he opened the door to find Gloriosa sitting in the middle of the room facing the other end, she was cross legged, her shoes were off to the side and she was wearing a Camp Everfree shirt and underwear. Spike’s face went red as he saw this and asked,
“Gloriosa, is this a bad time?”
She turned her head to him and answered, “No, I usually do meditations like this after a hard day. But I guess you're not here to talk about my habits.”
“No, I want to talk about what happened back there. What you went through under the influence of the darkness and the scene of Celestia giving birth.”
She sighed and gestured to him to come to her. He walked over to where she was and sat next to her. He gave her a moment to gather her thoughts as he took notice of a few things on her. For starters, she didn't have any flowers that usually darted her hair, her usual cheery look was replaced with regret and sadness, most likely over what she did. It was only about three minutes until he asked,
“How are you feeling?” The director sighed, “I feel terrible, Spike. I almost destroyed the camp, almost killed my friends, my brother and I almost made you kill Lemon.”
“That wasn't you, Gloriosa! That was the darkness controlling your body into doing what it wants to do.”
The director thought about it again as tears began to form in her eyes, she calmed down when Spike placed a hand on her shoulder and gave her a comforting smile. It was soon after she calmed down that he asked,
“How did you break through the darkness’ control?” She remembered when that happened after the faux Mystic Shard was revealed,
“I thought back to six years ago when Timber and I would go on adventures with a friend of ours…”
“I’ve seen enough to know who you’re talking about.” Gloriosa nodded and continued, “The three of us would basically be around each other all the time, he was good at archery, curious about most things and would eye a particular group of six, since he had the ability to read people.”
The Trap Ranger was very curious about the boy from his flashes, he had three flashes so far and the way she described him was very familiar to him. If he was having these memories of a former camper - could this be clues to his past? The director had a sad smile as she thought back to one favorable memory of her friend.
“There was one thing that we would love doing…” She caressed an armband that had an emerald gemstone as the centerpiece, “We would listen to a song called, ‘The Journey Home’ it was only me and him, listening to the calm and peacefulness of that song made me feel safe with him. It's also the time I taught him how to dance with a partner since we did a slow dance lesson.”
Spike felt something play in his mind as he remembered that song, “The Journey Home was in my playlist that I keep in my room back on the ship. Sometimes I would play it when I would go flying in the Talon since the lyrics mention peace and flight.”
The director, remembering the song and how she and her friend would slow dance, silently sang, “Thoughts endless in flight…” “Day turns to Night…” “Questions you ask your soul…”
Gloriosa: “Which way do I go?” “How fast is too slow?” “The journey has its time within us.”
After singing that part of the song, Gloriosa smiled at Spike as she said, “The Journey Home is what also kept me going when I was possessed.” He nodded as she decided to change the subject, “But about the Mystic Shard, you said that you saw Celestia giving birth?”
Spike had the gem in his hand as he recalled, “I was in a hospital and Celestia and Luna were there. Celestia was giving birth to her child while Luna was there to be the godmother, but there was one more person at Celestia's side - a man that she called Scorch and from the way she shouted at him - he was the father.”
Gloriosa, recognizing who that was, spoke, “That man you saw in that memory, was Scorch Dragonfire, he was a very talented magic user that my grandparents knew. But he was always secretive about his personal life, no one actually knows where he came from. But from what you saw in there, he and Celestia were married at some point, but he disappeared 16 years ago and no one's heard of him since.”
Spike asked, “When I was a dog, I remember that Celestia had no children of her own until after the Battle of CHS where she adopted Dro and Spy while Luna adopted Ter and Camo. Do you think Scorch took the baby with him when he disappeared?”
Gloriosa thought about it for a moment and said, “It is possible.” Spike also told her about the image of Celestia kneeling next to an injured man - he figured that it was Scorch and they believed that it was the moment when the two met. But parts of the memories were still incomplete, there were clues to figuring out who Spike is and why he can't remember anything beyond his life as a dog up until the Defense of Equestria Shores. But the voice in the gem told him one thing to do about his memories,
“The only way I can get the secrets to my past is to find the other Mystic Shards.”
Gloriosa knew that he would find the others, but she also stated, “Find them before the cultists do.” She paused as she rubbed her arm as she had something planned for him. She asked,
“Umm...Spike?” The Trap Ranger asked, “Yes?”
“Could you close your eyes, please. I have a surprise for you.” Spike, although feeling a bit of deja vu, closed his eyes as he waited for the surprise that she had in store for him. Although it seemed like an eternity passed before he felt a pair of lips connecting with his own as arms wrapped around his neck. Although he shouldn't, he opened his eyes and realized that Gloriosa was kissing him on the lips. That shock caused him to lose his balance as he fell from his sitting position, taking the director with him. Now lying on his back, he eyed the armband, the emerald gemstone and that the camp director was still on top, kissing him.
“The armband, Gloriosa kissing me...was she…” Soon enough, he broke the kiss as he let out a gasp while his eyes went wide.(Memory Flash) The memory was in the boy’s point of view as the closing verse of The Journey Home played in the background. His attention was at a young Gloriosa who was smiling at him with both hands interlocked. He asked,
“So, how did I do?” The young girl stated, “I have to admit, you did better than before.”
“Well, listening and singing to The Journey Home was one thing, but slow dancing is something that's new to me.”
Gloriosa chuckled, “Well I guess I have a good student and a great friend.”
The boy smiled as he rubbed the back of his head as they shared a nice laugh. Once it died down, the boy pulled something out of his pocket and held it behind his back as he asked,
“Gloriosa, I...I want to give you something…” She was curious, “Oh?”
He brought out the object and it was revealed to be purple armband, studded with daisy-colored spots with an emerald gemstone as the centerpiece,
“I made this in Arts and Crafts today, the emerald was from the hidden cave and I thought of how much of a good friend you were.” She gently took the armband and wore it as she felt touched by it.
“I...I don't even know what to say, but that's very nice of you.” The boy was a bit relieved that it turned out okay, but he felt himself heat up when she kissed him on the cheek. Before the flash ended, she said,
“Thank you so much for the armband...Spike.”
(Camp Everfree Director’s Cabin)
“I’m your childhood friend?” The director was silent as he repeated, “I am your childhood friend, aren't I?”
Gloriosa didn't say anything, but she removed the armband and showed it to Spike as his eyes focused on the inside of the band, which was writing that read,
“Our Eternal Friendship -Spike.”
He looked up at Gloriosa again as he asked, “I...I don't know what to think of. It's all a blur...I mean, now I know that I went to the camp as a boy...I know now that I wasn't born a dog, but what am I!?”
Gloriosa stated, “I know it's hard to take in, but the Mystic Shards will show you the way to your past.”
“I don't understand.” She stated as she took hold and raised Spike's arm that was holding the gem as she placed her hand on it, “Each Mystic Shard has the power to guide the user to the next and imprint the location of the next shard in the user’s mind.”
Spike, knowing this, took a deep breath and and closed his eyes as he felt the gem’s power as a voice spoke,
“Search the far island, Which once held criminals, There the blush will lead, To the shard, that sleeps.”
Soon enough, he saw images of a penal island, someone held against their will and a blue Mystic Shard appearing. Afterwards, he opened his eyes as he gave out a sigh of relief, knowing that it was over. After that, he asked the director,
“So, why did you kiss me like that?”
Gloriosa smiled as her cheeks went red as a tomato as she answered, “I’ve waited six years to do that.”.
Meanwhile at Outpost Alpha, Lemon and Rarity were with the others, looking over the underground complex. The two stopped at a series of racks that held suits of power armor, similar to the one Timber used during the battle to take a closer look at them. It wasn't until both girls felt a tingling sensation in the back of their heads. Rarity felt this feeling before when Lemon started moving in on Spike and now both their ‘Spikey Wikey Senses’ are tingling.
But this time, they felt Spike’s shock and surprise when they sensed the lips of the camp director against his own. Lemon asked,
“Do you feel it, too?” Rarity agreed, “Yes, darling and I think we may have a new Romantic Rival.”
Author's Note
So that's it for the Everfree Arc on the EQG side of things. Now we have a new villain working to rise again, six more gems that hold a clue to EQG Spike's lost history and an upcoming operation involving prototype planes and a boat that was believed to be destroyed.
I'm going to be switching back to Skylander Spike so you could see him go to Seaquestria to negotiate a partnership between the Equestrian Alliance and the Mount Aris Refugees that are taking shelter in the underwater kingdom. With his apprentice, Starlight Glimmer and Princess Silverstream at his side, what could go wrong? (And I might've just jinxed it...)
Anyway, see you on the next exciting chapter of Skylanders X MLP!
In the Canterlot Portal Chamber, Master Eon was looking over the Imaginators that the CMC had created. After Jack’s creation, plans for future Pilot-Class Imaginators were put on hold since that battle class was still in the prototype stages. Eon focused on Imaginator development, and recruitment efforts for future Skylanders. Some of the members of Canterlot’s Royal Court talk about cutting the development of Imaginators since they weren’t too happy with all the ‘frankensteins’ that are flushed from the tanks. But some of the court members knew that Imaginators were part of the Sensei Initiative and spoke out in defense of the project pointing out that Malefor is out there waging war on their home and they need the Sensei Initiative or else Equestria would fall. Eon sighed at the thought,
“Politics...how tiresome.” He soon turned his attention to the three imaginators created by the CMC.
Scootaloo’s Imaginator was Knight-Class, designed to be fast and rely heavily on speed. He was given flaming wings as he gave them a few test flaps. His torso had a furnace themed armor similar to Trail Blazer, but was more flexible like a jumpsuit. His arms and legs had red scales and the head was similar to a dragon’s head. He had armored pieces attached to his arms and legs, granting him both protection and speed. The Imaginator was given the power of the Fire element.
Sweetie Belle’s Imaginator was Brawler-Class as powered by the Magic Element. Her torso was feminine as her head was human with her pink hair partially covering her left eye. Her arms were human while her legs had violet jeans, she had heart themed armor pieces attached to her and her knuckle bracers had hearts. Her skin color was pink which fit her theme of being a brawler themed to love.
Applebloom’s Imaginator was a Ninja-Class with the power of the Life Element. Due to his battle class, he could only have a head, arms and legs, so he was equipped with a mushroom head with ninja arms and legs. His weapons were mushroom themed throwing stars attached to his belt. Eon asked them,
“Infernite, Lovestruck and Shroominja, how are you feeling since training?”
The fire knight spoke, “It was strange...learning the ways of the Knight class with Master Ambush. But I was able to see it through to the end.”
The magic brawler went next, “Master Crash was a unique character with his crazy melee attacks. I couldn’t understand what he was saying until Aku-Aku translated it for me. In the end, it made me a better fighter.”
The life ninja went last, “Master Bloom Boom helped me out in the art of stealth, deception and surprise attacks and I feel like I can take on anything.”
The alicorn smiled at their determination at taking on anything since it was the kind of attitude that was needed. Suddenly, the communication console near the Multiverse Portal activated as a hologram of Spy and EQG Spike appeared. The leader of the squadron asked,
“Master Eon, we need to talk to you about Camp Everfree.”
The alicorn recognized this since he heard that they were in Camp Everfree. He did send Sunset Shimmer to aid them in restoring the decaying camp and from their presence - he could only assume that they’ve finished. He looked at the holograms,
“Why yes, of course.” He turned to the imaginators, “You three can return to Ponyville.” The imaginators nodded and left, knowing that this was a private conversation. As soon as they were out of earshot, Eon asked,
“How was the camp?”
Spy stated, “It was a great camp, clear skies, blue lake, buildings and vehicles were restored to working order. But we encountered a Grublin raid on the camp, but this one came with a warning.”
He motioned to EQG Spike’s hologram as he nodded and tapped a button on his gauntlet as a female voice spoke,
“Strykore shall rise again!”
Eon felt surprised by this, since he knew that name from anywhere. A name that he hasn’t heard of in over 16 years. He asked,
“Are you sure?” EQG Spike said, “Our enemy, Gaea Everfree was a possessed version of Gloriosa Daisy, one of the directors of the camp. We fought her twice before Lemon Zest merged with the spirit of Trap Ranger Gaia, becoming Rose Star. When we surrounded the defeated Everfree, she stated that Strykore will rise again.”
Eon lowered his head, “This is truly troubling.” The two were confused as Spy asked, “Why?”
“Because I know of Strykore’s history and why his return was mentioned.”
EQG Spike stated, “Please, tell us what you know about him.”
Eon looked at the two and told them about Strykore, “During the war, Strykore was a member of the Disciples of Malefor, he was so strong in his magical abilities that he was granted the power of light syphoning to increase his own power, corrupting the victim in the process. He was known as the Light Eater from many cultists and soldiers that went up against him. But when he attempted to destroy the Dragon City of Warfang on his own terms, he never counted on me being there. So, along with a member of the Disciples, we were able to defeat Strykore and seal him away in the Book of Dark Magic before sending it into a different dimension.”
EQG Spike asked, “A member of Malefor’s cult helped you defeat Strykore?!” The alicorn sighed, “She did and she also understood that if Strykore were to have his way, no one, Alliance or Disciple would survive.”
Both of them knew how much of a danger that this new enemy posed if someone like him were to siphon the light out of a person’s magic core, there would be a dark reflection of themselves. After thinking about it, EQG Spike reached into his pocket and brought out a gem,
“There was a dryad living in the forest near the camp, named Lucy, she gave me this after the battle. It’s called a Mystic Shard, it showed me an image and flashback of a magic-user named Scorch Dragonfire. A voice told me that this was one of the seven and I need to find the rest since they hold the secrets to my past.”
Eon looked at the gem and knew that it was bound to happen. He explained, “The Mystic Shards are not only keys to the truth, but they are also powerful gems that can unlock the user's power. That gem could enhance your current abilities and unlock unlimited power.”
The hologram looked at the green glowing gem in his hand and stated, “Power that the cultists could use if they ever got their hands on it. In that case, finding the Mystic Shards before the Disciples are a top priority, but Dean Cadence gave us a week off to rest, recuperate...and catch up on our homework that the principals left us.”
Spy also added, "And about our newest recruit..."
Eon figured that he would give him a report on Jack's progress, "How has Jack Cooper been?"
"Jack is a fast runner, a quick thinker and a good shot when we tested him in the obstacle course. He's also a good fighter after he obtained something called a Keyblade during the fight. We also tested him in the Flight Simulator and with his skills, he could take a regular Cessna and modify it to fly like a fighter. It shows how capable he is as a Pilot Class Imaginator. As for being a human, Jack has been hanging out with Sunset Shimmer after the battle. Some of us are suspecting some kind of chemistry between the two."
Eon was impressed with the results of Jack's evaluation, "The fillies have put their heads together in creating him. As for his relationship with Sunset, there could be something she likes about him, but prying into other people's love life is not acceptable."
The two understood that friendships fall apart when people pry. EQG Spike looked around the chamber and asked, “Where’s my dragon counterpart?”
The portal master knew that he would ask about his counterpart’s whereabouts, “On his way to the underwater city of Seaquestria to negotiate an alliance with the hippogriff refugees. Malefor had taken Mount Aris and now most of the hippogriffs had fled to Seaquestria. Princess Silverstream arrived during the 2nd Battle of the Crystal Empire, looking for Spike because she needed his help. He and his apprentice, Starlight Glimmer, left for Seaquestria with Silverstream to guide them.”
Somewhere far from Equestria, Spike ‘the Dragon’ Solaris, Starlight Glimmer and Silverstream were walking along the path towards what would hopefully be Seaquestria. Spike could see the sad look in the hippogriff’s eyes as they continued down the path which told him that where they’re going was going to be bad, especially for their guide. Starlight noticed that familiar sense that her master does whenever he notices a slight change in their mood. So far they’ve only gone through many things like teaching, battles and exploring and now, a diplomatic mission to Seaquestria. They know that it’s underwater since Spike has the ability to breathe underwater, but this was a problem for Starlight, but Silverstream assured her that she has an extra pearl to turn her into a seapony when they get there.
As the trio climbed the hill, Spike noticed the air intensifying around them. It was like walking into an ambush which kept the dragon on his toes in case that broken horn unicorn or his robot duplicate showed up. Ever since the Crystal Empire, he's been cautious about the possibility of encountering a unicorn that was trained in dark magic and a robotic copy of himself, that copies data, shape shifts and is packed with deadly weapons. That wasn’t until they came to the top of the hill and saw with eyes open and shocked gasps, something horrible.
Mount Aris, the home of the hippogriffs was in ruins with grublin trolls patrolling all over the place. Grublin Wyverns were the only things that parolled the skies around the mountain. The once great home of the hippogriffs was transformed into a heavily armed fortress with a large citadel at the top and an active portal suspended above. Spike could only look at the sight and realize,
“Just like at Griffonstone and the Dragon Lands…”
Starlight gasped, “This is a nightmare.” Silverstream closed her eyes as tears formed, “I was here when those grublins attacked, it was all so sudden, none of our guards could respond and most of our forces were either injured or dead. My aunt had no choice but to order an evacuation, to give up Mount Aris much to the dismay of the defending forces. My cousin and I saw the evacuation, she was going to evacuate when I mentioned you and how you can help us. We haven’t had any contact with the outside world for years since most prefer to keep to themselves. But on that day, my cousin and I knew that we needed to go to Equestria to find you. But she was already rushed out by the guards, so I had to go alone, but seeing those things destroy everything that we once called home, it was not only sad, it made it my mission to find you.” She paused as she remembered, “But while I was giving this place one last look...that's when I saw him...the one you call Malefor emerge from the portal.”
She shuddered as she thought back to the attack and seeing Malefor himself, “When I saw him laying waste to the city, I felt an unbearable dread that it would be for nothing. But it wasn't until I saw his eyes...those horrible yellow eyes...It felt as if he was looking right at me and I felt fear as I continued to fly away.”
Starlight was sad at this, “That’s horrible...witnessing all of it, but you knew your faith in Master Spike is what drove you to find him.”
Spike assured the hippogriff, “Malefor feeds on the fears of others and is manipulative, he brings terror, chaos, conquest and destruction. He believes that the Purple Dragon’s role is to destroy the world in order to usher in a new one. But Spyro, the Purple Dragon before me didn't believe it and neither will I. The only things that he hates are those that stand against him and Hope. You came to find me because you had hope, never forget that, Silverstream.”
The hippogriff sighed, “I know...but there’s something else you need to know. The bracer that turned me into Coral Leviathan, I took it from the Temple of the Elder in Seaquestria before the attack.”
Spike asked, “Temple of the Elder?” “The sages of the temple speak of ancient dragons, that were full of wisdom and a sense of justice, they are called ‘Elders’ and they gifted the various races with special artifacts for the one that it chooses and placed them in temples built in the honor of the Elders. That’s what my cousin, Skystar and I heard from the sages, not a lot of races all over Equis even believe that the Elders exist.”
Starlight pointed out, “Most of the Alliance saw you transform into Coral Leviathan, so the Elders must exist if you had that.”
Silverstream remembered, “My brother, Terramar once said that most of the history of the other Temples of the Elder were lost to time. The one in Seaquestria is the only active temple and the sages guard it and the bracer...until I took it.”
While she spoke, Spike was looking at the citadel on top of the mountain. As he gazed at the peak of the fortress, he felt a familiar presence, one that he recognizes from anywhere as he states,
“He’s up there. Malefor is in that citadel, no doubt commanding his forces from there as he sits on the throne.”
The hippogriff felt angry, “That’s my aunt’s throne that he’s sitting in...if she saw the state of her home...it’s just terrible.”
“I know, just seeing our home like this...it’s a nightmare.” ,said an unfamiliar voice as the trio looked around for the source. That wasn’t until they brought their attention to a mare sitting in the water, looking out at the city. She had a light gambogeish gray coat with a light arctic blue mane, she had pinkish red wing-like fins and wore a pearl necklace. The trio’s approach alerted her as she turned to them and judging from the reactions of both Silverstream and the newcomer - they definitely know each other as the mare spoke,
“Silverstream, you came back!” The hippogriff stated, “I’m fine, Skystar. Everything has been crazy for me since I left during the attack, but I managed to find him...after helping him win the battle against a Grublin Horde at the Crystal Empire.”
Skystar noticed the dragon and the unicorn as she shot out of the water and pounced on top of the dragon, sea pony tail and all as she said,
“Oh my gosh, I can't believe it! Spike Solaris, the Hero of the Crystal Empire himself, here to save the hippogriffs!”
The purple dragon couldn't believe the speed of this mare since she jumped from the water and landed on top of him. He also noticed the fan girl look on her face, similar to the younger Crystal Ponies that were camping at his statue back in the Empire. He also remembered that these two were fans of his and it wasn't surprising that news of him spread this far. But as far as fans meeting their idols go, he asked,
“How did you know we were coming?” Skystar said, “I didn’t, I was collecting seashells while looking out at what was once my home until I heard you guys talking.”
Silverstream asked, “Also...about the bracer…”
“They know you took it and activated it.”
The hippogriff sighed, “Mom’s going to kill me, right?”
Skystar slightly chuckled, “Well...my Mom’s going to be angry when she finds out that you brought him to us.”
Spike realized what they were saying and stated, “You both went behind your parent’s backs, hearing stories of the Skylanders, including me. You figured that should the time come, you would need my help…”
Both cousins shamefully sighed as Starlight added, “Silverstream, you snuck into the Temple of the Elder, took the bracer and left before the attack.”
Skystar stated, “We had to do it...because not only did we need your help.” Silverstream stated, “Because the Elder spoke to me in a dream!”
This caught their attention as the purple dragon asked, “The Elder...spoke to you?”
“Yes, the Elder of Seaquestria approached me in my dream. He draped his coral wings around me and told me about ‘The First Descendant taking our home and the Elder’s Chosen seeking out the Crystal Savior.’ After that, he said that the bracer calls to me, even though I’d get in big trouble for stealing from the temple, I did what I had to do.”
Starlight asked, “The First Descendant?”
Skystar asked, “Who is he descended from?”
Silverstream's eyes widened, “So that's what the Elder meant and the Crystal Savior was referring to Spike.”
After the chat, they got back to why they are here as Spike stated, “We need to get to Seaquestria and talk with the leaders. If we can get Seaquestria and the Hippogriff Refugees on our side, we can retake Mount Aris.”
Skystar stated, “Well, you're in luck. I just left Seaquestria to sightsee and gather seashells until you got here.”
Starlight nodded as the hippogriff continued into the water while tapping her necklace while Skystar leapt into the water. Spike and Starlight looked at each other as the master asked his apprentice,
“Are you ready for this?” Starlight replied, “The only way to go is underwater, Master Spike. Although I am curious about what we would find once we get to Seaquestria.”
“We just have to trust that those two vouch for us and the negotiations would be short.”
“I have my doubts, Master.” The dragon and unicorn stepped into the water as Silverstream, now a sea pony surfaced and said, “Okay, guys, just follow us!”
With that being said, the trio submerged.
After diving into the sea, Starlight’s pearl necklace shined bright as she turned into a sea pony. The unicorn looked over her new form as their guides gave her a crash course in swimming as a sea pony. After the brief course, the two cousins gestured for the two to follow them. Spike used his wings to maneuver through the water while Starlight followed behind. The path that the group took led deeper into the ocean, through an underwater cave system that was accessible via whirlpool on the surface near Mount Aris and through various crossroads underwater.
It took some time to swim through all of the twists and turns through the underwater crossroads. But the Master and Apprentice kept up with the two sea ponies as they approached their destination, a beautiful underwater city that the hippogriffs now use as a sanctuary after losing Mount Aris as Skystar and Silverstream turned to them and presented the city,
“Welcome to the underwater city of Seaquestria!”
Spike was surprised by this, “I’ve heard stories of sea ponies from the books at the Library, but I never thought that this place was real.”
Starlight was in awe, “It's beautiful...and to think that this has been well hidden from everyone else.”
“And judging from you two, only the hippogriffs knew of its existence.”
Skystar stated, “Well, considering that hippogriffs don't go into the outside world very often. Most of us just like a little peace and quiet or in my Mom’s case - a nice trip to her spa.”
The duo figured that from what Skystar described her mother - she’s somewhat strict, focuses more on a trip to the spa and how they were warned about her. It's likely that Skystar’s Mother doesn't take kindly to unwanted guests, especially from the surface. As for Silverstream, her theft of Elder’s Bracer would also raise questions about her motivation. Would her aunt believe that the Elder spoke to her niece or would she force her to bring it back to the temple?
But in the middle of their train of thought, Spike’s senses began to tingle as he spoke, “We're not alone.”
The others were confused by this until Skystar noticed a bolt of magic heading towards them. But before it could strike, they found themselves out of the bolt’s path with Spike glaring at whoever shot at them. Spike spoke,
“No use hiding, we know you're there.” The shooter revealed himself to be a sea pony as well, but he was scared and shaking all over. He was wearing a coral themed armor, most likely a Seaquestrian Scout. The scared sea pony looked at the dragon and then at the others, two of which he recognized,
“Skystar? Silverstream?”
Silverstream recognized that voice, “Wait a minute...is that you, Terramar.” The sea pony removed his helmet, revealing an apple greenish white coat with moderate cyan and pale turquoise coat with cyan eyes.
“You...you came back.” Silverstream approached her brother, “I had to and you also know why I left in the first place.”
He turned his attention to the purple dragon and realized, “Prince Spike, I’m sorry! I’m so sorry for shooting at you!”
Spike stated, “There's no need, I don't look anything like a grublin and I doubt those things could swim.”
Skystar asked, “But what I want to ask is why are you out here?” Terramar collected himself and stated, “Aunt Novo has been upset that you disappeared and Mom has been in the throne room looking at the family picture with tears in her eyes. But that was when the news of the Bracer’s activation arrived and suffice to say, both Mom and Aunt Novo knew that you're coming and you would bring the purple dragon as well.” He gestured to the glowing bracer on his right hoof, the one used in that strike, “I disguised myself as a guard scout to keep watch on the outskirts in case you came back. But in truth, I was actually contacted by the Sages…”
Starlight asked, “The guardians of the temple? Why did they contact you?”
“They told me that if and when you arrive, I have to bring you four to the temple because the High Sage wants to speak with you.”
Spike told him, “The Temple of the Elder could give us some insight on their history.” Terramar told them, “Follow me, I can get you to the temple without anyone noticing that you're here.” After that, they followed the seapony to a hidden entrance into the city itself.
Meanwhile at the Seaquestria Throne Room, Ocean Flow was pacing the room, thinking about the revelation of her daughter possessing the power of the Elder by activating the bracer, the outcome of her absence and the possibility of her return accompanied by the Purple Dragon. It was all so sudden when the sages spoke of the theft and activation of the coral bracer. But in some cases, it's hard for her since her children were of two worlds as she thought of her husband,
“Sky Beak was away when the attack began. No doubt he's been informed of Mount Aris being lost and Silverstream's escape to the outside world.”
She soon noticed Novo returning from her spa trip as she asked, “Novo, I’ve been thinking about what the sages told us.”
The former hippogriff queen asked, “About the bracer?”
“More about their stories and prophecies. They called the evil dragon, ‘Malefor, The First Descendant’ when they spoke of him. But when they spoke of Spike Solaris, they called him ‘The Crystal Savior’ due to his stand against Malefor at the Crystal Empire.”
Novo sighed, “I just lost my kingdom because of that dragon, Ocean Flow. But I can't risk any of my people to fight the dangers of the surface.”
The seapony asked, “So are you just going to hide? He will find us eventually unless we find a way to fight.”
Novo suspiciously asked, “What are you suggesting?” Ocean Flow stated, “My daughter left to get help and there's only one dragon with a united army to help us.”
Novo scoffed, “How are you so sure he will help? As far as I know, he could just be a thief to steal our pearl!”
“He's no thief, the pearl is not the reason he's coming, he wants to negotiate an alliance. I know from the stories that he puts his friends first and would you rather sit here and watch the world crumble around us?”
The Hippogriff Queen was really irritated by her sister's support for a dragon from the surface. But before they could argue any further, a seapony guard entered,
“Your highnesses, one of our patrols near the temple thought they spotted Princess Skystar, it looked like she was checking the perimeter.”
Novo was curious, “My daughter has been gone for hours, why is she at the temple?”
The guard shrugged, “I don't know, the sages don't allow guards to enter the temple since it's a sacred spot. But if I had to guess, it has something to do with Princess Silverstream's eventual return.”
Ocean Flow, surprised by the news, asked, “Is my daughter here?” The guard shook his head, “We didn't see her, the scout at the outskirts may have seen her, but he hasn't reported in.”
Novo sighed at this and said, “I guess a direct approach is necessary.”
For Spike, sneaking into the city wasn't easy since the locals will notice that he's a dragon. But apparently, Terramar, Skystar and Silverstream were able to guide Spike and Starlight through the isolated parts of the city and made it to the temple. While Skystar left to check the perimeter, Spike, Starlight and Silverstream were with the sages. One of the sages looked the three over and took notice of the coral bracer on the seapony. He smiled as he bowed his head,
“You have been given great power, Silverstream. An Elder’s power can be too much to bear unless the Elder’s spirit chooses its wielder.”
The sage turned to Spike and Starlight, “Spike Solaris, Son of Princess Celestia, The Dragon that stood against The First Descendant becoming the Crystal Savior and Starlight Glimmer, ex-nemesis, now apprentice to the Purple Dragon, a mare with a troubled past, now seeks redemption and wishes to learn.”
Spike was impressed, “You’ve seemed to have read up on our history.”
“Sages are taught to sense the aura of many magical beings. It was one of the many gifts from the Elders.” Said a voice as the sages parted while a more decorated older sage appeared.
Silverstream recognized him, “High Sage.” The old seapony looked her over, getting a sense of her aura. He stated,
“The Elder Bracer's power flows through you, young one. It makes you powerful to protect those you care about.”
Silverstream added, “Those powers were revealed to me the moment I raised the bracer and calling on the honor of Seaquestria, turning me into Coral Leviathan.”
The High Sage concluded, “Which is what the Elder bestowed upon its chosen wielder. The stories were indeed true, as the Elder blessed you with its power - the bracer rightfully belongs to you.”
The seapony turned hippogriff could only gaze at the bracer on her left hoof and then back at the sage, bowing her head saying, “I won't squander the Elder’s gift.”
“I know you won't, but now…” He looked at Spike, “There's a lot to discuss, Prince Spike. You need to negotiate with the Royal Family for aid in the war on the surface, but what I need to tell you is knowledge. A birthright passed down from the Elders to you.”
The dragon curiously asked, “What's the history of the Elders?”
The High Sage turned to the wall as coral near it began to glow, illuminating the wall to reveal the history of the Elders,
“In a time before time, a time where the rivalries between pony races rage, a time before Alicorn Sisters, seven great Dragons descended from the heavens to a land of bitterness, rivalries and war. The races of Equis were separate and without purpose, but these seven dragons taught the arts of wisdom, combat and unity, thus illuminating the many races with the three virtues - Unity, Duty, Destiny!”
Spike remembered, “Wait, I remember that phrase, when I helped an alternate version of me capture an evil clone of Celestia, we recited that same phrase!”
The sage went to the picture of the various races such Pony, Seapony, Yak, Griffin, Hippogriff, Dragon and Changeling among others bearing artifacts of the Great Dragons,
“We embraced these gifts as they bestowed their artifacts among their chosen students and in gratitude, we named these dragons, ‘Elders’ as displayed by their sense of guiding wisdom.”
The next drawing shows a sight that something that Spike was all too familiar with, the severn students and six mystical ponies, one was a familiar looking wizard, fighting the forces of darkness as the picture of a cackling dragon was shown with a pair of yellow eyes,
“But our happiness was not to last, for the first descendant of the Elders, Malefor, was sickened by this and attempted to strike our home. The Elders, their students and the Pillars of Equestria fought back, casting Malefor back to his world. But upon the defeat of the First Descendant, the Elders fell into a deep slumber within their own temples.”
The last picture shows the seven elders that represented each race of Equis and their artifacts,
“As the Elders sleep, a prophecy was foretold by the Pillars: In a time where great warriors rise, where the worlds are bridged and the threat of the First Descendant returns to Equis. Arise the Crystal Savior, Son of the Solar Princess, Descendant of the Elders to reform the Elders’ Chosen Students and become the Dragon King!”
Spike asked, “The Dragon Lands already have a Dragon Lord.” The High Sage shook his head, “You misunderstand, Spike. Before Malefor, the Elders formed a kingdom meant for unification for pony and dragon. The choice of who would rule came down to their descendants and how capable they are from the heart. Sadly as Malefor struck, most of the kingdom was destroyed before he was pushed back. But the statue of all seven Elders remains intact, it was used for crowning the King, but even that has been lost for millennia.”
Starlight realized, “A lost kingdom.”
Skystar entered, who was listening, “Something tells me that your journey got a lot more complicated.”
Silverstream nodded, “Now it makes sense that the Elder chose me, I'm one of the Elder’s Chosen.”
Spike thought about his previous encounter with two Ancestral Dragons when he and Starlight were still enemies. He remembered one crucial part,
"Does that history mention anything about stardust?"
The seapony stated, "As a matter of fact, stardust is a rare phenomenon on Equis. But the most unusual was that one of the Elders can generate stardust."
The purple dragon knew all too well who this was, "The Stardust Dragon." The sages were surprised as he continued, "During our fight through time when Starlight nearly had me beat, I slipped into a dream. During that dream, I was in a large cave with a large mound of stardust in the center of the room, that was when two large dragons emerged from it: The Stardust Dragon and the Blue Eyes Shining Dragon."
The dragon turned to the wall again and saw the two dragons from his dream as he said, "They have been watching me for a long time and they gave me a hint on where they are."
The High Sage nodded until he noticed something or someone behind them, “I believe you're going to have to wait, young ones. I believe that the negotiations will have to come first.”
That caught their attention as they turned around to see floating in the doorway of the temple was Queen Ocean Flow of Seaquestria and Queen Novo of Mount Aris.
Author's Note
OH THE DREADED CLIFFHANGER!
But as Eon became aware of the warning of Strykore's return, Spike Solaris, (yes, I gave him a last name) and Starlight Glimmer have arrived in Seaquestria and thanks to the Sages, they learned that six other Temples of the Elder exist. But as far as revelations go, their main goal of negotiating an alliance with the Queen Novo and Queen Ocean Flow has only just begun.
(Guest Starring Infernite, Lovestruck and Shroominja from SuperMarioMaster170 of DeviantArt.)
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Novo and Ocean Flow have seen many things in their lives. They were children of two worlds, they were both of land and sea, even their children were of two worlds. But as they gaze upon them now, in the Temple of the Elder, they had very mixed reactions. For Ocean Flow, she was shocked and happy to see Silverstream after she ran away during the attack. For Novo, she had a shocked expression when her eyes went for the elephant in the room, the Purple Dragon that Skystar and Silverstream were talking about.
Spike Solaris, son of Princess Celestia, Hero of the Crystal Empire and the dragon that brought the ponies, griffins and dragons to join in an Alliance against the Dark Master. Novo had her doubts about whether or not the stories were true. But it was this dragon that her daughter and niece looked up to. He noticed her shocked expressed as he approached her and asked,
“Queen Novo, I presume?”
Ocean Flow turned to her sister as the hippogriff queen shook off her shock of meeting the dragon and said,
“You are correct, Prince Spike. But if you're looking for help in your war, I’m afraid you won't find it here especially after what the dragon and his monsters did to my home.”
Skystar spoke, “Mom, the only one who is responsible for Mount Aris is Malefor!” She pointed to Spike, “This dragon is our only hope at reclaiming our home!”
Novo sighed at her daughter, “Yes, I know, he's the Purple Dragon. The dragon that went up against Malefor at the Crystal Empire and won. But can we trust him and his army to take back our home?”
Spike stated, “Your highness, Malefor is up there on Mount Aris, sitting on your throne, looking over your ruined kingdom while he sends his armies out to conquer the surface.”
“That's why we fled to Seaquestria, so we could be safe.”
Spike shook his head, “It's not that simple of hiding from Malefor, he's a purple dragon, like me and the leader of the Skylanders. And like us, he has the power of the elements: Fire, Electricity, Ice and Earth. He could use his power of earth to shake up the city before using his ice ability to freeze the water, Seaquestria wouldn't survive that.”
Novo glared, “Are you threatening me?”
Spike stood tall, despite the fact that he was underwater, “I’m just telling you that Malefor won't fully rely on his grublins to find you, he will flush you out with his own powers eventually.”
The seapony was angry that this dragon was giving her a lot of flak with suggesting to join the fight. If he didn't have the ability to breathe underwater and if he wasn't Celestia's son, Novo would've had him executed. She asked,
“What else do you have to say if I exiled you from Seaquestria?”
Spike smirked, “Majority Rules. I'm sure neither the Sages of the temple nor your own sister would want you to exile us. Exile us and you lose the chance of taking back your home.” He looked at her sister, “Is that what you want, Queen Ocean Flow?”
The Queen of Seaquestria nodded and stated, “Novo and I are children of both worlds and my husband is a hippogriff. Prince Spike, your intentions are noble and from the stories that Silverstream tells me, you have rallied three species with a history of tensions against a bigger foe. As Queen, Seaquestria will stand by your side in helping retake Mount Aris…”
Novo was shocked that Seaquestria was now going to stand by him as Ocean Flow looked at her sister, “Novo, you may not like the young prince, but he has a point. You and most of the seaponies are refugees from Mount Aris.”
Starlight decided to speak up, “Your nephew, Terramar told Master Spike and I that some of the refugees are itching for payback.”
Novo was puzzled by this, since she was more of an isolationist. She doesn't want to get involved with the war on the surface, she didn't want to get involved at all. But that changed when the war came to her door. She never saw it coming and still she wanted to keep her people out of the war. She sighed,
“I... I need to think about it. The negotiations are not over, they're just...on hold until I can fully think on this.”
The seapony soon turned and left the temple, leaving Ocean Flow with Spike and the crew. Spike sighed and said,
“Well that went better than I expected.”
Starlight pointed out, “What were you expecting, Master?”
“Exile or attempt to kill us via drowning.” Terramar sighed, “Well considering that you can breathe underwater is a sign that it wouldn't work, but Starlight…”
The unicorn apprentice stated, “I learned plenty of air bubble spells before we left.”
Skystar was concerned, “Aside from my mother being cruel like that, she just turned and swam away.”
Ocean Flow stated, “Novo is conflicted about joining your Alliance. She wants to keep her people safe from Malefor, but some of the refugees who served in Mount Aris’ Royal Guard felt like they abandoned their duty to protect the kingdom, they want to fight those monsters, they want to take back their home.”
Spike guessed, “But they're still duty-bound on protecting the Royal Family.”
“Exactly.”
That was when Starlight had an idea, “Could we gain support from the refugees in order to convince your sister?”
Ocean Flow thought about it since Novo thought about what's best for her people, but some were wanting to go home, “You could talk to the leaders of the guard branches as well as the civilian branch of the refugees.”
“Anyone in particular?”
The Queen gave her explanation for the leaders of the refugee factions, “Storm Wind is the General of the Mount Aris Defense Force, he's also well respected in the Mount Aris Court and when they were forced to retreat, he took it harder than his men. You could find him in the old guard barracks that he and his soldiers are using.
Wind Blast is the Commander of the Mount Aris Air Division. When they retreated, she grumbled about preferring the air instead of water and like most of the hippogriffs, she spoke out against complying with the retreat order. You can find her near the refugee camps, most of her division was assigned to guard the camps.
Then we have Spark Blast, Commander of the Mount Aris Royal Guard and Wind Blast’s twin brother, believe it or not. While Storm Wind handled protecting the city, Spark focused on protecting the Royal Family from danger. He's also a strategist when it comes to a battle since he would beat Wind in most games, much to her dismay. You can find him at the Palace in the Royal Guard Barracks.
Among the refugees is Sky Talon, he's an up and coming member of the Royal Court, a well-known peacemaker who spoke of reaching out to the rest of the world. He spoke for the civilian population of Mount Aris before it fell. Now he serves as the leader of the refugee camp in the lower district, the same district where you will find the General.”
Spike asked, “Would getting them on our side help convince Queen Novo?”
Ocean Flow stated, “My sister is stubborn and she sees you as the dangers of the outside world and I think she would ground Skystar for bringing you here.”
“The dangers are already around us! Novo can't pretend to ignore them.”
The High Sage, who was silent during the whole thing, spoke, “Queen Novo is troubled by these events, her home was stolen, her kingdom in ruins and a dragon tyrant sits on her throne. She doesn't understand how important it is to reclaim Mount Aris and hiding from it will solve nothing. The only way to take back Mount Aris is this alliance.”
The seapony nodded, “Agreed, High Sage.” She turned to the Master and Apprentice, “Spike, Starlight, you need to speak to the commanders and get them on your side. When that's done, meet me in the throne room, so we can convince Novo. She couldn't deny that her commanders chose to fight the enemy that stole their home.”
The duo nodded as Spike suggested, “Silverstream and Skystar can come with us.”
Ocean Flow looked at her daughter and her niece and decided, “Considering everything that they went through to bring you here, I will allow it. They would also help guide you through the kingdom. It would also be good for the commanders to hear a royal’s opinion on the matter.”
The two seaponies soon joined them as they prepared to leave the temple, Ocean Flow stated,
“Good Luck, Prince Spike. I pray for your success.”
As they made their way to the door, Starlight spoke, “You were half-right about one thing, Master.”
The dragon glanced at his apprentice before she finished, “Seaquestria's negotiations were short.” And with that being said, the team left the temple.
After the team left the temple, they made their way through the city with the cousins as their guides as they swam their way to refugee camps in the lower district. So many former hippogriffs had formed a small settlement in the district and according to Skystar, General Storm Wind was seen as a military leader while Sky Talon was the civilian leader to the refugees. The district guard barracks are the best way of finding him, because if they don't get Novo to accept their alliance - Malefor and his army will be left unchallenged.
As they entered the settlement, they were greeted by the sight of many refugees that lost their home. Hippogriffs, now Sea Ponies with no home and nowhere to go all because of the Fall of Mount Aris. Some of the refugees took notice of the group, specifically Spike since they heard stories about him and were surprised by his appearance. That wasn't until an armored seapony approached them,
“Prince Spike, it's an honor to have you here. Cpl. Light Beak, I’m in charge of the guard detail in the district.”
Spike responded, “No introductions needed, Corporal. I'm sure many of you heard the stories.” He soon asked, “I need to find your commanding officer, General Storm Wind and the civilian leader, Sky Talon. Do you know where the barracks are?”
The corporal stated, “The General spends most of his time in the guard barracks on the far side of the district. Governor Sky Talon spends most of his time tending to the refugees, but he and the General would meet in the barracks to discuss the issue of our camp. There were also rumors of the General planning a way to liberate Mount Aris, but with our numbers, we’ll be slaughtered.”
They understood that they were only a few hundred against a horde and while the general was a great strategist, what he's planning is a suicide mission in hopes of retaking the hippogriff city. As for the Governor, he wouldn't want to throw the civilians in the line of fire. Starlight stated,
“We will figure something out, have faith in us, Corporal.”
Light Beak sighed, “Okay, but if you can get the General on your side, you all can count on our support.”
After that, the team went into the camp as they passed by several refugees taking shelter in the district. The Hippogriff Army served as district guards and protecting the refugees, but Spike noticed how ticked off the soldiers were at just guarding an underwater city district when they really wanted to return to the surface and attempt to retake the mountain. Although, some of the soldiers and refugees stopped when the team passed as they were saying,
‘Hey, check it out.’
They ignored it and continued to the barracks, but Spike looked around and saw the refugees, sad and scared at the fact that their home was lost. He sighed,
“I can't help, but feel sad for these people. They had their home stolen from them and they were forced to flee to an underwater city. They seem to have lost hope that they would ever return to the surface.”
Starlight noted, “I understand, Master. But remember what you taught me about rallying others?”
“When all hope seems lost, they need someone who lights the spark so they could continue on and reclaim what was lost.”
Starlight finished, “You are that Symbol of Hope. You’ve rallied the ponies, griffins and dragons against the one true foe before taking me under your wing.”
Spike smiled, “Folks need heroes and in times like these, we need to come together.”
Skystar and Silverstream overheard them talking about the state of the camp and how much they needed to come together. They both know that Ocean Flow was more than willing to side with Spike, but Novo needs some convincing, hence why they're speaking to the military and civilian leaders. Eventually, the small team came across the barracks as the seapony guarding the door spoke,
“Princesses Skystar and Silverstream, I heard the rumors that you returned with the purple dragon.” He shifted his attention to Spike, “I’m guessing you are him?”
Spike nodded before saying, “I am and we need to speak to General Storm Wind and Governor Sky Talon.”
The guard looked at the door and then back at them and apologized, “I’m sorry, Prince Spike. But the General and the Governor are discussing the state of our camp and…”
“Did I just hear the name ‘Prince Spike?’” Said a voice that spoke seniority, leadership and military authority as a decorated seapony emerged from the door, he had white scales with a blue mane and was decorated with medals on his chest. The guard snapped at attention as he said,
“General, Sir!” The General stated, “At ease.” The guard relaxed as the seapony looked the dragon over until the amulet caught his attention. Everyone on Equis knows that the Emerald Fire amulet signified Spike as a member of Equestria's Royal Family which the general knew this fact as he gazed at the dragon,
“I must say, it's an honor to meet the Hero of the Crystal Empire.”
Spike knew that this was the seapony he was looking for, “You must be General Storm Wind.”
“Indeed I am, young one. If I had to guess, you're here to negotiate an alliance.”
Silverstream pointed out, “My mom agreed to join in the fight...but Novo is undecided.”
Skystar added, “And right now, we need your help to convince her that this alliance is the only way to take back our home.”
The General could only look towards the Seaquestria Castle for a moment before saying, “An alliance with the other races...in a push to take our home back?”
Starlight stated, “That's why we sought you out.” Storm Wind sighed, “Queen Novo had a desire of staying neutral, but when I pointed out that war would show up on our doorstep, she stated that ‘It will not happen for us.’ I argued that after hearing these reports of those portals before every attack, we needed to be prepared, but she has ignored my warnings. Even when my son recommended seeking out the Crystal Savior for aid in case war comes to us.”
Skystar could understand why her mother would act like this since she wanted to remain neutral. But ever since the fall of Mount Aris, that neutrality has faded and many of the militants in the refugees are restless. As for Spike, he noticed one thing that the general said,
“Your son?” Storm Wind sighed, “Sky Talon. Although my family has been military for generations, he sought the life of a peacekeeper. But he still learned a few strategic studies before the fall, he was also the youngest in court.”
“Who happens to be the Governor of the refugee camp?”
A new voice spoke, “I did it because these refugees needed a leader to help them in these desperate times.” A new sea pony emerged from the barracks, this one was young with a sky blue mane and white scales. He stated,
“And if you're planning to send an army to the surface, we need a surface settlement to shelter our noncombatants.”
Spike asked the general, “But in order to do that, we need to get Queen Novo on our side.” He declared, “General, can we count on you and your son’s support?”
Both father and son looked at each other and at the guard before turning back to the group as the general stated, “As General of the Hippogriff Army, we will stand by your side to retake Mount Aris and our soldiers would reinforce your army.”
Sky Talon stated, “I will stand by your side as well, some of the refugees are wishing to join. But we would also consider possible sites for a temporary settlement until Mount Aris is retaken.”
Spike bowed his head accepting their decision before saying, “That leaves the Air Division and the Royal Guard to convince.”
The general remembered, “The twins? Those two are the best in their units and my favorite pupils. Wind was a talented flyer while Spark was a great strategist, beating her in a game of chess every so often.”
Sky Talon spoke, “Wind Blast is actually here at the camp’s perimeter. I...went to see her before coming to speak with you, father.”
Spike stated, “We need to arrange a meeting here in the barracks.”
Storm Wind agreed, “We know all too well that we can't defeat Malefor like this and we can't hide here just so we can wait for him to find us.” He turned to his son, “Sky Talon, we need you to head to the perimeter and speak to Wind Blast, tell her to meet us here at the barracks.”
Skystar spoke, “I can go to the Royal Guard barracks and get Spark Blast to meet us here.”
Spike figured, “Convincing them to support us is challenging…” The General stated, “As well as convincing Queen Novo that she needs this alliance, but I know that you're a natural leader.”
Spike nodded as he looked at his companions before saying, “Let's get started.”
It took some time, but Sky Talon and Skystar rounded up the twins and brought them to the camp barracks where the general had set up the meeting. The twins however, were skeptical about why he decided to arrange a meeting involving Mount Aris’ liberation when they were forbidden from going up to the surface. Spark Blast, who had light green scales and a green mane asked,
“How are we supposed to take back our home when the Queen ordered us not to go up there?”
The general stated, “That's where he comes in…” He looked towards Spike, who was wearing his cloak when the twins first entered as he removed his hood as Wind Blast, who had a white mane and blue scales was shocked,
“No way! The Crystal Savior!?” She turned to Sky Talon, “You didn't mention he was here.” The governor chuckled, “That would ruin the surprise.”
Spark was surprised, “I heard that a dragon was here... I just never expected it to be you.”
Wind sighed, “The soldiers were talking about it, I thought it was just a rumor.”
Spike swam to them and pointed out, “It is true that it was me, but the reason why my companions and I are here is that we are up against the most dangerous foe ever to exist.”
The commander of the air unit pointed out, “That dragon leading those monsters?”
“His name is Malefor, the first Purple Dragon and the Dark Master of the hordes. He's made his move, stole your home and used it as a base for his conquest. We are fully aware that Malefor can't be defeated conventionally, that's why I went to the Dragon Lands and Griffonstone: To build an army.”
The commander of the Royal Guard asked, “Which is why you came here as well?”
The military leaders looked at the princess as the general figured, “I’m not surprised, especially when the sages reported that the Elder’s Bracer was missing and activated.”
Silverstream assured, “The Sages have already stated that the bracer chose me to wield it. But it would mean nothing if we don't convince my aunt to join the alliance.”
“We're all worried, Silverstream. But Prince Spike’s words convinced me to offer Seaquestria’s aid in this war.”
That caught them by surprise to the military leaders as Queen Ocean Flow entered the room. The Royal Guard Commander was surprised,
“Your highness, this is…unexpected.” The Queen stated, “There's no need for alarm, Commander.”
She turned to the fellowship of the purple dragon, “I came here to check on your progress and I am impressed with how you four have handled things.”
Skystar asked, “How is Mom been doing?”
“Your mother is conflicted with the concept of going to the surface. But I noticed that she would figure that joining the war would get their home back.”
Spike figured, “Then we can convince her that joining us will give us the numbers to take back their home. But as for the noncombatants, we could build a settlement in Equestria that way they can at least be safe under the protection of the Skylanders.”
Wind smiled, “A nice place for us to settle down after we win this war, right Sky Talon.”
The civilian leader turned red for a bit before Starlight noticed, “Wait, you two are lovers?” While Sky Talon wanted to stay silent, Wind stated, “We are, we were even thinking about having children before the Fall.”
The peacekeeper shouted, “Wind Blast!” Everyone in the room chuckled, even the queen and the general as the sea pony asked,
“You approve, Dad?” Storm Wind chuckled, “Can you blame an old bird for wanting grandkids?”
After that humorous digression, the Blast Twins, the General and the Governor swore to stand by Prince Spike and his fellowship as they supported his effort for the war on the surface. But that wouldn't matter if they don't convince Queen Novo, so Spike turned to Ocean Flow and stated,
“We're ready to meet with Novo once more.”
Ocean Flow nodded and said, “Follow me to the palace, she will be expecting you.”
Meanwhile, back in Canterlot, Eon was looking over the information regarding Strykore's return, EQG Spike’s memories, the emergence of Scorch Dragonfire and the Mystic Shards. That was until a hologram of a cloaked figure emerged with armored gauntlets and armored boots with his face completely obscured by the hood over his head. The figure spoke,
“Hello Master Eon, it's been a long time.”
The alicorn turned to the hologram, “It has been years since you left. But I hear that you go by Artemis now. You go sneaking into Filthy's labs, stealing information regarding his many projects and leaving a crystal dragon head as a calling card.”
The hologram shrugged, “It's the best I could do since I found out that Filthy Rich was working with the cult. But I bring troubling news…” He pressed a button on his gauntlet as several pictures and schematics appeared, “Rich Industries has created six experimental aircraft that could be a problem for the squadron and they’ve acquired the sister ship of the submarine which its psycho captain attempted to nuke a city with, if it wasn't destroyed before firing.” He pulled up the images of the planes and the ship as Eon was shocked,
“This could mean bad news for the team.” Artemis added, “And to top it all off, my contacts inside RI’s Executive Board told me that Filthy is nowhere to be found. None of them saw him enter or leave the office since and his orders were relayed through his secretary.”
Eon thought about this information regarding the CEO’s disappearance before saying, “He was around when the team were cleaning the camp and you stole the information. But I believe that he disappeared just after the grublins attacked Camp Everfree.”
The hologram nodded, “Exactly, my contacts told me that he gave up his plan for turning the grounds into a spa, deciding that it was nothing but a waste of time. But they heard an argument between Filthy and the Cultists and the next thing they know, he disappeared overnight and his secretary was relaying his orders. I don't know if he's dead or being held somewhere, but I’ll figure that out later.” He went back to the information regarding the planes,
“I’ve already compiled a mission for both Echo and Omega Squadrons to do. But I'm not keen on giving them the information on their week off though.”
Eon sighed at Artemis’ state, “Like the Echo Squadron, you need time to rest. Do not overwork yourself to exhaustion.”
The thief sighed, “I know, it's just, it's been 16 years since I saw her. 16 years since my family was torn from me. We need the boy to succeed in getting the Mystic Shards, find the truth about his past and defeat Strykore's Lieutenants before facing Strykore himself.”
Eon sighed, “Artemis, with Malefor waging war, that boy is your last hope to defeating Strykore.” The hologram shook his head, “No, there is another.”
Back in Seaquestria, the diplomatic envoy was now led to the palace as they swam to the throne room. Fortunately for our negotiators, they managed to make their way into the throne room where they found Queen Novo just pacing the room while showing signs that she was just at a salon. The former hippogriff queen turned to the dragon while looking at the company he keeps,
“I see that you have gathered my best commanders, even the general and his son. But I think it's time we discuss this negotiation.”
Spike had stated, “You lost your kingdom, your people lost their home and they are now refugees here in Seaquestria. The General’s soldiers wish to someday retake the mountain, the Commander of the Air Group and her flyers prefer the air as opposed to water and the Royal Guard are not only loyal to the Royal Family, but to their kingdom as well.”
He pointed to the door, “If you saw the state of your kingdom, your highness, wouldn't you want to do whatever it takes to reclaim that which you call home?”
She sighed, “I wish I had your courage, I have heard many stories about your courage and your confidence. You seem very confident that having us join you would help take our home back.”
Starlight spoke, “I vouch for Master Spike, he's never steered me wrong before.”
Novo can only lower her head in sorrow that her best soldiers sided with the dragon. That wasn't until Ocean Flow asked,
“Sister, would you sit in this castle and watch as the sky falls down on our kingdom or would you choose to fight the enemy that stole your throne and win a future for our children? Would your late husband choose to sit back or to fight?”
Novo glared at her for bringing up her husband who died while fighting off several bandits that tried to rob the stores of the mountain. The good news was that he was successful in driving them off, but the bad news was that the wounds he sustained were too much for the healers. Novo never wanted to experience loss ever again, but there was also a promise that she made to her husband as he drew his last breath,
“Promise me that you will protect Mount Aris and protect our people. Our home is all that matters now; promise me to never give up on it, my love.”
Upon seeing that image in her head made her realize that she's breaking that promise. Mount Aris is under siege, her people are now refugees and she's just sitting in the castle doing nothing. Upon realizing the gravity of the situation, there was no way for the hippogriffs to remain neutral, so she stared at Spike and stated,
“Prince Spike, it has come to my decision that...you are right. That beast is sitting on my throne, looking over my home, my kingdom and sending out armies across the land. But I won't stand idly by while my kingdom is in danger.” Novo declared, “As Queen of Mount Aris, the Hippogriffs will stand with you in stopping Malefor.”
Skystar smiled as she silently said, “I knew she would see reason.”
Novo looked at her sister and stated, “Ocean Flow, you and I have to meet with our Generals to prepare for a trip to the surface. General Storm Wind, we could use your knowledge in preparation for the coming battle.”
Wind was cheering, “Yes, we're going to the surface!”
Sky Talon asked, “Your Highness, I was also considering possible settlement sites for our noncombatants and Spike knows a possible site.”
The queen looked at the dragon as he stated, “The area near Cloudcracker Base has some nice farmland. It's safe, resourceful and it doesn't cross the border with Sweet Apple Acres.”
She was amused by this since most of her people wish to be back on land, “I’ll be sure to mention it to Princess Celestia when we meet. You have brought hope to not only my people, but to me as well. In the meantime, I have a meeting with the rest of my generals, our soldiers need time to prepare for war.”
Wind Blast spoke, “Your Highness, with your permission, Sky Talon and the rest of the Air Wing seek to return to the surface and survey the site for the settlement.”
The Queen looked at the General and at her sister as they both nod their heads, “Then I grant you permission to return to the surface since you mostly prefer the skies.”
Spike assured, “While you work on preparing your forces, we’ll let the princesses know that the negotiations were successful.”
Novo agreed, “Very well.”
As Spike and his group prepared to leave, Ocean Flow spoke, “This war could determine our fate.”
The purple dragon stated, “Malefor did it once before, but we're going to beat him.”
“Be safe, Prince Spike. May your Ancestors look after you.”
“May they look after us all.” Soon enough, the group vanished in a flash of light.
Author's Note
Well the Seaquestria Negotiations were a success and both Seapony and Hippogriffs are going to aid them in this war. But as Master Eon's talk with Artemis suggests that Spike's EQG counterpart may have a larger role since his goal was to find the truth about his past. As Artemis even remarks that 'there was another' when told that the boy was their last hope.
But...throughout these chapters it's been nothing but battles, negotiations and secrets. I'll tell you what, the next chapter will be focused on a celebration...it's actually something I had on the brain for a few years now. In the meantime, you'll have to tune in next time when I upload it!
As news of the negotiations with Seaquestria hit Canterlot, most of the construction workers as well as mabu volunteers and Skylanders scrambled to build various barracks for their allies. But as the sun set, the Night Guard took charge as the Bat-Ponies either patrolled the area or helped the night shift with construction. As expected, the Captain of the Night Guard was the Swap Force Skylander, Boom Jet who was looking over the barracks for the griffins and the dragons as he took a glance up to the tower where the Princess of the Night herself gazed through her telescope. He sighed for a bit as he thought back to when he first met her,
“It's strange that she found me on the shore of the lake and restored me. But I had to admit, her soaked mane, shining in the light of the moon really made her both mystical and beautiful.”
The Sky Surfer was captivated by her beauty, although he was aware of her dark past when she fell into darkness and became Nightmare Moon. But the thing about her banishment is that it hurt her sister as well, starting her Thousand Year Sorrow. Ever since she was redeemed, some of the ponies are still fearful of what she did. But her first Nightmare Night also showed that she was lonely as well, but thanks to the love of her sister and the friendship of the Mane 6, she was a different pony now.
Boom Jet knew that was before the Arrival, now she's one of the Portal Masters that oversee the Network between their worlds. When he met her, he was always by her side, he actually joined the Night Guard and rose through the ranks. The Sky Surfer remembered that one time during the Cloudbreak War where Luna kissed him as a means of motivation. He regarded it as one of the best moments in his life and thinking about that is what drove him to become the Captain of the Night Guard.
“It's no secret that you like the Princess, Boom Jet.” The Sky Surfer turned to notice the dark centaur, Knight Mare approached as she continued, “It's in your body language, how you turn to her when she enters the room, how you watch her carefully like a bodyguard.”
The Air Skylander explained, “It's not only that, but it's her past that gets to me. She was corrupted by the Nightmare and was banished for a thousand years. But she had her redemption, there's also Nightmare Night which is basically Halloween. She's serious, but she's also fun to hang out with during the off hours. I actually woke up with her in my bed a few times whenever I was napping in the off hours.”
Knight Mare raised an eyebrow, “Seriously?” He brought up a poorly taken photo of his nap being interrupted by the Night Princess sleeping beside him, “Some of the mares on the Day Shift attempted to snap a few photos of me napping and they saw Luna sleeping in my bed as well. When I found out, I had Nightshade sneak into their barracks and steal the photos.”
The Centaur shook her head, “Those mares…”
After that was sorted out, the Sky Surfer thought of something, “Say Knight Mare, you know that Celestia holds the Summer Sun Festival to start the summer and there's the Running of the Leaves in Ponyville during the Fall, right?”
The centaur nodded, “I know, there's also Nightmare Night like you said, but why do I get the feeling that you're suggesting something?”
Boom Jet suggested, “Well, Summer is almost over and with the war going on, there may not be time for celebrations. But I think we should plan an event to lift everyone's spirits and boost morale for the troops. Like a parade.”
“A parade?”
“And considering that Luna got corrupted because she felt like she wasn't appreciated, why don't we have the parade at night?”
The centaur was curious, “Holding a night parade? How would that work?”
Boom Jet thought about it and decided, “We’ll discuss the details later. But I need you to find Spyro and Cynder and meet me in the training room after sunrise. We’ll discuss the details from there.”
The Dark Skylander understood as the two continued with their shift.
Once the night came to an end, the Solar Guard took over as most members of the Lunar Guard went to sleep or stayed up for a bit. As for Boom Jet, his duties as the Captain of the Lunar Guard and a Skylander means that he has to be up half the day, that's why he had a coffee machine in his office.
But as was mentioned, Boom Jet was in the training room with Knight Mare, Spyro and Cynder as the Sky Surfer stated,
“You know why we're here?”
Spyro stated, “Knight Mare told us that you had something planned for the end of the summer? Like a night parade?”
The sky surfer nodded as he pulled out a set of blueprints from his pack, “This is a concept for the Light up the Night parade.”
He set them on the table as they saw what he planned, there were parade floats that looked like various races around the planet, performers clad in special light up garb, even a few clothes specialized for Skylanders. The floats themselves were covered with specialized LED lights which made them shine bright. Cynder looked over the plans and realized,
“You must've spent the night in your office drawing this up.”
The captain of the lunar guard stated, “While looking over various reports from the guards since most of the Bat-Ponies are nocturnal. I’d be a very poor captain if I wasn't updated, but I digress.”
Spyro asked, “Knight Mare told us that you're doing this because of Luna. Is it true?”
“That's partially the reason, but the full reason is that we are at war. Most of the citizens are scared that Malefor will bring the war to us at any moment. On top of that, we have troops from all over Equis gathering here until the time comes to march on Mount Aris. This parade would not only show appreciation to Luna, but boost morale for the war effort.”
Cynder whistled, “That's clever of you, but Princess Celestia will have to look this over before the Tech Skylanders can get to work with building the floats.”
“That won't be necessary, Cynder. I’ve heard everything that needs to be heard.” Said a familiar voice as Celestia herself appears out of nowhere.
Knight Mare stood back a bit, “Your Highness, you seem to have a tendency of appearing out of nowhere whenever we're discussing something.”
The princess stated, “Like you four, I have had concerns about Luna ever since she returned. She went mad because she felt like no one loved her or the night. I have to say, this Light up the Night parade will be great to lift everyone's spirits.”
Boom Jet realized that she's approving his idea, “I’ve already made the blueprints for the parade floats and the clothes used for the performers.”
She took the blueprints and looked over the designs and how they resemble a species native of Equis, “You did spend all night in your office writing these since each float resembles that of ponies, dragons, griffins, etc.”
“A symbol of unity, all of us gathering together to strike back against darkness.”
The sun princess smiled at this as she said, “I’ll be sure to tell the Tech Skylanders to begin building the floats.”
Knight Mare smiled as she said, “Let's go build us a parade!”
Upon the parade announcement, most of the Tech Skylanders and tech savvy mabu and ponies immediately looked over Boom Jet’s plans for the floats. Even Echo and Omega Squadrons were pulled from their R&R to work on this project since EQG Drobot was very knowledgeable about making a light up parade float, just like his dragon counterpart. Some of the reps from other kingdoms added their designs for their specific floats since unity against a greater foe was the idea. It would also serve to remind everyone of what they are fighting for - To bring peace to their world once more.
As the construction of the parade floats continued, Boom Jet also made it a priority to keep the parade a surprise from the public until they sent out the flyers. Right now, he was with Luna in his office as he looked over the route for the parade and how to execute it. Luna, knowing about the project beforehand spoke,
“It is strange that we are holding a night parade...but you must have had a reason.”
The skylander stated as he turned his attention to the princess, “Well, it was mostly because I thought about you and your dark past. Jealousy was a terrible thing, so I came up with the concept of this parade.”
The mare blushed, “I am touched by this kindness…”
“It's the best I can do for you.” He soon looked at the Canterlot map as he was looking for a good route for the parade, “I think the floats could start from the castle gate and travel across the districts in the city and then end at the western edge of the city…”
Luna suggested, “What about rounding the parade back to the castle?” The surfer looked at the map again and realized,
“The Soldier’s Entrance is big enough to fit the floats. Luna, you're a genius!”
The Alicorn smirked, “Thou has our moments.”
After mapping down the parade route, he rolled it up and sent it up the suction tube in his office to the parade team. Afterwards, he looked at the princess, “There's one more thing we need to discuss…”
She knew what was needed for the project, “Music.”
For weeks, the workers and tech Skylanders worked non-stop on the floats as they waited for the night where these magnificent floats would make their debut and thanks to the dragon, Echo and the DJ, Vinyl Scratch, the music was set up and a song was in place. Finally, the flyers were sent out to the city and invitations were sent to the various cities of Equestria.
On the day of the Autumn Equinox, several airships circled the city as the sun began to set. One of the airships was a modified troll gunship with radio antennas, cameras and speakers. The occupants of the ship were the show hosts, DJ Chill Bill and Broccoli Guy, both who fought in the Traptanium Wars for the Doom Raiders and later, the Skylanders. There was also their Mabu pilot keeping their ship stable as Chill Bill spoke,
“Welcome everyone to a special ‘Cold Front Broadcast’ DJ Chill Bill here with my friend, Broccoli Guy onboard our mobile airborne station, ‘The Iceberg.’ We are currently hovering over the Equestrian Capital because of the news of a speech given by Prince Spike. What do you think?”
Broccoli Guy stated, “Well, I don't know about you, but I don't think they would call everyone here just for a speech. Broccoli Guy is sensing something else in the works.”
Chill Bill mused, “True, true... it is unusual that a speech was scheduled on Summer’s End at nightfall. Even considering the way the crowds are on the side of the roads.”
Broccoli Guy noticed, “Let's hold up for a sec, the dragon is taking the stage.”
Soon enough, the Iceberg’s camera caught Spike, Boom Jet and Shining Armor taking the stage as the dragon stepped up to the podium, clearing his throat before saying,
“Good evening everyone, I am Prince Spike Solaris and I called this event this evening mainly because it's no secret that we are now at war. Our enemy is ruthless, relentless and will not stop until he destroys everything and everyone in his path.
So me and a small group of my fellow Skylanders traveled all over Equis to recruit the other kingdoms and unite to fight our foe and his monsters. Pony, Dragon, Griffin, Hippogriff, Yak, Buffalo, all coming together to fight for the future of our world.
And so, Lunar Guard Captain Boom Jet had this idea, an event at sundown at Summer’s End, to not only celebrate the end of the Summer, but to show everyone what we are fighting for and what victory over evil can bring us.” He gestured to Shining Armor as the stallion’s hoof stepped on a button that was on stage,
“And without further ado, I’ll be the first to say ‘Welcome to the Light Up The Night Parade!’”
Soon enough, all the lights in the city turned off as lights began to appear on the stage itself. The rope of lights were light blue, purple and emerald green as the stage started to move along the open road as music began to play. As the stage moved along the road, four Mabu wearing light up outfits were holding up the signs that said, ‘Light Up The Night’
And once the Mabu passed, the first float showed a light up display of the Wonderbolts with Spitfire and Drobot hitching a ride, waving at the crowds. The escorts were a mix of air and fire Skylanders wearing red or light blue lights.
Chill Bill noticed, “Well this is a surprise, Broccoli Guy. What started out as a speech, turned into a parade.”
Broccoli Guy stated, “You got that right, Chill. The whole city went dark at that point until the music started. They're really kicking this off with introducing a Wonderbolt float.”
The next group shows Zap and Trail Blazer with three ponies in red and blue light up outfits while Mabu dances while wearing a multi-person suit (the ones that give the illusion of a synced dance) as the Fire float shaped like a volcano, and the Water float which was a tidal wave, rolled by with Ignitor, Sunburn and Princess Ember riding the volcano while Gill Grunt, Echo and the recently arrived Silverstream rode the wave. Even Fryno rode his motorcycle at a steady speed while waving to the crowd. The fire knight had his sword blade first at his feet as Sunburn let out a squawk as he flared his wings as the Dragon Lord To Be waved at the crowds, no doubt adjusting to her surroundings. Both floats were escorted by the giant of their respective elements, Hot Head escorted the Fire float while Thumpback escorted the Water float.
The next group showed both Life and Undead Skylanders wearing their light up suits as the Life float portrayed a tree with two vines for arms with Arbo riding the float waving at the crowd and Tree Rex using the glow of his photosynthesis cannon to add to the parade. The Undead float portrayed a dragon-shaped skeleton as the bones lit up as it breathed smoke from its nose like it was breathing fire with the skeleton T-Bone doing a skeleton dance as he was riding the float with Eye-Brawl walking alongside it with the eye on one side and the body on the other.
The next group was a combination of Earth and Air Skylanders with a mountain shaped float and a float with various clouds. The Trap Master, Gusto stood tall on the Air float with Sonic Boom, new Queen of Griffonstone looking her best while the pegasi waved their light up wings at the crowd and Swarm flew alongside it. The Earth float had Dino-Rang and Rocky Roll riding it while Prism Break was on the streets. The golem didn't need a light up suit since his diamond points glow in the dark. Crusher was alongside the float as the gems on the golem’s body shined bright, even his hammer.
“Whoa, talk about natural lighting, folks!” Spoke Broccoli Guy.
The next group was Tech and Magic with the majority of the Skylanders of both elements taking the streets as the light up accessories they wore shined with either purple or orange. The Tech Float was a light up replica of an Arkeyan head and torso as the head itself turned left and right as Sprocket rode her tank, Bouncer rolling alongside it and Trigger Happy twirling his guns on the float itself. As for the Magic Float, it was a light up replica of a spell book with Voodood and Double Trouble riding the float as Ninjini hovered beside it.
The next float had a mixture of swap force and trap team Skylanders as a replica of the Wings of Freedom and it's miniature aircraft, pushed by pony and mabu performers came next with the EQG Main 7 dressed for the event with their band, ‘The Rainbooms’ providing for the song on their float which was fashioned in their style while the Echo Squadron rode the Mini-Wings of Freedom in their Supercharged forms, even EQG Spike and the newest Trap Ranger, Lemon Zest were in their Traptanium forms.
Chill Bill noticed, “It looks like the Trap Team has a new member of their inner council.”
Wolfgang put his bone harp to use as he did a solo matching with the Rainbooms as they passed. Soon enough, there were two more additional floats after the Rainbooms and the squadron, one was a replica of the underwater city of Seaquestria with Queen Novo of Mount Aris and Queen Ocean Flow of Seaquestria, both are in their hippogriff forms and Skystar and Terramar were with them as well as hippogriffs lead by Wind Blast escorted the float.
The second float was different, it was by now the crowds realized that only eight elements were shown. As the float approached, they were surprised to see that the sun and moon crest that represents Equestria was being held up by a light up replica of the Blue Eyes White Dragon and Red Eyes Black Dragon, the blue had the Sun Crest for Skylands while the black one wore the Moon Crest. The crowds were in awe when they spotted the Royal Sisters along with Spotlight and Blackout standing by their side as their Ancestral replicas breathed red and blue smoke.
“Whoa, Broccoli Guy is impressed by this!”
“Indeed, the Royal Sisters alongside both Spotlight and Blackout while both blue and red eyes indicate their powers. Sun and Moon, Light and Dark, perfect balance as the monks at the temple say.”
The song that's playing, ‘Let It Shine’ not only states that even at night, it can still shine, but it even shows that in a time of war, there's hope for victory over evil. The Light Up The Night Parade was a huge success for not only lifting everyone's spirits, but boosting morale for the various troops that are waiting for the day that they take the fight to Malefor.
Author's Note
Well, this was a short chapter, but I was looking to doing this for a while. It shows Boom Jet's position as the Captain of the Lunar Guard, the situation when some mares intend to catch him taking a nap during the day and the elaborate plan for the parade. The parade concept was actually based off of a childhood memory when I go to Six Flags Great Adventure back when they had the Glow in the Park Parade.
So my thanks goes to Six Flags Great Adventure for creating such a memorable childhood memory!
A few days after the parade, the Echo Squadron gathered in the zeppelin’s briefing room as the team waited for the briefing to start and they also had the Omega Squadron in attendance. It was a few days after the parade and already the team had enjoyed a moment of waving to crowds of cheering people only to get thrown back into the fire. But from what information was gathered, the Dean stated that this mission was of the utmost importance. Camo asked about their newest pilot,
“Jack is still in the course?”
“Actually, he just finishhed his training and he’s on his way.”,said Dark Snap Shot as he sharpened his traptanium arrows, despite his human hands.
Spy pointed out Omega’s presence, “So there’s a reason why you guys are here?”
Adagio, Dark’s 2nd spoke, “But on the bright side, we’ll be looking forward to working with each other.”
Aria noted, “I’m still ticked about all those books that Adagio and I had to arrange in order to join Omega Squadron. But at least I can kick some butt on this mission.”
Soon enough once Jack arrived and took his seat, Dro, who was working on the communications relay, spoke as the Dean’s image appeared on the screen, “We’re online and broadcasting on the squadron’s private channel.”
Cadence replied, “Thank you. Anyway, let’s commence with this briefing.”
As the briefing began, an image of the globe appeared on screen as she stated,
“After Camp Everfree, we have been looking into any additional grublin activity as well as any unusual energy signatures similar to the Mystic Shards. A few weeks ago, our top agent codenamed: Artemis has informed us that Rich Industries has delivered six advanced fighter planes to an island base on Sentry Island in the West Indies along with an advanced submarine.”
The screen shifted to Sentry Island as a map of the island was shown, “Sentry Island used to be a prison, but ever since Rich Industries bought the island, most prisoners were repurposed as test personnel. Its main facility has an aircraft hangar and runway which is a test site for weapons and aircraft like the six that are stored there while the port is used to house and maintenance a massive submarine.”
Spy asked, “How massive?”
“495 meters with a width of 116 meters and a submerged displacement of 810,000 tons. Ever heard of the Hunt for the Alicorn a few months back?”
Dro remembered, “I heard that a submarine went rogue as its captain attempted to nuke a city to end a conflict. His ship was sunk when an F-15 with three scratches destroyed the rail cannon.”
“Exactly, it’s a super-sized nuclear submarine powered by two liquid metal cooled reactors.”
Sonata was in awe, “I’m surprised that a sub that size could exist. But I thought you said that it was sunk.”
“Well, Artemis discovered that there were two Alicorn-Class Submarines planned to be built and they were completed when the call to disarm came in. While the Alicorn is on the bottom of the ocean, the sister ship is in the company’s possession.”
The submarine’s image soon appeared on the screen as they saw the specs of the ship as Cadence continued,
“According to the data, this super-submarine is called ‘The Striker.’ The sister-ship to the Alicorn.”
None of the squadrons spoke as the Dean continued, “The Striker is a submarine, but it can stage air operations like a carrier.” The ship’s image showed two barriers raising up and down before diverting to its main guns, “It also boasts some serious firepower and like her sister, the Striker has two main railguns on the port and starboard and a 600mm/128 caliber rail cannon in the flight deck.”
Dro noted, “So the sub’s attack range is similar to a carrier strike group, it could launch aircraft and fire the railguns from beyond enemy range or approach from underwater. Add the rail cannon into the mix and it will be a mobile version of the Stonehenge Railgun Network.”
Aria asked, “A real monster in steel if there ever was. So we have to capture it?”
Cadence nodded, “That’s right, if the Disciples deploy that submarine, we could be looking at another Alicorn Incident.” The image switched to a satellite image of the sub docked in port, “Omega Squadron is to handle the Striker, Blaster-Tron has downloaded his subroutines into a data stick for you to easily control every aspect of the sub and guide it away from the port before anyone knows what’s going on.”
Spy asked, “And Echo Squad’s mission?”
The screen turned to show six advanced planes, “Echo Squadron is to infiltrate the base and steal those planes. Those six planes are some of the advanced fighters of the company’s aviation department.”
The list went as follows as each plane and schematic appeared: The first was the ADF-01 FALKEN, a fighter that had no visible cockpit, but had cameras attached to the cockpit and uses a connection to flight interface or COFFIN system. The members of Omega noted how it was almost like the system on their XFA-27s. It had two canards and forward swept wings with a bottom stabilizer sticking out from the bottom of the fuselage while in flight.
The second was an aircraft that looked similar to the first one, but it had delta wings, no vertical stabilizer on the back, only one on the bottom. It was a next generation aircraft called the ADF-11 Raven, it uses pulse lasers instead of machine guns.
The third aircraft was familiar since they fought this one over Equestria Shores, the CFA-44 Nosferatu. But it seemed as if they modified it to have better defense plating without sacrificing its speed.
The fourth was a plane that looked more like a space shuttle, the ADFX-01 Morgan. A plane that can emit a powerful ECM defense which would force an opposing aircraft to ‘joust’ the Morgan, uses a mounted laser and fires burst missiles.
The fifth plane was a strange one, it was a black plane with forward swept wings, but the area beneath the cockpit was actually a large intake for its engines. It also possesses a COFFIN system and doesn't have any external lights like most planes do. This was the XR-45 Cariburn, a next-generation fighter with extensive air-to-air capabilities.
The last one was marked as ‘Top Priority’ it shows a large fighter with large wings, canards, thrust-vectoring nozzles and stabilizers that were nearly horizontal. But it was the cockpit that got their attention since there was a protrusion beneath the craft’s nose as the canopy’s three amber lights shone. Cadence decided to explain this one,
“What you are seeing is an advanced aircraft being developed at this very island - designated as XFA-33 Fenrir. This plane is the most advanced fighter in the manifest, it can possess twin machine guns, VTOL capabilities, COFFIN system and an impressive speed.”
Jack noticed, “A real wolf in the skies.”
“That's why these planes are so important. Due to the high risk of this mission, it will have to be carried out at night to avoid the enemy reacting to your presence much quicker.”
Spy asked, “So, what's your plan in getting us to the island?”
We cut to a shipping container onboard a container ship heading for the island in the dead of night as several flashes appeared in the container as a series of muffled voices spoke,
Spy: “Well, here we are.”
They were lucky that the ship was practically at the island and as soon as the ship docked into port, they felt the crate being secured and lifted by crane. Both teams kept themselves secured thanks to their mag boots while trying not to alert anyone outside. Once the shaking stopped and the crate was secured on the ground, Dro activated his hemet's sensors to ensure that it was clear until they heard the voice of the workers outside,
“Well, this ship is refueled and ready to set off. Don't wanna be here when those things show up.”
“Yeah, I heard the rumors that moss-like monsters inhabit Archelon Fortress. But I don't know, there's some serious firepower here and our employers are looking to deliver this stuff to the island from Cobalt Cave.”
This brought up a red flag for the team since the mention of moss-like monsters sound like grublins. It makes sense too, since the Disciples of Malefor own Rich Industries. The prospect of cultists fighting alongside those abominations is frightening and if they don't complete their objectives, it might be a reality.
Once the workers passed, Spike utilized a Sword Crystal to cut open the container. Once the door was open, Dro’s gauntlet scanned for any movement, but detected none and signaled the others that they're clear. Once they were out of the container, Spy brought up a map of the island, the northwestern dock was where they landed and two red dots appeared on the northeastern dock and the hanger to the fortress itself,
“We’ve landed on the northwestern side of the island. The sub is docked in the northeastern port of the island while the planes are housed inside the hanger in the fortress itself, it's going to be tough getting in without raising an alarm.”
Dark figured, “It didn't stop you from getting into the battle station.”
“Distance didn't matter to us, but when it comes to getting passed the guards. We can't be detected or else we won't be able to make it into the fortress itself.”
Dark Snap Shot noticed, “What if we create a distraction for you guys to slip in?”
“What are you suggesting?” The human turned trap master pointed to the power station southeast of the submarine dock,
“Destroying the power station will create a diversion which would draw the guards away from their posts, allowing Echo Squadron to slip into the fortress.”
Sonata noticed, “The power station is a great distraction. The fuel tanks on the dock could be used to fuel up the sub.”
Both teams agreed with the idea, so both teams separated with Jack going with Omega. While Omega Squadron went to destroy the power station, Echo Team went off to find the entrance to the fortress. But they also had to search for signs of grublin activity since the sailors were determined to unload the cargo and set off as soon as possible.
The team had their weapons prepped with silencers in case they had to silently pick someone off. So far, they mostly focused on ducking and weaving as they avoided various trucks and patrols, most were cultist soldiers, evidence of the Malefor Skull on their shoulders. Dro whispered,
“Cultists? I guess they were hired in the guise of private security.”
“Whenever Malefor is involved, it would definitely have his ‘faithful’ guarding it.” ,said Spike.
Sonata noticed, “Spike, didn't your vision mention an island that once held prisoners?”
“Yeah, it did...but the next verse was something called ‘The Blush’ it's hard to interpret the meaning.”
Spy spoke, “We’ll figure it out once we’re in. But in the meantime, cut the chatter.”
The team continued their way through the island’s forested areas while avoiding various patrols until they stopped at a ridge as Dro’s visor zoomed in on a large metal door which had three guards guarding it. They knew from the briefing that this was their entrance into the fortress, so Spy contacted Omega,
“Dark, this is Spy, we’re at the fortress entrance, but there are three guards at the door.”
Dark spoke,“Adagio and I have just reached the power station, the power will be out for a moment, allowing you to slip in while the guards are distracted.”
Soon enough, Jack’s voice spoke, “This is Cooper, we just finished clearing the sub of soldiers. They've been keeping slave labor on this boat and they don't look qualified to work a sub.”
Spy asked with a bit of suspicion, “Are you sure?”
“Positive, One of the freed slaves on the sub works for some big shot clothes designer in Paris. The other states that she was studying abroad in the Comona Islands with a few friends when it was revealed to be a cult trap.”
This was unbelievable, death and destruction is one thing in a war, but use of slaves? That's where the line is drawn since now they know that the cult uses slaves as cheap labor. Spy ordered,
“Jack, treat them with food and water, they are gonna need it and we’ll see to it that these people are returned home safely once the mission is complete, but until then we need to stay focused. Get that sub fueled and set off once Dark and Adagio return.”
“Aye, aye!”
Adagio's voice spoke, “Don't worry about us, we'll be outta here with the sub in no time. It's getting you guys inside that counts, the charges have already been set and we're making our way back to the submarine dock.”
Sonata spoke through the channel, “Just be careful when you set off the bombs.”“I could say the same about you since you're going into a fortress.”
That was a good point that she made since Omega Team’s mission is to capture the Striker which was docked in the harbor while Echo Team's mission is to capture the Raven, Falken, Morgan, Nosferatu, Cariburn and Fenrir aircraft that's housed inside a hangar of a heavily armed fortress. Truthfully it seems like they got the dangerous end of the stick until Dark spoke,
“Just as a warning, some of the cultists we encountered started glowing purple as a mask-like outline appeared over their eyes. We heard a voice speak over the cultist and it would preach about Malefor and how the birth of the new world is coming. It would also state that Strykore's Return is inevitable.”
Dro had a thought about this process, “If I had to guess, the soldiers were implanted with control mods that connect to their brain while an outside force taps in and takes control of that form or magic could be involved.”
Spike figured, “So someone inside the fortress is mind-controlling and speaking through its victims. No one has that ability to do that except for the Darkness, Malefor and Strykore.”
Drago spoke, “The cult’s presence and whispers of grublins are clear evidence that this company is working with the cult.”
There was no doubt about it now, Equestria Shores, the Grublin presence, the Rich Industry Drone, Strykore, the Battle of Camp Everfree and the current operation all points to how close the cult and the company were working together. It was clear that the cult wants to spread chaos and destruction to bring about the birth of a new world - by issuing the destruction of the old. It made perfect sense, but the real question is whether the CEO of the company agreed to it or not. They did look up Filthy Rich’s dossier, he's a businessman and a family man as well. The idea of working with a cult isn't his style of business and Artemis even contacted them during the briefing that his sources inside the company say that Mr. Rich was nowhere to be found and he's currently investigating his whereabouts. That's when the suspicion that the cult silently ousted him came up, but they need information on what's going on and if Artemis can find Filthy Rich, they can get answers.
Soon enough, Dark spoke, “We're on the bridge of the Striker, inputting subroutine now!”
Adagio's voice warned, “Detonating the charges, you have at least 2 minutes before the backup power kicks in.”
As stated, an explosion appeared on the other side of the island as the lights going out three the guards in disarray, leaving them open to silent attacks by the team while Dro siphoned power to the door as it opened, allowing the team inside after hiding the knocked out guards in the bushes. As soon as the door closed, the power to the fortress was back on as Spy contacted Omega,
“Echo to Omega, we’re inside the fortress, we’ll be making our way to the hangar.”
Dark smirked, “The temporary blackout worked for us as well, Blaster-Tron’s Data File worked, we have control of the submarine’s systems. We’re going full steam ahead towards the ocean.”
Spy commended, “Nice work with the sub, see you at the rendezvous point.”
Dark nodded, “Acknowledged. Snap, you're on the helm, get this boat out of here. Adagio, fill the ballast tanks, let's head under as soon as we reach deep water."
Dark Snap Shot stated, "There's a nice target in front of us and it's the sea, time to haul anchor and go meet her. Echo Team, Jack will act as your advisor through the duration of the mission. He’ll monitor your progress and update you on your objectives.”
The team were relieved to know that the Alicorn Class Submarine Aircraft Cruiser is now in their hands. But they still need to find the hangar bay and get those planes out of here. So the team made their way through the fortress as they did their best to avoid any patrols. Security cameras weren't an issue since Dro had a field around the team to mask their movements. Soon enough, they came to a door as Jack came on the comm,
“Guys, after looking over the layout, that door leads to the main hangar bay where the planes are stored. There's a number of enemies from grublins to cultists occupying the hangar, they're unaware of your presence so I recommend a Door Slice Maneuver so you can get the drop on them.”
Spy, knowing that it's best for getting a surprise attack, decided, “Dro, slice that door, let's go in quietly.”
The tech expert went to the control panel by the door and worked his magic while the others took their positions by the door. As he typed away, he figured, “Almost got it…there, the door’s open.”
Once the door opened, they were greeted with a huge hangar as several grublin and cultists roamed about. Spy held out his crossbow and aimed at a grublin axman, he fired as the bolt struck the abomination in the head, killing it instantly. This caught the attention of the other guards as they opened fire, but Sonata used her shield to block the shots while using her pistol to gun down the grublins.
Spike used his blaster rifle to take down the cultists until one of them start to glow purple as a mask outline appeared over his eyes,
“I will direct this personally!”
Spike was surprised since this was the mind control that Omega encountered. So, he dual wielded his blaster rifle and pistol as the soldier stated,
“If I must tear you and your squadron apart, I will.”
“You have to try harder, the last guy that said that was a few inches shorter.” The possessed cultist fired a laser blast from his arms as Spike peppered him with blaster fire. When Spike noticed that he was going to do it again, he quickly threw a throwing star that was bathed in napalm as the heat melted away the cultists armor. As the cultist himself disintegrated, the mask visor disappeared as the voice stated,
“Releasing Control.”
Camo and Dro were back to back as they used vines and cables to trip them up and bomb them with lasers and jalapeño peppers. As for Spy, he’s been using his sword to cut down grublins and a silenced pistol for the cultists and soon enough, the hangar was clear and the six planes were dead in sight. The planes themselves were parked next to each other as the six members of Echo Squadron approached.
Spy eyed the ADF-01 as he looked it over, from its forward swept wings to the laser cannon that was built under the nose of the craft. The craft itself was everything like it was shown in the briefing and this could cause chaos if it were in cultist hands. While his Apalis was more fit for dogfighting, the Falken was solely meant to destroy a target, air and ground.
Dro’s gaze was on the ADF-11 as he looked over the schematics which included it's weapons such as its pulse lasers, laser cannon and UAVs that can be launched from the plane’s wing. Looking over the schematics of his F/A-12, he was figuring out a way to incorporate a pulse laser cannon from the Raven, but at the cost of delay in firing shot after shot.
Ter eyed the familiar CFA-44 which the Shadowbolts were using during the air battle when their vacation came to an abrupt end. But unlike the Shadowbolts, this one was focused on improving its defensive plating. The most memorable thing about the craft is that it had its ADMM drive missiles in its bay doors. While his Lone Shark doesn't stack up to this plane, considering that it's more about a pilot's skill rather than the craft and the Nosferatu would handle well with him.
Camo stood in front of the ADFX-01 Morgan which had the large laser cannon mounted on the craft and how it compared to the previous planes with this weapon. He remembered that this plane has an emergency ECM defense system in the nose as the briefing explained. When compared to his YV-21, the Morgan’s ECM would definitely scramble his missiles.
Sonata was face-to-nose with the XR-45 Cariburn as the siren placed her hand on the nose and dragged it to the ladder designed for the pilot to climb into the cockpit. She took notice of the hook on the front gear and the tail hook on the back which made her realize that it was designed to take off and land on carriers, like her Wyvern.
As for Spike, he had the XFA-33 Fenrir, which was essentially a Top Priority objective, considering that the original man behind the plane’s design was a dictator and war profiteer before being ousted by his people. The craft was huge as the wingtips slant at a 50 degree angle, it has three engines with one being the VTOL engine, near horizontal stabilizers and the flight interface system. When comparing Fenrir to his F/A-37, he realized that the potential danger of Fenrir would be terrifying if an enemy ace squadron flew it. Spike could only gasp,
“Look at these planes, I guess it's important to be placed in this fortress.”
Dro looked at the planes’ status, “But we can't just grab these planes and leave, we need to first fuel them up since they were most likely delivered via cargo ship. But Fenrir seems fresh off the assembly line.”
Drago figured, “If I had to guess, I’d say Archelon Fortress is also a factory for Fenrir.”
Spike wasn't surprised, “So there's going to be more of them flying around.”
Spy eyed the fueling station nearby and motioned the others to help fuel the planes and prep them for takeoff. After attaching the fueling hoses to the fuel ports of each plane while keeping an eye out for guards, Jack contacted them,
“Wait, don't leave the fortress yet! There's a familiar energy signature in the fortress - I’m talking about a Mystic Shard here!”
Spike asked, “Wait, there's a shard here?!” “There is, but unfortunately it's connected to the base’s main reactor and removing it…”
Spike finished, “Would cause the core to overload and destroy the entire fortress as well as stopping the production of the XFA-33.”
Dro brought up the fortress map as the human Imaginator on the sub connected the route to the core, “Your path to the core will be through the hangar and passed this heat source. According to the layout, that's the Central Chamber if any remaining civilians are in the fortress, they're being kept there.”
Spike figured that this was going to be his task since finding the Mystic Shards was his priority, but the central chamber may have people being held against their will. The Trap Ranger asked,
“Jack, does the sub have any carrier-based transport planes in stock?”
“As a matter of fact, there's a flight of C-1s on standby in case you find any prisoners. We're not going to the rendezvous yet since Snap decided to hold position after discovering that there could be more civvies in the fortress.”
Spy spoke, “Spike, while we fuel up the planes, you head into the core and find that Mystic Shard.”
Spike nodded before stating, “I’ll take Sonata and Ter with me in case we encounter resistance.”
The team nodded as the trio separated from the others as Spike and Drago merged, becoming Megaman Ranger, while Ter and Sonata supercharged which were different from when they first started out. Ter now possessed an orange mask which covered most of his face except for his hair and mouth and he had a lot more armor plating on the shoulders and legs. Sonata went from her casual outfit to a more-ninja styled look with a hood covering her head and a yellow mask covering the bottom of her face while sporting a ninja suit with similar colors to her casual outfit. Her weapons were different from when she first supercharged since her guitar shield can turn into a throwing star and the neck sword became a katana, she can still summon her shield cannon, but it's a more quick and efficient approach.
They made their way across the hanger and went towards the waypoint that led to the chamber. When they arrived, they were met with grublins, swordsmen and bowmen to be precise, the abominations noticed them and attacked as the three spread out and took down each individual squad. Megaman initialized a break saber crystal on his right arm to cut down the Orc swordsmen before using a charged buster shot on a group of orc bowmen, no survivors. Ter slammed his rocket launcher to the ground and fired several burrowing rockets at a group of bowmen as the initial impact annihilated the ranged enemies. Sonata disappeared and reappeared multiple times, confusing a group of swordsmen before tossing several throwing stars and an explosive jalapeño taco bomb in the middle of the group, destroying the abominations completely.
Megaman sighed, “I knew we would encounter resistance. But at least this door will lead us to the central chamber.”
Ter hefted his launcher as he said while twirling a spirit gem in his hand, “Didn't break a sweat and it's also a good time to gather energy.”
They agreed as they absorbed the spirit gems as the energy from the gems transferred between the two until Sonata’s voice called out,
“Spike, you need to see this.”
The boys, curious about what their siren sister saw, followed her through the door.
Upon arriving in the central chamber, they saw that it was nothing like a prison since most of the cells were demolished to make way for these strange...pods? That's what darted the room, these pods were spread across the room on terminals as tubes connected to them and beyond. Megaman spotted two pods, one contains a Grublin, Hero Orc specifically and the other was a human man wearing an orange jumpsuit as Sonata pointed out,
“Looks like one of Sentry Island’s original Inmates.”
The Trap Ranger approached the motionless man in the pod as he questioned why there was a Grublin in the pod next to him.Ter pointed out,
“There's more.” He motioned towards the other pods, the occupants of the pods were children, teenagers specifically since they happen to be around their age. But that wasn't until they saw movement in the first two pods as the Hero Orc seemingly melted in its pod as the inmate woke up to Megaman’s surprise,
“No way! He's still alive!” The man banged on the glass door screaming for help as tiny robots were swarming around his skin as the Trap Ranger tried looking for a way to force open the pod. He looked back to the man in the pod to realize it was too late as the inmate screamed in agony as blood splattered the glass as he melted down. Megaman immediately yelled,
“Get them out of there! Hurry!”
The three soon went to work on the pods that had living human occupants as Ter slammed the butt of his rocket launcher at one of the pods before prying it open as the occupant fell out. The brawler caught him before prying open another pod with his strength, rescuing another. Megaman initialized his sword crystal to carefully cut open one pod without harming the victim, rescuing the victim in the process and initialized a strength crystal to pry open another pod. Sonata used her katana to pry open a pod, saving the occupant and used her throwing stars to disable and open the last pod as the last occupant, a girl with forest green hair fell into her arms. She announced,
“Okay, that's the last of them!”
As the survivors began to get back on their feet, one of them, a teenager with a blue shirt, red ball cap and a pair of headphones around his neck spoke,
“Ugh, thanks for helping us out of there. I feel like someone hit me in the head multiple times.”
Megaman helped the boy up while stating, “We don't leave anyone behind although the same couldn't be said about that inmate.”
Another survivor who was surprisingly a werewolf girl spoke, “I’m glad you got here when you did...if it were different and... I wouldn't want to think about it.”
The next survivor, a Japanese girl with a fencing sword around her waist spoke with a shaken voice, “Some of the creatures and the inmates were...processed.”
Ter asked, “Processed?” The survivor from the last pod spoke, “Those swarms of little robots...they melted their bodies into gray liquid and pumped through these tubes.”
The trio looked at the large tubes overhead and thought, ‘We're onto something big if they're taking the genetic material from victims, even willing grublins.’ Sonata asked,
“For what purpose? What are they doing with genetic material?”
One survivor, a girl with blonde hair who had a look of annoyance, said, “It doesn't matter, I just want to leave this place and go home.”
The Japanese girl stated, “What Chloe’s trying to say is that we’re glad that you got here before it happened to us.”
The boy with the headphones muttered, “At least show some gratitude to our rescuers.” He soon asked, “So, who are you guys?”
Megaman looked at the others as both brawler and siren nodded before turning back to the survivors and said with a smile, “We're the Echo Squadron.”
The survivors, upon realizing who their saviors were, looked shocked and surprised. No doubt that they heard rumors of the independent squadron with the aforementioned name with the emblem being a dragon skull. The wolf girl asked,
“Not that I'm not grateful for being rescued, but what brought you guys here?”
Ter crossed his arms, “We could say the same about you.” The forest green haired girl stated,
“Study Abroad Program, a group of us joined the program and several foreign students like that group would join us since it was international and it was taking place in the Comona Islands.”
The Japanese girl sighed, “But it turned out to be a trap, we were pulled from our apartment and brought here. Some of us were sent to maintain a massive ship in the harbor while we were sent to be processed.”
Megaman realized something, he recalled Jack saying that a girl that he rescued on the Striker was from a Study Abroad Program...so he asked, “Is there anyone that you're missing?”
The boy with the cap realized, “Our friend was sent to work on the ship...she's the sister to our rocker friend back home and... I don't think…”
“Don't worry, a second team has already secured the submarine and the slaves are freed, your friend was among them. Omega Squadron is already taking the sub to the rendezvous point.”
The group of survivors were surprised that not only they had a second team, but the ship was actually a submarine. Sonata stated,
“Well, we made it this far.” She turned her comm on, “Striker, this is Echo 5, we rescued a group of survivors that almost became an organic milkshake. Where do those tubes lead?”
“Those tubes seem to converge on the power core, the very core that holds the Mystic Shard. There's a tram station that could take you to the core, but the next chamber is overrun with grublin flies.”
Megaman realized, “Conventional weapons won't do us any good against that many; they’ll tear us apart.”
The last survivor raised her hand, “Wait, maybe... I can help you.” She erected a protective field around herself, “This magic field can help get a small team through if they stay close.”
Megaman noted, “That's very helpful, Ms…”
“Oh um...Blush, Wallflower Blush.” She answered as her face turned red. But her name made him flashback to his vision, ‘The Blush will lead to the Mystic Shard that sleeps.’ He knew that his vision meant that he would meet her to get the shard. So he stated,
“We appreciate your help, Wallflower.”
Soon enough, that girl, Chloe asked, “What about us? We can't fight, we don't have superpowers.”
“Megaman, the Striker has surfaced and Dark took off in a C-1 to do a pickup. But you need to regroup with the rest of Echo Squadron back in the hangar.”
The Trap Ranger thought about this since they couldn't afford to go back, but they can't just leave them behind, if the grublins or cultists see the survivors they’ll kill them and since they tried to liquefy them, they'll show no mercy. So he turned to the heavy hitter,
“Ter, escort the survivors back to the hangar. Link up with the rest of the team and assist in getting the survivors onto Dark’s plane when he touches down. After that, remain with the team and prepare to evacuate once we're done in the core.”
Ter asked, “Are you serious?”
“Ter, the path back to the hangar will most likely have reinforcements, a strong warrior is needed to make sure the survivors get out safe.”
The brawler reluctantly agreed as he directed the survivors to follow him while Megaman, Sonata and Wallflower went into the infested chamber.
As soon as they entered the chamber, there were hundreds of Grublin flies buzzing about as the abominations attempted to dive bomb the small team, only to be blocked by Wallflower’s barrier. She held one hand up, maintaining the barrier as she pointed out,
“Like your guy said, the tubes lead to the power core, we can follow the tubes to the tram station to get there.”
The group made their way across the chamber as they followed the tubes. The Trap Ranger noted,
“You seem pretty adept in magic.” She sighed while keeping her focus, “I spent most of my time learning about nature as well as magic. I don't really have a lot of friends…”
“Where are you from exactly?”
“Canterlot City, I’m a student at CHS and founder of the Gardening Club.
Sonata realized, “Camo’s actually a member of that club since he's practically a good gardener.”
Wallflower realized, “The boy with the red and yellow eyes and outgoing personality?” She blushed, “There's also something about him...that draws me to him besides his personality…like pheromones from plants mixed with dragons.”
The Trap Ranger stated, “He’s actually on this mission right now. Camo’s with the rest of the squadron prepping for evac.”
Wallflower realized, “He’s...here!? I...I help you and I get to see Camo again!?”
The two realized that this girl seems attracted to their resident gardener, ace and occasional prankster as both thought,
“Fluttershy just got a Romantic Rival.”
She also added, “I was actually there that night of the Fall Formal…”
Sonata realized, “The Battle of CHS?”
Wallflower stated, “A clash between good and evil and CHS’s most infamous event.”
Spike couldn't forget that night when Sunset was evil and a bully as she attempted to destroy the school, it was the night that the Skylanders first clash with the Grublin Horde in this world which ended when his dragon counterpart stopped her and he got his humanity or regained his humanity after discovering that he had a past at Camp Everfree. But the Battle of CHS was old news, but the school’s banner showed his dragon counterpart bringing down Sunset’s demonic form. It was an interesting night after all since it led to the Creation Event which brought Spy, Dro, Ter and Camo into the world. But before he could dwell more, Sonata whispered,
“Look alive, two cultists down that ramp. We can't rush in because of those overgrown flies.”
They spotted two cultist soldiers minding their own business at the bottom of the ramp - which is where they need to go. Drago whispered,
“We’re not going anywhere unless we take those guys out.”
The Trap Ranger initialized a Sniper Crystal as his buster arm turned into a rifle arm with a scope while Sonata had a firestar ready. The duo took aim at the soldiers and took them down at the same time, allowing Wallflower to pass through and progress through the chamber. While no mass alarm went off, the diversion with the power station knocked out the alarm system for the base. So any soldiers that see them won't sound the alarm which gave them the element of surprise.
Soon enough, they encountered a group of soldiers with a few orc bowmen as Wallflower realized,
“They're here for a fight?!” Megaman ordered, “Get to cover and stay there until the fighting is over!”
The girl nodded as she went to cover while still holding the barrier. That's when the duo went into a firefight as they kept within the barrier as the buster and cannon shots were exchanged with the crystals and bullets from the enemies. Sonata used her shield cannon to take down two soldiers and bowmen.
In the command center, the overseer of this battle was a Hero Orc that was standing at a console watching the fight until it picked the last soldier as the cultist showed signs of mind control, including that domino mask outline.
“I am Assuming Direct Control!”
As they saw this, they knew for certain that the possessed soldier had to be taken out. The possessed soldier fired powerful blasts from his arms as the voice spoke,
“You cannot stop what is to come, Echo Squadron.”
Sonata flung two gravstars at the soldier as the gravity manipulation from the stars anchored him down, “That's what they all said and yet, we’re still here.”
The soldier fired a shockwave which nearly blew Megaman off his feet as Drago said, “That mind controlled soldier not only has an increased armor, but shields as well.”
That gave the Trap Ranger an idea, “Battle Crystal Initialize!” He tossed a Tech Crystal with the image of a lightning bolt as his buster arm took the shape of an electric generator with a barrel.
“THUNDER BUSTER!” He shot the possessed soldier with the new cannon as the electricity sent the soldier into a frenzy as his shields went down,
“Strykore will return and we will have what we desire!”
The sixth ace rolled his eyes, “Yeah, tell me something I don't know.”
“This time, she will not protect you from us, Megaman!”
That caught him off guard, ‘Protect me from them? Could this coincide with what happened to me at Camp Everfree?’ But he knew that the Shards hold the secrets of his past, so he finished off the soldier with a fire grenade as the eerie voice stated,
“You cannot stop us!”
After that fight was over, he signaled to Wallflower to keep moving as they made their way towards the next ramp, but at that point, the girl was beginning to move much slower as she felt herself tiring out,
“I...will hold on...as long...as I can.”
That caught their attention since they're going to be easy pickings for the grublin flies if the barrier falls. That's when the current noncombatant noticed a door at the bottom of the ramp,
“I can see the exit...need to...get there soon.” That's when she started to pick up the pace and make her way towards the exit. As for the two aces, they kept within the barrier while firing several shots at pursuing grublins and cultists as the trap ranger stated,
“Don't worry, we're almost through!”
The three jumped the barrier to the ramp leading to the exit. As buster shots and cannon shots hit and brought down several grublins and cultists, they just needed to hold off a little longer until they got through the door. But as the door to the tram station opened, Wallflower turned around with a look of determination as she created a massive shockwave which blasted all cultists and grublins away, including the flies infesting the room. As an added measure, Megaman fired three more buster shots before the door closed while Wallflower was panting over the amount of force that she emitted for that blast.
After that was over, the trap ranger contacted the rest of the squadron, “Spy, status report.”
The leader of the squadron spoke, “We're fine, Dro just opened the fortress gate allowing Dark’s C-1 to land. It was around the same time that Ter and the rest of survivors showed up.”
Blaster-Tron’s voice spoke, “Terrafin's group made it through, Spike. No casualties.”
Sonata, relieved that the survivors were okay, “Good, we're going to get them home after this. But first, we need to use this tram to get to the core and grab the Mystic Shard.”
The trio boarded the tram and made their way to the core of the fortress.
As the tram made its way across the track to the reactor, Megaman looked at Wallflower since she was the one that the first shard had mentioned. He knew now that he had to meet her in order to find the second Mystic Shard and she pretty much lead them right to it. He knew from interacting with the first, that the shards were connected and when one is found, it sends the user a vision of the location of the next one. But also considering that Wallflower and those teens were trapped in those pods waiting to be turned into an organic milkshake meant that the shard knew that innocent people were in trouble. So he decided to ask,
“So Wallflower, what did you think of the other survivors?”
The forest haired girl figured, “Well, the boy in the red cap prides himself to be a DJ like Vinyl Scratch, is friends with some fashion model whom he often considers his ‘bro’ and is in a relationship with some blogger. But that blonde, ugh, she considers herself above everyone else, she's a bully and looks down upon them, like Sunset Shimmer, but unlike her, that girl's daddy is a mayor. The fencer actually is from the same city as the first two, she thrives on being a good swordsman."
Sonata figured, "That's what Spy is, an excellent swordsman especially with his twin katanas."
Wallflower finished, "But that wolf girl...she's from New Salem.”
Sonata was surprised by the mention of that city, “I’ve heard of that city, I think my sisters and I did a few concerts there. Something about a high school for monsters?”
“Exactly, she's the first New Salem local that I’ve met.”
Megaman figured, “A DJ, a Fencer, a girl with a superiority complex, a wolf girl from New Salem and you. If people are getting kidnapped and forced into labor or melted down for some reason, we need to put a stop to it.”
Soon enough, they felt the train reach the core as the door opened, “And destroying this fortress is a start.” As the group disembarked, they followed the large tubes that darted the sides of the massive structure as he contacted Jack,
“Okay, all the tubes lead to this one spot. Jack, what are they up to?”
“The tubes are being fueled into some kind of superstructure, a hybrid of organic and inorganic material. According to these readings-it's MASSIVE...Spike, if these calculations are correct, the superstructure is some kind of robot.”
That wasn't until the team entered a large clearing as the team got a look at the robot, “Not just any robot…” Due to his involvement at Capybara Island, he recognized the shape of the thing’s head and body as it was suspended from its wrists,
“A Mecha-Golem!”
“Exactly.” There was a shudder which startled the group as four tubes opened up as it injected the processed material, “I don't believe this...the cult of Malefor has processed their own disciples, prisoners and grublins as sacrifices. They will most likely require more to complete this Golem.”
Megaman was surprised since he didn't think that the cult would liquify people and turn them into that, he asked,
“What do they get by turning their victims into this golem shell?”
“If I had to guess, it had something to with the grublins losing the original golem at Capybara Island, which I read was the first major battle that you participated in as a human. The cult decided to use the company to build a new golem of the deep using technology under the name, 'Project: Reaper’ but they needed to make it act like the original, operating to cause destruction. So in order to lay the framework of the Mecha-Golem, they melted down grublins into a paste to fuel it. But they saw fit to use it as a form of execution for prisoners or disobedient members. This is some sick stuff that these people are doing.”
Sonata realized, “So that's why they're building it to look like the Golem.”
The sixth ace asked, “How much more would it take to complete it?”
“It's hard to say, but this robot is practically an embryo considering that it only has its arms, torso and tail.”
“So it's not alive yet? We can still stop it from being...created?”
“Precisely.”
Wallflower was shocked by this as she shook her head at the golem, “This thing...all those people who were melted down...only to be turned into this thing. It's...It’s an abomination!”
Megaman noted, “My thoughts exactly. Jack, how do we destroy this thing?”
Jack stated, “Those tubes that are pumping the golem with the paste are the weak points. Destroying them will cause the machinery to collapse and the golem to fall.”
That's when the trio knew what to do with the giant robot in front of them. But before anyone could get a shot off, the tubes closed as several wyverns began to drop grublins onto the platform. The trio knew that they just needed to hold off until the weak points open in order to destroy this hybrid. Sonata tossed Wallflower a blaster pistol as they held their position and cut down as many grublins as possible. The swordsmen and axmen that got close were chopped in half from an arm sword or a katana while blaster fire, buster shots and throwing stars dealt with the enemies at range.
Just as more wyverns began dropping more troops, the injection tubes opened as Sonata fired a shot from her shield cannon and destroyed the first tube. Megaman managed to fire a charged shot, destroying the second tube before the last two closed. The grublins were determined to keep their project alive as they tried to fight off the trio, but a fire bomb crystal made short work of it. Sonata figured,
“These guys really don't want us destroying this husk.”
Megaman stated, “I don't think they wanted us in here in the first place.” He evaded a dark crystal by changing his Traptanium frequency from solid to wave as he turned intangible. After that, he turned tangible again and used a charged Mega Buster on the bowman that attacked him as well as the group surrounding it. That was when the tubes opened,
“The tubes are opening! Now’s our chance!”
Wallflower turned her pistol to the tubes as several well placed shots shattered the tube as Megaman used a charged shot on the last tube, destroying it completely. Soon enough, the Mecha-Golem’s supports began to collapse as the husk dipped into the pit. As more of the machine collapsed, the husk itself slightly jolted before falling into the pit completely. The three looked over to see that the machine had disappeared before they diverted their attention to the main target: The Reactor.
Megaman contacted the others, “Echo 6 to Squadron, Status Report!”
Dro spoke on the comm, “It's Dro, we are holding, but they're trying to break through the doors! Tell me you got good news!”
The Trap Ranger made his way to the reactor as he said, "Prep the engines on those planes because I’m going to overload this reactor and blow it sky high!”
The mechanic acknowledged this as the Trap Ranger reached the reactor’s control panel. After typing in the commands, the reactor pylon itself opened, revealing the blue Mystic Shard from his vision. Noticing how it was connected to the reactor suggests that the cult was using the gem itself to stabilize the reactor and power the base. Due to previous experience from Camp Everfree, the blue bomber reached his armored gauntlet into the reactor and pulled the Mystic Shard from the terrible machine as it shined blue as its power returned. He held the gem in his hands as he felt himself get pulled into the shard’s secret.
Spike was soon back in that hallway again, not merged and in his regular clothes. He slowly made his way to the door as he took notice of the objects beside him.
As he got closer, he figured that it was Scorch and Celestia, mainly due to the fact that Scorch's head is obscured by the nearly darkened gym and the Principal was actually wearing a nice red dress as her hair was brushed down. He heard Scorch speak,
“I must admit, being with you has lifted my spirits ever since you found me.”
“You've been jumping from world to world before you landed in my yard and you were hurt when I found you.” ,Said Celestia.
Scorch assured, “But it brought us together in the end.”
She connected her hand into his as she said with a smile, “It did and we have a family now.”
Spike noticed that they were wearing a wedding ring as he watched the couple exchange banter about Luna and Cadence babysitting their child and how it's one of the few chances they have to be together due to their jobs and parental duties. That's when he noticed Scorch pull out something familiar as Celestia realized,
“A Mystic Shard?!”
The man nodded, “As much as I love you, I did say that one day Strykore will return. As for the Shards, they keep the prophecy of Strykore's Return, so when the time comes, the chosen will defeat him once and for all. But they also store memories and hold a large amount of energy and I wish to save this moment with you, my Bright Sun.”
Spike was confused, “Prophecy?”
Celestia agreed to the option, smiling while calling him her ‘Armored Dragon’ as the blue gem began to glow. After that, Spike was consumed via bright light as the voice spoke,
“You have collected the second Mystic Shard and I’m sure you’ve heard him mention the prophecy. It's for Strykore’s Return and eventual defeat. I will recall what was read.” The incorporeal voice paused before recounting,
“In a time where peace reigns, Where Heroes take flight, Grave Danger occurs, Behind the scenes, Where Hell Screams, And Demons Arise, Beware the Light Eater’s Return, For no one can stand against him.
But in his return, There is Hope, Arise the Twins of Dragons, Only they could survive, The trials of reunion, And defeat him, Once and for all.”
After being told of the prophecy, the image shifted to Celestia and Scorch sitting on the beach with the beach house in the background. Spike knew all too well that this was Equestria Shores as the principal leaned her head on the man’s shoulder. That wasn't until he was brought back to reality.
Soon enough, he was back in Archelon Fortress, but he was actually on the tram instead of the reactor with Sonata and Wallflower looking over him with the Mystic Shard in his hand. He asked,
“I collapsed after grabbing the shard?” Sonata nodded as she stated, “Wallflower and I managed to carry you back to the tram. We need to get back to the hangar as quickly as possible since removing the shard caused the reactor to destabilize. We have at least 10 minutes before the reactor overloads and blows this whole fortress apart.”
He knew for certain that they needed to regroup with the team and get out of the fortress before it blows. But as the train made it to the flight deck station, the train suddenly shook as the ground exploded next to them - And a giant metal arm grabbed onto the track before pulling the rest of the body in perfect view of the team. All Megaman could think of was,
“You gotta be kidding me!”
Wallflower asked, “I thought we destroyed this thing?!”
Sonata hefted her shield cannon, “It must've gone active when we dropped it into the pit!”
The Mecha-Golem raised its tail in a sideswipe motion as the Trap Ranger yelled, “Hit the Deck!”
The three dove for the floor as the tail smashed through the upper part of the train. After that was done, most of the upper half of the train was nothing but rubble, leaving the trio exposed to the Golem's amber eyes. Sonata fired several shots at it which deflected off its armor. She was shocked,
“That armor’s too thick, our shots won't work!”
The Trap Ranger figured, “This thing was still in development, so they must've left some weak points!”
Wallflower realized, “What about the glowing parts on it?” The team noticed how the Golem's eyes and chest were of an amber color which was pretty much a sign saying, ‘Shoot here!’
Sonata now knew, “Landing a few good shots on the weak points could stop this thing for good!”
The siren shot at the eyes as the robot shot a glare at her and used its energy breath, it missed the train because a shot to the eye from Wallflower’s pistol caused it to jerk up. The damage to its eye was minimal, so multiple hits to the weak points with either a unified attack or heavy weapons would be enough to destroy it.
Megaman fired several charged shots at the other eye as they both hit the target, but as he fired regular buster shots, the mechanical abomination jerked to the right, avoiding the shots before its tail shot up from the tracks behind their train, destroying them completely. The trio soon jumped from their train and took cover in the station as the robot ripped a large hole through the building as the full moon illuminated the Golem. Soon enough, the mouth of the robot began to glow as it began to charge up its weapon. The team took cover as several energy balls shot at them or over them. After the impact, the team began to open fire on the Golem's weak points.
They concentrated their fire on the individual weak points on the robot as Drago warned, “We have 5 minutes left until the base blows!”
Megaman asked, “How are we going to do that with this thing still alive?”
Drago decided, “Reach out with the Traptanium for anything that you can use to beat it faster.”
Megaman realized what his spirit companion was saying which reminded him back when he first activated the gauntlet. The Traptanium Wave Roads, his abilities and all the things that Drago had taught him. He decided to put those teachings to the test as he held his right hand out like he was reaching for something while yelling,
“The Trap Ranger is in danger! I reach out to the very crystals that we use and ask for anything to help us win this battle! Lend me the power!!”
Upon saying that, a blue beam hit Megaman as he was consumed in a bright flash which blinded the girls while the robot’s sight was scrambled. After what seemed like an eternity, the light faded to reveal the blue bomber, but he was different.
Spike was still in his Megaman armor, but he felt taller, and felt the sting of a neural link hitting him as his head up display stated,
‘Link Complete, Pilot Confirmed.’
Afterwards, he looked at himself and realized that he was piloting some high-tech mech suit. His torso was exposed, but his armor offered protection, his mech legs were armored with jet boosters while his left arm had a dragon style arm cannon while his right hand held the tomahawk. The mech also had a set of dragon-like wings on his back with boosters as well. He also realized that his helmet was full as the faceplate closed over his previously exposed mouth. He looked at the Mecha Golem and smiled,
“Let's roll!”
With a blast from the jets, he soared towards the robot as he fired his arm cannon at the eyes, damaging them. The Mecha-Golem tried to use its energy breath, but the Trap Ranger’s Mech Suit gave him a boost to his reflexes as he swiftly dodged it before retaliating by throwing his tomahawk at the machine’s jaw which did penetrate the armor a bit before the war axe returned to its user. Spike was impressed,
“I feel much more powerful now. Just enough to protect my friends!”
Soon enough, the Trap Ranger fired another shot at the Mecha-Golem, it didn't hit the weak points though, but the impact of the buster shot did make it mad as it began to fling its arms around in an attempt to swat him from the skies. He evaded again and changed his buster to a chain gun and fired on the head, which hit both eyes as damage was shown, but there was a spark at the top of the robot’s head as the mechanical monstrosity whipped its tail at Spike, there wasn't enough time to dodge as the tail knocked him out of the sky and sent spiraling towards the ocean.
The Mecha-Golem, upon seeing the annoying pest impact with the water, laughed as it turned back to the girls as Wallflower yelled in shock,
“MEGAMAN NOOO!!!”
Meanwhile in the ocean, the Trap Ranger was slowly sinking towards the bottom, his eyes were closed, but he could hear voices calling out for him as images appeared in his mind, Camp Everfree, CHS, the Directors, Echo and Omega Squadron, the survivors that they rescued, himself as a kid standing next to a woman looking out Lake Everfree, seeing his own smiling face with the woman's hand on his shoulder.
Soon enough, the voices and the images were so much, his eyes shot open, but they were glowing white as his green hair shined. He soon shot up from the ocean as electricity built up around him as he broke the surface.
His reappearance caught the Mecha-Golem's attention as the Trap Ranger landed near his friends and with a flick of his wrist, both arms of his Mech Suit shifted into tesla cannons as Megaman became a conductor of electricity as several sparks gathered around him. The girls watched in amazement at the concept of their friend’s power. Not only did he summon the mech suit, but he had a sort of super state that was triggered when he fell into the ocean.
As soon as the cannons reached their peak, he fired a beam of lightning which shattered the Golem’s weak points, including the final point in its head. After that was over, Megaman's eyes and hair stopped the light show as the mech suit vanished into a bracelet around the Trap Ranger’s right arm. Sonata was impressed,
“That was amazing! I didn't know you could do that!”
Megaman was a bit dazed by it until he figured, “Neither did I.”
But it was best to remember that they were still on a time limit since they needed to get to the hangar and leave the fortress. But that was when Wallflower yelled,
“LOOK OUT!!” The trio saw the husk of the Mecha-Golem, on fire and leaning towards the platform. They jumped back as the robot hit the floor before sliding down to ground outside, but unfortunately Wallflower was sliding down the tilted floor as well and close to falling off, but she was saved because Megaman jumped after her, grabbed her hand and used a claw crystal to anchor them in place which was close to the edge as the robot itself exploded beneath them, flipping the floor of the station as the two tumbled the other way as their old train flung all three of the them into a hole that was made during the fight.
After that was over, the team were lying in the ruins of the former chamber. Megaman managed to get up while moving a piece of rubble off him before noticing the other two. He checked on Sonata to find that she was okay before moving over to help Wallflower up as the Trap Ranger used a Strength Crystal to lift a piece of debris off of her as the forest-haired girl managed to get up. Soon enough, Jack’s voice came on the comm,
“Striker to Echo 6! Come on, Spike, don't leave me hanging!”
Megaman got on the comm, “I’m here, Jack. Did the survivors get out?”
The human Imaginator sighed, “All survivors are on board and the sub is vacating the area while the rest are still waiting on you.”
But they were interrupted as several Grublin flies appeared which was a sign for the trio to run as that eerie voice spoke,
“Echo Squadron, Omega Squadron, you’ve changed nothing!” Megaman fired a few shots at the flies before running, “You're transgressions here have our full attention.”
As the trio fled to the hangar, the purple eyed Hero Orc walked around the command center, “For the combined powers of Malefor lead to birthing a new world from the ashes of the old.”
As the trio ran, they caught the attention of several cultist soldiers which pursued them. The soldiers themselves fired several shots at them, but missed due to the shaking and small explosions caused by the reactor overload as the team reached the hangar where the first four aircraft, Falken, Raven, Nosferatu and Morgan have already pulled out from their parking spots as the ADF-11 pointed its nose at the soldiers before firing several shots of pulse lasers to cover them. Sonata had already boarded the Cariburn while Wallflower boarded Fenrir, but due to the constant rumbling from the reactor overloading, the loading ladder for Fenrir had collapsed as Spike ran towards the plane.
The Trap Ranger was determined to get aboard that plane, so jumped onto the collapsed ramp before leaping towards the open cockpit. When it seemed like it was slow-motion, the push off from his jump made him sail towards the Fenrir's cockpit, only for him to grab the edge of the open cockpit as the soldiers began to open fire despite the cover fire from Dro. Wallflower grabbed the dangling pilot and pulled him into the plane as the canopy closed and the plane immediately started as its engines fired up and the Fenrir took to the skies followed by the other five.
Spy pointed out, “An explosion blocked off the fortress gate!”
Spike stated as he settled in his seat with Wallflower on his lap, “There's the exhaust vent in the back of the hangar, large enough for a plane! Hang on!”
Soon enough with Echo 6 in the lead, Echo Squadron zoomed out of the fortress via the exhaust vent and the six aircraft cleared the fortress as several explosions erupted from within as Echo Squadron formed up with the XFA-33 as the lead plane.
As the squadron escaped, the Hero Orc was trying to stop the overload until the mask outline appeared over its eyes as it was knocked by an explosion only to grip onto the control panel, the eerie voice stated,
“You have failed! We will find another way!” The creature could only watch as the red eyes and two other images on the screen looked disappointed before the voice stated, “Releasing Control!”
Soon enough, the outline disappeared as Hero Orc looked in shame, knowing that it failed until it looked at the coming explosion as it consumed the unfortunate creature.
Back outside the fortress, the grand finale happened as Archelon Fortress exploded as the six planes made their escape. Although the explosion was contained at the island, it had also sent out a shockwave towards the squadron. But just as the shockwave caught up, all six planes went to Hypersonic, zooming away from the island as Spike stated,
“Echo 6 to Squadron, we're away! Let's head for the rendezvous point at Outpost Charlie!”
Author's Note
Well this was kind of an ambitious chapter since I was planning a big moment for the Echo Squadron where they strike against the Cult of Malefor. The squadrons managed to capture the six planes and the submarine and upon discovering the Mystic Shard and the fortress' dark secret - they rescued the survivors, obtained the Shard and destroyed the fortress itself.
As for the survivors, it was good to know that Camo's friend from the Gardening Club was rescued, but the majority of the survivors that the team rescued are grateful to be going home on the Wings of Freedom (and yes - some of them happen to be from different shows.)
How would the world react to the Echo Squadron making a big move? How will the cult react to the destruction of Archelon Fortress? What would Spike do about his new mech suit?
Find out in the next exciting chapter of Skylanders X MLP!
(Yes, I used most content from the Ace Combat series.)
The destruction of Archelon Fortress caught the attention of the world as various news sources tried to speculate on what caused the base to explode. There have been many speculations from experts of the cause of the explosion, but most of it fell to a possible attack on the island. Rich Industries declined to comment on the events of Archelon despite the fact that they owned the island. The various footage that was shown revealed that a large ship was vacating the area as six aircraft flew out of the exhaust shaft as the base blew up. As for Artemis as he watched from his hideout, he knew for a fact that Archelon’s destruction was justified from the information gathered by both squadrons as he looked it over,
“Kidnapping men, women and children for either slave labor or melting them down to fuel that robot. The amount of evidence in the works of that island suggests that the Cult of Malefor have been doing this ever since the first Golem was destroyed and they were doing this while under the company's payroll.”
The informant/thief set the folder down as he looked over the dossiers and after-action reports on both squadrons. Each performed exceptionally well despite the pressing conditions of grublins and armed cultists, but what really got his attention was when he looked at the after-action report on Spike. When he looked over the events of what transpired, he typed in a few commands as the image of the battle against the Mecha-Golem where Spike was flying around in a specialized mech suit - one which Artemis himself recognized,
“He reached out with Traptanium and summoned it?” He chuckled, “I know the Doc is going to be surprised when she finds out that her prototype is linked to a male pilot and even fuming when that pilot is an Echo.”
Soon enough, the image cut to when Spike burst from the water with glowing eyes and hair as he directed his Tesla energy to the golem and destroyed it. Artemis was surprised by this as he realized,
“Spike must’ve triggered his Dragon Spirit and used an electrical discharge, combined with his natural ability to wield the elements of the Purple Dragon to destroy the robot...he's progressing well in his abilities.”
That's when he thought of something as he reached into a filing cabinet and pulled out a dossier, but this one was not of any of the squadron, but instead, it was a school file for a girl around Spike’s age. Artemis figured,
“Hard to believe that I’m looking over this again. But from the way things are heading, the time of darkness is coming, but the ray of hope lies within the squadron and anyone who will fight for them, even you who spent 16 years living a different life.”
As the waves hit the coast, six aircraft were seen flying towards their destination,
Sonata narrated, “We’ve set off for the East Coast to rendezvous. This place was paradise compared to what's further ahead.
Beyond our destination lies the ruined city known as The Craters.”
It flashed back to several explosions as fireballs fell from the skies as the siren continued,
“Fifteen Years ago, my sisters and I witnessed dozens of shooting stars racing across the heavens. It was brought upon when a hollow asteroid shattered into millions of pieces due to entering the atmosphere, streaking meteors across the skies and crashing into various locations. That bit of history was more of a lesson for us all.”
Soon enough, the array of craters as well as ruined buildings caused by that event were shown, “Some of the city structures in the initial impact were destroyed and reconstruction efforts are still ongoing.”
We soon see the Echo Squadron touching down on the runway that leads down into the outpost, starting with Spike's XFA-33, “Our landing point was at an outpost looking out towards the ocean which included a submarine dock for the Striker. Looking at it again and how my sisters and I watched, I could tell that that the ocean gave us a bit of peace. Outpost Charlie is our rendezvous point once the mission was complete and it was one of the first outposts that went active along with Alpha.”
At the outpost, several survivors were rushing to hear the tales from the squadron while passing a newspaper article about Echo Squadron with the dragon skull on the front page, “On the base, we were surrounded by the survivors from both the fortress and the sub, eager to hear stories about us. A newspaper article on the Battle over the Shores made it here faster than we did.”
Camo was then telling the survivors their stories as they looked at them with intrigue as the squadron itself figured it would be nice to share their adventures, “Since Equestria Shores, we’ve become the most talked about squadron in public eyes. Our operations, our morals and our heroics made us the most elite and independent squadron that was highly skilled and legendary.
Us. A bunch of students with unique origins.”
Afterwards, the squadron is back in the air with Spike’s Talon in the lead while Spy’s Apalis was flying number 2 on his wing. The squadron was surrounded by three C-1’s from the Striker and one Gyrocopter as the Wings of Freedom followed behind.
“We were directed to take the survivors back to their homes when we returned.”
Spy realized, “I realized that we should thank Artemis for this.”
“‘You said it.’ These survivors have been through a lot at that island, much less the conditions that they had to endure. So we made sure that they were well cared for during the flight, no one should ever suffer under those cultists.”
As the air convoy flew up the coast, Spike stated, “Blaster-Tron, have you sent the message?”
The robot stated, “Affirmative, a message has been sent out to the various cities which the survivors hail from. The Wolf Family of New Salem has also been notified of their youngest daughter’s rescue and her school’s headmistress has also been informed.”
Sonata realized where they were going, “A stop at New Salem? Huh, it's been so long since I've been there.”
Spy apologized, “There won't be any time to sightsee while we're there. We need to drop off the other survivors before we head for our last stop in Paris.”
Camo asked, “Does anyone notice that Wallflower is actually sticking around?”
Spike sighed, “Yes, she insisted that she stuck with us rather than get dropped off at Canterlot City.”
“She is a bit shy, you know, but during club hours, I did show her my way of gardening up to the point when I did my usual grind and watering trick with my skateboard, she did let out a chuckle - after I lost balance.”
Ter chuckled, “First time I heard of you wiping out.”
Camo chuckled slightly, “There's something about her and for some reason, she's kind of drawn to me...despite my relationship with Fluttershy...kinda like Rarity and Lemon with Spike.”
Spike sighed, “Gloriosa kissed me on the lips back at the camp, stating that she waited six years to do that.”
“Heh, I guess that's another girl to your herd.”
Spitfire called out, “Save those discussions for when we're not in the air. We're entering New Salem airspace.”
The Gyrocopter spoke, “Omega 4 here, my passenger is relieved that we're entering the airspace.”
The lead C-1 spoke, “Omega 1 to Echo Squadron, Snap can go with you guys to New Salem. Dagi and Aria are with me, we're going to split off and head for the home cities of our passengers. Once they've disembarked, Omega Squadron will head for the ocean where the Striker would meet us.”
Echo Squadron acknowledged this as the three C-1s split off in different directions. As Spike looked at the town below, the team could see how different it was, aside from the regular buildings, there was a monster theme to it as well. But they also spotted the monster school that Sonata mentioned back at Archelon before the clouds blocked their view. But when seeing it, a series of images flashed in his head, one of a hooded man giving a baby girl to someone, a girl around his age and both him and the girl side-by-side. He soon shook it off until he heard a robotic female voice,
“Your heart rate levels were rising, are you in distress, Pilot?”
Spike looked around until he heard that voice again, “I am on your right wrist.”
He saw that bracelet from when he summoned that mech suit as he muted his radio before asking, “Did you just call me pilot?”
The voice stated, “When you summoned me at Archelon, we linked in the midst of battle, as of now you are my pilot. My designation is ‘Prototype: X2’ or Dragon’s Breath.”
Spike figured, “Right, I’ll just call you X2.” The voice of the mech went back to its original question regarding his heart rate, which he replies,
“Memory flashes and clues to my past.”
X2 stated, “Understandable, your blood also contains traces of purple dragon blood.”
The Trap Ranger sighed, “That's nothing new.” That wasn't until he realized, “How did you know about what my blood has?”
“When we linked, a sample of your blood was stored while in ‘Off-Mode’ which would recognize a linked pilot. Although it is rare for a unit to link with a male pilot, let alone a member of the Legendary Echo Squadron.”
Spike was curious about this, “How is a male pilot rare?”
“Most pilots of units like myself are female, it was speculated that linking a male pilot was never successful...until now.”
Spike remembered that they still have a job to do, “I want to ask you more questions, but I’ll save it when you meet the squadron.”
X2 stated, “Understood pilot.”
Soon enough, the other five aircraft formed up on his F/A-37 with the Wings of Freedom to their right and Snap’s Gyrocopter in front of the squadron. He announced,
“We're right above the city!”
Sonata felt nostalgic, “It's been a long time since I was here.”
Soon enough, there was a new transmission from Snap’s craft as a female voice asked, “Can I use this? Hey Echo Squadron, I just want to thank you again for the rescue and...if not for you…”
Spy stated, “It was a close call, but we managed to get you outta there.”
The wolf girl stated, “But from the way you handled those guys...that was clawsome! As for your gardener, I kinda sniffed out that he's part-werewolf back at the fortress.”
Camo sighed, “Right, werewolves can sniff out other werewolves although I am part-plant, part-dragon and human.”
Ter stated, “You tend to goof around as a werewolf sometimes.”
“I don't go through transformations all the time!”
Dro figured, “I already have several recordings of your transformations.”
Spy, not wanting to waste time stated, “Save Camo’s embarrassing wolf stories for another time.”
Spike, since he's leading the squadron looked over at the team and then at the transport. He ordered the squadron,
“Check your instruments.”
The copter began its descent into the city as Spike stated, “Let's go down and introduce ourselves. LET’S ROCK AND ROLL!”
Soon enough, the six aircraft did a roll before descending into New Salem with Spike performing a loop before closing the wings and diving through the clouds. He did a downward spiral before pulling up and opened the wings.
After descending through the clouds, Echo Squadron formed up as they flew over the town and got a better look. New Salem was basically a regular looking town, but with one difference - there was a monster community as well and the wolf girl they rescued was from that community. Monster communities were basically communities where monsters wish to live in peace. There were tensions between the two communities, specifically anti-monster crimes widely considered problematic.
Spike figured, “The cult is going to be a real problem since they're kidnapping people, both man and monster. We need Echo Squadron to build a reputation in these communities. We’ve already built it up back at Equestria Shores and Camp Everfree…”
Drago spoke, “From their reactions back at Archelon, the squadron was already a rumor.”
“But if we do enough, we’ll gain support.” Spike figured, “Gaining support with a monster community starts with bringing our New Salem wolf girl home.” He soon contacted Snap,
“Okay, we need to find a nice spot for you to land.”
Dark Snap Shot maintained a good altitude above the buildings while scanning his eyes around the town, looking for a nice spot of land to use as a runway. That wasn't until his passenger pointed out, “Land in the field right by my school. I’m sure the headmistress wouldn't mind.”
“Are you sure they wouldn't mind if an Arkeyan Gyrocopter landed in their sports field?”
The wolf girl figured, “Well, unless you explain the situation for landing.”
After hearing this, a first impression was important for Echo Squadron to gain support from New Salem’s monster community. Spike decided,
“Blaster-Tron, I need you to send a message to the school, let them know that we have arrived with their missing student and we need a place for the transport to land.”
Blaster-Tron stated, “Message Sent.”
Dro spoke, “Spike, once the transport lands, you should go down there yourself and represent the squadron. Don't worry about overshooting the determined landing zone, that plane you're flying is actually a new prototype variation of your F/A-37. That's the new B-Model Talon and it has a different functionality that would improve its performance, there are two levers near the panel, pull them when you're close to the ground.”
Spike had a feeling that his plane was much more different than usual. It was much more clear that Dro built a new model Talon while at Outpost Charlie, like when he heard that Spitfire built the B-Model of his Lone Eagle back on the island from under his nose, just for her and the mechanic to take a morning flight over the island. But Spike wondered, ‘What was the function that differs his current plane from the A-Model?’
That wasn't until Blaster-Tron spoke, “The Headmistress has sent the coordinates for landing. A soccer field has already been cleared, allowing Omega 4 to land.”
Dark Snap Shot spoke, “That's a pretty good runway there.” He soon turned to his passenger while speaking like an airline pilot, “Please fasten your seatbelt, Ms. Wolf, we are beginning to land and thank you for flying with Echo/Omega Airlines, we rescue people in distress and blow up fortresses of evil men on a daily basis. Welcome to New Salem!”
As the copter descended towards the field, Spike’s Talon was following behind as the transport lowered its landing gear. He kept his plane at a steady speed as he eyed the two levers near the panel, he was half-tempted to pull them, but he kept himself from doing that. As the copter got close enough, he switched to hover mode as the rear landing gear made contact with the ground with the forward wheel following as the nose came down with the momentum from jet-mode. As soon as the transport came to a stop, Spike decided now was the time and pulled the levers as Blaster-Tron stated,
“Walker Functionality Engaged.” When that was said, the F/A-37b’s fuselage split apart as the cockpit adjusted itself as a head with a neck while the engines turned into legs with the afterburners acting as feet. The wings folded and were tucked away on the back of the Talon as the vehicle did a somersault after transforming before landing on the field just a few feet behind the copter. Blaster-Tron described it,
“The F/A-37b’s Walker Mode allows for more maneuverability in confined spaces.”
Spike saw the vehicle displayed on the panel as he went through that transformation. He noticed that his twin machine guns were put as secondary while a small cannon appeared under the ‘head’ of the walker. His afterburners served as legs and feet as well as an additional hover function while in Walker Mode, two smaller afterburners were installed for a boost of speed so the Walker can sprint. Spike chuckled,
“He took the walker function from the old Gyrocopters and applied it to a new Talon.”
X2 decided to speak, “Your mechanic has a very unique aspect when it comes to technology. Someone being able to assemble a new aircraft in the allotted time of our stay at Outpost Charlie.”
“Well, Tech is his element since Dro is quick with his hands as well as his intelligence and when he's working, he gets at least 15 minutes of sleep.”
The bracelet was in awe, “My creator would be amazed by his talent and I would suspect that she knows of our link.”
Spike figured that they would cross that bridge if they ever meet X2’s creator. But right now, they're here to make a good impression for the locals. As he took up the controls, he guided his Walker to make a stop next to the transport as some of the student body began to approach the landing site. While most of his friends know his identity, Spike didn't need to let the students know about him yet, so he and Drago merged and as the cockpit opened, Megaman Ranger had hopped out the F/A-37b and landed on the field.
Meanwhile right above the field, the remaining five members of Echo Squadron conducted a patrol over the airspace until the drop off was complete. Although, something didn't feel right for Legendary Spyro since he remembered the horrible things that were done at that island. He sighed,
“Something doesn't feel right.”
Dro asked, “Is it about Archelon?”
“Yeah, the rumors surrounding the island, what we saw there and what was nearly unleashed. But let's not forget that eerie voice that spoke through the possessed soldiers that we encountered.”
Ter remembered, “I remember those pods that were being fed to that robot husk. Our friend down there was nearly turned into an organic milkshake if we didn't save her.”
Dro sighed, “Rich Industries was mostly involved with technological advancements and real estate. Now they're building weapons for a cult bent on destroying the world and Sentry Island looked like it was prepped for war.”
Sonata stated, “And we all know that The Cult of Malefor was involved. But I still can't get what that voice said out of my head, that 'our transgressions have their full attention.'”
Spitfire soon chimed in, “If I had to guess, they would try to come after us. The Wings of Freedom and the Striker are only two ships with a squadron each.”
Blaster-Tron stated, “Analysis of the Submarine Aircraft Cruiser Striker’s aircraft capacity suggests that the Alicorn Class Submarines were designed to carry a maximum of 20-30 aircraft.”
Camo figured, “She was designed to stage air operations like a carrier and the large amount of aircraft would mean one thing.”
Spy figured, “We’re going to need pilots for those planes on the sub.”
“We could train a few mabu to pilot those planes and Jack is the only Imaginator of the Pilot Class - but still it won't be enough.”
Sonata asked, “What about Mercenary Pilots? They can help fill the empty planes on the submarine.”
Ter was suspicious, “How would we know that these pilots wouldn't turn on us when offered a better deal?”
The siren smiled, “Let's just say I know a good fellow from a group of PMCs that has plenty of pilots.”
Spy figured, “It may not be much, but if we could contact these pilots, we could build up our aerial forces.”
Soon enough, Spike contacted them, “Guys, first impression was successful and our friend’s older sister extends her thanks as well as asking for Camo’s phone number.”
The gardener sighed, “Do I have a sign around my neck saying, ‘I’m part werewolf’ right now?”
Blaster-Tron chimed in, “A large sum has been transferred to the account.” Spy figured, “Well it was a morally just mission, but it was a job well done.”
Soon enough, the student body took a step back as Snap closed the cockpit of the copter as the rotors began to spin. It took a while until the copter lifted off the ground, switched to jet-mode and took to the skies. Spike’s F/A-37b soon jogged down the field until it jumped off the ground, did a front flip as it transformed back into a plane and went to rejoin the rest of the squadron.
Dark Snap Shot was relieved, “I don't know what to think about this place, the fact that it exists or the look that most of the female body was giving me.”
Spike stated, “We're in the same boat since my dragon wings were a giveaway.” Spike sighed at the looks that they gave them, but among them was her - the girl from his memory flash. She didn't possess a look of shock and infatuation, more like curiosity and familiarity like she's seen him before. It was confusing since they never met, but there was still something about her that he couldn't put his finger on. But that would have to wait since they still have a mission to do as they rejoined the team with the Talon taking the lead as Spike stated,
“We're heading out. All aircraft report!”
Spy stated, “No problems while you were down there.”
Snap sighed, “Maybe next time.” He soon diverted his craft towards the ocean, “I’m heading for the rendezvous with the Striker.”
Spike acknowledged, “Alright, we'll continue on to Paris and meet up with you at Outpost Bravo.”
After that was said and done, all six aircraft sped towards the Wings of Freedom’s docking bay as the Zeppelin went full speed.
Once the team landed, they were going to prepare themselves for their arrival in Paris. Leg. Spyro ordered Spitfire and Blaster-Tron to prepare for a Rift Jump with the offset point being just off the English Channel where the ship will fly across the French countryside on the way to Paris. While on the bridge, Spike, Dro and Leg. Spyro were prepping for the jump until Dro looked up from his terminal towards Spike and asked,
“Spike, do you have time to talk?”
The Trap Ranger nodded, “I was just finishing our flight path once we exit Rift Space. So what’s on your mind?” The mechanic stated, “Ok, but first, how was the Walker?”
“It was good and I was really lucky that I didn't eat since it flips while transforming, but I do like to test it in combat someday.”
Dro understood this since he built the F/A-37b in the first place. Soon enough, he asked,
“I remember you telling us that you summoned a mech suit back at Archelon. Could you summon it again?”
Spike was about to speak until the right bracelet blinked as it spoke, “Dro, Echo Squadron's Number 2, Mechanic and Inventor, I am always with my Pilot even in Off-Mode.”
Dro nearly jumped at this as, “Wait, it's still with you?”
Spike stated, “Apparently since X2 and I are linked, she's technically by my side since she's a bracelet on my arm.” He turned to the mentioned bracelet, “And X2, you didn't need to make him jump.”
“My apologies, Pilot.”
Spike chuckled, “I kind of wanted to introduce her to the team, but we need an open space so I can turn her to on-mode.”
Leg. Spyro turned from his terminal, apparently overhearing their conversation, “We could use the platform in the hangar since it's meant to transfer selected planes to the launch bay.”
Spitfire looked up from her desk and said, “This I gotta see.”
Soon enough, the team including Jack and Spitfire had gathered in the hangar with Spike standing on the elevator platform to the launch bay. Spy stated,
“Okay Spike, this is open enough as it is for you to activate the suit.”
Sonata stated, “Wallflower and I saw it before it turned into the dragon bracelet, it's unlike anything we’ve ever seen.”
Dro figured, “I would like to see it for myself since it was used as a Traptanium Summon.”
Ter figured, “Let's see the mech you used to kick that golem's butt!”
Camo waited anxiously, “Let's see what it can do!”
Spike, knowing what he has to do, spoke to the bracelet, “X2, you ready?”
X2 stated, “I’m always ready. Shifting to On-Mode!”
Upon saying this, Spike’s form shifted as his body rose up as armor pieces attached to his torso while the mech arms and legs formed around his limbs, making him taller. His left arm possessed that dragon-themed buster while the war axe was on his left hip while a heavy cannon was strapped to his back. But the one crucial detail were the large mechanical dragon wings that sprouted from his back as his head was concealed in a full helmet with the exception of his green hair sticking out the back, like his Megaman helmet.
The team with the exception of Sonata were shocked by this, but Dro was more surprised as he said,
“No...that can't be…” Spy noticed how surprised he was and asked, “Dro, you know something about this?”
“That’s...an Infinite Stratos…”
The team was a bit confused about the name as Spy asked, “Infinite Stratos?”
Dro tapped a few buttons on his gauntlet as the image of a japanese woman appeared, giving a sideways peace sign in front of a similar suit, “An exoskeleton developed by Tabane Shinonono, mostly seen around Japan...as for the pilots…”
Spike guessed, “All female?” The mechanic asked, “X2 told you about it?”
The Trap Ranger only nodded as Camo realized, “Wait, if this thing is mostly meant for girls, why did it link with him when he summoned it?
X2 chimed in, “It is rare for a male pilot to link to a unit and after being summoned by Spike, we linked out of necessity in the midst of battle. And already our Combat Effectiveness is well documented in my database, we fought as one against that abomination.”
Spike added, “She was also a prototype called ‘Dragon’s Breath’ when we first linked.”
Jack asked, “Why was she a prototype?” X2 stated, "I was programmed with this platform as an artificial intelligence system with the personality matrix of Houki Shinonono, Tabane's younger sister. Most units around Japan would grant power to their pilots in their time of need, but I was given the ability to choose my pilot, many candidates tried to link with me, but none have succeeded.”
Jack figured, “With Spike summoning you at Archelon, you chose him as your pilot because you felt his neural and physical signature when he summoned you as well as his act of desperation considering that the Mecha-Golem was tearing up the place while fortress' reactor was close to meltdown, which made you realize that he was the perfect pilot for you.”
“Your assessment of how we linked is correct, Imaginator Cooper. As for her reaction, truthfully, she was always aware of your squadron's existence and was looking for a means to contact you due to your technology. She also heard rumors of the members of the squadron being part-dragon and used it as my core design.”
Ter figured, “It makes sense because of the dragon-like features which also looks like you linked while Spike was Megaman.”
“Your observation is correct, Terrafin since he was already in the form of the warrior known as Megaman when we linked.
Dro looked at the various aspects of the exoskeleton and was amazed, “Well, this is the chance of a lifetime to study an Infinite Stratos…”
“There was no need for excitement since you have already developed a great many things despite your age. You have developed a new functionality to Spike’s F/A-37 as well as use your advanced knowledge to modify your own arsenal for combat and we should not forget that you built Blaster-Tron. Your achievements are something that Shinonono would be impressed at, despite her being a child prodigy, you have excelled in creating a downtime for yourself while working.”
Dro felt a bit flattered when the AI complimented on his achievements, but sighed, “If only she knew of our origins…” Dro thought back to the Creation Event after CHS which led to their ‘birth’ since his intelligence came from his dragon counterpart. Jack soon approached the mech suit,
“X2, I was working on a project of my own and I was looking to add an AI system to it...so…”
“You would like a copy of my code for you to modify and add to your project?”
“Umm...yeah, it's just something that I need to work on.”
“Understandable, the coding has already been sent to your terminal as a gesture of trust to a group of honorable heroes.”
As the introductions between the team and their newest member finished, Spike moved X2 over by his F/A-37 at her request as she went inactive allowing Spike to detach himself from the mech suit as his modified Megaman armor reverted back to his regular clothes while Dro began to do some tests on X2. The Destruction of Archelon Fortress not only cut off the supplies of weapons to the Cult, but an act of desperation against a super weapon landed themselves a new weapon and companion for their Trap Ranger. Soon enough, the intercom announced that the Wings of Freedom was ready for Rift Jump.
To those who were watching from down below, saw a portal appear in front of the nose as the Zeppelin itself sped through the portal as it closed behind it.
Meanwhile in an undisclosed forest, a van was seen driving down a dirt road, it was black with the emblem of a dragon breathing fire while the windows were tinted from the outside. As the van came towards the end of the dirt road, it began to slow to a stop as the driver hopped out, the driver’s face was obscured by a dark blue hood while a breastplate covered his upper body, the lower half was a pair of dark gray pants as he wore armored gauntlets and boots.
He crouched down as he approached the clearing to see a large compound with watchtowers, searchlights, a fence surrounding it and a building in the middle. The figure asked,
“Artemis here, I found the location of Filthy's beacon.”
A female voice on the comm spoke, “Full Moon copies...but the signal is coming from Nightmare Prison.”
Artemis mused, “Nightmare Prison, they call it the Best Prison from Canterlot City to Whitetail Woods. But if he's in there, it could be further evidence that he was silently ousted in a corporate coup and sent here.”
Full Moon stated, “Which is a better reason to get him out of there.”
Artemis chuckled, “It's time for a jailbreak, but the first thing I need to do is to find a way in that prison.”
“I’ve marked down a supply convoy heading for the prison, if you can hide in the last truck, you’ll be able to slip past the checkpoint.”
“Got it, I’m heading to…” “ARTEMIS-SAN, YOU OWE ME AN EXPLANATION!”
The informant sighed at this since he recognized this voice, “Let me guess, your prototype is linked to a member of the Echo Squadron and it happens to be a boy. Right, Doc?”
The voice stated, “I worked on it for months, tried so many times to link it to a pilot and the AI rejected my candidates, only to find that it disappeared from my lab, taken by a strange energy that only you would know. Soon enough, X2 sent its signal to my lab terminal which included its new pilot, who happens to be a boy and its location being none other than the Echo Squadron's Airship.”
He told her the identity of this pilot, “His name is Spike, 16, his element is Magic, he’s a Trap Ranger, one of the leaders of the Trap Team and the sixth member of the Echo Squadron.”
The Doc was amused, “Oh, the boy with amnesia trying to find his past? You told me all about him when the incident at Everfree occurred.”
Artemis sighed, “He’s discovered that he wasn't born a dog and with the stop at New Salem, he's probably experienced more flashes during his visit.”
The Doc was curious until the reason behind their stop, she soon looked a bit sad, “You know that his flashes are not going to be coincidence when it comes to New Salem. He will go back there to figure it out and find out what you hid. The fact that you're taking action means that you are coming out of hiding, Uncle.”
Artemis sighed at that nickname, “You gave me that name when I saved you and your sister from Strykore's minions, you both saw me as family through spirit.”
“But what of YOUR family, Uncle? You've been in hiding for 16 years and the Light of Your Eyes still waits for you. At some point you need to come out of the shadows, out of your codename and return home, return to her.”
Artemis got into position as he spotted the convoy, “Maybe I could...maybe after this mission.” Soon enough, he turned to me - The Writer,
“I think you might as well cut to the victory flyover and arrival in Paris, this chapter is about the Echo Squadron’s victory after all.”
(Okay, fine. But I’m going to need some hammer and nails for the wall again and here I thought Pinkie and Filly-Second were the ones that could see me.)
Soon enough, near the beaches of Normandy, the rift opened as the Wings of Freedom exited Rift Space. After the rift closed, six aircraft launched from the ship, but instead of it being six different planes, all planes were F/A-37 Talons as they escorted the zeppelin as it passed through the beaches and over the French countryside. As the planes took up formation around the airship, the planes were specifically marked.
The first two planes flew in the front of the ship as the first plane had a pair of blue and yellow dragon wings painted on the switchblade wings while the second plane had a more tech-based wing pattern painted on the wings.
The second pair of Talon planes flew alongside the ship's port side with the first plane of this pair having a paint design to look rough, tough and represent the roughness of the earth. The second plane was a complete opposite since the wings were painted with a more decorative design of vines, thorns and fruits to give the impression of life.
The third pair flew alongside the ship's starboard side while doing a series of barrel rolls as the pair’s first plane having a more elegant design with a music note emblem on the wings as the painted water looked as if it was splashed on. As for the second plane, it possessed purple and green dragon wings that were painted on, but half of the wings were painted light blue as the Emerald Fire emblem was emblazoned on its wing.
But to those who managed to catch a glimpse of these six planes would find the one thing they had in common - All of them possessed the Dragon Skull Emblem on the stabilizer as French citizens would stop what they were doing to look up in awe of the massive airship flying over them as the sun reflected off the ship’s own emblem on the vertical stabilizer.
After passing through the countryside, the Wings of Freedom arrived at their destination - Paris, the City of Love and the Capital of France. As soon as the Wings of Freedom was in the city limits, a squadron of French Rafales flew in formation as they passed above the ship trailing the colors of the French flag. The citizens looked up as the airship flew over their heads as several locals noticed the dragon skull on the tail as they knew for certain that the Echo Squadron was real. Once it reached the center of Paris, Blaster-Tron activated the airship's gravity anchors as the ship descended in front of the Eiffel Tower.
In front of the Palais Bourbon, the five members of Echo Squadron were supercharged while the sixth member was in his Trap Ranger form to appear presentable as they walked down the red carpet towards the podium where they were greeted by both the French President and the Mayor of Paris, considering that his daughter was among the survivors from Archelon. It was a huge crowd, almost like their arrival caught the attention of the whole city since there were a whole lot of people for this. As they approached the two important figures in both the country and the city, the French President stated,
“Echo Squadron, nous vous en sommes redevables! (Echo Squadron, we are in your debt.)”
The Mayor asked, “Il y a une place pour toi dans ma ville, si tu la veux. (There's a place for you in my city, if you want it.)"
Spy just said in French, “Nous y reviendrons plus tard, Monsieur le maire, mais nous n'avons pas l'intention de rester longtemps, même si nous aimons offrir un cadeau à la ville, grâce à notre escadron. (We'll look into it later, Mayor, but we don't intend on staying for long, although we do like to give the city a gift, courtesy of our squadron.)”
He motioned to Dro as the mechanic pulled out a package bearing the squadron's emblem as he handed it to the Mayor and before they could see him open it, a beeping noise appeared on the squadron comm as Blaster-Tron chimed in,
“The Wings of Freedom is ready for takeoff.” Even the little robot, Direct-I chimed in, “Ready for takeoff!”
Spy turned off the comm as he looked at the Mayor, “Il est temps pour nous de partir.(It's time for us to go.)” He looked at the others, “Echo Squadron, Move Out!” After that, they turned around and ran out the way they came.
The citizens of the French capital watched as the Squadron ran down the streets of the city with their F/A-37s in Walker Mode. Although some of the narrow streets required a straight line formation, the wider streets leading along the Seine allowed them to be in triangle formation. There were news helicopters following the walkers to watch them go and they did notice that one of the walkers was falling out of formation. Sonata was struggling with her Talon since it was nothing like her Wyvern since it did not have a Walker Mode. Spike chimed in,
“Sonata, you're falling behind.” The siren stated, “I’m having a little trouble with the Talon...I can't get it to go fast enough.”
“Disengage the dampener on the secondary exhaust engines and hit the throttle. That should allow you to catch up.”
She did what Spike told her to do and soon enough, the secondary engines kicked in as her walker sprinted back into formation just as a Rift Portal opened up in the Seine River itself as the Wings of Freedom rose up from the portal and into the sky with its engines at full power. To the news reporters in the helicopters as well as people watching at home, it was an awe inspiring sight to see the airship rising up into the skies while the squadron continued running. But as soon as the rift portal closed and the zeppelin was fully airborne, the walkers did something surprising, one by one they jumped into the air, did a backflip and transformed into aircraft as they took to the skies.
The Wings of Freedom flew off into the sunset with the six Talons following behind, three by three on each side of the ship as the citizens watched as the legendary squadron soared away from the city. As the squadron left, there was one bystander who was curious about them, a young bluenette girl who watched the airship disappear over the horizon from her balcony. To her, the appearance of the Echo Squadron was a bit surprising since she once thought that they were a myth until she saw that ship, although she did find something peculiar before they arrived - a light blue crystal. She didn't know what was going on, but as she turned to a nearby flagpole in front of her school, she noticed that the French flag was being raised with a new flag accompanying it. As the new flag unfurled, it became very clear what they gave to the city...
A Flag bearing the dragon skull - The Emblem of the Echo Squadron.
Author's Note
Well, this was the aftermath of the destruction of Archelon Fortress. The Echo and Omega Squadrons practically made themselves known to the world as Operation: Safe Return was successful. Although, Spike began to have memory flashes of a girl who lives in New Salem, someone who he never seen before - or did he?
Could this be another clue to his past?
The revelation behind the mech suit that Spike summoned was revealed to be an exoskeleton developed by a Japanese Scientist who was a child prodigy.
As for Artemis, he's now on a mission to rescue Filthy Rich from Nightmare Prison, but as he states, the chapter is about the Squadron.
(I should just take a break from the Squadron and transfer back over to the Skylanders and their war against Malefor)
(Also I am aware that I incorporated other characters in this story.)
For a thousand years, Equestria was a peaceful world where understanding deterred any form of aggression and the protection was from the Elements of Harmony, but now with the news of the fall of Mount Aris, that peace was shattered. For the first time, battles were fought between the Alliance of Pony, Skylanders, etc and the Grublin Hordes of the Dark Master. The unification of these factions was done by the Fellowship of the Purple Dragon, led by Spike Solaris, Son of Princess Celestia. But with successful negotiations with Hippogriffs and Sea Ponies, this Alliance was growing rapidly because of the skirmishes between various units and the Horde. The hippogriffs fought with vengeful ferocity with the phrase ‘Remember Mount Aris’ being the battle cry as they await the day where they march on Malefor’s Fortress and take back their home.
But as for Spike, after speaking with the Sages of the Temple regarding the Elders, Ancestral Dragons that came to Equis centuries ago, he realized that Seaquestria’s temple was the only ‘Active’ Temple which means there are six more temples, six more artifacts of the Elders and six more chosen wielders. Silverstream got her bracer from Seaquestria’s temple which scratches her off the chart since the temple was built by the Sea Ponies.
That would mean that the other races of Pony, Yak, Dragon, Hippogriff, Griffin and Changeling had a temple built in honor of the Elders. But the locations of these temples were lost in time and the fact that there’s a lost kingdom and a prophecy of the Dragon King foretold by the Pillars of Equestria? The dragon was confused by the concept of what he was told at the temple...but he knew there was one pony with the lifespan who would know this - His mother.
So here he is in the Portal Chamber as Princess Celestia talks with Master Eon over the situation regarding the effectiveness of the Imaginators against the Doomlanders leading Grublin Raids and talks regarding the upcoming liberation of Mount Aris since the mountain itself was turned into a heavily armed fortress. Although, Eon did notice Spike’s presence as he ended their conversation and excused himself from the chamber - with Spike and Celestia being the only occupants. The Alicorn asked,
“Spike, you wanted to speak with me regarding the prophecy that the Sages told you?”
The purple dragon asked, “How did you know?” “Queen Novo told me of the first negotiations at the temple and how the events starting from your first victory over Malefor to this point meant something.”
Spike figured since he did defeat Malefor at the Crystal Empire and the events leading up to his visit to the temple meant that he is the Crystal Savior. But he remembered the real reason why he's here, so he asked,
“The temple carvings suggest that there are seven temples, one for each race with the Seaquestria temple being one of them. The other six temples were lost to time - I must find them since they could be the key to ending this war.”
Celestia was a bit skeptical about the temples since the rumors of temples that are dedicated to ancient dragons were either discarded or laughed at, even for Equestria of Today. But she's lived for millennia and knows that there's a shred of truth behind the legends, Seaquestria's temple being proof that the Elders exist. She apologized,
“I’m sorry Spike, most of the information regarding the other Temples were indeed lost to time, not even the books in my private collection had any insight of where the temples are, but there are four dragons that I know who would have the answer.”
Spike asked, “Who are they?” She smiled, “The Oracles of the Dragon Lands, they know more about foreign magic than I do. As a matter of fact, I brought you there when you were just an egg to figure out what you were and they told me you would hatch in five years.”
Spike was a bit surprised by this since he heard mention of the Oracles from Ember on their journey to Griffonstone and from her explanation, they spoke in a different language when speaking to them before switching to Equestrian. It's also noted that very few ponies had ever had the opportunity to speak to them. They mostly act as teachers of their language, speaking with those who made pilgrimages to their cave or answering questions regarding magic artifacts. If they have information about the Elders and the other six temples, it could help him greatly in finding the rumored locations of each temple.
He decided, “That means I have to go back to the Dragon Lands to speak with them.”
“Never a dull moment when it comes to you, Master Spike.” Said Starlight as she entered the chamber, having overheard their conversation. The dragon asked his apprentice,
“Starlight, you're back earlier than I expected. How are the refugees doing?”
The unicorn assured him, “The refugees are doing well in the settlement, Sky Talon is doing a good job keeping the peace as well as helping out in maintaining and caring for the refugees.” She smirked, “Although Wind Blast keeps egging him on about how many children they should have.”
The Purple Dragon remembered the relationship between the air team’s commander and the general’s son. He even chuckled when the general asked regarding his son blaming an old bird for wanting grandkids. But brushed it aside as he said, “It's good to know that they're living well until we march on Mount Aris.”
Starlight soon asked, “So I overheard a conversation about going back to the Dragon Lands to speak with the Oracles regarding the other six temples and I was wondering if I could join you?”
Spike decided, “You are my Apprentice after all and we’ve been through at least two quests since I took you in and you have unlocked the Earth ability. I'm sure that Twilight has been teaching you about using your Earth Shot wisely.”
Starlight nodded, “Yes, of course, she's been teaching me about it before we set off for Seaquestria.”
“I’m glad to see that you're keeping up with your studies.” He smiled before turning to the Celestia, “Well, I guess we should be off then.”
The Alicorn nodded as she used her magic to set the Portal of Power’s destination to the Dragon Lands. But before both Master and Apprentice stepped onto the portal, a voice shouted,
“WAIT!” They turned to see a small dragoness entering the room, arms spread out and eyes widened as stared at them. Celestia recognized her,
“Smolder, you're out of class earlier than expected.” The orange dragon stated, “Master Tae-Kwon-Crow let us out early due to good behavior. I was on my way to see more of the Skylanders train until I heard your conversation about going to the Dragon Lands?”
Spike decided to step in, “There's a question that requires the Oracles to answer and it could be important for the war effort.”
The young dragon was curious about it and figured, “If you're going to meet the Oracles, I would appreciate it if I joined you.”
Starlight asked, “But what about your own classes?” Smolder stated, “I grew up in the Dragon Lands and I know where the Oracles are. So in a way, you need me to guide you to them.”
The two thought about it before Spike looked to Celestia, “What do you think about her request?”
The Alicorn had a thought regarding her request and seeing that Spike has never been to the Oracles outside his eggshell, stated, “Smolder has a point, she knows the way to the cave of the Oracles.”
The dragon figured she would say that as he turned back to the younger dragoness, “Smolder, you will be accompanying us to the Dragon Lands. But since you're also a student at Canterlot’s Skylander Academy, I will see to it that you receive extra credit for joining us on this quest.”
Smolder smirked, “The extra credit is nice, but also I wanted to speak with them as well.”
Celestia guessed, “You want to know why you came here?”
The Dragoness sighed, “It's no secret that I didn't want to come here in the first place, but it was the Dragon Lord’s orders.”
Spike had a feeling that it was a personal reason for her joining them. So he decided, “It's best that we don't delay, the Oracles may have the answers that we seek.”
Soon enough, the trio stood on the portal as it powered up and worked its magic. But as they vanished in a flash of light, Celestia stated, “May your Ancestors look after you.” As the light faded from the portal, she finished,
“May they look after us all.”
In the volcanic regions of the Dragon Lands, three flashes of light appeared near one of the hot springs close to several dragon caves. When it faded, Spike, Starlight and Smolder stood in its wake as the dragoness looked around before taking a deep breath and sighed,
“Home sweet home.” Although Spike has been here before, Starlight was a bit nervous by the volcanic activity and lava pits, but still she had to be brave like her teacher. The unicorn noticed,
“There's a lot of volcanoes in this region although I read that some of them are actually dormant.”
Smolder stated, “Yeah, some of the dormant ones were used in special events…”
Spike asked, “Like the Gauntlet of Fire?”
“Yes.” Smolder took notice of the surroundings and recognized the area, “We're actually getting close to some of the residential caves. There's also the Dragon Lord’s palace and the Oracle’s Path just across from it.”
Starlight asked, “Oracle’s Path?” The dragoness turned to the unicorn, “It's the path that leads to their monastery, it's mostly a set of stairs going up to the side of the mountain. It was once called ‘The Thousand Steps of Enlightenment’ but it's mostly called the Oracle’s Path.”
Spike asked as they made their way passed the residential caves, “Are there any sort of dangers while walking the Oracle’s Path?”
“There's a common infestation of Lava Toads, they're mostly scavengers, but on rare occasions, a pilgrim would sometimes face giant spiders - they're big, mean, ugly and have too many eyes.”
Starlight shuddered, “How could they survive here?” The dragoness shrugged, “Those spiders actually feed on the toads in some areas of the Dragon Lands, but are rarely seen in the Path, the dragons are very careful to make sure that a spider nest doesn't form in the Monastery and fun fact: A charred spider’s corpse makes for a tasty snack.”
Starlight felt a bit uneasy about the fact that the dragons would eat the fried remains of the giant spiders. But then again, Bulb Spiders in Avalar were a nice source of protein for dragons as well, although Fluttershy once told her that Rainbow Dash took a bite out of a charred Bulb Spider. Spiders and Lava Toads are mostly what they will run into on the Oracle’s Path until she heard Smolder add,
“And there's also the Spider-Woman…”
This caught her Master's attention as he asked, “Is that a type of special spider?”
“The Spider-Woman is a strange type of creature with a spider’s lower half and the upper half being the torso of a human. Only a few dragons have ever seen her in person and only appears in the Oracle’s Path.”
Spike asked as they passed the palace and went to the base of the steps, “Anything else to know about the Spider-Woman?”
The dragoness shrugged, “Nothing else, it's actually rare for a pilgrim to encounter her on the path to the Oracles, but some of them would get the feeling that they're being watched.”
It brought a bit of uneasiness to Starlight when she heard about it. She spoke, “I guess it's not as easy as just walking the path without any obstacles.”
The purple dragon stated, “Nothing is ever easy, my apprentice. But we should keep our eyes open in case we encounter any trouble.”
Soon enough, the group had reached the base of the Oracle’s Path which was marked by a stone archway. As the trio entered the path, they immediately came across an etched tablet, written in a dialect of symbols as Spike, being able to understand it, read the carving,
“Ko faal Bok do Tarvok, Dovah Gahrot ahrk ruuv, Erei nust genun, Ahrk drun mindah.”
He read it again in Equestrian,
“In the Age of Greed, Dragons Stole and Hoard Until They Appeared, And Brought Knowledge.”
Smolder noticed this, “These are tablets that tell the history of our kind before the Oracles.”
Smolder looked at the stairs leading further up the mountain before looking back at the two, “They must've left more of those tablets on certain spots of the Path which we’ll most likely encounter along the way.”
So they continued their trek up the path as they spotted a few lava toads playing with a bunch of bones, Spike recognized those pests because for some reason, they managed to make their way to this world via the Portal Network. How they did that was anyone's guess, but a little flame or melee attack would knock them down. Before they continued, Spike spotted another tablet written in that dialect as he read in Dragon,“Nahkiv ko strunmah, Hir Dovah Nus praan, Erei faal Diist Rahwunduniik rund nii, Ruz nust qethserod.”
Then he translated,“Discovered in the mountains, Four Dragon Statues rest, Until the First Pilgrim found them, Then they spoke.”
Starlight figured, “It must have been the point that they were discovered.”
Spike stated, “We’ll find out more as we go. Let's continue up.” As the trio continued their trek up the steps, the purple dragon’s senses went off as he felt like someone was watching them.
Hiding in the shadows, a strange figure watched as the trio progressed as her six eyes took notice of the purple dragon as she thought, “He doesn't look like a pilgrim to those dragons. I can already tell by his amulet that he's important.”
She smiled as she brought a clawed hand to her chin, “It's been a while since something caught my attention and I’ve been bored ever since coming to this world. Well then, Purple Boy, let's see how you handle the path.” And soon enough, she vanished.
The trio continued to walk up the steps until they stopped at the sight of a lava toad making a jump at a conveniently placed bone until it was suddenly strung up as it was revealed to be a trap. But it's not the trap that surprised them, it was the material used to cocoon the unfortunate fire amphibian as Starlight asked,
“Is that...webbing?” Spike inspected it and determined, “It looks like it…” He turned to Smolder and curiously asked,
“Does the Spider-Woman attack any pilgrims?”
The young dragon shook her head, “She mostly lays web traps for lava toads or any unlucky dragon to venture up the mountain. Some of them come back with webbing in their wings, horns, etc. and it's rare for her to take an active role.”
The purple dragon figured that if they end up trapped in a web cocoon, they're pretty much spider food in case there are giant spiders around. But he would need to think of an idea should they encounter the Spider-Woman, but Starlight pointed something out in the webbing passed the cocoon. The unicorn used her magic to cut away the sticky substance that was covering the object - revealing to be another etched tablet with the Dragon tongue. She called her master to her as the dragon read it,
“Ol nus qethserod, Kiibokin lost ofaal, Zeymahmaar lost buld, Ol nii lost zos fariik wey umriid.”
Which translated to,“As the Statues spoke, Followers were gained, Brotherhood was formed, As it was more valuable than treasure.”
Smolder felt something pull in her heart as Spike’s translation hit her as the purple dragon stated, “It seems as if these Oracles have brought some form of knowledge and they saw knowledge as more valuable than treasure.”
The young dragon understood this as she added, “Although there's no doubt that this would be met with opposition from any hoarders.”
Starlight noticed, “Smolder, are you feeling alright?” She quickly stated, “No, I’m fine, I’m fine!”
Spike knew what she was doing, “You're anxiously trying to deflect the question while claiming that you're fine when really something is bothering you.”
She was about to fire back until Starlight shook her head before saying, “Master Spike can tell that you're lying, he's done this before when he discovered that my old friend Sunburst lied about his life.”
The young dragon, realizing it was no use lying to them sighed and said, “The truth is that I feel a sense of calling while hearing you translate the tablets. While most dragons would seek to hoard, dominate and fight, the Oracles gave them the option of knowledge and in rare cases - magic. There are still hoarding dragons, but they are very few and some ponies would come here to see the Oracles for knowledge while some dragons would feel a sense of calling from the Oracles.”
Spike pointed out, “During the Gauntlet of Fire, the dragons were connected to the call of the Dragon Lord, can the Oracles reach out and communicate with the dragons because of their connection?”
“Some of the big dragons can feel a call from the Oracles, dragons my age even dreamt of being in their presence.”
Starlight figured, “I don't know if they can appear in dreams like Princess Luna can, but it is something to look into.”
The trio soon continued their trek up the steps as they passed through various ups and downs of the steps, charging through lava toads and getting surprised by an ambush of giant spiders before encountering another etched tablet which was read,“Ol zeymahmaar buld, Faal Tarvokus bo, Ahrk vodein niist ven, Ko hindah do faan.”
Which translated to,“As brotherhood forms, The Greedy arrived And abandoned their ways, In favor of a new calling.”
The trio realized that it speaks of how the hoarder dragons that entered the Oracles cave had given up hoarding to embrace their new calling. It was the call to learn from them and gain knowledge from their teachings. As they progressed onward, Spike’s senses kicked in again as he felt the feeling of being watched. When he checked his group’s surroundings, he thought he could see six red eyes gazing at him before they vanished in the shadows. This made the dragon know that something was wrong as he informed the two,
“We’re being watched.”
Smolder asked with suspicion, “Are you sure?”
Smolder was a bit confused until Starlight stated, “There was a unicorn with a broken horn and robot version of Master Spike that we encountered at the Crystal Empire. They tried to keep us from restoring the Crystal Heart, but we stopped them and forced them to flee.”
It would be impossible for those two to even be here anyway. But as they made their way closer to the top of the mountain, they spotted something peculiar - a dead giant spider and a dragon sitting beside it as it silently shouted, “Yol!”
Upon shouting it, a small breath of fire drenched the spider corpse as the dragon sat down while it cooked. It was a male dragon with blue scales, maroon underbelly and ram-like horns. His wings were blue and maroon as the lizard sat by his currently cooking meal until he turned his green eyes towards the group,
“Ah, it seems that I have guests, I never expected anyone to brave the path after seeing those spiders.” He took notice of Spike, “But it seems like you are the exception, Prince Spike.”
The trio was surprised that this camping dragon knew of the purple dragon until he stated, “You are surprised? Every dragon knows about you and word of your victory in the Siege at the Gauntlet of Fire has reached this very strunmah - this mountain.”
Spike asked, “Who are you? What are you doing up here?”
The dragon introduced himself, “I am Sentinel Roxen, the Leader of the Oracle’s Knights - the Guardians of the mountain. My brothers and I would camp out on this trail, greeting pilgrims or…” He gestured to the spider, “Keeping those things from making a nest in the monastery.”
“So you're the guardians of the Path?” Roxen nodded before stating, “I made the journey myself and upon speaking with the Oracles, I had a sense of calling that drove me to create an order of knights to look out for pilgrims to welcome and to keep out the beasts that plague this path. As for you, Prince Spike, I can see a bit of your mother in you.”
Smolder asked, “Wait, you're saying that the Princess of Equestria came here?”
“Yes, young one. She came here with a reason to see the Oracles for she carried a small purple and green dragon egg and questions regarding its origin.”
Starlight figured as she looked at Spike, “That was you as an egg, wasn't it?”
He nodded, “She told me about her journey before we set off.” The silence between the group was due to the fact that Celestia came here when he was just an egg, but soon enough, it ended when Spike noticed another carving, he walked passed the Sentinel and read the engraving,
“Ko Tiid do Faastiid, Faal Nus ofun mindah, Do suleyk do faal Zul, Ahrk ko sahrot Zaan, Faal Tarvokus lost viik.”
“In Times of Crisis, The Statues shared knowledge, Of the power of the Voice, And in a mighty shout, The Greedy were defeated.”
Spike finished reading as he stated, “This one tells that the hoarders that didn't change decided to sack the mountain, but were pushed back when the Oracles taught their disciples an art called ‘The Voice’ and literally shouted the hoarders to pieces.”
Roxen knew this, “Each Dragon Knight is taught how to use their voice when they swear their loyalty to the Oracles. If the monastery was ever invaded, we would use our Thu’um - our Voice to shout down the invaders.”
Starlight asked, “How is it possible to generate that much power into your voice to use your Shout?”
“It's about learning the language of Dovahzul, understanding the Words of Power and generating it into a shout.” He turned to Spike, “For you, young dragon, I offer you two words for you to learn and study. Your elemental abilities are well-known throughout the world, but even with that power and an apprentice, you still have much to learn. You’ve already possessed the ability to learn their tongue and now you will learn the words that were granted to us Dragon Knights.”
Spike was hesitant for moment before nodding his head, signifying that he was ready as Roxen explained the first word, “Fus means Force and is the ability to blow away enemies or stagger them. It's also the wind all around that's generated with this word.”
He explained the second, “Feim means Fade which bends the world around you, making you into an ethereal spirit for a short time which you cannot be harmed or harm others.”
He soon looked at the ground and whispered both words as an echo cracked the ground as several symbols appeared as he stated,
“The words call for you.” The Purple Dragon soon approached as he felt the words echo in his mind from ‘Fus, Force’ to ‘Feim, Fade’ as they echoed in his mind before he came to a full understanding which Roxen noticed as he stated,
“I will now give you my knowledge of Fus and Feim.” Soon enough, a strange aura with a mixture of orange, red and blue surged from the Dragon Knight and into Spike as he felt the knowledge of those two words hit him with the knowledge of how to use them. That's when the sentinel declared,
“Now show me your Thu’um! Greet me as many Dovah Kendaar do.”
Spike turned to face Roxen albeit a bit hesitant before opening his mouth and shouted, “FUS!”
A powerful burst of force emerged from Spike’s maw as it hit Roxen who was a bit stunned before laughing, “Yes, studen! The voice is strong within you, Dovah Kulaan.”
Starlight was a bit worried, “Are you okay, Master?” The purple dragon put a wing to his mouth as he felt the power from the word radiate off his tongue, “I don't know what happened, but the minute I shouted, the power of a thousand voices surged through my body.”
Roxen stated, “Many initiates feel pressure after their first shout, but you are the Purple Dragon and you can feel many things from the power of a thousand suns to the power of a thousand voices. The will to use that power is in your blood.”
Smolder was curious about what the dragon knight was saying since they were formed to protect the monastery of the Oracles and wield the power of the voice only in desperate situations. It made her question her thoughts more and more as the dragon knight bid them farewell as they continued their journey.
Unbeknownst to them, as Roxen watched them go, he felt a presence behind him as he whispered,
“Laas.” He turned around and saw the shape of a large creature with the legs of a spider and the body of a human woman. The creature chuckled, “I saw your whole conversation with those three. Especially with that purple boy, you taught him how to shout like you.”
Roxen sighed, “There's a reason why I taught him how to shout, he's unique and knowing you, you had tested him with your traps.”
The woman, crawled down from her perch as her head was partially shown with her six red eyes and silky violet hair, “He’s actually more cunning than I thought, this Spike has definitely caught my interest. If he's unique as you say, I would follow him.”
Roxen raised a brow as he sat at his makeshift bonfire, “That's the first time I have ever seen you this entranced by anyone since arriving in this world, let alone the Dragon Prince of Equestria.”
The Spider-Woman smiled, “And a prince as well? Interesting.” She soon slipped back into the shadows and continued to follow the trio.
(To Be Continued)
Author's Note
(The Elders Arc begins)
So now, Spike has journeyed back to the Dragon Lands to find the location of the other six Temples of the Elders. But to find the temples, he would need to seek out the Oracles for clues regarding the location of the temples.
With Starlight and Smolder by his side, they journey up the path, but knowing of the danger that dwells there, could they make it through the path and reach the Oracles?
The Dragon Lands are a volcanic region of Equis that's exclusively home to the dragons as the name suggests. It has volcanoes, caves, hot springs and treacherous paths that would mark the end of any unfortunate adventurer. But the real wonder is the Mountain of the Oracles, which is the home of the Monastery which houses the Dragon Oracles. While most of the dragons dominate, the Monastery itself is a place of peace and tranquility, most dragons would go to the monastery to seek answers from the Oracles. As for our heroes, they were climbing the steps towards the monastery itself and that's where we are now.
Spike and his friends have climbed up the steps, found etched tablets showing the history of the Oracles and how they came to be. They also fought some giant spiders that seemingly camped out until they found prey. He also learned a new power called ‘The Voice’ from Sentinel Roxen, the leader of Dragon Knights who serve as both lookouts on the path and protectors of the monastery. From what they have witnessed and heard from both tablets and the Sentinel, the Oracles bestowed the Voice on very few dragons, most with the voice are Knights of the Oracles. The fact that he himself was taught this power was surprising, but still they still have a few more feet to go as they spotted a building jutting out from the side of the mountain. Spike’s eyes widened as he said,
“There it is - the Monastery of the Oracles, we’re here, guys.”
Smolder looked at the monastery in awe as she stated, “I’ve heard stories of this place, but never thought I'd be walking up to it!”
Starlight realized, “The Oracles must be real powerful dragons to not only teach those Knights to shout, but to live in a place like that.”
The trio made their way up to the monastery, although Spike’s senses kicked in again when he heard a skittering sound. But when he turned in the direction of the sound, he briefly saw those six eyes again. Ever since they entered the Path, he had a feeling that they were being watched by someone or something - eager to see how they progressed. While it's true that they fought giant spiders and encountered the occasional Lava Toad, there was still one creature they have yet to encounter - The Spider-Woman. From what Spike was told, when the creature first appeared, she would set web traps and scare pilgrims, now she would stalk pilgrims as they felt a sense of uneasiness whenever they journey up the path.
Once the trio climbed the steps of the monastery, the two sentinels that guard the doors looked at the weary travelers as one of them bowed,
“Welcome, Brave Travelers. The Oracles have been expecting you.”
The second guard said, “Your journey was not an easy task, given the circumstances of the spiders. But here you are now, Prince Spike of Equestria, Apprentice Starlight Glimmer and the Native Smolder at the Monastery of the Oracles.”
The two dragons soon placed a claw on the doors and pushed them open, allowing the trio to enter the temple. It was no surprise that it was witnessed by those six eyes as she spoke,
“Oh my, Prince Spike had made it into the Monastery, although I am curious as to why he's here.” She soon skittered away into the shadows.
The group entered and made their way down a path where a few robed dragon monks were seen meditating or studying with the young knight initiates. The monks took notice of the group as a few of them spoke the words “Dovah Kulaan” to Spike as they passed. Starlight took notice as she whispered,
“These Dragons…they're talking about you with those words, Master.”
The Purple Dragon noticed, “From what I can tell, it means ‘Dragon Prince’ in dragon tongue.”
Smolder whispered, “You are the Dragon Prince of Equestria after all.”
The trio passed by more monks and Knights as they made their way towards an opening which showed very little stalagmites and had several walls in the dragon dialect on the sides of the room. A few monks near the walls turned and bowed their heads as the trio passed while a few Knight Initiates were in awe at their presence, obviously knowing of the purple dragon’s involvement in saving their home. After being greeted by the temple’s inhabitants, the trio looked at the four statues that occupied the room. These statues depicted a Wyvern-like dragon, all depicted to be sitting on the platforms with wings hanging over the sides while their gaze was situated to the ground in the middle of all four statues. But the strangest so far, was the individual statues themselves as they inspected them from left to right.
The Intimidating Dragon Statue had lots of spikes on its back, its scales were rough and its tail tip was like a dagger. This Dragon was made to look like a weapon, it is very intimidating. They turned to the next statue and were intrigued by it.
The next Dragon Statue was a much more calming view than the first one. The many points that the group noticed about the statue was how it was displaying old age. It's missing a few chin spikes, its wings showed some tears, it was missing some teeth, its tail tip was chipped as well as one of its horns. Upon further inspection, Spike concluded that this statue is a symbol of wisdom as they moved on to the next statue.
The next statue looked like a regular Wyvern-type, but Starlight did pick out a row of spikes that went from the neck to the back of the dragon. There were also some shaded areas on the statue, almost like it was supposed to have color to it. After that, she moved on to the last statue.
The Last Statue held Smolder in a very shocked state because of the way that statue was built. Not only were the horns curved forward, the dragoness also noticed a rip in the statue's underbelly, exposing a few bones in the process. It's wings were also torn as well, but unlike the Old One, this statue was the statue of an Undead Dragon.
Starlight could only ask, “How exactly do we speak with the Oracles?”
Spike had figured from the history tablets they passed up the mountain, he figured that it had something to do with greeting with respect. So he lowered his head into an elegant bow and called out,
“Oracles of the Dragon Lands, Bearers of Great Wisdom and Great Power, we have come from Equestria to seek your advice and answers. We wish to speak with you all. Please hear me answer our prayers!”
Upon saying those words, there was a rumbling sound from the four statues as their eyes began to glow. Each statue’s eyes were a different color, starting from the war statue which had glowing red eyes, the old one’s eyes were glowing green, the colored one’s eyes were ice blue and the undead dragon’s eyes were an abysmal purple. Soon enough, a voice spoke,
“Drem yo lok, Greetings, wundeniik.”
The trio looked up and saw the old one glowing which signifies that it was talking to them. Spike asked,
“You are the Dragon Oracles?” The Old One stated, “We are the Oracles and the only Dov of our kind. I am called many things from Grandmaster to the Old One, but I am Paarthurnax. My fellow Dov are Odahviing the Hunter, Durnehviir Dovah of the Dead and my brother, Alduin the Deposed World Eater.”
The statue noticed, “I sense a familiar essence within you, one that has not been felt in years.” The statue made the connection, “Ah I see, you were the egg that the Alicorn Kulaas brought before us. I see that you have grown to be a bright young dragon.”
Spike asked, “I heard that story many times of Mom coming to the monastery and meeting you.”
The third statue, Odahviing began to glow and stated, “We sensed her curiosity when she stepped into this room with your egg.”
The Undead Dragon, Durnehviir did the same and spoke, “We gave her the knowledge of what to expect and when you would hatch.”
The first statue, Alduin began to glow as it spoke in dragon, “Mu hiif ek ahrk drus faan ek Monah wah hi.”
Spike understood what he was saying, “The reason why she took me in after I hatched was because of how I needed a mother.”
The statue gruffed, “At least you know our tongue, not all pony-raised Dovah are arrogant.
Paarthurnax told the war statue, “Cease your Galv, Brother. Now is not the time for you to Faazrot.”
As soon as his brother calmed down, he asked, “We may have been expecting you, but why did you seek us out?”
Spike stated, “We were told that you might know the locations of the other Temples of Elders which were dedicated to the Ancestral Dragons.”
Odahviing, knowing this outcome stated, “Then it has begun…”
This confused him as he asked, “Begun?” The statue stated, “Decades ago, seven unusual dragons arrived in this world, teaching many races the ideas of unity. We felt their Lu Silkun, their magic essence and were indeed powerful as their seven temples were built, they would visit us often for our advice and they would enjoy tinvaak with us. In that time, the dragon you call Malefor, attempted to invade this world and both the Elders and the Pillars of Equestria defeated him by casting him back to his world. Although it was only a temporary victory for both Elders and Pillars, for it was when a prophecy was foretold. Malefor's Return to Equis.”
Smolder pointed out, “Malefor has the Hippogriffs' home kingdom under siege right now. I think that prophecy has fully been realized by now.”
The dark statue then spoke with annoyance, “We are already aware of the war, yunklin. Malefor's return was foretold, as was the emergence of the new Zuwuth Unadaan.”
Smolder asked with confusion, “Zuwuth Unadaan?”
Paarthurnax stated, “The Zuwuth Unadaan, which are referred as the Elders Chosen are the seven natives of Equis, one for each race and it was these seven who stood alongside the Haar, the Pillars when they cast Malefor back to his world, long ago. But in doing so, the Seven Elders fell into a deep slumber as their own students disappeared into legend, only their artifacts have been referenced throughout the course of time.”
Starlight asked, “But do you know where the temples are?”
The Undead Dragon soon spoke up, “We know the location of a temple, right here in these very lands. Not all temples were lost to time, we have been protecting this secret for centuries in case an agent of the Vul In, the Dark Master attempts to uncover it.”
Spike guessed, “Or a Purple Dragon, driven to defeat Malefor, would come to seek out the Elders?”
The Undead Dragon spoke with acceptance, “You seek to defeat the Diist Jen Dovah, the First Purple Dragon in your tongue, to end his reign of terror forever and it is you and those who follow you, that should know this secret.”
The four statues soon began to glow as the trio were soon transported to a battle as the Oracles stated,
“When Malefor attempted to conquer these lands during his push, the dragons were strong, but none were as strong as the Kaagiik Dovah, Ruler of Infernos, one of the Elders.”
They saw a large black and red dragon fighting off the forces of the Dark Master’s Army, either swiping them away with its tail, stomping with its claws or burning them down with its fire breath. It proved itself to be a fighter as the dragons drove the enemy back towards the mountain which served as a base. It was there that the Ape Chief attempted to fight the Ruler of Infernos as the Oracles continued,
“Kaagiik was stronger than the average dragon of Equis, every time the dark armies moved forward, Kaagiik would be the one who would strike. It was because of him, Malefor's campaign on the Dragon Lands ended when the apes were in full retreat. The Ruler of Infernos and the Elders played a part in the final battle where Malefor was cast out and where he, like his brethren, fell into a deep slumber in his temple.”
The trio watched as the dragon sat in his temple as he connected with his brethren before launching a massive attack which drew the very core of their powers, Aether as it combined with his fire ability as Malefor was struck with the combined powers as he was soon cast back to his world. After the attack, the dragon slumbered in his temple as its artifact, the Red Wings of Kaagiik settled in its final resting place as the Oracles stated,
“Kaagiik’s Temple was built on the very peak of the mountain where the spiders roam, where the Masters of the Voice shout to the heavens…”
Soon enough, they were back in the Oracles Chamber as Spike asked, “The Temple is here?!”
The dark dragon stated, “We have kept this secret for generations since Kaagiik was the type to enjoy his solitude as he watches over the mountains from his temple.”
Smolder asked, “But the Oracles Path leads up to the monastery, how do we get to the peak?”
Paarthurnax stated, “The path to Kaagiik is treacherous, the gate to his temple lies through this very chamber. Although, an important Kostim Miil will assist you as your Grah-zeymahzin, your ally.”
Spike understood what they meant, considering that getting to the peak requires passing through here. The temple not only served as a place of peace, but it housed the path to Kaagiik until the Purple Dragon found something odd - the phrase Kostim Miil which he remembered was Dovahzul for two words ‘Spider Woman’ that's when it hit him like a ton of bricks as he asked,
“The Spider-Woman? She's here?!?!”
A chuckling sound soon filled the air as a voice echoed throughout the chambers as the sound of skittering legs were heard, that's when a voice spoke,
“I guess Roxen was right about you...you are very interesting.”
They soon turned to the source and saw three pairs of eyes as Spike asked, “Are you…”
She answered for him, “I am the Spider-Woman and I’ve been watching you, ever since you started climbing the steps. You have gotten my attention after you and your companions dispatched those spiders with ease.”
Paarthurnax stated, “You can step out of the shadows now, you will be assisting them in this endeavor.”
The eyes soon moved forward as a figure took shape, it was everything that matched the description of the Spider-Woman. A humanoid woman with the body of a spider, she had silky light purple hair as some of it covered her eyes, she was wearing a black dress as it hung over her torso, clearly she meant to seduce unknowing travelers. But her shape alone made Starlight stutter as she said, “You're...you’re…” But Spike finished for her, while feeling a sense of deja vu,
“You're an Arachne!”
(Flashback) At the Golden Oaks Library, it was set some time after the Discord Incident and returning the Soul Gem Omnitrix when a young Spike was drinking a juice box when he came across Twilight reading another book, although this one caught his attention when he read the title,
“Mysterious Creatures of Equestria? Isn't this a book about monsters?”
The unicorn stated, “Monster is a term associated with unidentified creatures, but this book explains all the creatures that were catalogued and recorded throughout history.” She pointed her hoof to one section, “Like this one for example…” It was a picture of a half-human woman, half-spider as it strung up unsuspecting victims with her webs as she continued, “It's an Arachne, it's said to have a human torso with the legs of a spider, isn't that interesting!”
The baby dragon stated, “In some cases, it still looks like a monster since we haven't encountered any of them. We’ve dealt with evil nightmare tyrants, rogue dragons, hydras, parasprites, evil princes and a troublemaking Chaos God; they seemed like monsters, but we never met anything like that.”
Twilight stated, “You had that watch which turned you into various creatures and you say that we never met a real monster?” She read her book and stated, “The thing about the Arachne is that they died off hundreds of years ago.”
Spike shook his head, “Sometimes books can be wrong, I will prove to you that the Arachne are still alive.”
Twilight rolled her eyes as she sarcastically said, “If you can do that, I will buy you lunch.”
Spike, eager to get food, stated, “You're on!”
After remembering that particular memory, he slightly chuckled, “Twilight gets to buy me lunch when I get home.”
The Arachne looked at the Purple Dragon, “You are the Purple Dragon that I keep hearing about.” She chuckled, “Roxen wasn't exaggerating when he said that you were capable.”
Spike asked, “That feeling of being watched...that was you? You were watching us the whole time?”
She nodded, “I always know who enters the path and who is worth speaking to.”
The purple dragon asked, “The Oracles said that you know the way to Kaagiik's Temple.”
The spider woman sighed, “It's been sometime since I've been up there...ever since Kaagiik saved my kind from extinction.”
Smolder asked, “What do you mean?” The arachne stated, “The carvings on the temple walls spoke of a Great War where my kind was caught in the middle. The First Descendant who you call Malefor was hunting anything that moves, the other Arachne were hoping for a miracle, then Kaagiik came to us. He was able to transport my people across dimensions and sent us to a new world. It was where I came from until a portal pulled me from my Honey’s attic and sent me here.”
Spike asked, “Wait, you're married?” She shook her head, “No, but the man I’m with has difficulty when choosing a wife since I live with multiple homestays. I also preferred living in the attic, not a lot of thru traffic.”
Starlight thought about how this woman talks about being in another world and remembered, “So the rumors surrounding the Arachne Extinction were exaggerated.”
The Spider-Woman sighed, “Most would love to say that our kind went extinct because it's much easier than finding the truth. I'm certain that my presence would shake up this world knowing that we are still alive. I know now that I owe my life to Kaagiik for saving my ancestors, so in return, I will guide you to his temple where the Wings of Kaagiik rest.”
Smolder stepped forward and asked, “So now that you're with us, what is your name?”
The Arachne smiled, “My name is Rachnera Arachnera and I will be looking forward to getting to know you all.” She looked at Spike, “Especially you, Spike Solaris.”
After it was said and done, the four stood before the Oracles as the four statues shouted,
“GENUN SOVEN VEN!!”
After that was shouted, the sound of a door opening was heard as the secret passage opened between Paarthurnax and Odahviing. Spike bowed his head as he said,
“Thank you for helping us, Lot Nahgahzii.”
Paarthurnax’s eyes shone as he stated, “Your path is clear, this world’s fate rests with you, Dovah Kulaan. But there is more to you and your Zeymahzin, your companions. Starlight Glimmer, former enemy now turned Prustmun, apprentice to Spike, your history was written with anger, despair, jealousy and determination. You intended to steal Qibiik Ziik, cutie marks in your language and replace them for equality, kidnapping the Skylander, Trail Blazer to lure Spike in to convert - only to fail. You soon attempted to erase his existence and his friendships from history where we know only one Lahzey, a wizard who made the spell to travel in time in order to perform the cloud walking spell on a stranded train.”
That's when Spike remembered something, “Storm Breaker’s story of how he met Starswirl the Bearded...he was actually time traveling. It made sense because you’d have to be an Alicorn to live that long into Storm Breaker’s time.”
Soon enough, Paarthurnax ended with, “In the end, you became his Apprentice, learning different skills from different teachers before learning how to control and project elemental energy from him while also reuniting with an old friend to save the Crystal Empire. Do you think that the path you chose before Apprenticeship was the right one?”
Starlight asked, “How did you know about my history?” The statue stated, “It is visible in your aura, each step you take is a memory and we see your life, your struggles and your desires, no matter how dangerous. Now do you believe that it was the right thing?”
Starlight thought about it before saying, “No, it wasn't. I was blinded by the fact that Sunburst got his cutie mark before me and I grew frustrated when he left. I grew envious and that led me down a dark path. But I have the power to make amends for my actions, ever since becoming Master Spike’s Apprentice, I’ve learned new things, new abilities as well as understanding the values friendship, teamwork and unity. My Master, my Teacher has been that guiding light - who led me back to my old friend and we saved the Crystal Empire from Malefor and the Frozen North. I left my past behind and it's only the future I should worry about.”
“Studen, you don't fall back to being reminded of the mistakes you made. It depends on what you do now that would make a difference. Never forget that.”
Odahviing took over, “Now Smolder, a young dragon who didn't want to go to Equestria and yet through your interactions, you have seemed to take a liking there. But you join this quest for questions about why you went there when the answers were completely obvious?”
Smolder stated, “But when I went there, I was working with the Skylanders on preparing for this war. I hated that I had to go there, I had to go to school there and learn about the different Skylanders while also watching them train, I even had to listen to the rants of an annoying dragonfly. But after hearing the stories of Spyro and Cynder of how they saved their home and met the other original dragon Skylanders, I began to enjoy being there, surrounded by heroes. I just needed to get answers from you directly.”
The statue stated, “You have learned the rewards of Fahdonmaar, of Friendship. The Skylanders fight as one due to how close they are, they watch each other's backs, whether it be Skylanders of dragon and pony, griffin and hippogriff, swordsmen and archers, they never let each other down. You have learned this from them and you are well on your way.”
The dragoness asked, “To what?” The statue simply stated, “Your Dez, Destiny which lies with helping the Dovah Kulaan.”
The dragoness nodded as Spike bowed his head, “Thank you for answering our questions. You have assisted us greatly in our quest.”
Paarthurnax soon stated, “There is one last gift we give to you, Kulaan Spike. Sentinel Roxen has already taught you about the Thu’um, since the power of Unrelenting Force and Become Ethereal dwell in your tongue.”
Spike stepped forward, “You wish to grant me another shout?”
Alduin stated, “Not a simple shout, but the last two words of your two shouts granted by Roxen, Kinbok of the Kendaar do faal Nahgahzii. Each shout is more powerful when all three words of power are used. In our world we used our voices to dominate the mortals, but my reign was cut short by three mortal masters of the tongue and defeated. But reflecting on my past has distracted me which I apologize, I shall grant you with the second word of Unrelenting Force, ‘Ro’ means ‘Balance’ used to balance your shout to be more effective.”
“I grant you the mindah, the knowledge of Ro and harness it to a Thu’um.” Like with Roxen, Alduin’s knowledge and understanding of Ro was granted to Spike as he felt the power of a thousand voices and shouted to the heavens,
“Fus RO!!!” A more powerful blast emerged from Spike’s maw as Paarthurnax stated, “You have learned the second word of Unrelenting Force, now it's time for the third word of power, ‘Dah’ meaning ‘Push’ which gives your voice the strength to push your enemies off their feet. Most mortals in the ancient times of our world used this shout against hundreds of enemies before the disaster during the ancient war of our world.
The statue whispered the word as the cracks formed the word of power as the purple dragon stood close as the word echoes through his head as the Oracle transferred his understanding of ‘Dah’ to the young dragon as the old one declared,
“Now show me your Thu’um! Greet me with the full power of Unrelenting Force.”
Spike was cautious for a moment since he was told to use his shout on one of the Oracle Statues, but Paarthurnax assured that he would not shatter. So, he performed the shout by using the three words,
“FUS RO DAH!!” A powerful blast shook the room as the shout hit the Old One, but did not shatter, proving that he was fine.
The statue said triumphantly, “Aah yes...Jahrii Zaan! The power of the Thu’um together with a descendant of the Meyruv, a fitting hilkaan.”
Odahviing was next, “The Old One is glad to know of your abilities, but now comes for the second word of Become Ethereal - Zii means Spirit as your physical essence balances between this world as you wander like an unharmed spirit.”
The statue whispered the word as the cracks formed the dialect as Spike did the same routine as the statues transferred his understanding of Zii into the purple dragon as Spike demonstrated the shout,
“FEIM ZII!!” Spike’s form became ethereal as he looked like a spirit from the afterlife. As it was Durnehviir’s turn in granting the last word,
“The last word of Become Ethereal calls for you...Gron which means Bind, this word means to bind the ethereal spirit to the mortal plane, granting you the power to keep yourself invulnerable for a while longer. For most, this full shout is for only the user, but you are the Jen Dovah, descendant of the Meyruv, the Ancestrals and your hil, your heart beats for your friends and family. As such, your natural talent of mastering your abilities would extend the full shout to those around you, having them become ethereal which protects them.”
The Undead dragon whispered the word as Spike felt the word echo in his head as he stood near the cracked inscription. After that, the oracle transferred his understanding of Gron into the purple dragon as he felt the aura around him before shouting,
“FEIM ZII GRON!!” Upon shouting the full thu’um, the aura expanded as Spike and his friends became ethereal as they looked in shock and awe as they were ethereal as Starlight stated,
“Master Spike, we’re...ethereal…”
Smolder was shocked, “We're like ghosts!”
Rachnera was a bit surprised, “Huh, so that's what it feels like.”
Smolder asked, “I guess there were plenty of ghosts back in your world?”
Once the shock of the shout wore off, the Old One stated, “Your path to Kaagiik’s Temple is clear, I wish you luck in your quest.”
With that being said, the four made their way through the secret passage and began their journey to the peak.
Author's Note
Reader: Well, that was okay.
The Search for Trail Blazer
After the end of the Traptanium Wars, the worlds were once again at peace, but how long will this peace last? The ever increasing fear of a strike by Malefor has concerned Princess Celestia and she fears that her lands would soon become a battleground. She remembers Spike’s vision of a final confrontation with Malefor himself at the Tree of Harmony. She soon realized that if the Grublin Hordes come to Equestria, the Equestrian Army alone is not enough to stand up to the monsters of Malefor’s forces. That’s when she remembered a set of scrolls that she kept in her private collection.
She knows for certain that she would need those scrolls for giving them an army to stem the tide of evil. She requested Spike to speak with her one day as the Purple Dragon approached,
“Is there something you ask of me?”
Celestia looked at Spike and said, “I’m worried about Sunset’s warning of Malefor’s plan of attacking Equestria.”
Spike knew about this as he remembered, “I’m worried about it as well. The Skylanders were able to deal with a majority of the Grublins in the EQG Universe and Capybara Island, but Malefor intends to unleash the true bulk of the horde. There would be thousands of Grublins of all varieties, it would be too much for them to handle.”
Celestia smiled, “That’s why I’m sending you on a special mission, Spike.”
Spike asked, “What kind of mission?”
The Sun Goddess revealed a saddlebag with the scrolls, “A Call for Help Mission. These scrolls contain ancient treaties that Equestria signed with the Griffins and the Dragons over millennia ago. You will be representing both Equestria and the Skylanders as you present yourself to the rulers.”
Spike looked at the scrolls, “You want me to go to these lands and request help against Malefor’s forces?”
The Princess nodded, “We have no choice, Spike. Malefor is too powerful for Equestria to handle alone. If we have the Griffins and Dragons of our planet at our side, they can give us an edge against Malefor’s army.”
Spike had the saddlebag containing the treaties strapped to his back as he nodded, “I have to keep in mind that they won’t be willing to offer help to ponies. They don’t know how much of a threat that Malefor poses to our world.”
Celestia soon stated, “You will find a way, you always do, Spike.” Before Spike set off, the Alicorn stopped him, “Just a word of advice, journey to the Dragon Lands first. The dragons helped me figure out what you were when you were still an egg.”
Spike nodded until a guard opened the doors and ran at a frantic speed like he was freaking out, the guard stopped as he said in a panting voice,
“We…have an emergency!”
Spike was concerned, “Report.” The guard replied, “The Skylander…Trail Blazer…missing…taken from home…in the dead of night!”
Celestia frowned at this report, “Trail Blazer has been pony-napped? I don’t believe that somepony would get their hooves on a Skylander like Trail Blazer…but somehow they did.” She turned to Spike, “You will have to find out the identity of Trail Blazer’s abductors.”
Spike nodded, “I guess my mission is put on hold.” Celestia nodded as she turned to the Portal of Power, “Locate Trail Blazer.” The Portal powered up as a map of Equestria appeared as a red blip appeared somewhere near the border. Celestia looked at the map and realized,
“Strange, Trail Blazer’s essence is coming from somewhere near the border.”
Spike noticed this and decided, “I’ll check it out. Hopefully he would be there.”
Celestia decided to tell him as she set the destination, “Once you find Trail Blazer, it is best that he goes with you on your quest.”
Spike nodded, “I could use his help.” The Purple Dragon stepped onto the active portal and vanished in a flash of light. Celestia said,
“Equis is counting on you for its survival.”
At the location where the Fire Skylander’s essence was picked up, Spike appeared in a flash of light as he shook off the transition of using the portal. As he took a look at his surroundings, he was on a hillside overlooking a strange looking village. He looked at the design and said,
“Strange, the village looks like an equal sign. It’s like whoever designed that village said, ‘I’m out of ideas so let’s make a village that looks like an equal sign.’ But on the up side, this is where Trail Blazer’s essence was picked up.”
He spread his wings out and jumped from the hill as he glided down towards the village. He landed close to the village as he decided to enter on foot. As he approached the village, he took a deep breath,
“One of the villagers must know of Trail Blazer’s whereabouts, although this village seems isolated from civilization, the portal did pick up Trail Blazer’s trace.”
The Purple Dragon soon entered the bizarre village, it got even more bizarre with the locals of the village. Spike noticed that every pony in the village has the cutie mark of an equal sign. Although he noticed that they paused in the very sight of him when he entered, the stares of the villagers caused Spike to stop in his tracks as he asked,
“Why are you staring at me like that?”
Soon enough, a voice spoke, “This is the first time that a dragon has entered our town.” That voice came from a unicorn mare, pink coat, purple mane and tail with a sort of teal streak, purple eyes. The mare said in a welcoming tone,
“Welcome! I’m so pleased to have you here! My name is Starlight Glimmer and I am the leader of our Town.”
Spike knew that his instincts tell him that this Starlight character is nowhere near subtle, but he decided to play along,
“My name is Spike, I came here because a friend of mine who was last seen around here.”
Starlight was shocked when she noticed the Emerald Fire Amulet that Spike was wearing, “The Purple Dragon himself has entered our Town!” He noticed that the crowd was chatting among themselves when Starlight mentioned who he was until she spoke,
“We are honored to have you here, Spike. Please enjoy our little corner of Equestria. We are all quite fond of it. No doubt you will be as well.”
The crowd dispersed as the ponies returned to their duties. Spike looked around the village and asked around for any whereabouts of Trail Blazer. There were no answers to his questions about Trail Blazer’s whereabouts until he felt his amulet blinking as it flashed on and off as it was sensing something.
At his curiosity, Spike closed his eyes as his powers linked with the amulet and soon enough, his eyesight changed. While most ponies of this village were normal due to his new vision, Spike spotted Starlight Glimmer and according to his eyesight, she had a yellow aura telling him that she knows vital information…like Trail Blazer’s whereabouts. After his sight returned to normal, Spike approaches Starlight as she noticed the Purple Dragon,
“Ah Spike, what do you think of our town?”
Spike replied, “It’s nice to say the least, although it’s the fact that everypony’s cutie mark is an equal sign.”
Starlight stated, “These ponies have given up their cutie marks to be equal with each other to earn True Friendship.”
Spike shook his head and facewinged, “That is a strange philosophy about a village that looks like an equal sign when viewed from above.”
Starlight was amused, “I’m surprised you realized it.”
Spike decided to ask, “Have you seen a Skylander pass through here? He’s a Red Unicorn Stallion, wears Furnace Armor, Flaming Mane and Tail, Fiery Temper and not from Equestria?”
There was a look in the mare’s eyes when Spike asked that question and because Spike saw this, he knew for a fact that she’s hiding something beyond her equality philosophy. The mare spoke,
“Follow me.”
So Spike followed Starlight out of the village as the dragon said, “You should know what is at stake here, Starlight. The Skylanders have recently ended the Traptanium War and I need to see my companions up to full strength if an incursion arises.”
Starlight replied, “Yes, I’m well aware of those Skylanders. This friend of yours, what makes you think that he was in my village?”
Spike replied as remembered, “The Equestria Portal of Power sensed his elemental essence somewhere around here…so I came here to investigate the area and find him.”
The mare was acting more strange as they came closer to their destination which Spike noticed as his amulet began flashing even faster now. He mentally said, “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”
The duo arrived at the destination outside of the village as a vault appeared in the clearing…along with a cage holding a weakened Trail Blazer as he spotted Spike and yelled,
“Spike, IT’S A TRAP!”
After hearing the stallion’s warning, Spike used his Time-Slow power as he slowed down time and evaded a surprise magic bolt from Starlight Glimmer as it struck the cage, freeing Trail Blazer. As time returned to normal, Starlight saw the destroyed cage with Trail Blazer freed and Spike in battle position. Starlight facehooved,
“Ugh! Starlight, you clumsy foal!”
Spike looked at the unicorn with angry eyes, “I knew you were hiding something!” Starlight looked at the angry dragon, “And it worked quite well!”
Spike spoke for a fact, “You abducted Trail Blazer from his home! And for what?!”
Starlight grinned evilly, “To lure the most powerful dragon in existence here to my town and the fact that your mother is Princess Celestia!”
Spike asked, “Why would you lure me to your cult!?”
Starlight smiled, “To convert you to my way of thinking. Don’t you see? When the rest of Equestria learns that one of its proudest protectors, let alone Celestia’s son gave up his duty to join us, they’ll finally understand what we’re trying to accomplish!”
Spike sneered, “Not Interested!”
Starlight chuckled, “I knew for a fact that you wouldn’t come quietly. You are too comfortable with your life to see what I see.”
Spike answered, “What I see is that you are crazy over Cutie Mark Equality when something like that doesn’t exist.”
Starlight scoffed, “In sameness, there is peace. Exceptionalism is a lie! My followers freed themselves from their cutie marks and chose equality as their special talent! Difference is frustration. To excel is to fail…” She didn’t finish when she was blasted by a magic blast as a lavender alicorn emerged in a flash of light as Spike recognized,
“Ali?!”
Ali Twi smiled, “Princess Celestia sent me to give you some help!”
Spike reached into his saddlebag and brought out a flaming churro. He flew over to Trail Blazer and fed it to him, thus regaining his strength as he jumped towards Spike’s side. The Fire Unicorn was grateful until he noticed Starlight getting up. He noticed that she was holding a wooden staff as he yelled,
“Get close to me, now!” Spike and Ali Twi got close as he teleported away from Starlight, much to the unicorn’s anger.
They reappeared at the entrance to the village much to the duo’s shock. Spike asked,
“Why are we back here?”
Trail Blazer replied, “To see this insanity burn to the ground!”
Ali Twi thought, “You can’t destroy this village!” Trail Blazer chuckled, “It was an expression, Ali.” He soon remembered, “Although I am grateful that you came for me, I also know that Starlight’s Equality Cutie Mark is a fake.”
Spike asked, “A fake Cutie Mark?” The Fire Unicorn nodded, “It’s only make-up to hide her true Cutie Mark.”
Ali Twi asked, “What about that staff?”
Trail Blazer described, “She calls it the ‘Staff of Sameness’ she uses it to steal a pony’s Cutie Mark and replace it with an Equality Cutie Mark. But I wasn’t fooled by the illusion; her staff is a sham as well. Starlight uses her own magic to create the illusion of the staff’s power and that vault you saw holds the Cutie Marks that she stole from these ponies.”
Spike looked down at the ground before bringing his eyes up to Trail Blazer, “So you’re not leaving until we defeat Starlight?”
The Fire Unicorn nodded, “And return the stolen Cutie Marks to their rightful owners. I also want to make her pay for abducting me from my home!”
Ali Twi finished, “Just to lure Spike in.”
Later that day, Starlight returned to the village, angry over the trio escaping her grasp, “Those Skylanders think they can come into my village and disrupt my life! But that dragon is what I’m really after, that infernal dragon that refuses to come to my way of thinking!” She soon remembered that assailant,
“But that alicorn…I know of her, Twilight Sparkle’s ‘twin sister’ as she is called. I could’ve used my power on her!” Starlight slammed her hooves in frustration as she entered her house and applied make-up on her fake Cutie Mark, unaware that she was being watched by a certain fire unicorn. Once she was done, the fire unicorn vanished before he could be spotted as the equality-crazed mare went outside as her followers greeted her.
She soon calmed down as she remembered her own philosophy, “The only way to be truly happy is if we’re all equal!”
“Except for you!” spoke a familiar voice as Starlight and her followers saw the trio of heroes at the entrance of the village. Trail Blazer spoke those words as he locked eyes with a tone of payback. Spike spoke,
“We’re not done yet!”
Starlight grinned, “So, the Purple Dragon and the bait returns to our town!”
Ali Twi spoke as her wings flared, “You’ve gone too far with your lies, Starlight! It’s time to end this!”
Starlight felt insulted by the Alicorn's statement as she yelled, “QUIET!” She fired a magic blast at Ali Twi, but Spike pushed her out of the way.
Trail Blazer looked at the crazed mare and said, “No one, whether it be pony or any other creature, NO ONE HARMS MY FRIENDS!”
Spike jumped alongside Trail Blazer as the dragon said, “It’s time to settle this, Starlight!”
Starlight smiled, “Oh, I’m planning on it!”
Trail Blazer backed off as Spike went into battle position and waited patiently for the first strike. Starlight fired a magic blast at Spike which he easily avoided. But after that first blast, Starlight used her levitation magic and several rocks in the village as she flung them at Spike. The dragon blasted through the rocks, reducing them to rubble with his Earth Shot breath. Spike finally struck back by using Electric breath on Starlight which caused her to jitter for a bit until using her magic to flash several lights to through the dragon into disarray as she fired another magic blast at him. But the blast didn’t hit him, thanks to Spike’s ability to slow down time, he dodged the blast and charged at Starlight and performed a tail strike on her.
The attack caused her distracting lights to fail as time returned to normal as Spike taunted,
“So close yet so far!” He jumped back to his team as he spoke, “Trail Blazer, your turn to battle!”
Trail Blazer took Spike’s place on the battlefield as he said, “Time for the Mane Event!”
Starlight saw the fire unicorn launch a fireball at her, but she deflected it with a magical barrier that she put up. But she was soon bulldozed by Trail Blazer’s stampede attack as the unicorn staggered as the Skylander returned to his original position. Starlight sneered,
“Nice moves, but let’s see how you handle this!” She fired multiple magic blasts as Trail Blazer shouted,
“Ali!”
Ali Twi stood at his side as she said, “On my mark!”
The Unicorn and Alicorn fired several magic and fire blasts which served as a counter for Starlight’s attack ending with the two firing a merged blast of fire and magic at Starlight, she used her barrier to deflect it, but her barrier suffered a crack in the process. Trail Blazer motioned for Spike to jump back into the battle as the Fire Unicorn stepped back while the Dragon jumped in.
Spike and Starlight stared at each other in an urge to battle as she said, “I must admit, Spike. You really are powerful as everypony says you are.”
Spike asked, “Is that a compliment?”
Starlight nodded, “But are you powerful enough to handle this!” She fired a magic blast at Spike as the dragon countered with his Electric Breath. But during this moment that their powers were locked in a duel, Spike’s strength was failing due to the battle which his friends noticed. Spike’s amulet flashed as he heard Ali Twi speak,
“Spike, keep your power locked with hers for a few minutes!”
The dragon kept his strength up for as long as he could. He had to keep Starlight’s magic from overwhelming him so his friends could give him a means to regain his strength and win this fight. He soon noticed that the center of the dueling powers was moving towards him because of his weakened strength. It was almost on top of him until he heard Ali Twi shout,
“Spike, Catch!” She used her magic to toss a purple crystal towards Spike as the Purple Dragon used his Time Power to break the connection as he got out of the way of the magic attack and caught the crystal in his mouth. The crystal soon broke down into particles as they travelled directly into Spike as he felt his strength returning. He also felt his elemental abilities merging into one powerful attack. As time returned to normal, Spike looked at his opponent as she spoke,
“So, you want another one?”
Starlight powered up another magic blast attack as Spike’s eyes started to glow as he opened his mouth as a white light started to glow from his throat. As Starlight launched her attack, Spike fired his special attack which looked like a combination of all four elemental breaths at once as they collided with Starlight’s attack as the powers dueled for a second time. But this time, Spike’s attack was getting the upper hand. Starlight was trying to keep her magic focused to try and push this attack back,
“I knew he was powerful…but not THIS POWERFUL!!”
The attack struck Starlight as the unicorn flew through the air and crashed at the side of her house as a bucket of water was dumped onto her. As Starlight got back up, she noticed that her followers were gasping followed by Spike smiling in a ‘you’re exposed’ way. She looked at her flank and realized that the make-up had washed away, revealing her true Cutie Mark.
Her followers were shocked by this revelation until Spike got their attention, “I know that it’s shocking to know that her Equality Cutie Mark was a fake. But from what I’ve learned, it doesn’t take equal cutie marks to earn True Friendship; it is on the inside that counts. All of you are special in your own way, but no pony is the better as they believe.”
One of the followers spoke, “But you’re not a pony.” Spike nodded, “It is true that I’m a dragon, but I was raised by ponies. I know what they endure and all the hardships that they face. No matter the type of pony, no matter the cutie mark, no matter the abilities that you possess, you are all equal this whole time! You just didn’t know it until now.”
The followers soon started to agree with what the dragon is saying which didn’t vote well for Starlight as she actually tried to pounce the dragon with his tail turned, only to receive a face full of dirt when the dragon stepped to the side as she fell to the ground. He turned to his downed adversary,
“I’m sorry I had to do this, Starlight. But I couldn’t let you get away with abducting Trail Blazer.”
Starlight shook the dirt off and scoffed at the dragon, “Spare me your sentimental nonsense, Spike! I gave these ponies real friendships they never could have had otherwise!”
The Purple Dragon had an irritated look, “You will return the cutie marks that you stole to these ponies.”
Starlight shook her head as she attempted to leave, but was stopped by her former followers before using her spell to return the cutie marks to their rightful owners. When she was done, she looked angrily at Spike as she stated,
“Don’t think you have won this day, Spike! But I will be back and when I do, you will be through! You hear me!” She ran out of the village as she shouted, “THROUGH!!!”
The ponies of the village were now wondering as one of them asked, “Where do we go now?”
Spike remembered his mission as he replied, “Equestria needs all the help it can get to stand a chance against Malefor.”
One villager spoke, “But we can’t fight.” Spike shook his head, “I didn’t say anything about fighting on the frontlines. We need agents, planners, messengers, builders and everything that we can get so we can win this upcoming fight.”
The villagers thought about this until they agreed to help them. Ali Twi approached Spike,
“Nice work, Spike. Not only did you give Starlight a drubbing, these villagers will help us in preparing for this war.”
Spike nodded as he said, “Ali, you need to report this to Master Eon. Trail Blazer and I are going to continue on to the Dragon Lands.”
Ali Twi reluctantly nodded as she said, “I’ll see to it that he gets your progress.” Soon enough, Ali Twi and the villagers vanished in a beam of light, leaving Spike and Trail Blazer alone in the village. Spike turned to Trail Blazer,
“Are you ready to go to the Dragon Lands?”
Trail Blazer nodded, “I’m ready to get some distance between myself and this place.” After that response, the duo left the village and crossed the border into the Dragon Lands.
Author's Note
Yeah, technically it's not my best work...but that's just my opinion on it. I'll let you guys decide whether this chapter was good, moderate or bad.
So now Spike and Trail Blazer have the weight of the world on their shoulders as they journey to the Dragon Lands and hope that the dragons would hear their call.
Defense of Equestria Shores
The battles and incursions in Equestria and Skylands were over for now. But in the EQG Universe, on a distant island known as Equestria Shores, the elite squadron that was formed during the Traptanium Wars were taking a vacation which involved going to the beach, barbecues which ended in a battle with a plant-like foe, trying out the new Road Avenger scout car and the human Spike testing out his abilities as an Inner Council Trap Master. All the while, he found out that the girl from Crystal Prep was there as well and discovered his identity. But he noticed that she has a connection with a Traptanium Bracelet that he salvaged from the corpse of their foe during the barbecue battle after a crystal that she used to find him turned into a pair of headphones to replace the pair that was destroyed in the battle by the creature.
Spike and his Trap Master Spirit Companion, Drago determined that the spirit of Trap Master Gaia, has chosen Lemon Zest, just like how Drago chose Spike. But as the days went on, Ter became the champion for Beachside Boxing while defeating Donkey Kong who challenged him to a fight. Knight Light arrived to join in their vacation while dancing with Sonata in an 80’s disco style as the boys had their Monster Movie night.
On the next night, Legend and Ter hung out in the airship while hiding from RD and AJ because they were acting crazy early that day when they noticed two blips on the radar. There was nothing on the IFF, so they sent a message to all members to be at the briefing room at 10:30 tomorrow morning. And that’s where it brings us to today...
Wings of Freedom Briefing Room 10:30 AM
All of the members of Echo Squadron gathered in the briefing room, waiting for why they were called in. Even the girls were in the briefing room with increasing curiosity until Legend walked up to the nearby projector,
“So, I know you all are wondering why you are here?” There was no answer as he continued, “Well to start this off, I just have to say that this vacation is pretty much over now.”
Camo raised his hand, “That’s what your message said, I want to understand why.”
Ter shrugged, “You’ll know when he gets to it.”
Legend turned on the projector which showed the radar image from last night, “Last night at 1920 hrs, the airship’s early warning radar network picked up these signals entering the airspace. There was no IFF squawk on any of them and they looked too big for a regular airplane.”
Dro looked at the image, “It looks like a mid-sized aircraft, but it’s only a blip.”
Legend pulled up another image, a photo of what looks like four mid-sized aircraft. Two of them had weapons while the others had radar arrays on it. The photo was taken from a boat as noticed by the sight of the ocean, “Our contact on the island sent us this photo of the aircraft. You may not like this, but we're dealing with four aerial warships, this is going to be a tough fight.”
Ter noticed something as well as Dro as the brawler spoke, “Those four look like the beef of it. Where’s the boss?”
Dro spoke, “He’s right, those four look like support craft for something much bigger.”
Legend added, “We were also told about a weapon that the Disciples of Malefor possess. If we attack the support craft, then the boss will most likely show itself.”
Sonata asked, “Did the contact have additional information?”
Legend pulled up blueprints for both warships, “He gave us the documents that his agents acquired. The warships with the arrays are called ‘Kottos’ which are responsible for electronic warfare while the other two, the ‘Gyges’ are responsible for anti-air defense. These aircraft are most likely planning to surprise us at any given moment.” He eyed Pinkie Pie in the background, “And not in a good way.”
Spike asked, “So what's the plan?”
Legend put a map of the island, “Both Kottos and Gyges aircrafts would most likely be heading to the island, specifically for the mansion.” He pointed out the plan and time to launch, ambush them and drive them out to sea. He added that should the ‘boss’ ship show up, they have to get the Wings of Freedom airborne for support. Although they were skeptical at first since the airship only saw action during the Vanity Retrieval Mission, only to destroy AA guns. Now for it to be used in ship-to-ship aerial combat is a way to test its capabilities and give it a chance to fire its cannons. Legend pulled up a list of targets on both ships,
“The primary targets on Gyges would be the anti-air defenses and the engines. The targets on Kottos would be the ESM pods, we’ll be in a world of hurt if you let them go.”
Blaster-Tron spoke, “I will work on activating the ships Electronic Warfare system. It will work on giving you support in combat.”
Spitfire spoke, “I’ll work on getting the airship ready for takeoff.”
Rainbow Dash asked, “What about us?” This didn’t surprise the team since they’ve been in combat before. But it’s the two Crystal Prep girls that they’re worried about, since they’ve never seen combat before. Legend decided,
“While Blaster-Tron is working on the ESM, the airship’s guns need to be powered up.”
Twilight asked, “Is there a firing control for the ship?” Spitfire stated, “It’s mostly on the bridge and Blaster-Tron would’ve powered up the guns.”
The robot said, “Prolonged inactivity from airship duties has limited my functions. Main Guns must be activated and fired manually.”
Legend asked, “We all have our assignments?” Everyone nodded, “And to those who met us, this will be your crash-course into combat. Dismissed.” Everyone left the briefing room while the squadron left for the launch bay. Anyone else went for the bridge and firing control for the main cannons to prepare for battle.
In the launch bay, the team was busy getting settled in their fighters, Legend was going through the checks in the cockpit of his new XFA-24a Apalis to get a feel for flying a fighter instead of his B-66 bomber. He flew the Apalis once before during a test flight two days ago.
Once the preparations were complete, the team climbed into their planes and waited for the go to launch. While waiting, Legend called out to the team,
“From the way I see it, both Kottos and Gyges are no pushovers.” He stated the plan of attack, “When we reach the airfleet, split into pairs of two and take down those ships. One pair would go after the Kottos since they have the least AA, the other two pairs will take down the Gyges.”
Spike guessed, “And if the first team is done with Kottos before the others, we will join together for an assault on the air support craft?”
Legend answered, “That’s correct, but don’t be the hero, survival is paramount.”
Soon enough, their radio’s heard Spitfire’s voice, “Okay guys, We got the catapults up and running. The others are working on getting our guns online, but Blaster-Tron and I are going to get you guys in the air.”
The six felt the familiar jolt of the planes getting hooked up to the catapults as the barriers raised behind them. The slowly increased the throttle as Legend announced,
“LET’S ROCK AND ROLL ECHO SQUADRON!”
The catapults kicked in as all six planes shot out of the launch bay and into the clear blue sky.
As the squadron formed up and went to the direction where the combat zone. During the approach, Spitfire contacted them,
“Wings of Freedom here. All Echo aircraft, report in!”
Legend began, “Echo 1 on standby.”
Spitfire acknowledged the report on the squadron as she said, “Preparations are complete. Ready for battle!”
There was a brief pause until she instructed, “Approach the enemy at current course. Initiate an attack immediately when you’ve made it into the combat zone.”
Legend acknowledged, “Echo Squadron, roger! Let’s go!”
As they approached the combat zone while maintaining altitude and airspeed. They still thought about the supposed ‘Command’ craft hiding somewhere in the combat zone. If any indication of a command craft is correct, it’s bigger than the four aerial warships that are now starting to come into view.
They saw those beasts in the briefing, but their seeing them in full view of the warships. It wasn’t until they heard an intercepted transmission from one of the Kottos craft,
“I’ve got an unknown on radar. Who could this be?” And then another intercepted transmission from a Gyges craft from a shocked radar operator,
“IT’S THEM! THEY’RE ONTO US!”
Soon enough, Spitfire gave the order, “ECHO SQUADRON, ENGAGE!”
Legend broke off with Dro as he said, “Echo 1 engaging!”
Ter and Camo broke off and went after one of the Gyges ships with Ter saying, “Echo 3 engaging!”
Sonata and Spike went to attack the Kottos ships as the siren said, “Echo 5 engaging!”
The Gyges craft began to move with moderate mobility as Camo noticed, “We’ve got a runt on the move! Looks like it’s for air support.”
“There are enemy aircraft providing ESM, you’ll be in a world of hurt if you let them go.”
Sonata said, “Well, let’s make sure they don’t stay in the air for long.” She looked at Spike’s Talon, “Let’s go, Spike!”
Both aircraft veer towards the Kottos ships as Spike said, “I’ll take the first ship, you take the second one. But watch out for anti-aircraft fire.”
Sonata turned to her target, “I’m on it!”
The Talon and Wyvern attacked the two Kottos ships as they went for their first targets: The ESM Pods. Spike got a lock on the radar pod from the front of the craft and fired two missiles at it. Both struck the target and destroyed the first pod and began moving on to the second pod on the back and destroyed it as well. Spike soon moved to the engines and spun up his guns, opening fire on the plane’s engines. He contacted Sonata,
“I’m going after the engines!” Sonata replied, “I destroyed the arrays and I'm heading there next!”
While destroying the engines and the ESM planes, they heard a frantic voice from one of the ships, “Kottos is being attacked, Gyges 1 moving to assist!”
Spike looked and saw the form of one of the aerial battleships moving towards him as his warning alarms went off, indicating that the battleship had fired a missile. He soon felt time slow down and saw an image outline for an evasive maneuver which involved hitting the air brakes and barrel rolling out of the missile’s range. When that happened, he followed the instructions in his head and got out of the missile’s way as it slammed into Kottos’ last engine.
The Gyges that shot at him was soon attacked by Ter and Camo as they heard an intercepted transmission from the battleship as it pulled away,
“So they are fools enough to launch an attack on the Gyges! Shoot them down!”
A frantic transmission from Kottos spoke, “Gyges 1’s missile shot out our engines! That fighter used the missile against us!”
Spike pulled away and saw that his target was still in the air until he heard Spitfire's voice, “Aim for the cockpit! The bastard’s going down!”
Spike swung around to the front of the craft and saw the Kottos cockpit and fired a missile at it. The impact ended up destroying the ESM plane as Blaster-Tron came on the line,
“ESM Plane Kottos has been shot down! Friendly ESM is now active, launching drone.”
Soon enough, a blue area appeared on the radar and the ESM level on the Talon appeared to be on Level 1. Spike saw a small UAV with a radar array on its back, flying through the combat zone.
“Connecting ESM for Echo Squadron.” Spoke Spitfire as the drone transmitted the electronic wave.
Spike moved towards the second Kottos unit as Sonata had just knocked out the engines as Spike said,
“Finish it off, Sonata! Shoot the cockpit!”
The Wyvern accelerated to the front of the craft and shot a missile at the cockpit, causing the ship to go down. A frantic voice from Kottos spoke,
“Thrust is down! I’ve lost all control!”
Spitfire announced, “Number 2 Electronic Support System down! All right, that’s what I like to see!”
Spike announced, “Both ESM ships are down. We’re moving in to take down the battleships!”
Both Spike and Sonata went to where Ter and Camo were engaging the first aerial battleship and by the looks of it, they were already going after the engines as the AA defenses were trying to shoot them down, but because of their evasive maneuvers and tactics, they were able to get passed the defenses and hit some of the engines with missiles from Camo's Raptor and shotgun blasts from Ter’s White Shark.
Spike and Sonata fired their missiles at the last engines on the battleship as Ter spoke,
“I’m guessing that you decided to join in, too?”
Spike replied, “Just got done with the ESM planes.”
Camo spoke, “I’m moving towards a position to fire on the cockpit of this thing!”
Camo moved his plane towards the front of the craft and switched to his advanced weapons. As soon as he had a lock on the battleship’s cockpit, he held the trigger as the target reticle charged up. When it was fully charged, he released the trigger, launching four high-speed missiles from his plane and traveled to the enemy cockpit. All four hit the target as the warship went down in flames as an intercepted transmission from the doomed ship spoke,
“Aigaion, do you read me!?! This is…” The transmission cuts out as the battleship explodes.
Spitfire announced, “Aerial Battleship Number 1 down! It's going down!”
That transmission from the doomed ship made the the squadron learn the identity of the supposed ‘Command’ craft. So they have to keep their heads on a swivel because the ‘Aigaion’ is out there in the battle zone. But priorities are first: Take down the last Gyges craft, then find the Command craft.
Meanwhile at the last battleship, Legend was evading the anti-aircraft fire from the battleship as he took out it’s tail gun and missile launchers on its wings. Dro was focusing on the front weaponry on top of the craft. The Lone Eagle got a lock on the two AA guns and fired two remote controlled missiles that traveled to their targets as Dro kept his plane locked on to the guns until two explosions occurred on the targets. The AA guns were destroyed as the warship began to maneuver as an intercepted transmission from the enemy ship,
“Press the assault! The Gyges isn’t going to go down so easily!”
The two were moving in to attack the engines until 8 missiles struck the ship’s engines as Ter spoke over the radio,
“Don’t worry about the engines, we got them!”
Camo spoke, “Shoot at the cockpit, that should mess up their steering.”
Legend nodded as he moved his Apalis to the front of the ship as both he and Dro got a lock on the cockpit as they announced,
“Echo 1…” “Echo 2…”
They both shouted, “FOX 2!” They launched their missiles at the cockpit of the ship as explosions occurred all of the large craft as it dropped towards the sea. Spitfire announced,
“Critical hit to the Aerial Battleship! Enemy destroyed! Enemy destroyed!”
The squadron got back into formation as Legend announced, “Aerial warships shot down. Mission Complete!”
Spitfire replied, “Standby, we’re giving an assessment of the situation. We’ll give you the RTB order as soon as...”
Blaster Tron announced in a frantic voice, “Alert: Large presence detected at high altitude!”
Spitfire checked the radar and said to squadron, “He’s right! We got a large presence at high altitude! It could be the Command Craft.”
In the skies above the combat zone, a large aerial warship, larger than the mid-sized ships appeared as it transmitted,
“Aigaion to Bolt Team, we are prepared to launch.”
A team of four fast fighters began flying alongside the aerial fortress, “Bolt 1 to Aigaion, we’ll handle Echo Squadron as soon as you throw them in a frenzy.”
The command ship announced, “Attention all aircraft! We are ready for Nimbus launch! Begin the countdown!”
The silos on top of the craft opened as they announced, “Launch in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Launch Nimbus!” Multiple missiles launched from the command cruiser as the leader of the fighter squadron ordered,
“Wipe out the Echo Squadron once Nimbus throws them in disarray! FINISH THEM OFF!” All aircraft broke off to engage the Echo Squadron.
While the squadron was still in formation, multiple orange circles began to appear on their radar and their threat warning alarms went off as Legend yelled,
“Echo Squadron evade! Evade!”
The squadron evaded as missiles began striking the areas where the orange circles were shown as several explosions occurred. Dro asked, “Spitfire, are you seeing this?!”
Spitfire replied, “I saw the missiles strike the area, they’re striking multiple areas around the combat zone in an attempt to kill you! Evade like mad if you want out of this alive!”
Blaster-Tron spoke, “Launch point for cruise missiles confirmed! They are launched from the enemy Heavy Command Cruiser.”
Legend understood what their next target was, “Roger that, We’re heading for the Heavy Command Cruiser!”
All of a sudden, a transmission spoke directly to the squadron and it didn’t come from the Wings of Freedom as an unfamiliar voice spoke,
“Can’t let you do that, Echo Squadron.”
Another voice spoke, “We were told a lot about you six.”
A third voice spoke, “We are ordered to take you down.”
A fourth voice spoke, “Let's see if you dragon skulls live up to the legends.”
Leg. Spyro saw four fast fighters heading towards them as he yelled, “Echoes, we got a new group of fighters heading our way!”
The squadron dispersed as Dro contacted the airship, “Spitfire, we have four fighters on our tails and they're fast ones!”
Spitfire replied, “I’ve got the aircraft on our scanners. Shoot down the enemy, we’ll get a plane analysis and get it to you shortly!”
Leg. Spyro spoke as he shook off his pursuer, “In the meantime, I need you to get the ship airborne and attack the Heavy Command Cruiser.”
Soon enough, another voice came on the line, it was Lemon Zest, “Guys, I found something on this new squadron. I got a quick look at the emblems on one of the planes and the emblem was really familiar…” She paused for a second before revealing, “It's the Shadowbolts Emblem!”
Spike asked while avoiding a missile from one of the planes, “The Crystal Prep Shadowbolts? What are they doing with the Disciples?!”
Indigo Zap came on the line, “Crystal Prep has always been prideful on how unbeatable they are. These Disciples must've told our Headmistress about you and decided to fight your squadron!”
Camo shouted, “We’ve got to tell Cadance about this! She’s got to know!”
The Shadowbolt Leader heard the conversation, “We’ll make sure that the Dean never knows what happened to you. Let's see how you handle these!”
All Shadowbolt aircraft got in formation and launched dozens of missiles as Spitfire yelled,
“Missiles approaching at high speed! MULTIPLE MISSILES APPROACHING!”
Ter’s ears were assaulted by his threat warning alarms as he evaded through the barrage of missiles, “These guys are dead set on shooting us down!”
Sonata was evading the missiles as she noticed that she was in a perfect spot to open fire on the Shadowbolts. So she got a lock on one of the planes and used her guns to at least damage it. One Shadowbolt called out in shock, “This is Shadowbolt 3, I’m hit...my left engine is fried...I’m bailing!”
The plane's canopy blew as the pilot ejected as Sonata announced, “Echo 5 downed an enemy. Pilot ejected!”
Leg. Spyro cheered, “Way to go, Sonata. Three more to go.” He began to get concerned about the people on the island, “Spitfire, how are things on the ground?”
Spitfire replied, “Everyone has been evacuated to the safe zone.”
The squadron sighed, relieved to hear the good news including the news when Blaster-Tron announced, “The Wings of Freedom is airborne!”
Leg. Spyro asked, “How’s the ship?”
Spitfire gave an assessment, “The ship’s fully operational, the guns are operational as well, and the shields are at 100 percent. We’ll commence an attack on the Heavy Command Cruiser, you take down the fighters.”
Leg. Spyro stated, “The ship’s in your command, Spitfire. Keep her safe and show that cruiser her teeth.”
His XO smirked, “Yes sir!” She soon called to whole ship, “All hands! Battle stations!”
After hearing this and seeing the now airborne Wings of Freedom fly towards the Command Cruiser, the Shadowbolts got back into the fight as the leader spoke,
“So you were able to best one of us and get that airship in the air? I should expect nothing less from you!”
Leg. Spyro swerved his Apalis behind another Shadowbolt and said, “We’ll see about that!” He fired his guns at the plane, getting a bunch of holes and a blown out engine as the pilot yelled,
“I’m hit! Bailing out!” The canopy blew as the pilot ejected while the doomed plane blew up.
Shadowbolt 2 spoke, “Shadowbolt 4 is down! What’s happening!?”
Shadowbolt leader sighed, “I guess you six are more skilled than I thought.” She ordered her second, “You go after their number six, I’ll go after their lead plane!”
Echo Squadron got into formation as Leg. Spyro sighed, “Looks like they’re challenging me and Spike to a 2-on-2 air duel.” He told his team, “Dro, Ter, Camo, and Sonata, I need you to assist the airship in attacking the Command Cruiser. Spike and I will handle the Shadowbolts.”
Dro was about to protest about this, but he knew that it won’t work, “Echo 2...roger, Echo Squadron on me!”
The four planes broke away from the Apalis and the Talon as Spike sighed, “Going into an air duel with just two of us.”
Leg. Spyro sighed, “It's what an ace pilot would do.”
As the two prepared to duel against the Shadowbolts, a transmission from Blaster-Tron came up, “Analysis complete. Aircraft identified as CFA-44 Nosferatu, a fast strike aircraft with medium stealth capabilities. It uses two weapons bays on the upper midsection and one in the ventral section between the intakes. The weapons that were used were the All Direction Multi-Purpose Missile Pods, they can lock onto both air and ground targets. Their weakness is the lack of defensive plating on the aircraft.”
Leg. Spyro asked, “So that’s why we were able to take down the first two?”
Blaster-Tron replied, “Affirmative.”
Spitfire knew what to say, “Go take down those Shadowbolts. Aces of the Traptanium War, I pray for your success.”
The Talon and Apalis soon engaged the two CFA-44s as they passed each other at high speed. Leg. Spyro went to attack the lead while the second got onto Spike’s tail with guns blazing. Spike managed to evade the rounds that the Shadowbolt was firing until time froze again and another image appeared. It was instructions on how to pull off a cobra maneuver as he pulled back on the stick, decreased his thrust and watched as the CFA-44 passed by him as the Shadowbolt was shocked,
“How’d he do that!?”
Time returned to normal as he reapplied thrust to his aircraft and set his sights on the Nosferatu and opened fire as his tracer rounds hit the wing of the aircraft as it banked away from his rounds. But at least he did damage to the craft with the guns, but this air duel isn’t over yet.
The Wings of Freedom was heading straight for the Command Cruiser as they got a good look at the thing. The cruiser was larger than the Kottos and Gyges crafts, there was a gaping mouth in the center of the cruiser which Dro hypothesized it to be a hanger for launching fighters which explains the Shadowbolts, the cruiser had four large engine units, two for each wing. It’s also equipped with air-to-air guns and missiles as for its heavy artillery - the cruise missiles that nearly wiped the squadron out.
Camo was shocked, “Holy - That thing is huge!”
Dro stated, “It has to be in order to launch fighters and cruise missiles like that.”
Ter understood this as he said, “Guess we’re in for a fight.”
Sonata asked, “How are we going to take it down with the Zep?”
Spitfire came on the line, “I already have a plan with that. Fighters, fall back and stay in formation behind us and approach the enemy at that course. Initiate an attack immediately after our go!”
Dro asked, “Something tells me that your plan is crazy.” Spitfire teased, “I thought you liked crazy plans?”
With only a chuckle, Dro took the squadron and fell back behind the airship as a transmission on a frequency known to the squadron spoke as she relayed orders to Blaster-Tron and the crew of the zeppelin. Spitfire said,
“All guns turn to starboard. Blaster-Tron turn hard to port!”
The guns on top of the ship turned to the right while the mounted guns on the right side powered up as the airship turned to the left as the cruiser was just doing nothing since the zep was out of air-to-air missile range. Spitfire was anticipating a cruise missile attack as she ordered, “Drop Port Gravity Anchor!”
The airship powered up and dropped the gravity anchor, an experimental energy tether project that Dro was working on and testing in order to anchor the ship in mid-air. She had a plan with the anchor system. It wasn’t until they intercepted a transmission from the cruiser,
“That airship is out of missile range. But not to the range of the Nimbus!”
An orange circle appears over the zep’s signal on radar as it was clearly obvious that the cruiser is going to uses the cruise missiles. Sonata warned, “Look out, they’re going to use the cruise missiles!”
Spitfire replied, “We’re already inside the impact zone. But don’t worry, we’re going to give them a surprise.”
The airship kept moving to the port side, still staying inside the missile impact zone until a transmission from the cruiser spoke,
“LAUNCH NIMBUS!”
The cruiser launched its cruise missiles towards the airship as the squadron looked in both fright and confusion to why Spitfire deployed the gravity anchor and her decision to stay in the impact zone. Blaster-Tron announced,
“Cruise Missiles approaching the Wings of Freedom!” Spitfire smiled, “Just in time. All hands, get ready for a bump!”
When she said that, the gravity anchor snagged the sea floor below as it yanked the ship back as the engines shut down. The Wings of Freedom drifted out of the impact zone as the missiles hit and drifted around the cruiser to its port side as the squadron heard a transmission from Twilight, who was manning one of the guns to her friends,
“I’ve read that the guns are tuned to our elemental abilities when fired manually. Skylanders, use your elements and open fire when told to.”
Dro looked at the ship as it got into position alongside the cruiser. Ter noticed, “Looks like they’re ready to drop some lead on that cruiser.”
Spitfire yelled, “All cannons, FIRE!” The airship erupted with guns blazing as the airship cannons fired in an array of elemental powers, hitting the command cruiser and doing damage to it. The shots from the guns were either Tech shells, Earth shells, Air shells, Life shells, Light shells and Magic shells.
Sonata was amazed, “This is the first time we’ve seen the cannons fire like that. I can’t believe it!”
Dro looked at the damage to the cruiser and saw a stray shot from the airship strike the one of the missile launch ports. But a cruise missile launched before the port was destroyed, heading for the airship as Dro yelled,
“LOOK OUT! CRUISE MISSILE!” The missile hit the area and explosions occurred all over the area where the airship is in. But luckily, the Wings of Freedom’s shield took the brunt of the attack. Dro asked,
“Are you alright?”
Blaster-Tron spoke, “Shields at 80%.”
Spitfire stated, “They’re not going to shoot down this airship. A few more shots and then you guys can finish it off.”
While the rest were busy attacking the cruiser, Spike and Leg. Spyro were busy fighting off the remaining Shadowbolts. Leg. Spyro’s Apalis was pursuing the lead Shadowbolt as he had his sights on the lead craft. He fired his guns at the craft and struck it in the fuselage. The Nosferatu was trailing smoke, but still in the air, so he broke off pursuing the craft and contacted Spike,
“Spike, form up on me. I’ve got an idea.” Spike’s Talon formed up on him as the Shadowbolts formed up across from them - flying straight towards them head on. It was certain that it was an air joust attack as the Shadowbolts shot at them first. But the Apalis and the Talon weaved through the shells and shot back, hitting the front air intakes of both fighters. As their rivals lost control of their aircraft, the number 2 shouted,
“This can’t be happening!” While the leader shouted, “Don’t think you’ve won this! We’re not through with you!”
Both aircraft of both sides passed each other at a knife's edge before the CFA-44s blew up. Leg. Spyro called out to the airship, “We got them! Hostile fighters down!”
Spike noticed two parachutes, “They all bailed out. I can imagine they’re not done with us.”
Spitfire’s voice came on the line, “Nice work in taking them down. Now it’s the squadron’s turn to commence an all out attack on the Heavy Command Cruiser!”
Spike and Leg. Spyro flew to the cruiser to rejoin their wingmen.
The Wings of Freedom had did an amount of damage to the Command Cruiser as fire was seen from one of the missile launch ports. The airship pulled away from the cruiser as Spitfire described the cruiser’s defenses,
“The Command Cruiser is equipped with Air-to-Air guns and missiles. There’s also those cruise missiles that can’t hit targets at close range.”
As Echo Squadron were joined by their lead and six, Spitfire continued, “Time for you to finish what we started. Focus your attacks on the guns and the rear engine. Begin your attack on the cruiser now!”
Hearing the order, Leg. Spyro asked his squadron, “All planes, ready to hunt that whale?”
Camo spoke, “Roger that, Captain Ahab!” Dro asked, “Wait, didn’t he go down with Moby Dick in the end?”
Camo chuckled, “So, you’ve read it too.”
Blaster-Tron spoke, “Heavy Command Cruiser is identified as ‘Aigaion-class’ It is the main command craft for any air fleet.”
Spike guessed, “And responsible for any cruise missile related duties.”
Sonata replied, “Including those fighters for a CAP system, but we’ve already dealt with them.”
Leg. Spyro soon said, “All planes, commence attack!”
All six planes flew towards the titanic cruiser as they dispersed to attack the AA defenses that the airship’s salvo had missed. And without the support from the Shadowbolts or its support craft, it’s vulnerable but it’s tough. An intercepted transmission from the cruiser spoke in a frantic voice,
“There were four planes, but now there's six? Where's Shadowbolt Team?!” There was a pause for a moment until the transmission resumed, “The Shadowbolt Team was wiped out?! This can't be true!”
Spike chuckled, “It is true. And you're next!”
Even though they couldn't hear him, he figured a panicked reaction would suffice. Spike locked and destroyed the guns on the cruiser’s center port fuselage, wing and tip. Sonata destroyed the AA defenses on the starboard side of the ship, it wasn’t until she noticed,
“Did I hit it?” She saw the destroyed guns on her side, “Yeah! Damage on the Command Craft!”
Spitfire yelled, “Echo Squadron, Keep attacking!”
They heard a transmission from the Aigaion, “Shoot down all enemy planes that get in close! Open all gun ports!” The gun ports and AA missile ports on the cruiser opened up, “Gun ports are open.”
Leg. Spyro noticed, “Watch out for defensive fire around the cruiser. Evade the AA Guns and missile fire!”
Dro evaded the cruiser’s defenses and got a lock on one of the Aigaion’s engine units as he and Ter shot their SP Missiles at the engine unit and destroyed the first unit as Dro said,
“I hit it right in the engine! That’s the first time in history.”
An intercepted transmission from the Aigaion crewman said, “The Engine Block has suffered a hit. Power Control, fire up Engine 3!”
Spike and Camo flew towards the second engine and fired their guns at each area of the engine, destroying it completely. Apparently the crew noticed,
“Engine 2’s been hit. Engine thrust down. Pull back on the stick.” Another crewman spoke, “Not a problem. She can still fly.”
Leg. Spyro and Sonata flew towards the third engine as the squadron leader said, “Not for long.” They got a lock on the third engine, but only Sonata fired on the engine. She looked at his plane and asked, “Why didn’t you fire?”
Leg. Spyro grinned, “Just trying out a new toy.” His face turned serious as he announced, “Echo 1, Commencing Full Rocket Fire!”
Just as he announced it, several launchers that were placed on his plane’s weapon racks started firing rockets at the engine, these rockets were like fireworks when they launched. But they did considerable damage to the third engine. As soon as the rocket fire came to an end, Sonata was shocked at the spectacle. She asked,
“Did Dro build those launchers?”
Leg. Spyro replied, “He did and he had me test them.” Sonata shook off her shock and saw, “We’ll save it for after the mission, but the cruiser only has one engine left.”
Spitfire spoke, “Echo Squadron, keep the pressure on. Just a little further now!”
All fighters began to attack the last engine, starting it off was the Apalis and Lone Eagle, then came the White Shark and the Raptor, last attack came from the Wyvern and the Talon as Camo announced,
“All engine units destroyed!”
Spitfire spoke, “The Heavy Command Cruiser has taken a major blow! Echo Squadron, you’ve almost got her!”
Leg. Spyro told everyone, “We have only one target left to destroy.”
Spitfire replied, “Aim for the forward cockpit from the front.”
Leg. Spyro split off from the others and went to the front of the Aigaion and locked on to the behemoth’s forward cockpit. He said, “Echo 1, Fox 3!”
He fired his missiles at the cockpit and destroyed it as he flew over the command cruiser. He announced, “Cockpit has been destroyed! Mission-”
“The Aigaion will not be defeated! Launch Nimbus! Continue attacking!” He was interrupted by the Aigaion crewman as several of those missiles launched from the cruiser. Leg. Spyro was shocked, “I don’t believe this! That thing is still up in the air!?”
Blaster-Tron transmitted, “Aigaion Power Core confirmed. Location of Power Core confirmed to be inside the cruiser’s hanger.”
Ter spoke, “We won’t be able to get in there with those missiles on our butts!”
It wasn’t until they spotted Spike’s Talon moving to dive down into the hanger, “Leave this to me, I’ll finish it off.”
Leg. Spyro protested, “Spike, it’s too dangerous!” Spike sighed, “I know it’s dangerous. But it’s what an ace pilot does!”
As Spike weaved through the explosions from the missiles, he looks at his plane’s armament and sees a weapon that could be capable of destroying the core, one that was attached to his aircraft since the Vanity Retrieval Operation. He heard Drago say,
“You have to be at the precise moment before you drop it.”
Spike nodded, “Even if I drop it at the precise spot, I still have to escape before impact.” Drago stated, “You can do it, kid.”
Spike nodded as he said, “Echo 6, arming Fuel Air Explosive Bomb.”
The weapons bay opened up to reveal the bomb as the bombing reticle appeared on his HUD as he flew into the ship. As he flew into the launch bay of the cruiser, he spotted the power core on the ceiling of the hanger bay, he knew that it would’ve been easy to hit it from the front, but he had to make a quick decision. He fired his guns at the core which damaged it a few times. As soon as the bombing reticle reached the drop point, Spike announced,
“Echo 6 deploying FAE Bomb!” He dropped the bomb as he immediately hit the throttle to get out of the ship as the plane’s switchblade wings closed. By the time he made it out, the bomb hit the impact zone as a large explosion covered the front of the Aigaion, Spike was caught in it as well. Everyone was panicking over the radio, hoping to see if Spike would respond, they kept calling out his name and callsign.
“Spike! Come in!” “Echo 6, are you there?!”
As the explosion subsided, the Aigaion’s front was damaged and the destroyed power core meant that Spike did it. Leg. Spyro yelled, concerned for his friend,
“Echo 6? Echo 6! Respond!” Ter looked all over the area and on the radar, “Spike is off the scope!”
Leg. Spyro shouted, “All planes, search all over the area! Spike is alive! He’s gotta be alive!”
Sonata looked again, both on radar and visual and noticed something trailing smoke and rolling downwards towards the ocean, “Wait, I’m seeing something!” She flew towards the object and saw a familiar F/A-37 Talon, but damaged. She contacted the plane, hoping Spike would respond, “Echo 6, Echo 6! Come in, Spike! Do you read?”
As he struggled to regain control of his Talon, Spike was bombarded by strange images of a camp, a lake, a cabin, and a young boy standing next to a woman, possibly the boy’s mother with their back turned. As he finally regained control, those images stopped as he heard Sonata’s voice asking him to respond. As he pulled up, he said,
“Power Core destroyed...finally.” He heard everyone call his name in relief as he heard Spitfire announce, “The Heavy Command Cruiser has been destroyed! Great job, everyone!” She spoke to Spike, “As for you Spike, that stunt was dangerous, but you did it anyway.”
Spike replied, “I know, I didn’t have time to attack from the front. So I had to make a quick decision.”
Leg. Spyro’s Apalis flew near him and noticed, “I’m seeing damage to your plane.”
Spike understood, “It looks like I got fragged from that explosion.” He checked the damage assessment to his plane, “Port wing is stable, starboard wing has moderate damage to it. The armor on the top is damaged but the major functions to the plane are okay.”
Dro spoke, “We’ll get working on it once we land.”
Sonata looked out her canopy, “Check it out.”
As the squadron formed up, they saw the destroyed Aigaion crash into the sea as Ter said, “Back to the sea you go.”
Dro stated, “May you rest...in quiet slumber.”
Soon enough, everyone on the island were cheering for the squadron as they flew by the island. Soon enough, Blaster-Tron contacted them,
“Incoming Transmission from Cadance!”
Leg. Spyro replied, “Patch her through.” Soon enough, the Dean’s image appeared on the screen as she said,
“Boys, I’ve heard about Equestria Shores and the attack. I’m glad you’re safe.”
Leg. Spyro asked, “Did you know that some of the Crystal Prep Shadowbolts are working for the Disciples?”
Cadance sighed, “I did, I tried to warn you about it, but Cinch has been even more suspicious with me. She knows that you exist, but she’s unaware of my involvement with you.”
Spike gave her an idea, “Try to find out why the Shadowbolts are working for them. If it involves Cinch, she must know something.”
Cadance understood and decided to ask, “I know it might be too soon to ask since your fight is over, but I need you to fly out to Camp Everfree.”
Ter asked, “Expecting more trouble?”
The Dean stated, “There has been unusual activity there and it might be something for you to look into.”
Camo sighed, “Well, I guess it’s back to no rest for the best.” The Dean chuckled at his remark as she heard Spike ask,
“Camp Everfree?” As if he remembers a place like that before. Cadance knew that something was going on with Spike. But she put those thoughts aside as she asked,
“I’m also aware that two Crystal Prep students are onboard the Wings of Freedom?”
Camo asked, “You want us to patch you through to them?” Cadance replied, “That would be nice.”
Soon enough Lemon and Indigo were now on the line with Cadance as the Dean asked, “I suppose you two have discovered my secret?”
Indigo spoke, “I never knew that you were involved with them.”
Lemon added, “I was surprised when we discovered Spike’s secret as well.”
Cadance understood as she said, “Keep in mind, I had a hand in bringing them up, they are very important to me.”
Indigo asked in curiosity, “Now that we know, what's going to happen?”
Lemon asked, “You're not mad at us?” Cadance chuckled, “Of course not, but I urge you both to remain with the squadron. Lemon, Indigo, what you two have witnessed go beyond our universe.”
Indigo stated, “They told us about another universe and Skylanders.”
Cadance nodded, “That they did.” She spoke to Lemon, “I’ve heard that Spike recovered a traptanium artifact from a downed foe several days ago and it reacted to you when you touched it?”
She replied, “It created a new headset after the previous pair was destroyed.” Cadance stated, “My advice would be to keep the artifact close because it will save your life in the future.”
Lemon was curious about the meaning of those words, but she shook that thought aside and said, “I will.”
Soon enough, Cadance ended communications with the squadron as Spitfire spoke, “Alright guys, hurry up and land so we could head to the camp.”
Leg. Spyro nodded, “Okay guys, let’s begin landing checks. Spike, you land first.”
The team soon began landing on the airship’s docking bay as each plane landed and hit the arrester cable, starting with the Talon and ending with the Apalis. As soon as everyone landed, Leg. Spyro contacted the bridge,
“We’re aboard!”
Spitfire acknowledged as she said, “Docking Bay and Launch Bay Shields are active. The ship is secure and ready for Rift Jump!”
Leg. Spyro gave the order as he and the team left the docking bay, “Punch it!”
Blaster-Tron announced, “Initiating Rift Drive.” Soon enough, an energy spike emitted from the tip of the zeppelin as a rift portal opened up and the Wings of Freedom sped into the portal as it closed.
After ending transmission with the squadron, Dean Cadance started to think about Spike when he questioned Camp Everfree. The confusing tone in his voice made her speculate that Spike heard of it before even though he never went there until now. It was clear evidence that Spike was remembering something, something that Cadance, Luna and Celestia kept hidden until the time was right.
Cadance began to call her contacts at the camp, not before looking at a picture of Celestia, Luna and the boys with Spike and Sonata among them. It was the few photos that they sent her after the Traptanium War ended. She looked at Spike standing between Celestia and Luna as the other five were on the sides. As she stared at the photo, tears started to form in her eyes as she said,
“If he's starting to see vivid images of places he has never been to before, it's another reason why I sent them to Everfree. Celestia has suffered loss long enough.”
Soon enough, her communicator beeped as she got online with her contacts, two camp counselors from Camp Everfree, “This transmission is for you two. Equestria Shores was attacked by the Disciples of Malefor, but thankfully it was repelled by the Echo Squadron. I'm sending them your way to help out with the bizarre activities in the camp.”
The female spoke, “We’ll do it.” Cadance stated, “Whatever you do, you must not let the others know about this.” She sighed, “There are somethings that we kept from him, the girls and from the squadron.”
The male counselor nodded, “I understand. It's a big risk with everything going on here at the camp.”
Cadance confidently stated, “If anyone can solve this problem, it's them.” The female reminded, “Remember what happened years ago?”
Cadance paused as she remembered that fateful night, but she didn't delve into it too deeply as she sadly said,
“I remember.” She ended the transmission.
Author's Note
(This chapter takes place a day after the mini-story 'Echo Squadron's Vacation.)So the squadron destroyed a giant airborne command ship used by the Disciples of Malefor. But now we look at the human Spike having bizarre images of a place that he didn't recognize as well as Cadance with a secret that goes so far as to call it shocking. What would happen when they reach Camp Everfree? What did the images that Spike saw mean? What is Cadance hiding? Find out in the next exciting chapter of Skylanders X MLP!
Canterlot, The Capital city of Equestria stood on a Mountainside. At the Castle tower stood a Dark-Blue Alicorn with the symbol of a crescent moon on her flank. Princess Luna stood out on the tower balcony star-gazing, when she felt an itich of uneasy magic. She gazed up and saw a group of stars assemble into eight symbols. She had to wake her sister, Princess Celestia and show her what was happening.
Princess Celestia was awoken by her sister, who was in shock about what she saw. The Sun Goddess asked,
"What has happened to you, Luna?"
Luna was speaking out of control, but she put a reassuring hoof on her mouth and said, "Its ok, Luna. Start from the beginning."
The Moon Goddess recollected herself and spoke, "I was outside, stargazing when I came about a group of stars that seem to morph into eight symbols, one of those symbols is Twilight Sparkle's Cutie Mark. I did not know what to do, so I decided to wake you up."
Celestia thought about what Luna told her. She spoke in curiosity.
"That is something that is of great concern, I could not even sleep because of some unforeseen magic before you came in.
At that exact moment, the Sisters went to the balcony and saw the eight symbols, Luna was talking about. These symbols are Twilight's Cutie Mark, Water, Gear, Fire, Skull, Leaf, Swirl and Mountain. Princess Celestia asked,
"Why would Twilight's Cutie Mark form in the sky?"
It wasn't until all eight symbols started to glow in their selected color, and shot eight beams towards Ponyville, Cloudsdale, Sweet Apple Acres, Everfree Forest, and Canterlot itself. It seems that once the beams were in vicinity, the beams separate into four smaller beams.
Twilight's Cutie Mark fired a Purple Beam towards Ponyville and separated into four.
The Gear fired a Yellow Beam towards Ponyville and Sweet Apple Acres, then separated into four.
The Skull fired a Gray Beam towards Ponyville and separated into four.
The Water fired a Blue Beam towards the streams near Fluttershy's cottage and separated into four.
The Fire launched an Orange Beam towards the mountain, Canterlot was on. It separated into four before slamming into the Mountain.
The Leaf fired a Green Beam towards the Everfree Forest and separated into four.
The Swirl fired a White Beam towards Cloudsdale and separated into four. Princesses Celestia and Luna only saw two orbs land in Rainbow Dash's house.
The Mountain fired a Brown Beam towards an area between Sweet Apple Acres and Fluttershy's cottage and separated into four.
The Eight symbols formed into a circle and faded away into the night. The Princesses felt really uneasy on the events that transpired. At that moment, Celestia said,
"We should check the Starswirl the Bearded wing to see if anything like this happened in Starswirl's notes, in the morning.
Meanwhile at Twilight's Library...
"Spike, What happened to you?"
Spike turned around and replied in a whole new voice, "Twilight, I have no idea what happened to me. Ever since I saw these two on the floor...I started to change into what I am now."
"Tell me what happened." Twilight asked her Dragon Brother.
Spike told his story, "I felt unable to sleep because of the recent dreams, we both had. I got up to get a drink of water, I went downstairs to see a purple and gray light in the center of the room. I decided to go around it, so I could get the water until the light exploded, flinging me across the room. As I got up I was different, I felt different too, I found a mirror and was in shock..I have wings and horns. Soon after I saw the new me...I saw two dragons lying unconscious on the floor. The Purple one looks like me, but his second color is yellow instead of green. The Dragoness has a black color with a reddish-purple mark on her chest, and her horns are silvery white. I sat down hoping that they would wake up, and then you came down."
Meanwhile at Carousel Boutique...
"Sweetie Belle, why do look scared?"
Her sister replied in fear, "Creature in scary black outfit along with a skeleton of an unknown creature in armor."
Rarity assured, "Maybe it was just a bad dream."
Until Rarity's bedroom door opened and a mysterious voice said, "Fear the Dark!" Another voice sounded more of a male and said, "Slice and Dice!"
Rarity and Sweetie Belle were in the presence of the two very creatures, that Sweetie Belle was talking about. The armored one said to the black robed one,
"Hex, This isn't where the two Magic Skylanders are. They are in this town, but not in this building."
The one called Hex replied, "You're right, Chop Chop. But we should ask these two about this Twilight Sparkle." Hex looked at Rarity, who was holding Sweetie Belle really tight.
Rarity said, "You are after Twilight?!"
Chop Chop replied, "We have no intention of harming her, Ms Rarity."
Rarity asked in shock, "How did you know my name?"
Chop Chop replied while pointing his shield to her door, "It was written on your bedroom door."
Hex told Chop Chop, "We also have to find Spike the Dragon, we suspect he will be at Twilight's side. We find Spike, we find Twilight as well."
Rarity asked, "You're after Spikey-Wikey as well?!"
Hex told Rarity, "Remember what Chop Chop said."
Rarity repeated, "You have no intention of harming either of them."
Chop Chop looked at Sweetie Belle and apologized, "Sorry for scaring you, Sweetie Belle. It was our first time being here."
Sweetie Belle said as her hoof touched Chop Chop's hand, "Its okay."
At Rainbow Dash's house...
She found out that she was talking to two glowing orbs with a white color. She got out of bed and moved closer to the orbs and said to herself,
"If this thing explode, and there's something in it, I better be ready." She assumed her battle as the orbs reached her floor. As soon as they hit her cloud floor, they exploded flinging Equestria's Fastest Flier to her bed. When Rainbow Dash got back to where the orbs exploded, she noticed one thing when she turned to her bed.
"A Griffin hatchling?" She turned to the impacted spot and noticed a Mother Griffin with a head piece and bracers with other hatchlings. The Mother Griffin wasn't alone, right beside her Wonderbolt poster....was something out of the ordinary. Lying near the Wonderbolt Poster and her Gala dress was a Dragon with Pegasus-like wings, a furry tail and a horn. The Pegasus mare went to investigate the strange dragon until it woke up.
As the dragon woke up, Rainbow was blasted back to her bed. She said in shock, "I was blasted...by a Rainbow!?" She noticed the hatchling on her bed go into an egg form and hatch again. She saw the dragon wake up the Mother Griffin, "Sonic Boom, I think we are in Equestria. Just like Master Eon told us about."
Sonic Boom woke up and checked her hatchlings and noticed one was missing, "Whirlwind, where's Peaky?" When Rainbow Dash noticed the Mother Griffin speaking with the Strange Dragon about a missing hatchling, she noticed the hatchling on her bed. She picked it up and said, "Is this yours?"
Sonic Boom said, "Yes, that's Peaky. Thank you..." Rainbow Dash finished, "Rainbow Dash, my name is Rainbow Dash, Fastest Flier in Equestria." Sonic Boom introduced herself, "I'm Sonic Boom, a Griffin that now has to watch over my hatchlings everytime they hatch."
Rainbow Dash noticed, "I saw that one go into and egg and hatch again." Sonic Boom replied, "It was a curse that an evil sorcerer put on me. My hatchlings hatch for a few minutes and go back into an egg." Rainbow turned to the strange dragon, "So who are you and what are you?"
The dragon began, "I'm Whirlwind, I'm an Air Dragon with a Unicorn ancestry. The Dragons envied me because of my beauty, the Unicorns shunned me for having the ability to fly. I didn't mind that I was loved by no one besides my parents. I took refuge in the clouds where I harnessed my Tempest cloud power and my Rainbow ability. But when the Trolls came to hunt both Dragons and Unicorns, I wouldn't stand around and watch my kind get hunted by those greedy trolls. So I protected both my kind, and they were grateful of me."
Rainbow Dash was shocked knowing that Whirlwind has the same ability, she has. Whirlwind's presence seems to prove that Dragon and Unicorn breeding is possible. She thought how much Spike would be jumping when he hears this. Rainbow Dash shook off the shock and said, "Well, I'm the fastest flier in Equestria and nopony has ever beaten me in a race. Plus, I can use a Sonic Rainboom to go super fast!" Whirlwind smiled and said, "Through my training, I performed a Sonic Rainboom by accident." Rainbow spoke, "So I guess this makes you my Dragon counterpart."
Sonic Boom spoke to her hatchlings, "I guess they will get along just fine, kids."
In the morning at Twilight's Library...
"Twilight, this is my new friend, "Wrecking Ball" He's so cute, and blue."
Wrecking Ball replied, "Hah, new to Ponyville and I'm already making new friends." Wrecking Ball noticed the two dragons and something inside of him said, "As much as I love being in your mouth, can you let me out?!"
Wrecking Ball spit out a yellow glowing Dragonfly, that had arms and was covered in saliva. The Dragonfly replied, "Next time, we get expelled from Skylands, I go with Spyro."
The Dragonfly spotted the two dragons and said, "Spyro, Cynder, are you two ok? Come on guys, wake up. Don't be dead." The Dragons started to move and the purple and yellow one said, "Sparx, you made it." The Black Dragoness said, "I never thought we see you again."
Sparx was happy to know that his Dragon Brother and his Dragon Brother's girlfriend were alright. Spyro and Cynder got up, looked at their surroundings and noticed Twilight and Spike. Spyro told the two,
"Master Eon told us about you two, the Pony and the Dragon that became Skylanders on the day, the Dragon was hatched."
Twilight asked, "The Day the Dragon was hatched? Wait, are you talking about my evaluation into 'Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns'?"
Cynder spoke, "That's exactly what we mean. The Symbol that is on your flank.."
Twilight interrupted, "You mean my Cutie Mark?"
Cynder nodded and continued, "The Symbol on your flank also represents the Skylands Magic Element."
Spike asked, "Are you saying that the day that I was hatched and Twilight got her Cutie Mark, was the day that Twilight and I became these..Skylanders?"
Spyro replied, "That's exactly what we mean."
The conversation was interrupted by the door to the library opening. When the door opened, The Skylanders heard two familiar voices. One voice sounded female,
"Cynder, Wrecking Ball."
The other voice sounded male, "Spyro, we thought we lost you."
Spyro yelled, "Chop, Hex, how did you guys find us?"
Chop Chop replied, "Ms Rarity led us to the library. I see you already found our two Skylanders from this world."
Rarity walked in and noticed Spike's new form near Wrecking Ball, as she was confused in what Chop Chop said. Twilight whispered in her ear and Rarity nodded knowing that it now makes sense. Rarity spoke to Spike,
"Spike, What has happened anyway? To you, I mean."
Spike told the Love of his Life, "Short story, the orb that brought Spyro and Cynder here exploded, flinging me across the room and turned me into you see now."
Spyro cut in and said, "Actually, You are just like me. You are a Purple Dragon, a special kind of creature. As a rare Purple Dragon, you have the power to wield many abilities, but in Skylands, We shoot magical fire."
Rarity asked Spyro, "Are you saying my Spikey-Wikey is a special kind of dragon?"
Spyro told Rarity, "He has the color to prove it."
"Not to mention my new wings and horns." Spike corrected.
All of a sudden, Rainbow Dash flew through the window and crashed. As she was trying to shake off the crash, a Rainbow flew through the window and struck Rainbow Dash, ultimately healing her. Chop Chop remembered,
"There is only one Skylander, I know who has that power."
All the Skylanders called, "Whirlwind."
An Air Dragon with a Unicorn ancestry came through the Library window along with a Griffin. Whirlwind landed beside Rainbow Dash, who was amazed by Whirlwind's ability and how nice Whirlwind's Griffin friend is. Rainbow Dash commented,
"Sonic Boom, you are incredibly nice compared to my old friend, Gilda. She was rude and was bad at making friends."
Sonic Boom replied, "If she crosses me, its Full Scream Ahead, plus I still need to protect my hatchlings everytime they are hatched."
It wasn't until Spike burped out a message and read,
"To my faithful student, Twilight Sparkle, Last night, my sister spotted eight symbols in the night sky, one of them resembled your cutie mark. We also saw eight colored beams fire towards Canterlot, Ponyville, Sweet Apple Acres, Everfree Forest, Fluttershy's Cottage, The Mountain where Canterlot is on, and between Fluttershy's Cottage and Sweet Apple Acres. I need you and your friends to come to Canterlot, so we can discuss the events of last night. A chariot will come in a few hours. Your Mentor, Princess Celestia. P.S. bring Spike with you."
Twilight responded, "She and her sister, Princess Luna rule together. Princess Celestia is also my teacher."
Spike finished, "She's also my adoptive mother."
Pinkie Pie said, "We're going to Canterlot!"
Rarity asked, "Is there no way to hide Spike's new form?"
Rainbow Dash asked, "Spike's new form?"
Spike answered, "I was turned into this when Spyro and Cynder arrived."
Cynder spoke, "I think we should show ourselves and hope that she will accept us."
Twilight spoke, "In a few hours, we go to Canterlot."
In the Starswirl the Bearded wing....
"Should we read it?"
Princess Celestia replied, "We have no other option."
The Royal Sisters started to read, While gazing at the night sky, I spotted multiple stars in a formation, that made me wonder. As a gazed at the Star group, I felt myself being pulled into the unknown. When I woke up, I was in a magical world surrounded by floating Isles. The locals of this world call it, 'Skylands' It was more beautiful than I ever could imagine it. I met a Portal Master named Eon, Eon was in charge of having special defenders guard Skylands and its heart called, 'The Core of Light' these defenders of Skylands and the Core of Light are known as, 'Skylanders.' Eon showed me his powers as a Portal Master and his responsibility as a Portal Master. As soon as we were done, Eon prepped a portal to take me back to Equestria, and I will never forget that day I set hoof in Skylands. Before I left, Eon told me about eight elements of Skylands forming in Equestrian skies. When the Symbols appear, the Skylanders are here."
As they finished reading, Princess Celestia was intrigued on Starswirl's research into Skylands, shocked to know that the Skylanders are in Equestria. Princess Luna was still wondering about the friendship between Master Eon and Starswirl the Bearded. She was intrigued about how the Skylanders protect Skylands and its magical core. Princess Luna turned to her sister and said,
"We have to show this to Twilight Sparkle and her friends."
Princess Celestia agreed, "They need to know about the Skylanders."
Author's Note
So, the first part of this fic is finally made. After many attempts to register for an account on this site. Enjoy.
The Mane 6 and the Skylanders were all having a picnic, courtesy of Camo's growth ability and Applejack's food. Thankfully, Camo's fruits did not explode in their faces, the only time that happened on accident is when he met Fluttershy. Spike then burped up a letter, then showed it to the Skylanders and whispered,
"Guys, this an invite to the Wedding, Celestia was talking about."
Spyro whispered back, "We better read it before we start judging it."
Ignitor asked, "Should we read it to the group?"
Spyro replied, "Its best if they know."
Spike raised up the invitation to the Wedding and spoke,
"Guys, We have an invitation to a Royal Wedding!"
Twilight spoke, "Then lets read it."
Spike cleared his throat and read,"To the Elements of Harmony and the Skylanders, You have been invited as 'Honored Guests' to the Royal Canterlot Wedding. I need Rarity's fashion skills to create the Bride's dress, I need Pinkie Pie to make plans for the Reception, I need Applejack to make the food for the Reception, I want Rainbow Dash to create a Sonic Rainboom at the Reception, The Groom wants Twilight to be his Best Mare, Fluttershy would want to help out. As for the Skylanders, I want to tell you that construction of the Portal of Power is going smoothly. With luck, it would be completed as soon as the Wedding is over. I will see all of you at the Wedding of Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and..."
"Guard Captain Shining Armor!"
Twilight yelled, "My Brother!? Why didn't he tell me about this?"
"Twilight, there's more to this. Princess Celestia told me and the Skylanders, not to tell you about it until now."
Twilight said in shock, "You KNEW about this, and didn't even tell me about it?!"
Spyro spoke, "Calm down, Twilight. Ignitor and the Fire Skylanders met your brother when they were entering Canterlot. I suppose, that they most likely know each other and Ignitor knows your brother's duty as Captain of the Guard."
Twilight calmed down and replied, "Is there anything else in that invitation?"
Spike countiued, "P.S. Sunburn told me that Spike learned the Earth Element at the Lava Pits. I could help him out with controlling his three abilities, I know he's missing the Electricity ability, but that would come in time. Purple Dragons of his and Spyro's type could perform four abilities."
Spike replied, "She's more than a teacher...she's my adopted mother."
Spyro reminded, "Remember, we are the same."
On the Equestria Railroad to Canterlot...
"Ignitor, why are you always sitting by yourself? You are starting to act like Flameslinger."
Ignitor replied, "I never thought that we would return to Canterlot for a Wedding. After I became what I am, I was tasked with the assignment to protecting a Royal Wedding from the Cyclopses, I failed and the Prince and the Princess, who were meant to get married, were taken away. I was branded as a failure to my Knighthood, and exiled."
Whirlwind overheard and asked, "What happened to the Prince and the Princess?"
Ignitor countinued, "After I encountered Master Eon after my exile, I now had to redeem myself, I followed the Cyclopses back to their lair. I knew it wouldn't be long before the Cyclopses get hungry. I charged in, with Redemption on my side, fought through the Cyclopses, and used my fire soul as a weapon. I made it to the dungeon and found the Prince and Princess, but in my path was the Cyclops horde. I told them to get behind me, as I escorted them out. We encountered Master Eon again, who told me about my Redemption, he was proud of me. I was branded a Skylander and was tasked to taking the couple back to the Wedding. When I showed myself, I was branded as a Redeemer and a hero, and I swore to myself never to relive the Cyclopses assault on a Wedding again."
Twilight was listening and spoke, "I guess, you have a Heart of Fire in protecting a Wedding."
Ignitor responded, "I got a bad feeling about this, judging that Canterlot has a barrier around it."
Spyro spoke, "I never saw the barrier when we came here."
As the train pulled into Canterlot Station, The Skylanders were introduced to a Unicorn Stallion wearing a Purple Armor. Ignitor quickily identified as he spoke his name,
"Guard Captain Shining Armor."
He turned around and remove his helmet, revealing a blue mane with a white streak across it. He spoke,
"Skylanders, Twilight, You guys are all here!"
Shining Armor hugged his sister and group-hugged each of the Eight Elements of Skylands, and he even hugged Spike. Spike responded,
"Congratulations on your Wedding! It must be a real good thing to get married."
Shining Armor chuckled at his Dragon-Brother,
"Just like you and Twilight being Skylanders. I also know that Princess Celestia wants to train you on controlling your abilities."
Spike replied, "You knew that right off the bat."
Ignitor stepped in, "Good to see you again, Shining Armor."
Shining Armor spoke, "Ignitor, you look confident to be in this Wedding."
Ignitor spoke, "Royal Weddings make me confident and on edge."
Shining Armor realized, "Royal Weddings must be personal to you."
While Shining Armor, Spyro, Spike, Ignitor and Twilight were walking, Twilight had to ask about her brother's bride.
"Who is this Princess Mi Amore Cadenza?"
Ignitor asked, "I have never heard her, well neither of the Fire Skylanders met her. We were in the Library being watched over by Cadance."
Shining Armor spoke, "You and the Fire Skylanders already met her, Ignitor."
Spyro asked, "What are you talking about?"
Spike asked, "Are you saying?"
Shining Armor replied, "Twilight, Spyro, Spike, Ignitor, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza is actually Cadance, She watched over you and Spike, she watched over you, and the Fire Skylanders, and Spyro, you met her when you were picking up the Fire Skylanders."
Twilight spoke, "Cadance, you mean 'The Greatest Foalsitter in the History of Foalsitters' and you're marrying her!"
Ignitor spoke, "You and Cadance are going to need a Valiant Knight, if that barrier breaks."
Spyro spoke, "Spike, we better tell the Skylanders."
As Spike and Spyro were leaving, they saw Cadance enter. In Spyro's eyes, she looks like a Bug..a parasite. In Spike's eyes, she was a bug and Cadance at the same time.
Ignitor was the first to speak, "Um, Shining. Whose the bug?"
Shining Armor asked, "Bug? What bug?"
Ignitor spoke as he pointed to Cadance, "The Bug, thats right in front of us."
Shining Armor asked, "The Bug behind Cadance?"
Ignitor spoke, "No, Cadance is the Bug!!"
Twilight spoke as she magically grabbed Ignitor, "Ignitor, what is going on with you!"
Ignitor replied as he tried to reach for his sword, "I'm assuming my duty as a knight! Why can't you see that Cadance is the Bug!?!?"
Shining Armor spoke, "I think you should take him to the castle and calm him down, Twilight."
At the Castle...
"What do you mean about Cadance being a bug? I saw her just fine."
Ignitor realized, "You don't know about the Skylanders eyesight."
Twilight asked, "Skylanders Eyesight?"
Ignitor spoke, "Skylanders have an eyesight that sees through imposters. You seeing Cadance just fine, means you have not obtained the eyesight yet."
Spyro spoke, "No wonder, I could see a bug when Cadance entered. That's not Princess Cadance, we have to find the real Cadance."
Spike asked, "When I saw Cadance, I only saw half of the bug."
Spyro realized, "Your eyesight is still developing, and by what you said, its close to full developement."
Twilight asked, "What about me or our friends?"
Ignitor spoke, "If that bug tries to strike at our friends, try to talk her off. But drink this before you go, and give the other five to your friends, its a special serum that gives you and your friends the Skylanders Eyesight."
Twilight spoke, "So, my friends become Skylanders?"
Spyro answered, "Thats what the serum is for. It was developed by Master Eon using all of the Elements in Skylands. He used this for initiating new Skylanders, even the Legendary Giants."
Twilight asked, "Wait, There are Giants in Skylands?"
Ignitor answered, "Thats a differant story."
Spike stratigized, "Ok, so we split up and play along with this Bug's game, give each of our friends the Skylanders Serum, Ignitor will try to find the Real Cadance, We have to do this in a few days before the Wedding Ceremony."
Ignitor informed, "My close friendship with Cadance will allow me to track her and find where she is."
Spyro replied, "Thats good, with you and the Fire Skylanders friendship with Cadance, it makes finding her a lot easier."
They were all asembling a plan to find the real Cadance and turn the other Elements of Harmony into Skylanders, until they heard a familar voice.
"The eyesight was something that Starswirl did not mention in his notes."
The Skylanders turned to the entrance and said in shock, "Princess Celestia!"
The Sun-Goddess said reassuring them. "Do not be alarmed, I was just on my way here. Spike still needs to tame his abilities."
Spike asked, "How much did you hear?"
Celestia spoke, "All of it. It was a little unsettling that, that the bride might be a Changeling. A creature that feeds on love and shapeshifts into any form. But your Skylanders Eyesight, sees right through the Changeling."
Twilight spoke, "Our plan is to play along with this Changeling's game, turn my friends into Skylanders, so they can gain the Eyesight, Ignitor finds the Real Cadance, we save my brother and the Skylanders save Canterlot."
Princess Celestia replied, "I'll go along with the plan. Now I ask you to leave, except Spike. He needs to tame his abilities as a Purple Dragon."
Spike said, "Yeah, thanks Mom."
As soon as the others left, Celestia spoke, "You have the power of Fire, Ice, and Earth at your lips, but you need to learn how to tame these abilities. You can test them out with my teachings here in the training room."
Spike replied, "I would, but I'm missing the Electricity Element."
Celestia assured, "It will come in time."
As the Training began, Spike used his Fire Breath, Ice Breath and Earth Breath on each dummy, that showed up. He used his melee attacks on the dummies and crazy combination attacks.
Celestia said, "Great Job, Now its time for the real Challenge. After defeating the smaller enemies, you have a massive Fury Attack that can destroy the larger enemies in a single strike. You need to test it out with each of the Elements."
As Spike defeated all of the enemies, his rage fueled up and soon released his Fury Attack with each Element. After each Elemental Fury Attack was used, Celestia spoke,
"You did it, your training is complete. For now."
At Applejack's work station....
"She doesn't like it. Ah don't know what that mare has in her head, But that is just low."
Spyro spoke, "I'm getting suspicious on her actions."
Applejack asked, "Why do ya say that?"
Spyro replied, "When I see her, I see only a bug, an Imposter."
Applejack said, "Ya joking?"
Spyro handed Applejack the serum and said, "Drink this, find Cadance and see what I'm talking about."
Applejack drank the serum and felt the roughness of Earth beneath her. She quickily dove into the floor and went to find Cadance.
At Pinkie Pie's work station...
"This is suppossed to be Perfect!"
Twilight spoke as she handed Pinkie the Serum, "Um, Pinkie Pie. I think my old foalsitter is throwing alot of fire at you. Drink this."
Pinkie Pie drank the serum and felt her love in her Party Cannon and Explosives, until she saw the Fake Cadance and yelled,
"BUG!!! Blow it up!!!"
Twilight dragged Pinkie away overhearing the Fake Cadance talk to herself, she heard the fake say,
"How could she recognize me? Are the Element Holders using some kind of black magic? And those creatures? Dragons, Gremlins, Trolls, Dirt Sharks, and Elves? Who are those creatures? I think..no it can't be."
Twilight spoke to Pinkie Pie, "Just play along, Ignitor is on his search for the Real Cadance."
At Rarity's work station....
"Rarity, you seem a little worked up."
Rarity noticed Spike and said, "Spikey-Wikey, I'm glad your here, I need to make a new design for a Wedding Dress."
Spike replied, "Actually, I came to give a refreshment to cool you down. Spyro, Twilight, Ignitor and I made it ourselves."
Rarity magically took the vial and said, "Thank you, Spike. Its very generous of you." Rarity kissed Spike's cheek before emptying the Serum into her mouth. She felt the roughness and shiningness of crystals beneath her hooves.
At Fluttershy's station..
"Its okay Fluttershy, you made a mistake and you can try again."
Fluttershy replied, "Thank you, Stump Smash. It means alot for me to be comforted by a living tree."
Ignitor spoke, "Fluttershy, I know you're feeling sad and I brought you a drink."
Fluttershy replied as she took the Serum, "T..Thank you, Ignitor."
As Fluttershy took the Serum, she felt a source of Life and Nature surging through her body.
At Rainbow Dash's Work Station...
"Rainbow, you want to have your confidence to perform that Sonic Rainboom?"
Rainbow Dash replied, "Yeah, its the only chance I need."
Whirlwind said, "Take this confidence booster, It could boost your confidence and perform your Sonic Rainboom."
Rainbow Dash took the Serum and felt the energies of the clouds and the wind beneath her wings. The Fake Cadance pulled her head out of the doorway and said,
"They're here. They'll ruin everything, but as long as they don't know, I still have a chance. No way am I letting a bunch of Skylanders ruin my plan."
Somewhere beneath Canterlot...
"Where am I?"
An Image of the Fake Cadance appearred and spoke, "You're in the place where all bad ponies go. Now that I have trapped a Skylander, you won't be able to escape."
Ignitor yelled, "I got in here, and I'm leaving with the Real Cadance. Show yourself, Changeling!!" There was no response. "Face me, you Coward!!"
Multiple Images of the fake Cadance appearred and Ignitor wielded his Flame Sword and slashed at the first image that appeared, ultimately revealing the Real Cadance. The Real Cadance was banged up, and bruised. But she noticed the Fire Skylander and asked in joy,
"Ignitor, is that you?"
Ignitor replied, "I definitely know that its you, Our hostess."
Back on the surface...
Spike replied, "All we have to do is wait, but we need to give Ignitor more time."
Twilight spoke, "Lets hope he has a plan B after he finds Cadance."
Back in the Mines....
"Cadance, we need to merge our abilities!"
Cadance quickily agreed, "We need to get my man back before he marries that thing."
Ignitor shouted, "SLASH AND BURN!!!!"
Cadance Shouted, "LOVE IS IN BLOOM!!!!!"
In a flash of Orange, Ignitor's armor fell off and equipped itself onto Cadance, her eyes flared in flames while magically wielding a Sword of Flames. It disappeared in a burst of fire.
Back on the Surface....
"Game's Over, Changeling. You're finished."
The Fake Cadance spook, "It doesn't matter, I have Shining Armor under my control.
The Fireball spoke in two voices, "Not if we are still here!!"
The Fireball burst, revealing the Real Cadance in Ignitor's armor. The Hybrid spoke,
"We are Ignidance, and Love Burns!!!" Ignidance turned to the Skylanders, "Get the guests to a Safe-Zone."
Slam Bam said, "I'm with you to Slam this faker to the ground."
Spike said, "I'm with you, too."
Inside Ignidance, was the spirits of Ignitor and Cadance. Ignitor spoke,
"Skylanders protect and serve, no matter what."
Cadance replied, "We better defeat this Changeling and get my Wedding back on track."
The Fake Cadance turned into the Changeling, Queen Chrysalis. She spoke,
"I should've known better, you Skylanders are more cunning than I could anticipate. My Changelings thought of you as myths."
Ignidance asked, "Why are you doing this?"
Chrysalis responded, "Equestria has more love than anywhere else. My Changelings are in need of feeding, first Canterlot, then All of Equestria."
Princess Celestia said, "You might've taken total control of Shining Armor, not when I'm Princess and not when the Skylanders are here!!
Spyro spoke, "Skylanders, to battle!!"
Chop Chop called, "All Undead Skylanders, Assemble!!"
Terrafin called, "All Earth Skylanders, Assemble!!"
Eruptor spoke, "All Fire Skylanders, Assemble!!"
Drobot called, "All Tech Skylanders, Assemble!!"
Stump Smash called, "All Life Skylanders, Assemble!!
Gill Grunt called, "All Water Skylanders, Assemble!!
Spyro called, "Magic Skylanders, Assemble!!"
Spyro spoke out, "We'll deal with her army, Ignidance, Slam Bam, and Spike....Show this Bug that we mean business."
As soon as the Skylanders left, leaving only three Skylanders. The Confrontation awaits, Chrysalis charged up an Electric beam directly at Spike. Spike was hit, and he said,
"It feels like I ate a Lightning Storm for breakfast."
As Chrysalis had her Changelings charge towards the three, Spike let out a flash of Electricity and electricuted the Changelings. Ignidance spoke,
"Skylanders, lets fight."
The Skylanders struck at Chrysalis, as she tried to fend them off, Slam Bam crashed into her and as he was going to strike again Chrysalis yelled,
"Enough, All of you are beneath me! I am a Queen, you Four-Armed Yeti, and I will not be bullied by..."
Slam Bam grabbed a hold of her and slammed her side-to-side and let her go. He walked away saying two words,
"Puny Queen."
Ignidance goes up to Shining Armor and breaks Chrysalis' control over him. Shining Armor asked,
"Cadance, is that you?"
Ignidance spoke, "We...I am Cadance and Ignitor at the same time. I am Ignidance."
Shining Armor replied, "There's no way to repair the barrier."
Ignidance spoke, "There's only one way."
Shining Armor and Ignidance merged their powers together, because of Shining Armor's love for Cadance. As everything was reforming, the barrier reformed and blew all of the Changelings away, the queen included. As soon as it was done, Ignitor's armor fell off of Cadance. As they saw the Armor Pieces, They had to know if Ignitor was still alive. Shining Armor spoke,
"Ignitor, are you alright. Come on, don't be dead."
Cadance called out, "Ignitor, We need you now."
In Ignitor's memory....
He was soon approached by a mysterious Alicorn, white coat and a Reddish-Brown mane. She spoke, "I have been watching you and the Skylanders, for a very long time. You have fought for Princess Cadance, Niece of my Daughter, with courage, selflessness, and sacrifice. You are becoming like Spyro, with the virtues of a leader, a leader worthy of my secret, I gave to Spyro. True Friendship isn't found, it is earned. You must go now, return to Cadance and Shining Armor, travel with them on their Honeymoon until the Portal is complete. It is and always has been, your destiny. Tell Celestia and Luna, "Mom says, Hi"
As soon as the Alicorn disappeared, Ignitor was thrown into a portal back to the physical world.
Back in the Physical World....
"There is a crowd of Canterlot citizens wanting to get a look at you and the Skylanders." She chuckled, "You better do that before they break down the door."
Ignitor replied, "Ok, help me up."
Shining Armor and Princess Cadance helped Ignitor up, but he was still trying to walk again, so they carried him to the door, where the other Skylanders are waiting.
A few hours after re-planning the Wedding, Shining Armor and Princess Cadance were finally married, the Reception has begun. The Skylanders now danced in pairs, Bash danced with Whirlwind, Drobot danced with Sonic-Boom, Spyro danced with Cynder, Spike danced with Rarity, but Ignitor, he danced by himself. He saw Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, he walked up to them and said,
"Princesses, Mom says, Hi"
The Two Alicorns were shocked to hear that, they heard from their Mom, they haven't heard from her in years.
The Skylanders were in a shock upon hearing about Ignitor's decision. Spyro spoke,
"I can believe, you're leaving with the Newly-Weds, Ignitor."
Ignitor responded, "I made my decision, I'll be back when the Portal is finished. Besides, those two still need a Vailiant Knight."
Cadance called out, "Ignitor, come on, its time to go."
Shining Armor called out, "We have a long trip ahead of us."
Ignitor responded, "I'm coming."
Twilight said, "Have fun on your trip."
Shining Armor replied, "The Changeling attack halted the construction of the Portal, so it will take time until Ignitor knows, its time to return."
Rainbow Dash shouted, "I can't believe we are now Skylanders!!"
Rarity replied, "Now I can sense more gems beneath my hooves."
Princess Celestia whispered in Rainbow Dash's ear, "Its time."
Rainbow Dash sped off and performed her Sonic Rainboom and amazed the crowd as the Newly-Weds and Ignitor drove away in the chariot into the moonlight.
Author's Note
Whoa, so much planning and so much time on my hands. I really pulled through....but who will fill in Shining Armor's place as Captain of the Guard?
Whirlwind and Spike appear in the Oracle's chamber. They saw a squid like creature.
"Greetings, My name is Octavius Cloptimus. And you are Flynn, Cali, Ermit, Whirlwind and of course, Spike."
Cali asked, "Wait, how do you know our names?"
Flynn said, "When you're travelling the bravest and most handsomest pilot in all of Skylands. People intend to know you."
Octavius said, "I know all. As the molekin told you, I am the Oracle of Skylands, created from the Dragon Chronicler, Ignitus. He made me as a feeling."
Spike replied, "Spyro thought Ignitus was dead." Octavius turned to Spike, "Correction, Ignitus was deemed worthy by the former Chronicler and was made into the new one." He changed the subject, "Spike, I know where you came from, but your egg did not come from Equestria."
Spike asked, "What are you talking about?"
Octavius began telling them a story, "Many years ago, Starswirl the Bearded set hoof in Skylands. He contacted Faust, Celestia and Luna's mother to assist him. After meeting Eon, who told Starswirl about another Purple Dragon that is going to be born in Skylands. It was years after Malefor's defeat and two Purple Dragons were rare. Your kind is only born once every 200 years. Eon gave Faust your egg and returned to Equestria with you. She would have raised you herself, but she saw 978 years of Celestia's sadness after banishing Luna to the moon. While the Sun Goddess slept, Faust came in and set your egg right beside her along with a letter."
Spike began to say, "So thats why I was always calm and didn't act like other dragons. I'm not from Equestria at all, I'm from Skylands."
Flynn said, "Okay, since we got this whole revelation down..How are we supposed to get to the Lost City of Arkus?"
Octavius said, "I will show you the way to Arkus unless the Skylanders complete a couple of trials. I always wanted to study Skylanders if they ever discovered me."
Back in Equestria, Celestia and Luna were at a shock at what Octavius said. Celestia found out that the note was from her mother and Spike was from Skylands. She began to retell her sister the story of her time with Spike even when he was an egg.
"When I first found the egg lying beside me, I took it to the Dragon capital for any thoughts on where it came from. I asked the wisest dragon and even the Dragon Rulers, but they didn't know about the egg. I decided to take it in and raise the hatchling as my child when it hatches, but it didn't hatch for 5 years. Most Dragon Eggs die out in a year, but after the first year I still felt something alive inside." She turned to a picture of a griffin being hit by a dragon egg.
"The egg has put itself in danger sometimes. When the Griffins brought in a War Criminal for judgement, the criminal was going to attack me, but the egg appeared out of nowhere and landed on his head. As the Griffin attempted to smash the egg, he started moving slower and I pulled the egg back to me. I carried it under my wing, but I was so mad...I...I killed him."
Luna replied, "He touched the egg which made you very mad. But it still wasn't right."
Princess Celestia continued, "When I found out that the school used my egg for intiating a unicorn filly. I was so mad because they were using...My Baby for their test. I was about to put a stop to it when I saw the head of a dragon burst through the roof, thats when I realized that the dragon was in fact the hatchling...My Baby." Celestia began to smile at a more cheerishable memory,
"Weeks later, I was looking out for the hatchling, Spike. From all the times I taught him how to send and recieve letters to all the times we spent together. When Spike would have trouble sleeping, I would..take him under both my wings and rock him to sleep while humming a tune. It was a strange tune because I already learned this after Spike was hatched. It was like the tune came with Spike after he hatched. I was a mother to a dragon, and I was proud to call him my son. I taught the tune to Cadance when I sent her to look after Twilight and Spike. She would do the same thing I did and he would sleep at night."
Luna began to tear up over the fond memories of her sister's time with her dragon son. She never thought that something caring for a dragon would be so happy. Until one of the guards came up to her and said,
"There is something strange going on in Ponyville right now. We saw six creatures swapping their upper bodies with their lower bodies. They were following three fillies an Earth Pony, a Pegasus and a Unicorn. We suspect that these new creature might be more Skylanders."
Princess Luna asked, "I have never heard of a Skylander that could swap. But this is something I should look into." She tured her sister, "I'm going to Ponyville to talk to these suspected Skylanders."
Celestia said, "I wish you luck, I hope these are Skylanders."
In Octavius' lair, Whirlwind and Spike have just one more task to complete. They had to complete the Trial of Value. Octavius asked,
"Would you prefer the Value through Wealth or Intelligence?" The two Skylanders made a choice so Spike stuck with Whirlwind's story and chose intelligence. They met Octavius again.
"Well done, Skylanders. You have given me so many research data. I have never had this much since Ignitus taught me the names and creatures of Avalar and Skylands."
Whirlwind asked, "But where can find Ignitus after this is done?"
Octavius answered, "Journey to the only whole continant, Avalar. Seek out the White Isle. Ignitus studies his research and chronicles the triumphs and failures. Find him in the Celestial Caves of the White Isle." Octavius turned his attention to Spike, "I will show you the way to the Lost City of Arkus. I'll even throw something in so you can be undetected."
Back on the Dread-Yacht, Spike and Whirlwind reappeared and an Arkeyan Copter flew alongside the ship. Flynn has the coordinates for the Lost City of Arkus' secret passage. Now they planned to get into Arkus and stop Kaos before he gets to the Fist. Master Eon called to Princess Celestia.
"You have done well.." He noticed Luna wasn't there. Celestia replied, "Luna has gone to Ponyville to talk to some Skylanders that can swap." Master Eon recognized what she said, "You have discovered the Swap Force, Your Highness. But now is not the time to talk about the Swap Force." The Portal showed the image of Arkus, "Here is the Lost City of Arkus. It seems that we are too late to stop Kaos from getting to the Fist."
The Portal showed Kaos approaching the Iron Fist of Arkus. "At last, The Iron Fist of Arkus is mine! Now all of Skylands will tremble before me and my Arkeyans. Malefor will be pleased!" He placed his hand into the fist..but nothing happened. Kaos went inside the Iron Fist and he turned into a giant robot.
He evily said, "Fear my Giant Robot Head!" Spyro saw what was happening and said, "When we reach Kaos, send Twilight, Sparx and I in."
Sparx buzzed around, "Hold up a minute, Spyro. Kaos has the Fist of Arkus. He has an Arkeyan Army and a big robot form!!" Spyro glared at Sparx, "Did we retreat when we had to attack the Destroyer?"
Sparx said in defeat, "No, I guess we didn't."
Meanwhile at Ponyville, The CMC were having a lot of fun with the Swap Force until Princess Luna arrived to talk with the CMC and the Swap Force. Wash Buckler noticed and looked at Magna Charge, "Magna Buckler and Wash Charge..Go!!" Magna Charge's upper body swapped with Wash Buckler's upper body. Sweetie Belle said to them,
"Hold on, its just Princess Luna. She's a Portal Master just like Princess Celestia."
Wash Buckler and Magna Charge returned to normal. Princess Luna said, "You can actually swap."
Night Shift replied, "We can swap, but Roller Brawl and Countdown are Core Skylanders, Skylanders who can't swap." Countdown said, "But I can do this." He fired his rockets and used his own head as a weapon. Roller Brawl went next, "I can slash with the blades on my arms and fire the blades on my roller-blades."
At the Grand Imperial Palace in Arkus, Spyro, Sparx and Twilight were dodging traps and fighting their way to bring order to Kaos. They ran into Auric again and bought a healing powerup and the skystone for the Arkeyan Conquertron. As they reached the Arkeyan Throne Room, Sparx felt that Kaos was baiting them. Sparx was correct when Kaos burst from the floor and yelled,
"Behold it is I, Kaos. And as you can see, I am Awesome. Of course, I have always been awesome, but now I have the Fist of Arkus and controlled the most superior and powerful robot in all of Skylands, I am SUPREMELY AWESOME!!"
Spyro yelled, "You are really full of yourself, Kaos!!"
Kaos looked at Spyro, "You think you are so powerful because you saved the world so many times over. But soon when my army leaves this place we will go to Malefor and help him build his new army! So now from my point of view you are now a DRAGONFLY!!!"
Spyro said, "So this is the thanks I get for saving your behind back during the fiasco with the Machine of Doom?"
Kaos yelled, "Since this conversation is over, I suggest you start running now."
Spyro smiled, "I was hoping you would say that."
Spyro shouted, "Celestia, send in the Winged Boots!!" In a flash of light, two Winged Boots appeared over Spyro and Twilight. They began running as fast as possible to lure Kaos to the Red Avalanche button. When Kaos was about to smash them, Spyro pressed the the button and a lot of rocks collapsed on Kaos. After that, a teleporter appearred, but Twilight said, "That was too easy. How could his robot body not handle the falling rocks?"
Spyro replied, "I think he might be trying to ambush us again."
Just as they reached the teleporter, The Fist of Arkus rose up and with it, Kaos.
"You think you are so smart because you found my secret red avalanche button, but I can hit buttons too." He pressed down on the teleporter, destroying it in the process. "See, now your trapped, Skylblunderers! Especially you, Spyro and your idiot Unicorn friend too! And neither Eon or any of your idiot friends are not here to help!"
Just then a familar voice called out, "Why don't ye pick on someone your own size!!" and a familar blue Arkeyan Robot jumped down to confront Kaos. Spyro called out, "Ermit, you fixed your robot? What were you doing while we were gone?"
Ermit said, "I'll explain it later." Machine Ghost said to Ermit, "Apparently he is technically larger than us."
Ermit said, "Well, thats kinda close, right?"
Kaos stood up and yelled, "What? You dare challenge me? ROBO-KAOSS? Didn't you hear how awesome I was earlier?"
Ermit replied, "I didn't quite catch that."
Kaos assumed his battle stance, "Oh, you just made a big mistake. Fine, you want to play Tag-Team, huh? Well I summon my own Robot Minions. AARRRKEYYANNNSSSS!!!"
As the Robot fight erupted, Kaos yelled, "Fist of Arkus, sheild me from this fool!!!" As Kaos held the robot down, Machine ghost said, "Skylanders, that is the Iron Fist of Arkus. Hit it." Spyro used his fire attacks even his powerful Comet Dash. It soon got Kaos' attention when he pulled his hand back and screamed.
Spyro yelled, "I don't know if Robots can feel pain, but you are a perfect example!"
Kaos yelled, "Stupid pathetic Dragon!"
Kaos summoned his bad spell emitter, but was completely destroyed by Spyro and Twilight. Ermit's robot wasn't doing so good because it was being held down by the head again by Kaos. The Fist of Arkus started to glow a lavender color, Machine Ghost suggested,
"The Fist of Arkus is experiencing strange activity, I suggest Twilight attacks it." But as soon as Twilight attacked the Fist, both her and Spyro are consumed in a flash of lavender magic, which caught the two robot's attention. It showed Spyro and Twilight hovering above the ground. But soon as the magioc faded, Spyro reappeared with the color blue and gold, and Twilight appeared to have wings. Machine Ghost said,
"Apparently, the Fist of Arkus had a positive effect on Twilight and Spyro. Spyro has become Legendary Spyro and Twilight has become Alicorn Twilight."
Ermit saw an advantage and attacked Kaos. He held Kaos by his head and said, "Time to turn the tables!"
Machine Ghost said, "I am not familar with that motive."
Ermit replied, "Neither am I."
Machine Ghost said, "I suppose. Now Skylanders, use your new forms and attack his head."
Twilight said, "I wasn't prepared for this, but we still have an enemy to defeat."
Spyro replied, "Then lets finish him off."
They attacked Kaos' 'Giant Robot Head' so many times, he revealed the Fist of Arkus again leaving it open for attack. They attacked the Fist of Arkus and soon it rebelled Kaos and he was defeated.
Kaos was back to his normal self and he said, "My Iron Fist, My beloved Iron Fist!" He was going to get the Fist of Arkus again when it began to move on its own. He chased it through a forest of collapsing robots. He was going to become a robot again when another robot kicked it like a soccer ball. Kaos' failed attempts to get back into the Iron Fist failed again when the Conquertron grabbed him and flew away from the ruins. When he tried to order the robot to go back to the island, he began to shut down like all of the other robots. Kaos and Glumshanks were in for a big surprise when they crashed into an island.
Back in the Portal Chamber, Celestia was shocked to see the transformation that Twilight went through when she and Spyro returned. It was almost as troubling as ever, but Eon had an idea and turned to Spike. "Remember your time with the Soul Gem Omnitrix?"
Spike replied, "Yes, I do remember. I remember that you showed up and sucked Spyro's Soul Gem out of Blueblood."
Master Eon said, "That spell required a fully realized Portal Master and the Watch itself. But Celestia and Luna are still in practice on trying to realize themselves as Portal Masters. It will take three Portal Masters to perform the spell."
Princess Luna, who was returning with the CMC and the Swap Force in tow, "We don't have a third Portal Master."
Master Eon noticed, "I will have to be put in a Pony body, Alicorn in particular. But it requires a new look for the Portal of Power." He noticed the Swap Force, "And it will take the Swap Force Skylanders to change the portal."
At an instant, the Swap Force gathered around the Portal of Power and raised their arms sideway generating a magical energy which transformed the Portal of Power. Just as the Portal of Power transformed, Eon's spirit disappeared and a light-blue Alicorn stallion with a horned helmet and white beard appeared on the Portal. The Skylanders knew from the start that it was Master Eon. All Skylanders shouted in joy,
"Master Eon!" Eon's Pony eyes opened, "Skylanders." All Skylanders were in joy about seeing their old Portal Master in a new body. Master Eon turned to Celestia and Luna,
"Are you two ready?" Both Princesses nodded and Eon turned to Spike, used his magic and the Soul Gem Omnitrix appeared on his left foreleg. Even though Spike walks on all fours, it doesn't mean that he can't use his claws again.
Princess Celestia, Princess Luna and Master Eon generated their powers towards Twilight and Spyro while Spike directed the watch's energy to Twilight and Spyro. Their forms broke down into particles and were stored in two soul gems. Twilight and Spyro were back to normal again. Master Eon walked over to the Soul Gems and picked them up with his magic. He spoke to Twilight and Spyro, "If you want to become your other forms, you just have to holler and the Royal Sisters will toss the soul gems into the Portal of Power. You and any other Skylanders were blessed with a great gift. Spike, you and Rarity unleashed your dark and legendary selves in Kaos' lair and your soul gems have already been in Celestia's possession." He turned to the CMC, "I will like to thank you three for discovering the Swap Force and bringing them back to normal."
On the Equestrian Isles Victory Party, Half of the Skylanders were partying in the isles while the others were partying in Ponyville on Kaos' defeat. Sweetie Belle came to where Rarity, Spike, Spyro, Twilight, Pop Fizz, Cynder, Flashwing, and Bash were. Bash said,
"It turns out you were a real hero for discovering the Swap Force and rescuing your friends."
The Filly replied, "I did half of the work on rescuing them. The Swap Force did the most of the work."
Spyro replied, "At least you didn't panic this time. You, my friend are really brave at helping the Swap Force."
Sweetie Belle chuckled, "Its like what Rarity told me when she became a Skylander."
Flashwing spoke, "I hear that you want to become a Skylander yourself."
Sweetie Belle asked, "You really think its possible?"
Rarity assured her sister, "Anything is possible."
Sweetie Belle smiled and thought, "Sweetie Belle, Skylander of Earth."
Twilight said, "Well, you magic might develop when you get older."
Sweetie Belle said, "Sweetie Belle, Skylander of Magic!" The group chuckled until Pop Fizz yelled, "Look!"
They looked up over the city of Starswirl and cheered at the fireworks that were being fired by Ermit and Machine Ghost. The duo also lit up a sign that says, "Thank You Skylanders" The fireworks show also happened in Ponyville when Canterlot lit up in fireworks.
As the fireworks show went on, Thumpback thought he saw something in the clouds. He took out a spyglass and zoomed in on the mysterious object, but what saw was very familar which made him get mad about it. He saw the most fearsome ship in Skylands, The Phantom Tide and Thumpback's former captian, the most fearsome pirate in Skylands, Captain Frightbeard. He saw Frightbeard holding a spyglass as well, they both had eye contact through spyglass. After Frightbeard saw him, he turned the Phantom Tide away from the isles.
At Kaos' Kastle, Kaos and Glumshanks returned. "Well, that turned out better than I expected. No matter, I have 37 more evil plans to take over Skylands and destroy that irritating Dragon once and for all!!" But what Kaos didn't know is that the Skylanders have called someone to wait for him when he gets back to his castle. Glumshanks saw someone approaching them and said,
"Um, Lord Kaos, is that who I think it is?" Kaos looked to where his troll butler was pointing and he frightenly said, "Mother?"
Glumshanks said before disappearing, "Uh oh." The troll disappeared behind Kaos and it looks like Kaos is going to have a lot to talk about with his Mother.
Author's Note
So, Alicorn Twilight makes a brief appearance before being sealed in a Soul Gem. I hope you enjoyed the Battle of Arkus, but now I'm going to make preparations for a camping chapter.
FYI I based Celestia's backstory with Spike after the fanfic 'Spike's Destiny' and the Victory Celebration after the Celebration at the end of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Movie from 1995: the year I was born.
All Skylanders stood on the battlements as they watched in shock as the Golem of the Deep, the very monster that was defeated by Spyro and Cynder, returns. They were equally shocked at the very sight of it, even its jaw has regenerated. They now had to take action to stop the Golem from reaching the castle. Spyro asked Rainbow Dash,
"Can you and Legendary Spyro distract it long enough for us to attack?"
Rainbow Dash replied, "Sure, we can."
Legendary Spyro said, "We keep it busy, so you guys can get prepared." As the duo left to keep it distracted, Spyro turned into Mega Ram Spyro and said,
"Now listen up, we have to prevent that monster from reaching the castle. When we get to it: Hit it with everything you got. But don't lose your focus, We can win this battle together!"
Spike replied, "All Dragon Skylanders carrying an EQG, form up on me. We'll attack it head-on!"
Boomer hopped onto Dark Spike's back, "Dark Spike and I will bring the BOOM on that Golem from above!"
EQG Twilight said, "Defeating that thing is going to be tough!"
Spyro replied, "Cynder and I defeated it before and we will do it again!"
Whirlwind, now sporting a golden helmet and underbelly armor said to EQG Rainbow Dash, "Got the new armor that the smiths made?"
EQG Rainbow Dash replied, "Yeah, and everyone of us got it. So lets take this thing down!"
Bash spoke to Flashwing, "I'm going to strike that thing's head and make it feel pain. I need you and EQG Rarity to act as the delivery person."
Flashwing grabbed Bash and said, "Anything to kill that Golem."
Prism Break shouted, "Those who are on the ground, come with me."
Wash Buckler said, "Swap Force and Giants, we'll join Prism Break and attack the Golem from the ground." Every Skylander left as the inhabitants cheered them on to kill the Golem.
The Golem of the Deep was having a hard time trying to swat some annoying flies out of the sky. Those 'annoying flies' are Legendary Spyro and Rainbow Dash distracting the Golem as the Skylanders arrived the battle-zone.
After that, the Golem breathed fire at the two, but it missed. The Giants struck at the Golem's spider like legs. Crusher swung his hammer at one of its legs which caused the creature to try and step on the Earth Giant. Swarm shot his blades at the Golem's face as it tried to snatch the Giant out of the air. The Golem tried to grab Eye-Brawl, but his eye detached and shot its lasers at the Golem's hand.
As for the Swap Force, Blast Zone and Stink Bomb swapped into Stink Zone and Blast Bomb. Stink Zone moved in from of the Golem's tail and maneuvered as the Golem intentionally tried to whack Stink Zone with its tail. Stink Zone picked up Blast Bomb until the Golem grabbed both of them as the Golem looked at Blast Bomb's bottom until the Skylander unleashed the mist which blinded the Golem temporarily and releasing the two in the process. Blast Bomb threw a bomb at the Golem as it struggled with its sight. As soon as it regained its sight, it tried to smash them, but the two got away.
The Golem roared in frustration and began moving as the Skylanders continued attacking. Spike and the Dragon Skylanders with their EQG riders attacked the Golem's vulnerable points at its right hand because it had the most crystals on it. The attack was going well until they were intercepted by a bunch of Grublin Wyverns. The Dragon Skylanders dealt with the Wyverns while their EQG riders focused their blades on the Golem's hands. EQG Twilight and Spike moved into position as they fired on the Golem's hand. The Dragon and its Rider evaded a near whack from the Golem.
Bash, Flashwing and EQG Rarity were speeding towards the Golem as Bash said,
"Now, drop me!" Flashwing released Bash as he curled into a ball and thanks to Flashwing, his speed was great enough that he bashed through the Golem's head and out through the mouth.
Bash landed on and ground as he got the Golem's attention as it slammed its hand on the ground, trying to kill Bash until it was distracted by Flashwing's crystal lighthouse and EQG Rarity's crystals that she fires from her sword. The Golem would lower itself, giving it an opening for Bash to attack the hand. Slobber Tooth joined in the fray on the Golem's hand until a bunch of Shadow Apes attacked Slobber Tooth. Bash saw that Slobber Tooth was injured and decided to get him out of there.
Stealth Elf and Chop Chop were fighting back to back as wave after wave of Grublins came as the Golem progressed. Chop Chop used his twin swords to cut down the Grublins as Stealth Elf used her ninja skills along with her new suit to take down each Grublin until she was caught off-guard by a Shadow Ape and injured by it. Chop Chop saw what happened and picked Stealth Elf up as he cut his way through the Grublins to get her to safety.
Stink Bomb, Dark Spyro, Wash Buckler and Blast Zone were holding off the Grublins, but were not stopping the Golem from progressing until Legendary Spike flew in while holding Eruptor as the magma blob said,
"LAVA BARF ERUPTOR!!!!"
Lava Barf Eruptor barfed Lava on the Golem as the creature got angry as a dark crystal in its head sparked. It let out a fist which caused Legendary Spike to block the impact with his wing as both he and Eruptor were knocked out of the sky.
Dark Spyro watched his companions go down until he noticed Legendary Rarity magically grab Legendary Spike. Blast Zone grabbed the falling Eruptor, and Wash Buckler told him to join up with the others. But that left them open by an attack by two Shadow Apes, the attack by the Shadow Apes injured Wash Buckler and Blast Zone which made Dark Spyro's horns grow as he yelled,
"DARK MEGA RAM SPYRO!!!!" Dark Mega Ram Spyro rammed the Shadow Apes that attacked Wash Buckler and Blast Zone. He told Stink Bomb,
"We have to get them to safety. An attack by a Shadow Ape can be deadly."
Stink Bomb replied, "Then we better not leave them here." Dark Spyro and Stink Bomb grabbed their injured friends and went to safety.
Meanwhile in an observation center, Kaos was seeing the battle that is unfolding before his eyes. He heard stories of that embodiment of Destruction, but never seen it in real life.
"Incredible, This Ancient Earth Golem is causing so much destruction of that Island!"
Kaos' Mother appeared on a nearby screen, "Well, it was resurrected by Malefor himself. The Dark Dragon which you freed I suppose."
Kaos replied, "Mother, Malefor's return was a cooperation effort by me and Hektore, sadly he isn't here to see this." He zoomed in to see what is battling the Golem and saw the shape of a Purple and Green Dragon carrying a Rider,
"A Skylander.....and is that a purple colored human?" He looked closer at the symbol that the rider had and realized, "A humanized version of that annoying unicorn, Twilight Sparkle!?"
Kaos' Mother asked, "This Twilight is someone you know?"
Kaos replied, "Of course, Mother. These pathetic ponies teamed up with those annoying Skylanders and defeated me, twice already!!!"
Kaos' Mother realized, "Then you should try harder to stop them when the time comes." She asked, "What happened to Glumshanks?"
Kaos looked at a picture of his butler, "He's still mad at me for falsely blaming him for the Evilizer getting wrecked again."
As the Skylanders pulled out their injured friends, Dark Spyro felt Stealth Elf as Chop Chop set her down. He pulled his paw away as he said,
"Petrified Darkness. Stealth Elf, Slobber Tooth, Wash Buckler and Blast Zone are infected with Petrified Darkness."
Chop Chop asked, "Are you sure?"
Dark Spyro said, "Its not something you forget." At that moment, they saw their four friends change their skin pigment, Slobber Tooth and Blast Zone's Armor turns Black and Silver. They regained consciousness as Dark Spyro said,
"You might feel a little bit dizzy, but the Shadow Apes infected you with Petrified Darkness. But it can be easily controlled."
Dark Wash Buckler said, "Thanks. Maybe we can use our Dark forms against the Golem."
Dark Blast Zone replied, "Its a great idea."
Dark Stealth Elf said, "Those Shadow Apes infected us, but we can stab them in the back."
Dark Slobber Tooth replied, "Lets destroy that Golem."
Dark Mega Ram Spyro yelled, "DARK FORCE, MOVE OUT!!"
The Dark Force and the other Skylanders moved back to the Battle-zone and moved in to attack the Golem.
In the skies above the Golem, Whirlwind and EQG Rainbow Dash were doing all they can to stop the Golem from progressing any further. EQG Rainbow Dash told Whirlwind,
"It's heading for the upper part of the island."
Whirlwind replied, "The inhabitants are sheltered there in the castle. We can let it get any further unless...." She realized, "Of course, The Illuminator!"
All Dragon Skylanders carrying and EQG formed around Whirlwind as Spyro asked, "What's the Illuminator?"
Whirlwind replied, "It's my gift to the Ice Elves at the Cloud Break Islands. I gave them the Illuminator to give to light an eternal darkness, the Ice Elves also see it as a source of courage. If I can use the Illuminator to blind the Golem, it will give them a chance to fight without fear and we can stop this thing."
EQG Spike asked while on Spyro's back, "Can you use it when you are far from the Cloud Break Islands?"
Whirlwind replied, "If I want to use it, its power will seek me, like a beacon."
Flashwing said, "Then do it." Whirlwind and her EQG rider felt a surge of Rainbow energy formed over them as Whirlwind said,
"In this time of need, I request the power of the Illuminator! Blind this beast and give my friends the will to fight harder!"
Whirlwind exploded in rainbows as a beam of light came out of nowhere and struck the monster, temporarily blinding it while every Skylander fighting the Golem felt a surge of courage and vigor from the Illuminator. They began to fight harder and push through the Grublins guarding the creature. The attacked the Golem directly, catching it off-guard as it was shaking off the effects. Spyro said,
"Now lets stop this thing or else it will destroy everything!"
Boomer and Dark Spike were over the Golem as Boomer had an idea. Boomer said,
"Dive towards the Golem's head and I will drop a bomb directly on top of it."
Dark Spike smiled, "So now we are going dive bombing."
Dark Spike dived towards the Golem's head at a very fast motion until the creature found out what they were up to. But as it tried to attack, Boomer dropped a bomb in the Golem's mouth as it exploded. But the Golem's head still remained as it roared in anger. Somehow the Golem missed Dark Spike when it retaliated with a whack, but it knocked Spike out as both him and EQG Twilight were in freefall. Boomer noticed Rarity summoning a crystal pillar to boost herself up and magically grab the falling dragon. Dark Spike looked at EQG Twilight as she was caught by Voodood, in the same bridal style before the defense of the castle.
Voodood caught EQG Twilight, breaking her fall in the process. He looked at the Golem's hand that was close enough for a ground attack. He had an idea,
"EQG Twilight, we must take it down together. The weakness is the dark crystal in the head. But the hand must be attacked first."
EQG Twilight asked, "Are we going to tell the others that the crystal is exposed after we expose it?"
Voodood nodded as they got to the Golem's hand. They attacked the hand which angered the creature who was about to smash them until a dark fire bomb to the head interrupted it. Dark Blast Zone appeared and said,
"Give it all you got, the Dark Force has your backs." Dark Mega Ram Spyro approached the two along with Dark Slobber Tooth, Dark Ninja Stealth Elf and Dark Wash Buckler, "We'll help you finish this thing off once and for all. And now we have the courage to do so, thanks to the Illuminator back at the Cloud Break Islands."
As the Dark Force kept the Golem busy, Voodood and EQG Twilight managed to run across the beast's arm and evade all the counters that it tried to throw at it. Once they reached the top of its head, EQG Twilight and Voodood drove their weapons into the Golem's head and chipped off a piece of its head revealing the brain crystal. Voodood and EQG Twilight jumped off of the creature as Voodood said,
"Crystal Brain is exposed, time for the others to tear that thing apart."
EQG Twilight placed her hand on the Orc's shoulder and said, "Voodood, if we don't survive past its destruction..." Voodood raised an eyebrow on what she was about to say. EQG Twilight admitted,
"I just wanted you to know.......I LOVE YOU, VOODOOD!"
The Orc smiled and said in third person, "Voodood loves you, too."
After seeing the signal, all Skylanders directed their fire on the exposed brain crystal on top of the Golem's head. The Catapults back at the castle opened fire at the Golem's head as the creature roared with pain. As soon as the crystal was destroyed, the Golem screeched one final time and collapsed dead. All Skylanders gathered around the dead Golem to see that it was truly dead, it showed no signs of getting up. They began to cheer that they have finally won the battle and began to count any Skylanders that were injured.
That's when the Skylanders turned their attention to EQG Twilight and Voodood, who were now locking lips with each other. Some of the Skyanders went 'aawwww' at that romantic scene and the others were practically cheering. EQG Rainbow Dash said,
"I guess she found someone she actually likes."
Spyro replied, "When you bring two universes together: A girl from one universe would fall for a Guy from another."
EQG Rainbow Dash stated, "At least, Voodood is better than that other guy, Brad."
Pop Fizz walked up, "Brad, AKA Flash Sentry was a temporary ally back during the Soul Gem Conflict. But we never saw him again after Tree Rex fought him to defend EQG Twilight."
Tree Rex said, "By the way I defended her, I'm kind of like a father figure to her."
Voodood and EQG Twilight released until they noticed that their friends were watching. They backed away and blushed until Legendary Spike said,
"You don't have to hide it. We saw the whole thing."
At the victory celebration, all Skylanders, Variants and EQGs were being honored as heroes for defending the island against the Dark Armies and the Golem of the Deep. The Capybara King came to the Skylanders and their allies and spoke in his own language as a Warfang Translator said,
"He is saying that, 'We are grateful for your efforts, Skylanders. If it wasn't for you, we wouldn't be standing here today. You and your new allies are now honored as heroes along with the Mabu and Warfang Soldiers who risked everything to protect this castle. You have my eternal gratitude.' That was what he was saying."
Spyro stepped forward along with the others and said, "That's what Skylanders do when there is trouble."
Flynn came up, who was now wearing crutches, "Well, what about the ship? Should we repair it?"
The Capybara King spoke again and his Translator said, "We will be honored to have our mechanics repair the ship. And judging by your condition, you can't repair it yourself."
After hours of repairs on the Dread-Yacht, it was fully repaired and the big gun on the Dread-Yacht was improved with technology from the Dragon Catapults, that the Warfang soldiers used. As the fully repaired Dread-Yacht lifted off, Wash Buckler and Blast Zone along with their Dark Variants waved bye to the Mabu soldiers as they set a course for the Dragon City in Avalar. As the two Dark Swap Force Skylanders left, Wash Buckler asked,
"Do you get the feeling that we are short one Swap Force Skylander and one Core Skylander?"
Blast Zone asked, "I noticed it."
Free Ranger approached, "We are missing one Air Swap Force Skylander and one Core Skylander."
Rattle Shake bounced over, "But who?" They began to think it over until Night Shift and Freeze Blade approached. Night Shift said,
"I think we know who we are missing."
Wash Buckler asked, "Who are we missing?"
Freeze Blade's eyes widen, "Of course...Boom Jet and Scratch. We are missing Boom Jet and Scratch."
Blast Zone replied, "Boom Jet and Scratch landed in Equestria, but where?"
EQG Pinkie Pie and Skylander Pinkie Pie approached as EQG Pinkie said, "Oh, a sneak peak for the next chapter for the discovery of Boom Jet and Scratch!"
Skylander Pinkie held up a green check, "Check!"
Stink Bomb approached, "Guys, its just Pinkies being Pinkies. That's what Twilight told me."
Wash Buckler replied, "We'll leave them to themselves."
Author's Note
Well, that was a heated battle for the island. A little romance moment between Voodood and EQG Twilight was something a had to put in, because basically, I never liked Flash Sentry and thought, 'I think Voodood would be perfect for EQG Twilight.' And soon enough, it has worked out. Skylanders Swap Force is here and I am excited! (Message on Sunday)
The two Pinkies mentioned a sneak peak for the next chapter for the discovery of Boom Jet and Scratch. But I'm not sure.
Grim Creeper meets Daring Do
Ponyville was in the process of getting ready for the New Year. The ponies were getting train tickets for Canterlot to watch up close, well the entire town was getting train tickets. The Skylanders remembered that Flynn would give them a ride in the Dread-Yacht, so they wouldn't have to go through all the hassle. There was one Undead Skylander who felt a strange feeling until he came across a book lying on the ground. When Grim Creeper saw the book, he picked it up and looked at the title,
"Daring Do. By A.K. Yearling."
When he opened the book, he began to read about the adventures of this Pegasus mare and how she was able to get out of sticky and life-threatening situations. Grim Creeper found this mare kind of Daring....hence the name. But his reading was interrupted when Twilight said,
"Grim, Ponyville is under attack!"
He placed the book by the library and took out his scythe to find out who is attacking. The identity of the attackers are the forces of the Underworld which is in the Well of Souls back in Avalar. The leader recognized the Skylanders and the world that he is in.
"So, this is Equestria? Pretty dull if you ask me."
Grim Creeper recognized the leader, "Moneybone!!"
Moneybone heard the reaper, "Grim Creeper, the reaper who contained those ghosts at the school when you were young."
Grim Creeper asked, "What do you want with the Ponies?"
Count Moneybone replied, "I wanted to see this world that a Dragon was talking so much about with his Unicorn Apprentice." He smiled, "But what I really want is..." He took a hold of Grim Creeper whose was now helpless while in the Skeletons grasp, "To send you far away from this town." He threw the reaper far away from Ponyville as the Count said,
"So long, Grim Creeper. And now its time to leave." He and his flunkies disappeared back to Skylands as the other Skylanders looked at where Moneybone threw Grim Creeper. Rainbow Dash looked at the Daring Do book that was leaning against the Library and she told the others,
"I noticed Grim Creeper was reading this book before that 'Moneybone' guy attacked."
Twilight looked at the book and the direction where Grim Creeper was thrown, and the unicorn said,
"If my calculations are correct, Grim Creeper will land at the house of...." She went into the Library and pulled out a file of where he will land, "A.K. Yearling."
Spyro asked, "The Writer of the Daring Do books?"
Rainbow Dash squealed in excitement, "Yes, she is the same mare who writes the Daring Do books!"
Spike spoke, "I guess the New Year Celebration will have to wait."
Twilight realized, "I better write a letter to the Princesses to tell them that we might be running late."
She took out a paper and quill and began to write,
"Dear Princess Celestia, I have to inform you that we might be running late for the celebration because an undead skeleton named 'Count Moneybone' attacked Ponyville and threw Grim Creeper far from town. I calculated his landing zone to be A.K. Yearling's house. So we are going to Yearling's house to retrieve Grim Creeper. We will send a message back when we have Grim and you can teleport us back. Your faithful student and Skylander, Twilight Sparkle. P.S. Make sure you tell my sister about this. Because, I don't want her to worry."
Spike sent it off as Twilight said, "We must go to A.K. Yearling's house."
A.K. Yearling heard rumors of Skylanders in Equestria, but she spent so much time writing the Daring Do books, she never had time to go to where they were most active. But overtime, she heard rumors of a Artifact of Skylands Origin. This artifact cannot be reached by a normal pony, because no pony can touch it. Hoping to make a Daring Do story that has her teaming up with a Skylander to get the artifact.
But that changed when she saw something land in her house. She was thinking that those thugs were trashing her place, she made her way inside. What she saw was out of the ordinary, she saw a reaper wearing a hood-like helmet, two legs and two arms, a blue ghostly aura around it and its weapon is a scythe. That was when the reaper woke up and said,
"Where am I?"
Yearling replied, "You are in my house. When I saw you land, I thought a bunch of thugs were trashing my place."
Grim Creeper asked, "Who are you?"
Yearling introduced herself, "Yearling, A.K. Yearling."
The reaper replied, "Creeper, Grim Creeper. I am an Undead Skylander."
Yearling was shocked, "A.....Skylander....in my house?!"
Grim Creeper asked, "Why does that shock you?"
Yearling replied, "Because, a Skylander lands in the house of the mare that writes those Daring Do books is always something to behold."
Grim Creeper got up, "You write the Daring Do books, as I read about you."
Yearling replied, "Well, I didn't just write the books....I lived them."
Grim Creeper said, "Wait, so you're both A.K. Yearling...."
Yearling finished as she removed her disguise, "And Daring Do."
Grim Creeper said, "A double lifestyle. But why were you hoping for a Skylander to meet you?"
Daring Do pulled out a ring, a coin and a map, she gave the ring and the coin to the reaper as he realized,
"These are items from the Undead and Magic Element."
Daring Do replied, "Correct, I found these items while exploring a cave a couple years back and that wasn't until I heard rumors of Skylanders in Equestria."
Grim Creeper asked, "So what did you find out?"
Daring Do pointed at the map, "I found out that there is an Artifact of Skylands Origin in that cave, but I can't do it myself. No pony can reach it, let alone touch the artifact."
Grim Creeper realized, "Only a Skylander can touch the artifact."
Daring Do replied, "But any Skylands artifact could have a special power for the Skylander that obtains it."
Grim Creeper nodded as he turned towards the door, but asked, "Anypony else hunting this artifact?"
Daring Do replied, "Like I said, only a Skylander can get to the artifact, so no pony would be dumb enough to hunt for something that only a Skylander can obtain."
Grim Creeper added, "With you as an exception."
Daring Do nodded, "Let's go."
Grim Creeper realized, "The others might come looking for me an they would go here first."
Daring Do nodded, "We'll leave a note for the other Skylanders." After leaving a note on the door for the other Skylanders, they set off for the cave where Daring Do found the ring and the coin.
As they arrived at the cave, Grim Creeper asked,
"What do you think is in this cave?"
Daring Do replied, "There was the ring and the coin. But there was a door, a door that could only be opened by a Skylander."
Grim Creeper said, "And that door leads to the artifact?"
Daring Do nodded, "I guess so, but throughout my adventures, there are always traps in chambers like the one we are about to enter."
The reaper took out his scythe, "Then we better not let our guard down."
They journeyed into the cave as Daring Do directed the Skylander to the door that she spoke of. After a couple of minutes of traversing, the duo reached the door. Grim Creeper looked at the words on the door as he translated,
"Those who enter with the protection of a Skylander will find the Talisman of Legends inside. But those who seek to gain its power for themselves will meet an untimely end. Those who value the Skylander's protection and the Skylander's safety, will absorb some of the Talisman of Legend's power."
Daring Do realized, "You can understand the writing on the door."
Grim Creeper replied, "Its written in a dialect that the Moles of Warfang used back when Skylands was a whole planet. I saw these when I was in the Well of Souls before the Apes conquered it before Night of Eternal Darkness."
Daring Do realized, "You are good at translating."
Grim Creeper nodded as he turned his attention to the door and translated some more,
"To enter will have the Skylander wear the Ring of the Protector while the one he or she is protecting possesses the Coin of the Explorer."
Daring Do pulled out the ring and the coin from her saddlebag as she gave the ring to Grim Creeper as he translated the last part of the old language,
"The Coin of the Explorer must be inserted in....a keyhole just below this writing as the Skylander wears the ring."
Daring Do placed the coin in the keyhole while Grim Creeper wore the ring as she realized,
"The coin was really a key to the door and the power of a Skylander can have the key open the door."
Grim Creeper looked at the ring and the door while it opens, "It said that a Skylander has to wear the ring while the key is in the keyhole."
The door opens as they progressed into the Temple of the Talisman of Legends. They still didn't know what the Talisman would do after they reach it. But they don't know anything about it, but they began to search the walls for any of that Warfang Language to find any story on the Talisman.
Meanwhile at Daring Do's House, Twilight and the other Skylanders arrived to see if Ms. Yearling was home until they came across a note on the door. Twilight read the note,
"To any Skylanders that arrive, If you are here inquiring about the missing Skylander, Grim Creeper, then he is not here. We went to investigate a cave that could conceal a temple that contains an Artifact of Skylands Origin. If we don't come back, the cave is nearby.
Daring Do."
There were shocked discover that the note came from Daring Do herself and basically, Grim Creeper is with her. Spyro said,
"We have to get to that cave and find them."
Twilight nodded, "But, I'm curious about this artifact that was in the note."
Pop Fizz said, "If we find Grim Creeper and Daring Do, we would find the artifact as well."
Rainbow Dash said, "Well lets go." The group moved towards the cave where the artifact was being contained.
Grim Creeper and Daring Do journeyed through the Temple of the Talisman of Legends hoping to find any insight on the Talisman itself while finding where the Talisman is. It wasn't until they came across more of that foreign language and the reaper translated,
"The Talisman of Legends is a powerful artifact that could only be possessed by a Skylander. It was used as a tool for Giants until it was sealed inside the temple. The Talisman was created in a magical world which was locked in a major conflict with a Dark Foe. The Talisman and the Giants were swept from their world and landed in the Crystal Empire...."
Grim Creeper realized, "This tells the story of the Talisman of Legends and how it arrived with the Giants."
Daring Do spoke, "I heard the story of the Giants, but I didn't know that the Talisman came with them."
They pressed on into the temple to find the Talisman and find out what it does until the mare was about to step on a bunch of holes in the floor. Grim Creeper blocked her with the stick of his scythe,
"Don't take another step." A bunch of spikes came up from the floor as the holes were glowing green before springing up. Daring Do looked at what direction the lights were glowing before popping up,
"The lights are moving forward, if we can run across those traps while their down before those lights reach us, we could be able to avoid this trap."
Grim Creeper nodded as they prepared to run. And just as the spikes went down, they ran across the trap without looking back to see if the spikes are going up. After they got across, they came upon a pit that made Daring Do think,
"How are we going to cross it?"
Grim Creeper thought of something when he went into his ghost form, "I'll go on ahead to the other side of the pit and call my armor over to me. But make sure you hang on to the armor because you will be pulled over when I call it back."
Grim Creeper's ghost form moved across the pit as Daring Do held onto the living armor and as soon as the ghost was on the other side. He said,
"Armor, Return!" The armor zipped across the pit with Daring Do hanging on tightly. When Grim Creeper's Armor was back in place, Daring Do released herself from the armor and saw a door with more of that language along with a picture of a Pony and a Skylander kissing. Grim looked at the picture and then the writing,
"The path to the Talisman of Legends is marked on how well the Pony and the Skylander cooperate. The final path to the Talisman of Legends is the Pony and the Skylander showing appreciation for each other. Once they have shown appreciation, the path to the Talisman awaits."
Daring Do looked at the picture and say, "Appreciation. It means that we have to show appreciation to each other and those two in the picture are kissing."
Grim Creeper looked shocked, "We are going to have to kiss each other to open the door!?"
Daring Do nodded, "I wonder how the temple would know."
Grim Creeper spoke as his glowing aura was dying down, "There is only one way to find out."
They approached each other as they moved their heads close to one another. Daring Do would have to kiss the reaper to have them move on as Grim Creeper's glow died down some more. Grim Creeper basically had a choice, to either kiss Daring Do so the door could open or go back to the entrance. But since there was a pit that they already crossed over, there was no turning back. As they almost locked lips, it went dark because Grim's glowing aura died out until the sound of a door opening snapped them out and the reaper's glow lighted up again. Grim Creeper looked at the opening door and at Daring Do and said as he blushed,
"We tell no pony and no Skylander about this."
Daring Do approached him as she blushed, "Deal."
They began moving into the open doorway where they would find the very item that they were looking for.
At the entrance to the temple, The Skylanders were following the trail that Grim Creeper and Daring Do left behind since they brought Hot Dog with them, he could easily sense the trail. It wasn't until Hot Dog came across a stop point in the trail near the tale and origin of the Talisman of Legends. Jet-Vac looked at the writing and realized,
"The Talisman is in this temple."
Twilight asked, "What does the Talisman do?"
Jet-Vac replied, "I don't know much, but it does have something to do with the Legendary Skylanders."
Spike nodded, "Then if we catch up to Daring Do and Grim Creeper, we could be able to get them out of here with the Talisman." Spike burped out a message from Princess Celestia as he read,
"To my faithful Student and Skylander, Twilight Sparkle, I've received your message and this is troubling that Ponyville was attacked and Grim Creeper was missing. You and the Skylanders have to retrieve Grim Creeper at A.K. Yearling's house and I'll teleport you to Canterlot once you message me back. Your Mentor and Portal Master, Princess Celestia."
Spyro lowered his head, "She doesn't know that we are in a cave searching for Grim Creeper and 'A.K. Yearling', we have to tell her."
Spike's eyes began to glow as his horns began to emit a magical energy to it as he said, "Mom, its Spike, we are currently in a cave searching for Grim Creeper and A.K. Yearling, who we discovered from a note that she is actually Daring Do. They came to this cave to find an Artifact of Skylands Origin called, 'The Talisman of Legends.' It had something to do with the Legendary Skylanders, but that's all we know about it. We try to message you back, but this will take a while."
Spike's eyes returned to normal as Rarity asked, "Are you all right?"
Spike shook off what happened and said, "I'm fine, but somehow I was able to send a message to Princess Celestia, telepathically."
Warnado realized, "We'll talk about this later, but I hope she got it." They started to move further inside the temple as they dodged the traps in the temple and crossed the pit, that's when they came across the picture. Twilight asked,
"What does it mean?"
Chop Chop replied, "It means appreciation for the Skylander. Those who were seeking the Talisman have to show appreciation for the Skylander by doing what this picture shows." He looked at the opened door, "And they have already shown appreciation."
Rainbow Dash asked, "Grim Creeper......and Daring Do.....kissed?"
Hot Dog sniffed, "Oh yeah, they did kiss. But we are almost to the central chamber."
Grim Creeper and Daring Do reached the central chamber of the Temple and found the place lit by torches and shown the way to the pedestal that holds the Talisman of Legends, they also passed by images that showed their journey through the temple and how they cooperated. Grim Creeper noticed,
"The Temple does know what enters the temple."
Daring Do looked at the images, "Whoever built this place, enchanted it so that the temple would know any that enters."
Grim Creeper looked at the pedestal, "And that is the Talisman of Legends."
The duo looked at the Talisman and decided to approach the pedestal. They have made it through the temple and now they have to obtain the artifact and discover the secret behind it. Daring Do looked at Grim Creeper,
"According to the writings, only a Skylander can obtain it. So, its your turn. I'll be right behind you."
Grim Creeper acknowledged this as he approached the Talisman, which was the shape of an ankh, but it had a Blue body with a Gold gem in the upper middle. He wasn't stupid because the Talisman of Legends isn't a harmless artifact. As he took it off the pedestal, the Talisman's power consumed Grim Creeper as Daring Do heard screaming inside the envelope created by the artifact itself. She also felt some of the Talisman's power seep into her, making her see what was going on inside. The Envelope exploded leaving Grim Creeper kneeling with the Talisman in his hand, but there was another that was created from Grim Creeper with assistance from the Talisman itself.
It was Grim Creeper, but this one was blue and gold. Grim Creeper got up and looked at the Blue and Gold Grim Creeper, he realized,
"The Talisman of Legends has the power to create a Legendary Skylander."
Daring Do was shocked, "So now that we have it, we should go." She paused, "We're being followed."
Grim Creeper picked up Legendary Grim Creeper and placed him over his shoulder as he said,
"Its the Calvary, the Skylanders came looking for me."
Daring Do asked, "But, how did I know that they were right behind us?"
Grim Creeper replied, "When we get out of the temple, we'll find out."
Daring Do asked, "What about the Talisman?"
Grim Creeper was holding it in his hand while the other held Legendary Grim Creeper. They began making their way back to the entrance and that's when they ran into the others. Twilight said,
"Grim Creeper, we finally found you."
Grim Creeper nodded, "I know, you guys are happy to see me again. But we have to get out of here."
Spyro said, "But there's a pit that we had to cross."
Daring Do added, "I know, but we crossed it ourselves."
Rainbow Dash was shocked at seeing her idol for the first time as she said, "Hi Daring Do, I'm your biggest fan."
Daring Do noticed, "Now is not the time for an autograph.....but we need to get back to the entrance and get the new Legendary Grim Creeper to safety."
Jet-Vac asked, "You got it?" Grim Creeper held the Talisman and said, "We got it."
They were about to move out until they were consumed in a flash of light and when it faded, the group disappeared.
The group reappeared in the Canterlot Portal Chamber, Grim Creeper asked,
"How did we end up in Canterlot?"
Daring Do replied, "We were in the temple a few minutes ago."
Twilight spoke, "I think Celestia got Spike's message that he sent telepathically."
Spike noticed, "I guess you can say that." A familiar voice said,
"I see that you have finally arrived."
They saw a familiar blue alicorn approach them as they recognized him as, "Master Eon!"
Master Eon nodded, "The Princesses received the message and asked me to keep an eye on your progress through the Portal of Power. I decided to bring you here to Canterlot once you were all together." He noticed Legendary Grim Creeper, "And I see that Grim Creeper has a Legendary Variant."
Grim Creeper set down his variant, "He was created through the Talisman of Legends itself."
Master Eon asked, "The Talisman of Legends.....you have it?"
Grim Creeper held it up to Eon as he examined it and realized, "The Talisman is the original source of the Legendary Skylanders."
Twilight asked, "How come?"
The Alicorn spoke as he magically held it, "The Talisman of Legends was created by the first Portal Masters during the war and was used to create Legendary Skylanders. The process was done by using a regular Skylander with the Talisman. And judging by Legendary Grim Creeper's appearance, the process worked."
Daring Do asked, "Um...Master Eon, I was able to see through a magical envelope created by the Talisman when Grim Creeper obtained the Talisman. Why was I able to do that?"
The Alicorn Portal Master replied, "I believe that if the Skylander cooperated with a Pony to take possession of the Talisman, during the Legendary process, some of the Talisman's powers were absorbed by you, having you gain a new ability for a Pegasus like you."
Daring Do realized, "So I obtained a new ability by helping him with the Talisman."
Legendary Grim Creeper started to move as Grim Creeper said, "Wait, he's waking up."
Legendary Grim Creeper gained consciousness as he looked around and said, "Where.....where am I?"
Master Eon approached the variant, "Do not be alarmed, Legendary Grim Creeper. You were created by Grim Creeper and the Talisman of Legends a few minutes ago."
Legendary Grim Creeper recognized him, "Master Eon?" The Alicorn nodded as the Legendary Skylander continued, "But, where am I?"
Twilight said, "You are in the Canterlot Portal Chamber where all the portals are placed."
Legendary Grim Creeper got up and realized, "Canterlot......the Capital of Equestria?" All Skylanders and Daring Do nodded. Master Eon told him, "Now will be a time of celebration because the countdown to the New Year has started."
Spyro remembered why they were there, "That's right, we have to meet up with the Princesses and the other Variants."
As they left the Portal Chamber and met up with the Royal Sisters, the Variants were introduced to a new Variant as well as Daring Do herself. They saw the final countdown to New Year with Countdown wearing his New Years attire. Everypony and Skylander in Canterlot yelled,
"3......2.....1.....HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!" And the crowds cheered as the New Year has begun. Even Zook fired his fireworks as the crowd cheered. As for the Talisman of Legends, it was safely put inside the storage compartment within the Portal of Power with the Soul Gems.
Author's Note
I know that its late, but I had to do it. The part that I thought of with Grim Creeper meeting Daring Do and discovering the Talisman of Legends. So that goes to prove that I still haven't abandoned this fic. So, I'll see you all around.
In the Canterlot Portal Chamber, the Multiverse Portal stood in all its glory as the four EQG Skylanders form around its opening as Master Eon is with them as well. The Portal Master knows that these four were terrific fighters until Count Moneybone attempted to turn them undead and have them fight for him until Grim Creeper corrected that issue. But sometimes those times actually showed EQG Terrafin's willpower in resisting the undead. EQG Camo was given the blood of the beast which now flows through his veins giving him the ability to turn into a Werewolf and then back again. The four cooperated greatly through teamwork as EQG Legendary Spyro turned to Eon,
"Master Eon, my friends and I wish to return to our universe to inform our families that we are okay."
Master Eon smiled, "You can return to your universe. I will set it up so you can land in your universe." The Alicorn used his magic to shift the image of the Portal to show Canterlot High as it was snowing. EQG Camo looked at the portal and said, "The skateboard won't cut it in that weather. But luckily I came prepared." He pressed a button on the board as the wheels folded up into the main structure, turning it into a Snowboard which was courtesy of EQG Drobot when he upgraded the board. Master Eon looked at the four and said,
"You four are all well prepared to return home. But before you leave...I have a question."
EQG Drobot stepped forward, "And that is?" Eon asked, "How did you get to this universe without the use of a Portaltrix watch?"
EQG Drobot replied as he pulled up an image, "We built a Multiverse Portal of our own. We had the exact knowledge to build one because of my technical expertise and our connection with our counterparts. The construction of the portal was a top secret project and no one outside our hideout knew about it well except for our parents of course. We had a lot of setbacks until we used a piece of Arkeyan Tech that made up my armored suit and an Arkeyan Power Source as well. We managed to start it up and test it out. It was successful because we ended up here at the 'receiving' portal. Our portal seemed to connect with this one and became a bridge between dimensions. Our way into this universe and our way back."
Master Eon was amazed at their ability of constructing a portal of their own. The Alicorn soon heard EQG Legendary Spyro ask, "Before we leave, we just want to know one thing. What motivated you to build a Multiverse Portal in the first place?"
Eon replied with a story, "It was out of curiosity for testing out a very old Portal Master Spell. This one in particular could reach out to another dimension with an intention of observation or transferring one object to that universe. That's when I started to realize that there are other dimensions and there are some artifacts that are known for inter-dimensional travel like the Mirror of Mystery. But that would lead to a mirrored version of Skylands. But I came up with a new way to master inter-dimensional travel several years ago before The Great Arrival." The Alicorn turned to the Traptanium Portal of Power as he made the image shift into a memory of himself when he was human, "When I was human, I discovered the old spell for inter-dimensional travel, but it was too complex even for me to master in my current form back then."
The EQGs understood that the Soul Gem Conflict was First Contact with the Skylanders as well as the Battle of the EQG Universe which led to their existence. EQG Legendary Spyro looked at the Alicorn,
"If you haven't built this portal, we wouldn't be here right now." Master Eon chuckled, "That is very correct. The events that bridged our dimensions was caused by the portal. And now I suppose its time for you to return to your universe for a little while. But remember, your bodies may look EQG, but your hearts will always beat with the magic of Skylands and when you feel it, it will never fail you."
The EQGs smiled as all four of them jumped into the Super Portal shouting, "SKYLANDER POWER!!"
As the four EQG Skylanders returned to their universe, they soon realized that their exit point was in free fall as they fell towards the snowy ground while EQG Drobot spoke,
"This doesn't look like my lab. But we all know what happens in a situation like this!" All EQGs nodded as EQG Camo whipped up his snowboard as the others followed,
"Let's shred some powder, guys!" The others got out their own boards as the ground became closer and closer. They all oriented themselves towards a snowy ramp that was burying a statue in the front of the school. After lining up with the ramp, they all landed safely as the icy snow shredded against their hi-tech skateboard/snowboard hybrids, the four human Skylanders stopped in front of the statue to assess the situation. EQG Drobot checked his watch as he realized one thing,
"Guys, we better get home. It's 1:00 AM and our parents might be wondering if we were ever coming back." EQG Legendary Spyro checked his own watch, "He's right. We better get moving before daybreak and it would be a very good sign for Principal Celestia and Vice-Principal Luna to see us alive."
EQG Camo spoke, "Well, let's head home before anyone sees us." As the four ran towards the snowy road before jumping onto their boards again as their turbo boosters allowed them to shred more snow along the way, they didn't notice another Multiverse Portal opening up to reveal a scientist with wooden spider-like legs followed by a Werewolf with a bone guitar. This was Dr Krankcase and Wolfgang, both are members of the Doom Raiders who were ordered by The Golden Queen to enter the EQG Universe and find potential EQGs that would join them to fight the Skylanders. Krankcase saw the four EQG Skylanders blazing down the road as he went,
"I'm glad those four didn't notice us....well they never even heard of us." Wolfgang shrugged, "All that work for a bit of dimension-jumping from there to here. At least, I won't be hearing the Queen's continued ranting about Krypt King." The Werewolf noticed the surroundings, "Since we're here, I suppose finding at least three EQGs to join us wouldn't be a problem."
The scientist turned to the Werewolf, "At least, we need to lay low and make sure that we follow those four EQG Skylanders. They do tend to attract a lot of attention, if we see someone who could be of use to us....we can offer what they desire."
Wolfgang nodded as he looked at the trail that the snowboards left behind, "Classic tail and eavesdrop, best idea I've heard all day. Even from you, doc its a classic." Dr. Krankcase nodded as they began to follow the trail of the EQG Skylanders, even if the falling snow intends to cover the trail, Krankcase wasn't stupid. As well as Wolfgang's wolf senses as he sniffed out the trail as they moved on into the night.
During their hunt, Wolfgang noticed a fork in the road as the four trails spit into two. Wolfgang noticed, "Oh, I see. The two of the four live in another house. But they won't get far." Krankcase looked at the fork in the road as he spoke, "Those trails do split all right. And judging that they have the physiology of teenagers, there will most likely have a parent waiting for the two of the four at one house." He looked at the trails and noticed that one was going left while the other was going right and he decided, "We should separate, so we can find where the house where the two halves of the team of four live." He pointed to the right, "I'll take right, and Wolfgang, you will take left."
Wolfgang spoke as he took the left trail, "Good, I was tired of following you anyway. But you were less annoying than Gulper when he was on his regular soda drinking frenzies. I'll catch ya later, doc."
As the two Doom Raiders separated to track their targets, they knew that it would soon bring them into contact with the duplicates of the four Skylanders.
On the left side, EQGs Drobot and Legendary Spyro were almost to their destination as they used a nearby driveway as a ramp when they used the boosters on their boards to get airborne and drop down the chimney of their house. They soon appeared in the fireplace floe as they crawled out to the actual floor as they dusted the snow off of themselves. The boys noticed that the house was dark, save for a few lights that were on. EQG Drobot noticed,
"Mom must be asleep." EQG Legendary Spyro replied, "She has to be. After we left a note saying that we would be in a different dimension, she knew that we would try to find ourselves...well literally." EQG Drobot pressed a button on his pack which caused his mechanical wings to fold up as he said,
"Since it has been a year, we are going to leave a note to her telling her that we are home." The boys left a note on the refrigerator as they soon went up to their rooms to turn in for the rest of the night. Unknown to them, Wolfgang was looking into the window and overheard their conversation. He now knew where they lived so he decided to call Dr. Krankcase,
"Hey doc, I've got good news. I've found out where the leader and the mechanic live. So far their parent is asleep."
Dr. Krankcase replied, "Nice work, I've already found where the boxer and the gardener live. Lucky for me, their parent was awake so I managed to identify her as the EQG version of that Princess Luna mare."
Wolfgang realized, "If a human Luna is the parent on your end, then the parent who is asleep on my end is a human Celestia."
Krankcase replied, "Just like that, which means that these four EQGs have a so-called wisdom from those two. Which was because they knew about the Skylanders long before those four were created."
Wolfgang remembered, "It was the Soul Gem Conflict, when that huge battle occurred and our former employer, Malefor saved his apprentice from the Skylanders after her defeat."
Krankcase realized, "That was exactly the point, but these two came into contact with the Skylanders as they explained their quest and what they were after. Then came the part of their creation and well these four were created through EQG DNA scattered on the battlefield, and DNA from a Skylander from a tooth or a Dragon scale. These are remnants of the actual Skylanders."
Wolfgang felt that whole science lesson and said, "No wonder they are so powerful." He noticed the Sun rising up as he spoke to the doc, "Krankcase, we need to hide."
Krankcase replied, "I'm going into a nearby bush." Wolfgang jumped into a large bush as the dawn rises above the town.
As dawn arises over the town, Principal Celestia awoken and instantly felt something in her mind, it was an all too familiar sense that she has not felt in a year. Her adopted sons have returned home from the Skylander's Universe. As she made her way down to the kitchen, she spotted several signs to know that they were home aside from her senses, She spotted the footprints from Dro's mechanical boots and the fact that the fireplace floe had soot all over it. It made her suggest that those two went down the chimney to get inside.
As for knowing where they were after a year, She and Luna would visit Dro's Lab and Workshop and the Portal that the four built would always react and show where the EQG Skylanders have gone and if they are all right. Unlike most mothers who are concerned that their children may be hurt or dead, The EQG Skylanders were no ordinary boys. They were once inanimate fragments of Legendary Spyro, Drobot, Terrafin and Camo. She and Luna found the Drobot and Terrafin fragment which was only Terrafin's tooth and Drobot's Dragon Scale and Arkeyan Tech, they witnessed their 'birth' and raised these already teenage EQGs until it was ready to reveal what they really are.
Until when two more appeared in the form of Legendary Spyro's Dragon Scale and Camo's Dragon Scale. They appeared on the same battlefield which the first two appeared, but unlike EQG Drobot and EQG Terrafin, they didn't need to have their destinies to be kept a secret. They constructed the Multiverse Portal in secret so they could journey to the universe where the Skylanders came from....they even left a note saying that they were going.
It's been a full year since they left and now she wondered if they would ever return. As an adopted mother, she was concerned for their safety. But it wasn't until the telephone rang as she answered it,
"Hello?" Luna's voice was on the other end, "Sister, they're back! The EQG Skylanders have returned home!" Celestia smiled as she spoke, "I saw some signs to know that they were here. But it's good to know that those four have returned home."
Luna was overjoyed, "It has been a year since they left to join up with the other Skylanders and now they decide to come home." Until another voice came on the line, a very familiar voice that sounded synthesized,
"The reason that we came back is for the sake of family, Aunt Luna. If we didn't have you two to raise us, we would have been lost and confused. We also have a set of stories from our time in their universe."
Celestia looked up and saw EQG Drobot hanging upside-down from his cables like a spider. His wings were folded up into his backpack while his helmet remained on for communication. Celestia soon spoke to Luna, "I guess they were listening in."
Luna finished, "Then they have a lot to tell us about their adventures." After that, they made their farewells and hung up the phone as EQG Drobot managed to pull himself up and land on the floor as his helmet folded up and stored in his backpack, revealing his spikey yellow hair. Celestia looked at her son and said,
"It has been a year, Dro. So I trust that you, your brother and your cousins were busy saving Skylands."
EQG Drobot nodded, "We have...even after an unfortunate setback we had when we got captured."
Celestia asked, "Captured?" EQG Drobot nodded, "It's a long story and it is best that I don't talk about it until the others get here." The human Celestia was going to argue, but seeing the concerned look of her first adopted son, she decided against it. After that they spotted EQG Legendary Spyro by the stove with a frying pan and already cooked eggs as he said,
"So, while we wait, who wants breakfast?"
After a few minutes, Luna and the rest of the team arrived at the house as they sat in the living room near the fireplace with the Principals on one couch and the team on the other. Celestia asked,
"So have you boys been doing in that universe?" The four looked at each other as EQG Legendary Spyro stood forward, "When we first arrived, we were shaken up by the transition between one universe to another. But we arrived and saw the Skylanders gathered around a Portal in the center of the room. It wasn't until they laid eyes on us as we entered into their world. They were in a battle for an area of Skylands called, 'The Cloudbreak Islands' where a volcano inhabits that region. This volcano is known to replenish all of the magic in Skylands. We joined up with the Skylanders and the seven students that disappeared in the ultimate battle to save Skylands."
Celestia replied in amazement, "A Magic Volcano is something that is beyond our reality. But not to their reality."
EQG Drobot pulled out a holographic image of the final battle at the Cloudbreak Core, "It wasn't until their arch-enemy, Kaos attempted to fill up the entire volcano with Dark Crystals. They were not natural crystals like the others. The ones that Kaos used were fused with dark magic, so we had to destroy those crystals quickly. If the volcano erupted, those crystal would've made the volcano spread darkness throughout Skylands. But our Twilight and their Spike tag-teamed to the volcano core and saw a stack of those crystals collapse on top of Kaos. The crystals turned the little guy into a giant purple dark portal master. When the two confronted him, Kaos revealed something shocking about how the first seven EQGs as they call us, arrived here."
Luna spoke, "This should be interesting." EQG Terrafin stepped forward, "It was Kaos that brought them to that universe on accident. It was an evilizer failure which opened seven Multiverse Portals. It was shocking to know that it was Kaos all along, but he technically made our bridge between dimensions a lot more stronger as the duo destroyed the dark crystals around Kaos' toes, teeth and even his brain. During the battle, their Spike morphed into his Harmonic form while our Twilight morphed into a burning version of herself and I'm telling you. She really meant business when she and Spike fought Kaos."
Celestia wondered, "They have an alternate form that depends on what power they posses."
EQG Camo now finished, "After Kaos was defeated and the volcano erupted free of any dark crystals, they returned to the portal chamber where we expressed our emotion over the truth of their arrival. And all of a sudden, the portal of power began acting strange as the five stone tablets that we had, slipped out of our hands and over the portal. The portal soon made seven more stone tablets before shaping all twelve of them into twelve gems. We soon realized what was going on as the twelve gems floated into the hands of its user." He motioned the boys to pull out the four gems, "These are our Soul Gems, the source of our power. When we first got them, we left them in the care of Master Eon while we did other stuff. But since we decided to come home, we brought them with us. As long as we still have our Soul Gems, we won't lose our powers."
Luna realized as she and her sister saw the four gems glowing with light, "Amazing, so it means that you four have truly recognized yourselves as Skylanders." The boys nodded as Celestia soon asked,
"You said something earlier about you four being captured. What was that about?" The four all looked at each other and nodded as EQG Drobot spoke,
"During the conflict with the Lord of the Undead, Count Moneybone, we showed off our combat skills through how much we managed to cooperate as a team. That caught the attention of Count Moneybone himself as we returned to our base at Boom Town, Skylands. He sent a capture squad of clockwork robots, we were caught off guard and captured."
EQG Legendary Spyro spoke, "He wanted us to join his side and we had no reason to turn against the Skylanders. But that bone-head used his Immortalizer Ray on us and turned us into his personal Undead Assassins. We now obeyed Moneybone without question and were ordered to bring him the head of the Skylander, Grim Creeper if he ever passed by the castle."
Luna realized, "He turned you into his slaves....what a despicable excuse for a count." EQG Drobot pulled out a hologram of themselves when they were Undead, kneeling before Count Moneybone, "His goal was to use us so we can defeat Grim Creeper. He wanted to see him hesitate to attack us while we attacked. But like all good plans, there was always a vital flaw to it." The hologram switched to the Battle at Moneybone's Castle as EQG Terrafin spoke,
"Our minds were lost completely when we were undead, but Grim had a few new Skylanders on his side. They were Blackout and Spotlight from the Dark and Light Element and we also had a new Skylander named Blades from the Air Element who appeared out of nowhere and assisted Blackout in the battle. I myself was burrowing underneath in orders to sneak attack Grim Creeper until I was pulled to the ground by a lasso as our Applejack pinned me down. She told me to remember anything that could make me remember who I am. I...told her that I remember seeing a farm with a boy and a girl....teenagers from the age. She kissed me in hopes of having me remember....which it worked. It was us that I saw in that memory and I remembered who I was, but I was still undead. So I decided to go up and see if that bonehead can order me around."
EQG Legendary Spyro chuckled as he finished for the muscle, "When Grim Creeper learned of a technique to change us back, Moneybone was furious at this. When Terry showed up, he ordered him to destroy Grim Creeper. But he would not take orders from that count any longer and spoke that he is a Skylander. Grim Creeper's technique changed him back as a furious Moneybone escaped.....with Grim jumping after him."
Celestia asked in great concern, "Was there any side-effects from being undead?" EQG Camo stepped forward, "Well, there is a side-effect that only occurred on me. It was actually hard to describe this but during the final battle with Moneybone, I transformed into....a Werewolf."
Luna asked, "Are you sure that you became a werewolf?" EQG Camo sighed as his eyes changed to a different color as his physical form changed from a teenager to a wolf-like creature. He looked as the same werewolf from the battle with Count Moneybone as he spoke with a deep voice, "I am sure and this is all the proof that is needed for the werewolf form."
Luna placed her hand over her mouth as she saw her adopted son as a Werewolf and spoke, "I can't believe that this all happened to you. We are seeing you as a Werewolf and it almost looks like a cross between the original Camo and a Werewolf." Werewolf Camo responded, "It might look strange, but trust me. When we defeated Moneybone, this form was the most vital for me to fight him." He soon describes his condition, "Keep in mind that I can only transform under my own willpower either during Day or Night. There is technically no difference between day and night for this guy."
Celestia soon collected herself as well as her sister as EQG Camo turned back to normal, "Well, as long as you four are alive and...sort of well. It's enough to have a family reunion......after school."
The boys were already decked out in their coats as they ran towards the chimney, their boards powered up as they yelled, "SKYLANDER POWER!!!!"
As they soon sped up the chimney, Luna chuckled, "What are we going to do with those four?" Celestia chuckled also, "They always enjoy using the chimney for a way of entering and exiting on some occasions."
As the four boys zoomed down the roads with their hoods and snow goggles obscuring any view of their faces and turbo snowboards blazing on, the two Doom Raiders moved on to follow them from behind. The snowboarders don't even know that they are being followed and the Doom Raiders know it. But up ahead at the school, there were three girls that were walking by the statue in front of the school until they heard a whoosh sound and saw our four heroes using the statue as a ramp as they zoomed right over them. Meanwhile, the boys decided to place their boards on their backs and use the flagpole on top as an anchor. EQGs Drobot and Camo shot the tech cable and life vine at the pole as they swung around it. EQGs Terrafin and Legendary Spyro grabbed the pole and spiraled safely on to the roof of the school. After that the boys cheered as EQG Camo spoke,
"That's the way an EQG Skylander should make an entrance!" EQG Legendary Spyro asked, "Did you guys see the barrel roll I did just as we caught serious air time?" The group nodded as they cheered again as EQG Terrafin chuckled, "That was one serious front flip that I pulled off, Yeah!!" EQG Drobot replied, "It was a serious front flip, but nothing like the DJ trick that I pulled off." EQG Legendary Spyro stated,
"After a full-year in another dimension, we haven't lost our touch." All four high fived, "YEAH!!" Until something flashed to their side as they froze, EQG Legendary Spyro asked silently,
"Was that a camera?" EQG Drobot replied silently, "Camera phone, it has an external flash on the back of the phone for photos that are towards someone else and not the user."
EQG Terrafin spoke silently, "Someone's on to us." EQG Camo spoke as he shot his vines out, "And the culprits are not too far behind." He pulled the vines revealing the three girls from the ground as EQG Terrafin approached the one in the middle and spoke with a deep voice,
"Give me the camera." EQG Camo realized, "I guess Terrafin's been working on his Batman voice." EQG Terrafin turned his head to the others as EQG Legendary Spyro jumped in front with wings spread out, "Enough, back off Ter."
EQG Terrafin said in stating, I've only seen Batman twice, okay." The arguing bunch didn't notice the three girls attempting to sneak away until EQG Camo blocked off their exit. The trio was shocked to see him as he tried to calm them down, "Their just snow goggles." He lifted his goggles upwards revealing his red and yellow eyes, "Don't freak out, right?" The trio soon fainted at the sight of his eyes as he said, "Wow, usually they don't faint in the sight of my eyes."
EQG Drobot picked up the camera phone from the tan girl and searched through the photos and found them hi-fiving each other, "I'll start deleting this photo right away, and we should make them promise that they don't tell anyone about us....well in our current wear."
EQG Legendary Spyro looked at the three unconscious girls and looked at EQG Camo, "If they fainted in the very sight of your eyes, my guess is that they are not from around here. Any student that saw your eyes wouldn't faint like these three."
EQG Terrafin joined in, "Something really odd is rotting in the dirt lakes, and it isn't that I would enjoy. Due to curiosity, those pendants that they're wearing doesn't show any kind of good sign."
EQG Drobot returned with the phone as he said, "Photo has been deleted and I have identified these three. They are called, 'The Dazzlings' they are some sort of singing group that came here to Canterlot High for some unknown reason. The leader is called Adagio Dazzle and her sisters are Aria Blaze and Sonata Dusk, strange girls who sing. But who am I to argue with the Hobbies of others."
EQG Legendary Spyro asked, "What do you mean that they are strange?" That question wasn't answered as the Dazzlings began to move slightly as the boys gathered around as EQG Drobot decided to snap his fingers in their faces hoping to get them up quickly. He spoke as the lights from his tech helmet stirred them awake, "Are you girls alright?"
The tan one, Adagio Dazzle noticed the green light blinding her as she pushed the source away and noticed the four strange boys that her and her sisters encountered. She asked, "Who are you four?"
The one with the Dragon wings simply said, "We're Skylanders."
The gruff one with the bronze bracers said, "We're remnants."
The one with the helmet stated, "Well, technically we're humans."
The voice of the one with the red eyes finished, "And we're teenagers, but we can have adult conversation."
The blue one, Sonata Dusk stated, "Teenage human Skylander remnants?" EQG Legendary Spyro realized, "If you put it that way, it's kinda messed up."
EQG Drobot spoke, "And by the way, this is yours." He handed Adagio her phone and finished, "Don't bother with trying to see the picture. I've already deleted it and I've got to say, crowds seem to bend their knees when you three sing."
The pink one, Aria Blaze looked at Adagio's phone and saw no sign of the picture as she mentally smacked herself, 'These guys are good.'
EQG Drobot checked his watch as he spoke to the others, "Guys, if we are to make it inside before the principals, I suggest we get it inside now."
EQG Legendary Spyro nodded to his brother's statement as he looked at the Dazzlings as he warned them, "Tell no one that you saw us, or we will find you....Adagio Dazzle, Sonata Dusk and Aria Blaze." He jumped into a secret compartment on the roof as the other three followed him. There the Dazzlings stood there as Aria Blaze spoke,
"Skylanders? I thought they were only myths. That the stories of the battle of Canterlot High was a far-fetched tale."
Adagio acknowledged her sister's shock as she replied, "The Skylanders were told to be stories until those four showed up claiming to be Skylanders. But the leader had those dragon-like wings on his back. They were almost organic, but when we saw them fly over us, his wings appeared by magic."
Sonata Dusk said in shock, "Magic, here in this universe? But that was impossible unless these Skylanders have a form of magic of their own."
Adagio spoke to her sister, "They do, Sonata. And if the story of the battle is true, then the magic of the Skylanders are also combined with Equestria Magic. We will feed on magic once again if we could....seduce those four."
Until a gruff voice spoke, "Trying to manipulate those four are not going to be enough." The Dazzlings turned and saw a werewolf with a bone guitar as he continued, "And just feeding off of the four Skylanders would not be enough for you three. Because what would happen if your feeding runs out? Well, I've got just the thing that could get you three set with all the magic to feed on."
Adagio looked at this newcomer and asked, "Who are you?" The Werewolf smiled, "Name's Wolfgang, a member of the most fearsome mercenary band of the time, 'The Doom Raiders' and my boss saw those four back there and decided to recruit anyone who wants nothing more than those Skylanders defeated."
Adagio asked, "What do we get in return?" Wolfgang stated, "Well, since gold wouldn't cut for you three...unlike some Doom Raiders, how about access to the most magic rich place in the whole Multiverse, you three sirens can feed off of the magic in Skylands."
Sonata Dusk asked in shock, "How did you know that we were Sirens?" Another voice spoke, "I'll explain that." At that moment another Doom Raider appeared with four wooden legs, "Hi, I'm Dr. Krankcase and I want to tell you three how I knew that you were Sirens." He pulled out various times that the Dazzlings sang and fed as he said, "Isn't it really obvious that some people in this world get brainwashed because of the singing note of brainwashing?"
There was no answer as Krankcase continued, "Well, actually it's not obvious because everyone is brainwashed and unable to control their own will. That was the most obvious for anyone who heard you three sing. But at least it isn't painful like Wolfgang's guitar notes." That caused Wolfgang to sneer as he spoke to the doc,
"Just because my guitar solo causes pain doesn't mean you should bring that up." He soon saw the similarity, "Well actually since my guitar solo causes pain while their singing brainwashes their victims, its equally similar."
Adagio asked, "So you want us to join your Doom Raiders?" Wolfgang replied, "That's exactly what we want you to do. If ya refuse, you'll never hear from us again."
The Dazzlings conversed with each other about joining these Doom Raiders as they offered the magic in Skylands if they join. But the best thing is that they could battle the Skylanders in hopes of feeding off of their magic. They agreed with each other as Adagio Dazzle turned towards Wolfgang and Dr. Krankcase as she spoke,
"It's a deal. As long as you help us get a bit of magic from those four Skylanders that we encountered." She grinned evilly as well as her sisters.
As the EQG Skylanders were sliding through their makeshift passage, they were basically having a time of their lives when sliding down that tube and cheering as they were sliding down. Eventually, they ended up in a cramped space meant for a locker as a sound of breaking wind was heard. EQG Legendary Spyro plugged his nose,
"Oh...JEEZE!"
EQG Terrafin yelled, "Camo!"
EQG Drobot pulled up his air purifier as he said, "What did you eat for breakfast this morning?!"
EQG Camo spoke apologetically, "Watermelon, Egg and Bean Breakfast Burrito. Sorry, guys."
The door opened as they poured out into the main hallway of Canterlot High while coughing and trying to get some fresh air as much as they can. The boys soon disposed of their winter gear as they placed the gear in the same locker. EQG Legendary Spyro looked around the hallway and said,
"Hey, what to you know, I guess we're early."
EQG Camo replied, "You got that right, the place is almost completely devoid of students except for us." The boys wondered until a familiar voice spoke,
"That's because we've decided to put up a delayed opening due to snow and for you four to train."
The four saw Principal Celestia and Vice-Principal Luna approaching them as EQG Drobot realized,
"So you actually delayed starting the school day...for the snow and for us to continue our training?"
Celestia nodded, "It is meant to see how much you four have learned during your year in a different dimension. As naïve as you four seem, we also need to know that you are using your powers responsibly."
EQG Terrafin remembered, "With Great Power..."
Luna finished, "Comes Great Responsibility."
EQG Legendary Spyro decided, knowing that they actually have an hour time limit until the other students stampede the place, "Let's get this training started."
Celestia nodded, "The training room is in the Gymnasium, we set up a few practice dummies in there for melee and ranged combat. There are bigger dummies in the shape of those Grublin Trolls that require teamwork to take down. Keep in mind that due to your absence, Luna and I have trained ourselves in both magic and combat. And since then, we've enchanted some of the dummies so they can fight back."
The EQG Skylanders followed the Principals to the gym as they commenced their training session. As well as demonstrating great responsibility for their powers. EQG Legendary Spyro meditated at first until the normal dummies appeared as he jumped into action with Magic Katanas swirling in his hands with the skills of a Master Swordsman.
EQG Drobot pressed a button on his gloved wrist as fired a cable bomb at a group of dummies as the targets were caught in the shockwave of those sticky bombs as the cables tangled them up. The Tech EQG activated his thrusters and jumped to the gym ceiling as he pushed another button on his wrist as he disappeared in thin air. When in reality, it was a cloaking device that allows him to perform stealth attacks on unsuspecting enemies or used to sneak past them while unseen.
EQG Terrafin focused on his usual punching bag until he focused all of his strength and punched the bag off of its supports and into a triangular group of dummies, knocking all of them down at once. The Earth EQG pulled out a board and placed an X on the board as he smiled knowing that he got a Strike.
EQG Camo used his unique Skateboard/Gardening Combo as he skateboards through the crowd of dummies and using a dual-wield attack with a garden shovel in one hand and his Life powers in another. He enjoyed his combo attack as much as the next guy would do it. He executed a Red Hot Chili Pepper Grenade throw as the grenade destroyed a group of dummies.
Now came the time where all four EQGs worked together as a team as EQGs Drobot and Terrafin destroyed a couple of Grublin Troll dummies with a Batter-Up Attack which involves Dro to throw his cousin in a baseball batter position using his Bo Staff as Terrafin hits the target and uses his Knockout Bracers to pummel the target to pieces. EQGs Legendary Spyro and Camo took their turns at taking down the Hero Orc dummies as Legendary Spyro used his magic to fling both himself and Camo on top of the dummy as the Magic EQG sprang out his Katanas while the Life EQG shot his vines at another dummy as the dummy began struggling against him. Although it looked like Camo would lose his grip, Legendary Spyro flung his Magic Katana at the struggling dummy as Camo collected himself and pulled the dummy to the group as they jumped off the one that they were currently standing on. The two large Grublin Troll dummies collided with a magnificent crash as they fell to pieces. The two looked at their handiwork and fist-bumped knowing that they have completed the Tag-Team Training Session.
The four cheered until EQG Terrafin felt strange and said, Is it me or do you guys hear something?"
EQG Camo replied, I hear it as well." EQGs Drobot and Legendary Spyro nodded in acknowledgment knowing that they heard three faint singing noises. But unlike other types of singing, this type almost feels like that its trying to force their instincts to find the source of this singing. The boys knew that it would be bad news if they try to go after it, so they stood close together putting their hands in the center of their circle and soon enough, all four of them found themselves in a blank white void. They looked around as they released their hands from the circle to realize one thing as EQG Legendary Spyro spoke,
"Our minds must've been merged into one."
EQG Drobot noted, "Its possible that when we were trying to resist that singing, we must've created a bridge that allowed us to see each others thoughts. But I don't see any of..." All of a sudden, the blank void soon showed the image of a battle of the bands competition, they entered the image and saw an unconscious EQG lying on her side. As EQG Terrafin turned the EQG towards them, her eyes opened revealing a pair of red eyes, but unlike Legendary Spyro and Camo's eyes, her eyes were more of an evil brainwashed red as an eerie dark voice spoke,
"Skylanders." Terrafin backed away shocked as they left the human. EQG Legendary Spyro looked at the stage and noticed that the stage was occupied by three familiar girls as the leader spoke,
"Your magic is everywhere and where it is. We will feed on it?"
EQG Drobot spoke in surprise, "This isn't happening. We just met you three and you are already trying to kill us?!"
The Dazzlings chuckled as Aria Blaze spoke, "Not kill; we feed off of you. Even if you four would know the truth?"
EQG Terrafin clashed his bracers together as he asked, "And what truth would that be?"
Aria Blaze smiled, "That even with all your talks of teamwork, you are but pieces of Skylanders in human bodies."
EQG Camo felt intimidated by this, "So what if we are? Does that change anything from who we are or what we do? No, it does not, the four of us use our power for protecting others. It's our duty to protect our world from any forces of evil. But when the four of us fight alongside the other eight, We Will Not Be Broken!"
Sonata Dusk now spoke, "Confidence born of Ignorance. And they say that you are always the goofy one of the group. Our feeding cannot be ignored and even your powers would be at our mercy and the eight would die because of you four."
EQG Camo asked, "Who says that I'm the goofy one?" EQG Legendary Spyro pats him on the shoulder, "Those who don't know what we're fully capable of." The leader of the four stepped forward,
"We might be pieces of the original Skylanders. But we fight the bad guys, regardless of our origins. But even if we do submit, we won't remain submitting forever. We always find a way. That's what Skylanders do."
Sonata was now trying to find a good comeback until Adagio Dazzle pushed her aside and said,
"I'd say we test your combat prowess with our new friends." She looked behind her and her sisters, "What do you say, Wolfgang?" Wolfgang soon approached the head of the stage along with Dr. Krankcase as the werewolf said,
"Time we put on a show where these four Skylanders fall. Whadda ya say, doc?" Krankcase spoke as he whipped out his goo gun, "Let's Goo This!"
The two Doom Raiders jumped off the stage as the four took a step back as the duo landed. EQG Legendary Spyro looked at his team and said, "Ready?" They all nodded, "Stance!" EQG Legendary Spyro's Katanas appeared as he got into a swordsman like stance; EQG Drobot's Robotic Wings flared as his helmet folded on and got into a crouched stance like a runner waiting for the starting shot; EQG Terrafin bashed his bronze knuckle bracers together as he got into a boxing stance while EQG Camo sprung out a vine to use as a whip while he pulled a Red Hot Chili Pepper grenade of his belt and got into a crouched position with the whip behind him and the grenade in front. The Doom Raiders smiled knowing that they are fighting Skylanders once again as Wolfgang spoke,
"Time for a guitar solo!" He played his bone guitar as physical music notes went straight towards the group. Despite the deadly music notes, they kept in formation as EQG Drobot used his group shield to block the notes as Wolfgang said,
"Hey, No Fair!!" EQG Drobot smiled, "All's fair in war, Wolfdog." EQG Legendary Spyro now ordered, "Skylanders! TO BATTLE!!"
As the order was given, the four dispersed and charged towards their enemies as Legendary Spyro slashed his Katanas at Wolfgang as the werewolf used the bladed end of his bone guitar to block the attack as Dr. Krankcase and EQG Drobot fought with Goo vs. Lasers. EQG Camo used his whip to pull Dr. Krankcase towards him while he planted a chili pepper grenade on the doctor's goo pack. He drop-kicked Krankcase away as he yelled,
"FIRE IN THE HOLE!!!" He jumped away while EQG Drobot hovered away from Krankcase as the grenade exploded covering Krankcase with goo. The doc looked at his goo pack and said,
"Now it's in shambles....and I just modified this thing!" EQG Drobot crossed his arms, "All that goo is bad for the skin, you know?" EQG Camo spoke, "Definitely is bad for the skin."
EQG Legendary Spyro was fighting Wolfgang as he was knocked to the ground by Wolfgang's painful guitar notes. The Werewolf attempted to finish him off as he attempted to use the bladed end of his guitar to strike him down. But EQG Terrafin placed his Knockout bracers in the way as the claws sticking out of the metal gloves stop Wolfgang and saved Legendary Spyro's life. EQG Terrafin battled with Wolfgang as he burrowed underneath to avoid Wolfgang's Guitar Note attack. He popped up from behind the werewolf and used an uppercut on Wolfgang as the Doom Raider flew into the air.
The others saw the opportunity as EQG Camo sprung out another whip and merged the two into a bat. He eyed the flying werewolf as he smirked, "Batter Up, Wolfgang!"
He swung and hit Wolfgang, sending him flying towards another direction as EQG Drobot shot his cables at the Doom Raider and swung him around and around before shouting, "CATCH, SPY!!"
He threw Wolfgang towards EQG Legendary Spyro as he ran towards his target and kicked the werewolf towards Dr. Krankcase as the doctor and the werewolf collided. The four soon formed up as they looked at their handiwork and saw the two Doom Raiders fade away from their mind. The boys had the thought of cheering until they realized that The Dazzlings were clapping their hands slowly and very sinisterly as Adagio Dazzle commented,
"That was a nice show of combat, you four. But after everything that you four can achieve, you have not seen anything yet!"
EQG Legendary Spyro asked, "And what can you three do instead of attempting to brainwash us?" All of a sudden, the three girls snickered evilly and transformed into their true forms....Sirens.
EQG Terrafin punched Legendary Spyro lightly, "You had to open your mouth, ya know that?" EQG Legendary Spyro replied, "I didn't know that this will happen."
EQG Drobot used his wrist lasers on the Sirens as the creatures shielded themselves from the lasers as EQG Drobot spoke, "We can't fight these things.....not yet. We need to get back to the Physical World." They soon ran from the Sirens as they used any means to hold them off as they tried to find a portal back to the physical world.
They left the concert image with the Sirens in pursuit as they hoped that one of these images would be the exit portal. They realized that to find the exit, they need to find an image of themselves in an unconscious state. As they ran across the now stellar void, EQG Legendary Spyro asked EQG Drobot,
"Are the Dazzlings still chasing us?" The mechanic checked his pursuit cam and saw the Sirens gaining on them as he spoke in shock, "They are. And they're gaining on us!"
EQG Legendary Spyro realized one thing, "These girls want magic for their feeding right?" The others nodded as he now smiled, "If these girls want our magic, then let's give them our magic. So much that they won't stand it."
EQG Drobot sighed, "Although I said that we can't fight them....but that was minutes ago." He looked at the approaching Sirens, "THIS CHASE ENDS NOW!!"
EQG Terrafin clashed his bracers together, "Heck yeah!"
EQG Camo looked at EQG Legendary Spyro, "What do you say, Spy? We use Elemental Unity and send them a message?"
EQG Legendary Spyro smiled, "ELEMENTAL UNITY!! GO!!"
EQG Drobot's wings separated as he held them in his hand as the wings merged with the gloves to make twin cannons with the Tech Symbol inside the barrel, "TECH, READY!"
EQG Terrafin's Knockout Bracers felt his elemental energy coursing through them as the bronze gloves covered the EQG's arms with bronze steel as the Earth Symbol covered the bronze arms with hard granite, "EARTH, READY!!"
EQG Camo's vine whips and vegetable bombs soon formed around him, turning him into a tree automaton in the shape of the original Camo with the Life Symbol 's power surging through the tree dragon, "LIFE, READY!!"
EQG Legendary Spyro's ability to summon his Katanas were now allowing him to use his power to summon a staff with the shape of a dragon on the top and the Magic Symbol in the center of the staff, "MAGIC, READY!!"
As the Dazzlings approached the newly elemental powered EQG Skylanders, Sonata Dusk looked at the group, "This should be exciting since you four are at your full power."
There was no response as Aria Blaze spoke, "You really think that running away from us would let you escape our inevitable feeding?" She smirked, "I'd say that you were more persistent than that idiotic Sunset Shimmer and she serves a Dark Dragon."
There was still no response from them as the boys' eyes began to glow white as Adagio Dazzle spoke with a smirk, "And your useless attempts to escape us has gone on far enough. The game is now over."
Now the boys responded in unison which sounded like multiple voices, "This is no game, Dazzlings." As the Dazzlings wondered what they meant, the EQG Skylanders charged up their most powerful spell of combined elemental energy as they all shouted,
"ELEMENTS TOGETHER, SKYLANDERS FOREVER!!! WHEN OUR ELEMENTS ARE UNITED, WE WILL NOT FALL!!!"
Elemental Drobot pointed his twin arm cannons at the monsters and fired twin laser combinations of tech and magic as they struck the Dazzlings as the Sirens flinched in shock of the power that one of them had displayed.
As the Sirens recovered, Aria Blaze made a move onto Elemental Terrafin as he slammed his granite arms into the ethereal ground which reacted to the tremors of a earthquake as several rocks emerged and struck the Siren as she pulled back from the attack.
Sonata Dusk made her move to attack the Elemental Camo as the dragon automaton fired a sunball at her which struck the Siren, but that wasn't it yet. Elemental Camo had his automaton dive into the ethereal floor and reappear with a larger in size crop of fruit bombs as the massive tree dragon construct spun around as its leafy tail slapped three watermelon bombs at the Dazzlings as they attempted to avoid the barrage.
Adagio Dazzle decided that enough was enough as she attempted to use her powers on Elemental Legendary Spyro to gain his essence, but all seemed futile as the Elemental Skylander twirled his staff and slammed it to the ground as a magic dragon emerged from the shockwave. The Dragon was now flapping it's wings in the air as it dive-bombed Adagio before landing. The Magic Dragon slashed its claws at the Siren as she used her tail to knock the dragon aside for a bit before she was hit in the mouth by an ethereal wing and tripped to the ground by a tail strike. The dragon sprayed fire over her as the magical heat felt too much. The dragon did the same with her sisters before dissipating into the void.
Adagio looked and saw that the dragon vanished and the Elemental Skylanders stood in vigilance. Her sisters were at her side as she spoke,
"All those magic tricks that you performed were impressive, but it has gone pretty dull from all of the magic we feed off of others."
Elemental Terrafin smiled,"Ya haven't seen anything yet?" The boys' eyes soon began to glow brighter as their elemental forms soon began to rise up into the ethereal air as they all shouted in unison,
"FURYOFELEMENTALUNITY!!!!"
Soon all four directed their powers around themselves until the massive elemental energy formed into several ethereal versions of the original Skylanders that they were part of. The copies charged at the Dazzlings as the they unleashed their powers on the Sirens multiple times as the beasts soon felt pain after being peppered with multiple magical and physical attacks by this new attack. Each of them tried to stop the copies, but it all felt fruitless as the Sirens collapsed on the ground in defeat while the copies disappeared. The EQG Skylanders were back to normal as they walked up to their defeated foes as EQG Legendary Spyro spoke,
"We told you three that we would find you. Now you've lost, Dazzlings."
Adagio smiled, "For now, Skylanders. For now." Before the boys had time to ask, the Dazzlings faded out of their mind as they now decided to get back to their original task. Until they saw something appear right behind them as a voice spoke,
"You four have become strong in the mastery of your powers. It has also been long since three Joor Dovah from another world use their powers like that."
The boys turned around and saw a dragon, it was old and it had several missing chin spikes, teeth and one of the horns were chipped. EQG Drobot asked,
"Who are you?" The dragon replied, "What I am called is not important. I am here to congratulate you on your victory against those Sirens and the Doom Raiders."
EQG Legendary Spyro asked, "Why are you congratulate us in our head? Not that it would be an appropriate time."
The old dragon stated, "After seeing your births in this realm, I had to speak with you on lu silkun, your magical aura that surrounds you. Even when three of you are of Dovah sos, Dragon-blood."
EQG Terrafin realized and spoke, "What do you mean Dragon-Blood? I mean three of us were created from a dragonscale, but not blood."
The dragon replied to EQG Terrafin, "Do not be fooled by what you possess, Joor of the Okravaaz sos, Shark-blood. Even you possess that same blood of both Dragon and Shark. The tooth that you were created from was covered in Dovah sos, Dragon-blood."
EQG Camo asked, "But who's blood was it?"
The dragon spoke, "That is something for another time. But now I am also here to deliver a warning to you four. You need to be cautious when you return, a great evil from the Equestrian underworld of Tartarus wants to be freed and only your blood can free him. But you do not want to act foolish, he is much of a threat to Equestria as the evil Dragon, Malefor. If your blood is used to free him, he would track you down and steal your powers. But we are also keeping vigilant in case he escapes without your blood. To those with the Dragonblood enter our temple in a great time of need, a drop of Dovah sos would be needed to release the Dragons of Nirn, to stem the time of great need and the Skylanders will be needed as well."
The team thought over that warning and remembered as a portal opened behind the dragon as he stepped to the side and showed the four of them in the physical world on the cots in the nurse's office in an unconscious state. The dragon spoke, "I believe that this portal will return you to the physical world, it would be well that you speak only on your battle with the Dazzlings for the time being, the boys nodded as they entered the portal.
As the four began to regain consciousness in the physical world, they heard muffled voices coming from nearby. It was hard to actually pinpoint who it belongs to, but it was just a way of re-entering the physical world as they began to stir. One of the voices became familiar,
"They are waking up." They heard footsteps coming towards them as the boys opened their eyes as they saw Nurse Redheart standing in front of the four as Principal Celestia stood between EQGs Drobot and Legendary Spyro as Vice-Principal Luna stood between EQGs Terrafin and Camo. Celestia spoke,
"You four had us on quite a scare back there in the gym as you passed out." EQG Legendary Spyro asked, "How long were we out?"
Nurse Redheart spoke, "You four were out for about an hour and a half. You boys are physically fine, but your mental states showed increased brain activity. Unlike that brainwashed teens that I examined after the battle, this one was more of a fight in the mind for dominance."
Vice-Principal Luna spoke to the nurse, "I believe we would like to discuss this in private. Nurse, leave us." Redheart complied as she entered her private office as Luna spoke to the four,
"Nurse Redheart can be trusted, and she understands a private matter when she sees one. Now tell us what happened after you passed out."
The boys soon discussed on how they heard a singing voice trying to get into their heads, but huddled together in order to resist that temptation to go after it. They explained how they entered a merged void of all four minds at once and when they encountered the creepy EQG with the red eyes in the Battle of the Bands image. Then came their encounter with the Doom Raiders as they quickly dispatched them by using a combination at different skills and tactics to defeat them. But then came to the part of fleeing from the Dazzlings in their Siren forms until they had no choice but to confront those beasts in the void and defeat them. The very mention of the Dazzlings made both Celestia and Luna have a concerned look their faces as Celestia spoke,
"Our worst fears have been realized, Luna."
EQG Terrafin spoke, "Don't worry we made it out of there after we defeated them in our Elemental Forms." Luna replied, "That maybe so, but if you defeated the Dazzlings when they had these Doom Raiders with them, then something is going to happen in their world."
EQG Legendary Spyro asked, "Are you saying?" Luna finished, "You need to return to their world and warn the rest of the Skylanders of the danger that the Dazzlings possess."
EQG Camo lowered his head, "And we just got back."
EQG Drobot pressed a button on his gauntlet, "I can remotely activate the portal from here. It would be powered up as soon as we arrive at my lab."
Celestia spoke, "We are actually coming with you four." All four soon spoke, "WHAT!?!?!?"
Meanwhile back in Equestria, the undead Trap Master, Krypt King was resting inside the tomb that Grim Creeper calls his home. Ever since he was awakened by Grim, he became his roommate. As the Trap Master slept, he felt himself motionless, surrounded by a golden yellow background covering his eyesight as the Doom Raiders, Wolfgang, Dr. Krankcase, Gulper, Dreamcatcher and Chef Pepperjack gathered around him as he stood motionless until the Trap Master realized that he was reliving an old memory that actually haunts him to this very day.
The Doom Raiders backed away as Krypt King sees her for the first time, the Golden Queen. She looked at him with interest as she tapped on his golden prison as it crumbles to the ground while Krypt King himself gets down on one knee in exhaustion. His Traptanium Broadsword was used as a support to keep himself up as he locked eyes with the leader of the Doom Raiders as he asked,
"Why have you released me?"
"The Queen smiled, "Because I found a way to make you very useful to me besides being a statue." Krypt King knew that he would have to play along with this until the others arrive.
His mind soon shifts into the interior of Cloudcracker Prison where he decided to guard the Traptanium Cell of the Doom Raiders as an angry Golden Queen approaches him as he knew what she would say as he spoke,
"I know I tricked you into believing that I have turned. But I do not like working for those who take Malefor's side for profit. So, I am sorry for setting you up."
The Queen's anger was not only shaken by his words, but also stunned. He could sense her stunned form as she hid it by saying,
"You could've been my King. But don't think that this is the last you will hear of me. I will find you when we get out of here." All of a sudden, the door opens and Snap Shot runs in,
"Krypt King, the apes are attacking. We need you on the battlements, pronto!"
The Undead Trap Master replied, "On my way!"
He soon woke up from that memory as he reached into his armor and pulled out a picture of the Golden Queen on the throne and himself at her side as he asked,
"Why did I let her go?"
Author's Note
I'M BAAACCKKK!!!! *sinister laughter* Okay, now the moment has past, Hope you've enjoyed this chapter. Man, school is tough. The only time I managed to do this was at night on my I-Pad. Anyway, I'm Spartan545 and this chapter is the stepping stone for the Trap Team Saga.
