Upon returning to the Peacekeepers homeworld, both Spyro and Twilight went into another portal. This one led to the realm known as Cliff Town. Cliff Town was a beautiful desert town that also had some gnorcs known as Pueblos. These particular gnorcs had metal armored capes that required Spyro to charge into them in order for them to relinquish their gem. After collecting some gems and retrieving the dragon egg, both Twilight and Spyro freed a dragon by the name of Halvor. Halvor was a pink dragon with dark-colored horns and spots. He wore leather bracelets on his arms and a battle skirt with an elongated studded front piece. As soon as he was freed, he immediately leaned on his his battering ram.

"How's a dragon supposed to flame metal armor, anyway?" Spyro asked.

"Remember Spyro, flame won't work on metal," Halvor reminded. "But charging with your horns... that should do the trick."

Halvor then flew away as he vanished.

"As if we needed to be reminded of that," Twilight grumbled.

"Did you say something?" Ellie asked.

"Just mumbling to myself."

After that was over, the group went over to the enemies and collected their gems. Not only that, but they also managed to free another dragon. He was a peach-colored dragon with a yellow underbelly, pink horns, dark-colored spots, and large green feathered wings named Enzo. He wore a gold-lined helmet, which his own feathers adorn, a red gold-lined collar with a sun motif, purple jewels on his chin, and shoulder pads. He carried a mace in his left claw.

"Hey, what's on the other side of that river?" Spyro asked.

"Why don't you get a running start, then glide over there and find out? Trust me, it's worth it," Enzo smiled before flying away.

So, that's what they did. Both Spyro and Twilight got a running start, then glided to the other side of the river. Upon making it, they had to deal with several vultures that charged towards them.

"Ugh! These jerks again?!" Twilight groaned.

She used her magic on them, while Spyro toasted them with his flame. Once all the treasure was collected and the vultures were defeated in that area, they freed the last dragon. He was slim brown-colored dragon with light green fins behind his dark shaded horns named Marco. He had metal prosthetic wings that were strapped around his chest, a helmet visor, and leather tassets on his hips. He was carrying a halberd battle axe in his left claw.

"You've reached the highest point in Cliff Town!" he said excitedly. "You can get to almost anywhere from here. If I were you, I'd use that magic whirlwind that just spawned over there. It'll help you get back up a lot easier."

And with that, he flew off and all of the dragons in Cliff Town were found. All that was left was to collect the remaining gems in the area. And that's exactly what they did. Once they collected all 400 gems, they headed back to the Peace Keepers homeworld to find another realm to go to.

The level that they decided to go into was called Ice Cavern. Twilight couldn't explain it, but she had a gut feeling that one of her friends might be in there. And how right she was. Upon entering the level, Twilight gasped in horror. Right in front of them was a crystal-like statue of her friend, Sunset Shimmer. Gnasty Gnorc had gotten her. Twilight knew she had to free her. So, she stepped on the platform, causing the statue to shake. The statue soon broke and freed Sunset Shimmer, who was now in her powered-up form.

"Twilight, is that you?" she asked.

Twilight nodded as she wiped a tear from her eye. She then ran up to Sunset and gave her a big hug.

"I'm just so happy you're all right," Twilight said.

"Well, of course I'm all right. Why wouldn't I be?"

"Because you were trapped in crystal by Gnasty Gnorc."

"Gnasty Gnorc? Who's that?"

"He's a big bully that turned all of the other dragons into crystal just because we teased him on the air," Spyro said.

Talking dragons were nothing new to Sunset. She WAS technically a pony, after all. But Spyro managed to catch her off-guard, somehow.

"I'm sorry... Who are you?"

"Name's Spyro. And this is my friend, Sparx. He's protecting me, or so the other dragons tell me."

"Okay, but who's that?"

"My name's Ellie," Ellie said. "I'm helping Twilight better understand the Dragon Realms. And you must be one her friends that she mentioned."

"That's right, I'm Sunset Shimmer."

"Cute name. So, what do you say we explore these caverns, collect all the gems, defeat the enemies, and free all the dragons? I'm not sensing any dragon eggs in here. Thank goodness. The thief would most likely just fall off the ice."

"Oh, no! Not an ice level! I hate those!"

"Well, consider yourself lucky. This is the only realm with ice in it in all of the Dragon Realms. Here, you might need this, though."

Ellie zapped both Twilight and Sunset with her wand.

"What is it?"

"I gave you two better traction on the ice when you come across it. You'll still slide just like Spyro, but at least you won't be falling down constantly, since you don't have ice skates."

"Kind of wish we did."

"You might in the future... Who knows?"

"All right, enough chit-chat! Let's go!" Spyro said impatiently.

So, they did. The group managed to get a few gems, defeat a couple of gnorcs and free the first dragon in the Ice Cavern. He was a red dragon with a golden underbelly named Ulric. He wore a rope belt on his waist, bandages on both his claws, a leather bracelet on his right arm, and a leather pauldron held by a harness. He had a Viking sword in his right claw and an arm-mounted shield around his left forearm.

"Hey, you freed that girl at the beginning of the cavern. Nice work!" Ulric congratulated. "Before you go on, though, here's a little reminder about those big gnorcs. You might already know this, but I'm going to tell you, anyway, in case you forgot."

Ellie facepalmed upon hearing him say this.

"Wait until you grow big, ehem, like me... before charging those large enemies."

And with that, he vanished.

"Seriously, Ulric? Twilight learned this back in Dark Hollow in the Artisans realm," Ellie groaned.

As they continued on, they managed to defeat a few more gnorcs and collect more gems, as well. They also managed to free the second dragon. A slim blue dragon with deer-like eyes and feather-like wings named Todor. He wore an antler-like horn helmet, a winter coat, and a cloth around his stomach. He had a quiver strapped around his back and was holding a bow in his right claw.

"Psst... Spyro! Listen up! You and your friends need to hear this," Todor said. "Some big gnorcs up ahead are wearing armor. And in the ice cave, armor can make their feet very slippery."

This gave Spyro a pretty good idea about what he had to do against gnorcs like that.

"Uh, say what?" Sunset asked.

"He means that Spyro needs to charge into the big gnorcs with metal armor and make them fall off the platform they're on," Twilight explained as Todor vanished.

"Okay, I'm a little lost. What exactly is going on, here?"

Twilight explained everything to Sunset, who then began to understand things.

"So, what you're saying is that this Gnasty Gnorc trapped the adult dragons in crystal just because he was offended by a news broadcast?"

"That's pretty much the gist of it."

"But then, why didn't he get Spyro?"

"It's because I'm too short. And Twilight barely managed to dodge the spell when it happened," Spyro said. "Now, come on! We've got things to do!"

Twilight held her hand out for Sunset to grab. Sunset grabbed Twilight's hand, then Twilight performed a glide with Spyro to get the key on a distant platform. They then performed another glide to continue on the path. After collecting some more gems and defeating more gnorcs, they freed a third dragon. He was a bright blue dragon named Andor. His wings were blue with an orange accent and he was wearing bracelets and a necklace. He had a tuft of hair on his tail that made it resemble a lion's tail.

"Thank you for releasing me!" he said gratefully before vanishing.

They continued on and managed to get a few more gems before coming across some gnorcs on the ice. While they did manage to defeat the ice skating gnorc, Twilight eventually lost her balance and fell into the abyss.

"TWILIGHT! NO!" Sunset called.

Much to her surprise, however, she heard magic sparkles coming from the platform where they saved Andor. She rushed back to it and saw Twilight emerge from it.

"Wha-- What happened?" Twilight asked.

"I thought you were a goner."

Spyro thought for a moment, then remembered what Lindar told them back in Stone Hill.

"Didn't Lindar tell us that whenever we free a dragon or step on one of their platforms that we create a checkpoint?" he said.

"Yeah, he did!" Twilight said. "That means if anything bad happens to either us, we'll just respawn at the last platform we touched via Ellie's friends."

"Bingo!" Ellie winked.

Well, once that was settled, the group went back to the icy area and collected more gems and defeated the large unarmored gnorc before facing off against the one with armor. Spyro charged into it, causing it to fall in the chasm below. Once it fell, it relinquished the gem it had. Once they did, Ellie remembered something important. She flew away, causing everyone to follow her back to the beginning of the Ice Cavern.

"Ellie, what are we doing back here?" Twilight asked.

"Follow me and I'll show you," Ellie winked.

Twilight grabbed Sunset's hand and glided to the area that Ellie was showing them. It was a secret area containing three purple chests.

"Break them open."

They did just that for each one that was broken, there was a nice little jingle that played.

Each one contained a different kind of statue. One for each of them. For Spyro, it was a small silver dragon statue. For Sunset, it was a stone statue of her cutie mark. And for Twilight, it was also a stone statue of her mark. They picked them up, resulting in extra chances.

"Extra lives?!" Sunset gasped.

"Yep. You now have six lives total."

"Waitwaitwaitwait! You're telling me that we share the total amount of lives?!" Twilight scowled.

"Hey, I'm just a fairy! Don't blame it on me!"

Twilight sighed heavily.

"Well, at least we have a way to get to the exit. Come on."

She took Sunset's hand and glided to the area that led to exit portal. While there, they collected more gems and defeated more gnorcs. While in the indoor area, Twilight noticed another chest and broke it open with her magic. Breaking it open revealed an extra life statue that resembled her mark. She picked it up, resulting in the life counter going up to seven.

"Never can have too many extra lives."

"Too true," Sunset smirked.

They then made their way outside and freed another dragon. He was a blue elderly dragon that was surprisingly muscular and fit for his age. He was wearing a belt, a necklace, and golden bracers. He also had tiny glasses and held a cane in his right claw. The dragon's name was Asher.

"Thanks for freeing me," he said as he adjusted his glasses. "Now where was I..."

"Leaving. You were leaving," Ellie huffed.

"Oh, my. Such sass for someone so young."

"Shut up, Asher."

After that little spat, Asher flew away as he vanished. Once he left, Twilight and the others continued collecting more gems and defeated more gnorcs. After having at least 360 gems in the Ice Cavern, they freed the last dragon that was there. He was a magenta-colored dragon with a yellow underbelly named Ragnar. He was wearing a necklace and armor around his arms. He also had a club at the end of his tail.

"You and your friends have done well, Spyro," Ragnar congratulated. "Some dragons thought you weren't ready, but I knew they were wrong."

"I'm ready, all right!" Spyro said enthusiastically. He then thought about what Ragnar had just said. "Uh... ready for what?"

"You'll find out soon enough."

Ragnar then vanished as Sunset facepalmed in frustration.

"Seriously?! Is he one of those cryptic allies that's trying to foreshadow something?!" she vented.

"Yes," Ellie nodded.

"Figures."

The group eventually went back to the area where the locked chest was and used the key on it. Upon using it, the remaining gems popped out of the chest, allowing them to get all 400 gems in the Ice Cavern. They then made their way to the portal, where they made their way back to the Peacekeepers homeworld.

Sunset had just been found. Things were starting to look up for Twilight. Yet, Lindar's words about fighting a blue-cloaked warrior continued to echo in her mind. What exactly did he mean by that? Regardless, with the three main realms in Peace Keepers complete, it was time to take on the boss.

Author's Note

For those wondering, I get most of the descriptions of the dragons from the Spyro fandom/wiki. And most of the pictures come from that site, as well.

Some of the pictures from earlier chapters had to come from different sites, due to the pictures from the fandom site not loading in to the story for some reason.

And I apologize for the 1-Up sound effect playing twice, if anyone is annoyed by that. It only plays once when they break open each chest. The jingle playing twice is just how it was in the video.