Canterlot, The Capital city of Equestria stood on a Mountainside. At the Castle tower stood a Dark-Blue Alicorn with the symbol of a cresent moon on her flank. Princess Luna stood out on the tower balcony star-gazing, when she felt an itch 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 happenning.

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 curiousity.

"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, Gust and Rock. 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 seperate 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 Gust 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 Rock 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...

Twilight Sparkle was having a strange dream, seeing herself and her Dragon Brother, Spike surroundded by weird creatures, some she identified as dragons. Spike wasn't as she saw him, until she was awoken by a thump of magical energy. She got out to see Spike's bed empty as it is, Twilight saw purple footprints going downstairs. When she came to the source, there was a dragon, it was purple like Spike, it had green horns on the head and green spines down the back, the tail ended in a green point. The dragon had purple and green wings, the dragon looked like Spike, it has the some colors as Spike until she realised..it was Spike. Spike was also staring at two unconcious dragons
lying on the floor. Twilight had to ask,

"Spike, What happened to you?"

Spike turned around and replied, "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 differant, I felt differant 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 unconcious 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 Carosuel Boutique...

Rarity was in her bed dreaming of her fashion being famous in all of Equestria until she was awoken by her sister, Sweetie Belle, who looked like she saw something creepy. Rarity asked,

"Sweetie Belle,why do you look scared?"

Her sister replied in fear, "Creature in scarey black outfit along with a skeleton of an unknown creature in armor."

Rarity assured, "Maybe it was just your imagination."

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 intension of harming her, Ms Rarity."

Rarity asked in shock, "How did you know my name?"

Chop Chop replied, "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 intension of harming either of them."

Chop Chop looked at Sweetie Belle and apologysed, "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...

Rainbow was having an amazing dream that she was part of the Wonderbolts. She was with Soarin' and Spitfire, getting autographs from her fans until she was snapped out
of the dream by a bright light. She woke up and said, "Whats the big idea?"

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 stance 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, thats 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, "Thats what an evil wizard 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 opposite."

Sonic Boom spoke to her hatchlings, "I guess they will get along just fine, kids."

In the morning at Twilight's Library...

Spike was trying to get use to his new form and Twilight was wondering when those dragons would wake up. Twilight was practicing how to talk to the dragons when they wake up. She was surprised by a Pink Blur and a Blueish blur, who she recognized as Pinkie Pie, but the other one was something she didn't recognize. Pinkie Pie shouted,

"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 spat 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 interruptted, "You mean my Cutie Mark?"

Cynder countinued, "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, "Thats exactly what we mean."

The conversation was interruppted by the door to the library opening. When the door opened, The Skylanders heard two familer 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 weild 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 assumed,

"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 commentted,

"Sonic Boom, you are incredabily 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."

Spyro asked, "Is Princess Celestia your leader?"

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...

Princesses Celestia and Luna were searching through the archives for anything about the orbs that fell from the sky, last night. Until the sisters found a research book written by Starswirl himself, about someplace called 'Skylands' Princess Luna asked,

"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 surroundded 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 responsiblity 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 the 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."

2. 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 appearred in the sky, last night?"

Applejack replied to the filly, "Ah saw it, multiple colors appearred 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. Their 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...

Pegasi guards have been sweeping the mountain, looking for what struck the mountain last night, led by Captain Speedster. They searched high, low, near the train tracks that goto Ponyville, and near the gate to the City. Captain Speedster was thinking about reporting that they found nothing on the mountain. Until one of his lieutenants called out,

"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. 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...

Ignitor, Flameslinger, Sunburn, and Eruptor were at the gates and were greeted by a guard wearing purple armor, while those who accompanied him wore golden armor. The Unicorn asked,

"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 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 Fluttershy's Cottage...

Twilight, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Spike and the Skylanders arrived to see Fluttershy caring for a four-armed yeti, a Fish-out-of-water, a Gillman who carries a Harpoon gun, and a shellman that carries a water-spewing mace. There were four more of the creatures that were at Fluttershy's an assassin with pointy ears, a living tree (Fluttershy's dream), a Living Plant with a bazooka, and a Dragon covered in leaves.

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...

The Fire Skylanders arrived at the Library and awaiting their hostess to give them hospitality. In the meantime, Ignitor layed down the plan,

"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 nessecary, 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 countinued, "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 countinued, "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.

3. Meeting the Sisters

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 goto 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 realised, "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 was keeping an eye on Eruptor, so he wouldn't burn the place. Eruptor was always burping fireballs, but Ignitor catches them and Cadance puts it out. Flameslinger was just sitting cross-legged and focusing on his percision. Sunburn was with Ignitor and Cadance on preventing Eruptor from burning down the 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 but a hybrid, Princess Celestia's pet Phoenix, 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...

They were escorted to the Throne Room, where two Alicorns, a white one and a Dark-Blue one were waiting. The White one
spoke,

"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 bottem of the eight symbols, Including the Magic Element, which oddly resembles Twilight Sparkle's Cutie Mark."

Princess Luna answered, "Excatly."

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 weild 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 Gust 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 Rock 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 silhoutte 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.

4. Dragon Migration

Applejack and the Earth Skylanders dug a small trench for everypony and Skylander to see the dragons fly overhead. Spike was escorting Rarity, who was wearing an outfit into the trench, Drobot had to ask.

"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 realised, "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...

The Dragons and Dragon Hybrids journey to the Lava Pits and saw hundreds of Dragons sitting idle, while a group of Teenage Dragons are playing
down below. Spyro and the Dragons slid down the slope (well Bash rolled down the slope) and came to a stop in front a Red Dragon, who looked a little confused
and his smile made Spyro sense trouble. The Red Dragon called out,

"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 realisation.

"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. Three episodes later, 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 continued 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 seperated 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. Unfortunatly, it was something Sunburn didn't enjoy, but he agreed to just follow them.

At a Phoenix Nest...

The Teenage Dragons and the Skylanders saw the parents leave the nest, the Dragons moved first. Spyro was upset about thinking that dragons would be the same like in Skylands. Sunburn had to move in on the dragons and spied on them to see that they were going to eat the chicks, so because of his Phoenix ancestry, Sunburn called the Parents responsible for the nest and saw as the Teenage Dragons were in a tree.

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...

Sunburn was looking after the Phoenix Egg as he wrote a letter to Princess Celestia,

"Dear Princess Celestia,

Today we went to see the dragons and Spyro confirmed that, the dragons here are differant 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 whats 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."

5. Canterlot Wedding

The Mane 6 and the Skylanders were all having a picnic, courtesey of Camo's growth ability and Applejack's food. Thankfully, Camo's fruits did not explode in their faces. 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 with her musical birds. 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..."

Spike paused knowing that what he's going to say would really shock Twilight. Spike countinued,

"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 continued, "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."

Spyro spoke, "Spike, it looks like you got yourself a teacher."

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...

The train was crowded because of Thirty-Four Skylanders crampped aboard. There's one Skylander, who seems to be in a trance with his Cursed Armor. Sonic Boom asked,

"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 continued, "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 Cyclopse 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, "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, "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...

Twilight was in the training room with a very angry Ignitor, a confused Spyro and a very worried Spike. Twilight asked,

"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 your 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...

Spyro walked in to see Applejack in a sad position, he had to ask the farm pony about the results, and Applejack replied,

"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 sucspicious 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 and 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...

Twilight walked up and saw Pinkie Pie showing the Fake Cadance her Reception plans, the Fake said,

"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...

Spike was holding the Skylanders Serum, going to give it to the love of his life. Until he ran into the fake Cadance, who had a stare of confusion. He entered Rarity's station and found Rarity trying to work on the Wedding Dress. Spike spoke with his wings flared.

"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..

Ignitor went to Fluttershy's station and saw Fluttershy being comforted by Stump Smash. Stump Smash spoke,

"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...

Whirlwind, who was tasked by Spyro to get top Rainbow Dash's station and give her the Skylanders Serum. When Wirlwind entered, she passed by the Fake Cadance, who stared at the vial while walking by. Whirlwind found Rainbow Dash, who was trying to do her best to perform the Sonic Rainboom, but was now in a downfall. Whirlwind asked,

"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...

Ignitor was following Cadance's trail and came across a dead end, as soon as he was searching around, he said to himself,

"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 weided his Flame Sword and slashed at the first image that appearred, ultimately revealing the Real Cadance. The Real Cadance was banged up and bruised. But she noticed the Fire Skylander and said in joy,

"Ignitor, is that you."

Ignitor replied, "A definetly know that its you, Our hostess."

Back on the surface...

Princess Celestia spoke, "There is no way I could stall the Wedding Ceremony, the Changeling will know something was wrong."

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...

Ignitor and Princess Cadance were close to the exit until they were attacked by three mares who were possessed. Ignitor thought up of one idea,

"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, and magically weilding a Sword of Flame. It disappeared in a burst of fire.

Back on the Surface...

Princess Celestia was doing her best to stall the Wedding, when she saw an orange burst, she said,

"Game's Over, Changeling. You're finished."

The Fake Cadance spoke, "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, let 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...

Ignitor was standing alone in an endless void, he asked, "Where am I?"

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 vertues 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...

They were thinking that Ignitor has finally passed. Until his Armor re-assembled in a form as if it was lying on the floor, it was ignited by a living flame and awakening from shock was Ignitor. Cadance spoke,

"There is a crowd of Canterlot citizens wanting to get a look at you and the Skylanders, 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 ddrove away in the chariot into the moonlight.

6. CMC tales of the Skylanders

At Ponyville Elementary...

The Cutie Mark Crusaders were anxious on hearing the 'Tales of Skylands' story especially if it came from the Royal Sisters themselves. After Princesses Celestia and Luna read the 'Tales of Skylands' book, Celestia decided,

"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 similer 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 realise 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 Royal 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."

*Flashback to Canterlot*

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...

The village were always at peace and full of Protection, thanks to the Skylanders. One Skylander was looking after his adopted phoenix son, Peewee. Unknowing to him, a Phoenix was looking at him with smile on her beak, She charged towards the Skylander, but missed when he ducked to allow the chick to ride on his back. A Purple and Orange dragon came up to the Dragon/Phoenix Hybrid and said,

"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...

The Skylanders entered and saw Princess Celestia sitting at a table taking a sip of her tea. She noticed the Skylanders and said, "Its good you came, Sunburn. There is a matter I must dicuss with you."

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 indeed."

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 nor 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."

*Flashback to Canterlot Garden*

In the Gardens of the Canterlot Castle...

Two Skylanders are walking through the garden, on their way to a shady Greenhouse. The Skylanders walking through the garden was a Dragon, that could curl into a ball, and an Undead Warrior wearing the Purple Armor of the Captain of the Guard instead of his blue armor. The Captain asked,

"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. So 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...

They saw the Moon Goddess talking to a guard, who was talking about preparations for the Summer Sun Festival in Ponyville. Bash and Chop Chop walked up to the Princess and said,

"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 assured.

"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...

Bash arrived at the chariot to wait for Luna, but he was pushed by the Pegasi hooking themselves unto the chariot. At that exact moment, Luna arrived to and called Bash's name, but there was no response. Luna assumed that he couldn't get there on time, so she stepped into the chariot and flew off to Ponyville. When he saw Luna leaving, he tried to call out her name, but she didn't turn around.

At the Canterlot Park...

Bash was sad on each end and knew about his lack of flying. The Pegasi can fly, Spyro, Cynder, Spike, Sonic Boom, Whirlwind, Drobot and the Alicorn Sisters can fly, but he can't fly. He was about to just give up until he heard the familar voice of a familar Lavender Unicorn.

"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. 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...

A light brown Pegasus stallion with a brown mane and a Skylanders Earth Elemental symbol on his flank was gallopping down the trail, he took an apple of a tree and took a bite out of it. He was speaking to himself,

"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...

Princess Luna was checking the other Skylanders efforts in preparations, she asked Spyro,

"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 was going to Sugarcube Corner when he saw a familar shape, the same shape he saw at the garden. He yelped, "CHANGELING!" 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...

"Mares and Gentelcolts, as Princess of the Night and sister to the Princess of the Sun, We welcome you to the Summer Sun Festival held in Ponyville, let the festival begin." Princess Luna annouced in her 'Royal Canterlot Voice' as she cut the ribbon letting everypony in.

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 conciquences 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*

Drobot came out of the barn, where the Tech Skylanders were staying. He hasn't been up in the air for a while, so he decided to power up his suit and fly. He instantly went back into the barn, grabbed his helmet, fired up his wings and took to the skies. He also had to deliver a Apple Pie to somepony in Cloudsdale.

At Cloudsdale...

A yellow Pegasus Mare with a firey orange mane was looking at a small version of a Dragon with a tech suit on it. Captain Spitfire, the Leader of the Wonderbolts never managed to talk to a Skylander, all the others did. She always stared at the small version of a Skylander always wishing to talk to a Skylander, but she feels something else in the Tech Dragon, it was love. She stared at the figure and thought,

"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 and 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 or the Wonderbolt Academy. 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 returned to Sweet Apple Acres...

He saw Twilight and her friends gathering in the barn with the Skylanders. He was certain it had something to do with the Gala, so he stepped inside. Spyro pointed out, "Dro, good you made it. We were.."

"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 only used me to get to Spike and kill him."

Ghost Roaster asked, "Is this Pony Prince a Unicorn, white coat and blonde mane and 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...

The Mane 6 and the Skylanders arrived at the Gala, but this time, it was differant, It had all eight Symbols of the Skylanders and the symbols of the Elements of Harmony, with both decorated at the Gala, it shows the bond Equestria shares with Skylands. Princesses Celestia and Luna revealed the Portal of Power, but annouced that one thing is missing, though the structure is complete, powering it is differant. They annouced that they would decypher the last piece used to power up the Portal, then the Skylanders will take back Skylands.

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 go to 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...

Spyro opened the book and said in amazement, "We're all in here, these look like our stories." Spyro began to read, "In the Magical World of Equestria, inhabitated by Ponies, lived 32 beings from another Magical World called, "Skylands" They are the Skylanders, who recruits new allies, and make new friends on their quest to return to Skylands and defeat Kaos. And these are their Stories.

7. Ignitor's Chronicles

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...

Princess Cadance and Shining Armor were asleep, as sleep could be for the long ride to the resort. There is only one that wasn't asleep, the Fire Skylander, that brought them back together, Ignitor. Ignitor wears an armor made of Cursed Steel, tricked by a Witch to wearing it so he can slay an Evil Dragon. When he was showered in dragonfire, he became a living flame and was bounded to the suit, his only intension is to find the Witch who tricked him and
exact vengence on her. He flashed back to the Cyclopes Assault on a Royal Wedding...

In a region of Skylands...

"Candle-stick, there's no time to anger over being tricked, We have a Wedding to guard." A Knight Lieutenant told Ignitor.

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...

Ignitor was the only odd one in the room because he's a living flame. He watched as the Prince waited at the Altar, wearing a Red and Blue Tuxedo, and the Princess walked down the Aisle, wearing a White and Yellow Dress. Ignitor was given frightened stares by the Princess when he was called up by the Priest, he walked up to the Altar and stood beside as the 'Best Knight' because the Prince is a personal friend of his, they use to spar in the arena
when Ignitor was flesh.

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 unconciousness.

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...

Ignitor was thrown to the ground and the king was in a sad mood. Ignitor asked,

"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...

"Exiled...Me? I cannot believe I was exiled. I'll show him, that I am stronger than those Cyclopes." Ignitor said angrily as he kicked a chunk of dirt off the ground. As he reached the 'Chain of Fortitude' he was approached by a mysterious figure. Ignitor asked,

"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...

"Ignitor, you have done it. You have redeemed yourself, and as Portal Master, I make you a Skylander." Master Eon annouced.

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...

A Guard walked into the Throne and annouced, "Sire, the Exile has returned with the Bride and the Groom. The Other Guards were told not to harm the Exile."

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...

Ignitor was writing stuff down in a Journal, he talked about his strives, his stories and his memories. Shining Armor came up to the Skylander and asked,

"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 decyphered the last part, and thats how we knew about the Elemental Unity.

Princess Celestia"

Cadance called out as Ignitor and Shining Armor returned to normal, "Its time to return to Canterlot. The Battle for Skylands has begun, Ignitor."

Ignitor spoke, "I understand."

8. Skylands

The Portal Chamber...

The Skylanders gathered with the Royal Sisters to activate the Portal of Power to send the Skylanders to Skylands. Princess Celestia informed the Skylanders,

"It takes Unity of all Eight Elements to activate the Portal, or a Fully Realized Portal Master."

Princess Luna continued 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 I found Spyro, Cynder and Sparx frozen in suspended animation. 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 in you."

But this conversation was interuppted by a floating head. It said,

"Well, well, well, The Stupid 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...

Hugo, a scholar was on a Shattered Island after being dropped off by his friend, Flynn the Balloonist. Hugo started to brag.

"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...

Everypony gathered around the Portal of Power to see the effort that Spike and Spyro were making. They saw them through the Portal of Power, finding keys, freeing locals of Skylands, until they heard Spyro, and Spike talking to each other, they heard Spike say,

"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...

Spike, Spyro and Sparx managed to reach Flynn, who was looking out at something.

"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...

Princess Celestia and Princess Luna heard the call, having Spike and Spyro come back, and Gill Grunt and Pinkie Pie going in. Spike said,

"Skylands is just amazing."

Spyro asked, "Just like Starswirl's notes?"

Spike replied, "Exactly, like his notes."

Back in Skylands...

Pinkie Pie was astonished by the wonders of Skylands. Her Partner, Gill Grunt knew she would be amazed. So the closest gate was the Tech gate, so Pinkie used her Tech ability to call forth a bridge. As soon as they were done, Gill Grunt open the Water gate and found special tresures, like in the previous gates.

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...

Princess Celestia now told Spyro and Spike to go back in.

Back in Skylands...

Spike, Spyro and Sparx overlooked at the Tornado, Spyro asked,

"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!"

9. Eternal Magic Source

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...

The Statue was odd, and was moving. It saw the two Skylanders and said, "Ah, Skylanders have come. It has been years since my kind had an Arkeyan Elite."

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 is across the Chain of Fortitude, and you can go there if you like."

Chop Chop nodded, "Lets get the Quiksilver."

At the Quiksilver chambers...

Chop Chop and Spike arrived to obtain the Quiksilver. As soon as they arrived, they saw a hologram of the Weapons Master appear.

"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 paralysed, you were among those paralysed, 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 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,

"Behold, the Quiksilver. 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...

As the Quiksilver was being merged with the Core of Light, the Skylanders watched from Equestria as the very essence of Magic is being merged with the other elements. The work of the Quiksilver left one thing missing...The Eternal Magic Source.

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 War Machine Vault 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 War Machine Storage, where the Eternal Magic Source lies.

On the Chain of Fortitude...

Spike and Rarity were on their way to the Arkeyan Armory, but knowing that it wouldn't be for a while, they decided to talk. Rarity went first.

"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 experieced 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 apetite 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 smile. 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...

Spike and Rarity reached the depot where all of the Arkeyan War Machines lie dormant. Spike had to turn on the light to power on the facility.

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 disapppearred 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..

Master Eon's spirit appearred and told Celestia and Luna. "You have obtained the final piece, The Eternal Magic Source. The Core of Light is reborn, thanks to you two."

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...

Kaos was pacing around when his troll butler, Glumshanks walked in, all fried up. Kaos asked,

"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 assault!"

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."

10. Confrontation and Assignment

In the Lair of Kaos...

Spike and Rarity used the Core of Light to transport themselves to Kaos' lair in the Outlands. As the Unicorn and the Dragon walked up to the gate, Spike asked,

"You ready for this?"

Rarity answered, "I'm ready."

Spike said, "Lets find Kaos and finish this."

Equestria...

All Skylanders were all fueled up knowing that they are finally going to rid Skylands of Kaos once and for all. Princess Celestia called Spyro, Drobot, Cynder and Ignitor.

"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...

Spike and Rarity were in the dungeon until Spike heard sounds coming from one of the cells. Spike asked,

"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 froze 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 dept. 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 Statue 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 skeletan 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 back. 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...

Kaos has made the spell to ressurect Malefor and as soon as he transferred it, he said,

"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 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 appearrance 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...

Kaos was contained in a Magic bubble who keeps yapping about his Colleague working with him. Flynn decided that he couldn't take and said,

"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...

Master Eon appeared in front of the sisters and said, "You have done it, your Highnesses. Skylands is now rid of Kaos for good, but I'm still stunned about this..colleague that Kaos worked with."

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 familer 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...

Bash was broken up after Whirlwind broke up with him for Zap. He now focused on his inability to fly and saw a shooting star streak across the sky. He wished upon it, and it landed near the train station. He wanted to know what it was before anypony else does, so he left the balcony and went to the train
station.

Canterlot Train Station...

As Bash entered the train station, he saw that the shooting star was a Geode, a type of gem. As the Dragon came closer, the Geode cracked open revealing a Dragoness, White body, Pink gem-like spikes, pink gem-like wings, a gem tip on her tail, light blue underbelly and outer wing. Bash didn't soar, but his heart sure did because the Dragoness was so beautiful. As he approached her, she spotted him and said,

"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...

Sombra was laughing at his return, knowing that he hid an artifact, so nopony could stop him. That quickly changed when he was approached by a group consisting of Princess Cadance, Shining Armor, Spyro, Cynder, Drobot, Ignitor and the being that used to be Statues at the gate.

"How did you? I thought you were Statues!?" he asked.

Tree Rex spoke, "Well, you thought 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..

The Gem Dragoness walked into the chamber and was soon face-to-face with the same dragon, she blew off the cliff. She asked,

"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.

11. Gill's Day Off

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 suggestted 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 familar 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 reconized 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...

Gill Grunt and his Mermaid girlfriend, Lily were having fun near a lagoon, when they spotted something. Gill seemed to recognize it as a Pirate Ship.

"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...

A Dark Blue floating head came to a Dark Mirror, hoping that Kaos completed the spell. Until a pair of Yellow eyes appearred in the Mirror. It had an evil voice,

"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."

12. Trigger Sitter

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. 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 seige 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 greif 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 one part of his name, then Pumpkin Cake said the second part,

"Trigger"

"Happy"

Then the foals said another name,

"Pinkie"

"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 experiance it more in the future.

Your Tech Skylander, Trigger Happy."

Trigger Happy also looked at the picture of Pinkie Pie kissing his cheek. That Gremlin smiled at that picture.

(Epilouge 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 possessfire."

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 tommorrow morning." She realised, "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."

13. Radiant Isles

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 recentily 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 Sonic Boom burped out 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 realised,

"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 really 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 Fliers, 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 corrected, "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 risk 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 mysteriousily, 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 obsticales 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 Elements from any Skylander, 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 unconcious Apprentice, he instantily 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 tosses 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."

14. Rescuing the Seekers

As soon as their realised 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.

15. The Dark Master returns

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 you're 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 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 stones, 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 are now 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 acknoledgement, 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: I know you are going to say, but its not Christmas. I made this last year and I'm hoping to get the fanfic and the website. Besides there is one new skylander absent.

16. Christmas Party

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 have that power."

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 Australian 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! Fear my Awesome look!" 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 severliy 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 Drow 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 that 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, and getting re-acquinted with the Mane-6 Skylanders from the old castle.

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, 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 (My DeviantART name), "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.

17. Hearts and Hooves day

After Earth, (The events of Gill, Wham, and Zap's Adventure) 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.

Pop Fizz said, "Hey, Flynn. I heard you broke the record for farthest travel by air."

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 the first one that the drinker saw after 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 also 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.

Flynn said in surprise, "That happened once 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 experiancing 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 Gremilin and Pop Fizz soon collapsed in hearts.

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 goto 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 into 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.

18. Time of the 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, those miserable Skylanders...and their pathetic Ponies!"

He decided to plan his next idea, "Step 1: After taking over Skylands, I will go to Equestria and DESTROY THEM!" He saw a Television turn on and saw a familar 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 interupted, "Are 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 an orb. 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 use 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 starting 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 we 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 immediatly."

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 including a compass that the evil drow seem to worship, repaired the ship and journeyed to where the hermit lived.

19. Brock's Rumbletown

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 continuiously 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 arragnes arena battles from your ship?"

Applejack said, "Terrafin is gonna love this."

20. CMC's Discovery

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 tenticales 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 tenticale 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 bottom half and upper half of the tenticale 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 halfs 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 differant. 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 squid-faced 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 tenticales 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. Roller-Brawl used her saw blades to cut down any Changelings in her path. Freeze Blade picked up Sweetie Belle as he said,

"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."

Drill-X began moving his drill across the battle-zone. Rarity and Crusher used bounce pads to jump over the spinning drill as it moved to the other side. The drill stopped and as Drill-X tried to get it working again, Crusher slammed his hammer on the deactivated drill and Rarity blasted her earth abilities at the drill. The drill eventually shut down and Drill-X shocked sang,

"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."

Rarity yelled at the defeated Drill-X, "Take that you Ruffian!"

21. The Oracle and Arkus

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 somepony 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 we 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 suggestted,

"The Fist of Arkus is experiancing strange activity, I suggest Twilight attacks it."

But as soon as Twilight attacks 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,

"Apparentily, 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 particales 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 gem has been in your mother'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 develope 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.

22. Camping with the Swap Force

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 was disgusted at the idea of camping because she has to out in nature. Flashwing soon appeared,

"I think its a perfect oppertunity for you to get in touch with the earth since you are an Earth Skylander."

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 arguements 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 arguement 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's sad eyes, 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 wagn, 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 victums 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 they 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 was hoping that Rarity's and Flashwing's arguement 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 arguement 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.

23. Revelations

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 familar, 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. 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 realise 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 naton. 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 commiting 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."

Whirlwind spoke, "We need to get to the White Isle."

Hunter replied, "There is an airship station in Warfang. We'll take you three to the Forbiddin Tunnel, it leads striaght 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 Forbiddin Tunnel was located. Hunter and Bianca stood at the entrance and opened it. Scootaloo asked,

"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, "Whats 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." The group entered the city and noticed a squadron of dragons flying around, from the big dragons to the little hatchlings. 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 freefell 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 as 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 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 caves of the White Isle and continued to find the Chronicler's chamber, they soon entered what looked like a library, but bigger and had an hourglass in the center of the room. 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..

"A long time ago in Equestria, there was a Unicorn Mare who fell in love with a blue dragon. But her parents didn't like the dragon and arranged her marriage to another Unicorn. This was around the time Starswirl discovered Skylands and many researchers were sent there, Faust included. The Unicorn Mare's Pegasus brother was sympathetic to her relationship with the dragon and knew if she married a Unicorn stallion, she would be miserable." A picture of a Pegasus stallion with a Rainbow mane appeared, Rainbow Dash said,

"That's my Dad!"

Ignitus continued, "That was when the Pegasus brother and his Pegasus girlfriend 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!"

"So the brother and his girlfriend went to Faust and explained it. Faust understood their intension, so she took the Unicorn mare and the Dragon to Skylands to be married."An image appeared to show a hybrid hatchling in the forehooves of the mother in Cloudsdale as the couple showed their daughter to the smiling pegasus couple before they returned to Skylands, Ignitus said,

"And there's little Whirlwind."

The hybrid smiled at that picture of her and her family together. Rainbow Dash asked,

"How come my parents were in there?"

Ignitus replied, "You parents want to make sure that your Dad's sister was happy, they also kept their involvement and your Aunt and Uncle a secret. But your family secret is revealed, Rainbow Dash, meet your cousin, Whirlwind." Shocked by all of this, Rainbow Dash and Whirlwind said, simotaneousily,

"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, Whirlwind was introduced to Rainbow Dash's father and Rainbow Dash's mother. They were happy to see their niece for the first time in so many years.

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 saw the cousins fly around Cloudsdale together and even collapse on a cloud laughing about. They all smiled to see them happy because Whirlwind has a family who loves her.

24. The Variants

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 manaqin 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. But soon 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 off 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 Gnarley 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 alleigance 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."

25. Legendary Spike

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 has 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 and 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 time for 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 Troll Grublin, "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 Hero Orc.

Legendary Jet-Vac used his vaccum gun to suck up the 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 Troll Grublins.

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 inpersonated 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 where 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, "Are you sure?" 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, "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 familar 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 uncosciousness.

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,

"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 that the Skylanders built. 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.

26. Hunt for Frightbeard

After the big victory at the Crystal Empire, the Skylanders rejoiced 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 rejoiced 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 Captain 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. Luckily, Spyro went up to Thumpback,

"Thumpback, We got a message from Princess Celestia. She wants us in Canterlot immediately."

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 arrive 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 that's 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 go to 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 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 definitely 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 different 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 on 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 abilities 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 imprisonment."

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 awesome 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, that's 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!"

27. Star Strike and 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 battle 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 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 replied, "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.

28. Thumpback vs Frightbeard

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 intention 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 back 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.

29. The Multiverse

It has been one week since Frightbeard's defeat, and Princess Celestia worries for the safety of the Variant's Soul Gems. The Sun-Goddess always kept the Variant's 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 coronated Dragon son, Spike about them because that's why she brought him to Canterlot. She opened the compartment and told Spike,

"These are the Variant's 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 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, what's 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 ask you if you were all right. 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 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 coronated 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 speak with Princess Twilight myself."

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,

"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, "Try 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 Dash 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,

"You are using your own puppets to fight us? Look at them, you are using them for your own selfish needs. These Guards are the suppose to guard the freedom of Equestria, not you." 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 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 truck 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 foreleg 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.

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. They were approaching her until a small fly-like creature grabbed the gem as the shield 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 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 dragon dropped 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 powers. 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,

"Your...your...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,

"What's 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 that Crown of Magic."

Drobot responded, "A perfect way to bring two universe's 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 capture 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,

"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."

30. Whirlwind's story

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 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."

Whirlwind replied, "Thanks for the advice, but we are more than capable."

Bianca casted 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 Strange 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 handed 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 motioned one of the Rhynocs to come forth while the trolls bother a caged penguin. She turned the Rhynoc into a small rabbit fodder, and soon into a giant toad-like creature without bunny ears.

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, "Did get 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 want 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'm thinking that my arrows could be enhanced with a Rainbow explosive that would blow on impact."

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 and 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, "You 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 plant. The group kept a good silence as they saw her, Cloudy let out a slight giggle. Bianca turned her attention to 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 casted a spell which only casted 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 turned to the Rhynocs and Trolls guarding a caged yeti. "Now, watch how a real sorceress dispatches her enemies!" She asked a red Rhynoc, "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 while his companion gave him a large gun.

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 enhance your powers, 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. 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. He stood up with his bow and arrow at the ready, he saw a figure move away, he tried to pin it, 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!"

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 attacked Moneybags back whacking him so many times. He asked Hunter, "One more, perhaps."

Hunter replies, "He gets what he deserves." Bentley took one strong swing at Moneybags and 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. 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!"

Whirlwind spoke, "Its a slight truth, so why not join us. 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,

"This rocket can take you to Midnight Mountain. But we need the necessary assistance to help finish it."

They separated and entered different portals to find the eggs and the foals, Whirlwind and Hunter raced each other in a rocket skateboard race, well both had to hang on to each other when they made a jump. 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. 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 as she pulled off 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. The hybrid knew that if she pulls this off, the Dragons and Unicorns would think differently about her. She jumped onto the lift that led her into the rocket and set a course for Midnight Mountain.

The Sorceress was really agitated on Whirlwind's journey, 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, "Yes, Smear them and smoosh them and crack them and creak them!"

Bianca asked, "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?"

The Sorceress replied, "Of course, you ignorant girl. I need them for a spell, so I can live forever!"

Bianca said, "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 laughed at her question as Bianca spoke,

"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 wiggling 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 Unicorn/Dragon Hybrid. Now where was I? Ah, Yes." She signaled a Troll to push the Rhynoc that giggled toward her as she transformed the Rhynoc into a monster that would give Whirlwind a hard time.

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 cause your horn to fire rainbows as fast enough 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 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 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, "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 asked, "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.' 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 appeared 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 casted three electric orbs into the air and impacted on the ground, sending out a shockwave. 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 augmentate 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 replied, "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 asked Sheila about Hunter..." She flashed back into her memory,

Sheila was speaking with the 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, "Is that true, Billy?" Billy's words were all muffled because he was in the wall until Sheila said,

"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."

Whirlwind flashed out of her memory as Scootaloo asked, "So they were dating when you found them?"

The hybrid replied, "Yes, I did. 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 until she 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, "I can take Cloudy to the Robot Bug Factory 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, "Hi, 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 pilot my flying saucer, its the best chance to defeat her."

Whirlwind asked, "Anything special you put on the saucer?"

Bianca replied, "I casted 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."

31. Polar Problem

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!"

A/N I've been gone from this project for a long time on this site. So I'll be uploading the remaining chapters to .

32. Search and Rescue

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.

33. King's Defense

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!"

34. Attack of the Golem

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 approached, "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,

"Its 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, "Its my gift to the Ice Elves at the Cloud Break Islands. I gave them the Illuminator to give them courage. If I use the Illuminator to give my friends the courage to fight without fear. We could use it to stop this thing."

EQG Spike asked, "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,

"Grant courage to my friends fighting the Golem and let us have that courage to kill it!"

Whirlwind exploded in Rainbows as every Skylander fighting the Golem felt a surge of courage 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. 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 freefell. 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."

35. Night of Discovery

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 before 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 bust through first, a turbine busted 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 bursts open and a Winged Sphynx with armor pieces and a helmet 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 Timber wolves 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 is Princess Luna, the Alicorn who found me and one of the three Portal Masters."

Princess Luna 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 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.

36. Nightmare Night

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,
During last year's Nightmare Night, Princess Luna had trouble with friendship, but thanks to Twilight, she learned. But now, we found somepony who was having the same problem, My brother, Ray the Changeling. He had trouble finding out what friendship is suppose to be, but we helped with our teamwork.

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.

37. EQG Drobot

Now we are back in the EQG Universe that shows what bizarre things happened after the battle.

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 Wonderbolts. 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, 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 as 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 Wonderbolts 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 off 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 eye 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."

38. Mt Cloudbreak

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."

39. Scratch's Crush

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.

40. 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!"

41. The Illuminator

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 shine 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!"

42. Roller Brawl vs Kaos

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, who 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."

Once they reached Willowbark's Airship which has a Water Cannon to put out the Evilized Fires around a number of villages. Soon they went to the Ancient Tree Spirit, only to find it surrounded by the Evilized Flames, Roller Brawl and Ray took action and extinguished the Evilized fires before it reached the Elemental. And just as they rejoiced in saving her,

"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?"

43. Royal Sisters vs Kaos' Mother

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.

44. Super Evil Kaos

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.

So, the battle for the Cloudbreak Islands end with the Skylanders emerging victorious. But there are still more dangers out there.

45. Holiday Special

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!

I love doing those 4th Wall Messages. Now to sum it up, Spartan545 is my name on DeviantArt and Skylander545 is my name on FIMfiction.

46. 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.

47. Visions

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 an 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, but 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.

48. Camo's Garden Raider

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.

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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."

Well, it had to be done.

49. Trap Master Discovery

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 are 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 Snot 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.

50. Boom Town

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."
Grim Creeper pointed his scythe to the frozen Trap Master and fired a beam of energy which the statue absorbed and started to grow. The statue grew to a life size version and the Trap Master, Krypt King started to free himself as he smashed through his statue cocoon. He busted out and fell on one knee with his giant Traptanium Sword to support him. Krypt King looked at Grim Creeper,

"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."
Krypt King noticed the Crocagator, "Snap Shot? You are here as well?" Snap Shot nodded, "That armor doesn't play tricks on you because it is me, Gusto is here as well."
Krypt King nodded as he stood up, "I may be weakened but my strength will return in time. But I knew for a fact that we landed in Equestria."

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 the 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?" The Mabu spoke, "Just keep on following the docks. Once you crossed the bridge, you're almost there." The Mabu ran to safety as Grim Creeper ran through the docks as a bunch of robotic chompies attacked, but they were no match for him as he used his scythe to take a bunch of them down.

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 replied, "Only a few scrapes and burns, but the fall was nothing serious." He passed by the Mabu as he continued upward to the destroyed bridge and thankfully, he was on the side he wanted to be on.

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."
He pointed to the Dread-Yacht still fitted with the same upgrades that was provided at Woodburrow during the Eruption Incident, "Flynn has his Legendary Warship stationed at our remaining dock. The upgrades it received from the Cloudbreak Islands were going to be removed...but Flynn refused to remove any upgrades from his ship." Spyro shrugged, "Well, it is HIS Ship." The Mayor pointed to the Portal of Power,

"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!" Flynn spoke, "I'll prep the ship, you might want to bring the Princesses here. That trick with the crystals won't work anymore, so its like your normal calls to action. Except they would be calling you in Skylands itself." Spyro joked, "Flynn, your genius is showing." Flynn panicked, "Where!?"

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 him 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."
Luna noticed, "Although some areas were damaged due to that attack."

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."

51. Fairy Rescue

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."

52. Coral Head Cove

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 '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 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 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 our 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 finish 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.

53. The Well of Souls

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 femal 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."

54. United We Stand

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.

55. The Flaming Mane Event

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 thats 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 imprisioned in Cloudcracker Prision 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."

56. Back to the EQG Universe

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 image shifted to Eon's spirit turning into a physical Alicorn, "After the Second War with Kaos, my spirit form was given a the body of an Alicorn created by the Portal of Power. That's when I attempted the Multiverse Spell and it soon formed into a rainbow source. So throughout the months I have been in this form, I kept the Multiverse energy in check in case something intends to happen. After the Battle of the Crystal Empire, I constructed an Arch-Portal that linked Equestria to Skytropolis, Capital of the Variant World and it was for the Variants to live."

Eon soon shifted the image to show him assembling a Super Portal, "After assembling the Variant World Portal, I realized that the Multiverse energy could actually be compatible with an Arch-Portal. If it was merged with a regular Portal of Power, it would have been disastrous. So I began constructing a Super Portal with the same design as the one in the Winter Tundra back in Avalar. I used the Multiverse energy to power the Super Portal as it instantly activated and remained stable. It was only a prototype when it first saw usage in the Soul Gem Conflict when the Skylanders saved your universe from total destruction."

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 icey snow shredded against their hi-tech skateboard/snowboard hybrids, the four human Skylanders stopped in front of the statue to asess 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 assited 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 werewolff?" 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 the 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 have 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 focussed 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 modified that 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,

"FURY OF ELEMENTAL UNITY!"

Soon all 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 they also returned to normal, 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 Dov of another world use 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 congratulating 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 Dovahsoos, 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 Sharkblood. Even you possess that same blood of both Dragon and Shark. The tooth that you were created from was covered in it."

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 Dovahsoos 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, Chef Pepperjack, Nightshade and Luminous 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 he throne and himself at her side as he asked,

"Why did I let her go?"

57. DJ 3CK0

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 do 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 he 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 save 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 beam 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,

"The Life ones are Barkley and Whisper Elf." They waved.

"The Tech ones are Drobit and Trigger Snappy." They waved.

"The Undead ones are Hijinx and Eye-Small." They waved.

"The Water guys are Gill Runt and Thumpling." They waved.

"The Fire guys are Weeruptor and Small Fry." They waved.

"The Earth minis are Bop and Terrabite." They waved.

"The Air minis are Pet-Vac and Breeze." They waved.

"And as for Magic, I'm Spry and this is Mini Jini."

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.

58. Incident at 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' capable to hypnotize others, have the victims kneel before them. They also have a monstrous form, 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 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 Masters 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 going into Krypt King's personal thoughts?"

Master Eon replied, "Although it was a victory, it also left both Krypt King and the Golden Queen heartbroken. She and Krypt King were...more than close when he was undercover."

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 to 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 differant 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 is 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 cats 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?"

Luna smiled, "Look up."

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 and I can hear you from within this trap, Gulper. But there will be no soda for you unless you promise one thing."

Princess Luna finished, "You must promise to be good now and never go on another soda rampage. Break your promise and you will be back in this trap permanently."

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 Prision. 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."

A/N: If you guys saw the first version of this chapter, I hate it when that happens.

59. Know-It-All Island

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 more."

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."
Celestia smiled, "Will you fight with us and not against us?"

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,
He also like to stompy,
But thing he loves the most,
Is turn everyone to Chompy."

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 desires things that glitter,
And trinkets she can hold.
But most of all she after,
Things that made of gold.
Until then she after,
The trap master that,
Broke her golden heart."

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 infomation 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."

60. 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?"
Krypt King shrugged, "It's something that makes up Sugarcube Corner."

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 molekin 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!"
Krypt King readied his sword, "Pyramid Power, 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 Puppet yelled, "Round 2!"

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?"
Chompy Puppet replied, "I don't know, man."

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?"
Chompy Mage realized, "The Pony Princesses? I...uh...well never thought of seeing you two again."
Luna spoke, "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?"
Chompy Mage thought about this and asked, "I suppose we should accept this eh, Chompy Puppet?"
Chompy Puppet replied, "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,
"Oh, you are not going to like this, majesty. He was totally captured! Those Skylanders got him, I kind of forgot how annoying they can be."

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,
"Is that so?" To prove that she was still the leader, Golden Queen turned Wolfgang's chicken leg into gold, just as he was going to eat it. He chomped down on it and realized that it was solid gold. He clenched his jaw in pain as he yelled,

"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?"
Golden Queen ordered, "Bring Knight Light to a secluded area in Skylands and awaken him. Chef Pepperjack, go to the Phoenix Psanctuary and steal those eggs from the Phoenix Chicken as far as we know, those eggs are highly explosive. Nightshade, Find the Midnight Museum and steal the Dark Eye of Tomorrow, it could allow us to steal more supplies for the weapon."

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."

61. 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 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."
Camo smiled, "And your machine is a little rooted down." The two trolls were confused until Troll 1 looked over and saw giant roots gripping the legs of the Shrednaught as the two dragons struck their foe.

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."
The image shifted to the craftsman standing up as his left wrist was raised high while a light-blue glowing object, mostly likely the shard was emitting a jolt of magical energy all over the craftsman's body,

"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,

" . !" 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."

62. 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? Alls 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?"
Celestia spoke, "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."

63. Knight Light

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,

"Flaps?" The flaps moved,

"Jet Mode?" The copter switched to Jet Mode, "All right. Initiating Fighter Launch Sequence, Catapult raising pressure. In the Green Zone, Academy Hanger raising Launch Barriers."

The Launch Barriers raised which are used to reflect the exhaust from the copter's jet engines.

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."

Luna replied, "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.

64. 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."

Luna soon stated, "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!"

65. Wilikin Factory

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 black 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 Terrafin asked in shock, "Is that?"

EQG Drobot spoke, "A human Dark Spyro?" EQG Legendary Spyro looked at his counterpart, "Talk about the Doom Raiders being desperate in creating you."

EQG Dark Spyro sneered, "I've learned that desperation leads to creation from the Doctor."

EQG Legendary Spyro snickered, "Well, we have a date with Krankcase."

EQG Dark Spyro asked, "Is that so?" He sarcastically said, "Well, it will be a date to DIE for."

EQG Legendary Spyro realized as his katana sprang up, "Hey, that's my line!"

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 form 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."

Luna asked, "So now, Aria Blaze, you're only chance of freedom would be to stand with us on the side of good."

Aria soon stuttered, "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."

Celestia asked, "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."

Sonata replied, "You are not going to get away with this, Wolfgang."

"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."

Krankcase soon accepted, "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."

66. Supercharged Future

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."
Snap Shot nodded as he replied, "That's why I need to face Wolfgang, to teach an old dog some new tricks."

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."
Sonata spoke, "Me neither."

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.
EQG Legendary Spyro and EQG Drobot sped off in the Hot Streak.
EQG Spike and Skylander Spike drove after them in the Thump Truck.
EQG Terrafin and EQG Camo sped off in the Shark Tank which surprisingly Supercharged after Terry started to drive.
Sonata Dusk and Spyro sped off in the Gold Rusher followed by Snap Shot in the Crypt Crusher.

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?"
Bowser spoke, "It has a Rift Engine. But now you must go and destroy those faucets."

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 kickstart!" 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...

67. 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."

Hurricane Jet-Vac spoke from his Jet Stream, "Jet Leader Standing By."

Stormblade spoke from her Sky Slicer, "Slicer Leader Standing By."

Astroblast spoke from the Sun Runner, "Gold Leader Standing By."

Thrillipede spoke from his Buzz Wing, "Grey Leader Standing By."

Super Shot Stealth Elf spoke from her Stealth Stinger, "Green Leader Standing By."

EQG Legendary Spyro spoke, "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!"

A new voice soon came on the intercom, "I have waited ten years to see you pay Kaos! And you can't escape us anymore!"

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,

"This is Echo 6, I'm going in." At that moment, the gyrocopter's guns start going off as several explosions went off on the surface. As he flew into the debris from the explosion, he heard the future Sonata yell,

"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."

Future Sonata stated, "You're still carrying that Rift Engine, Spike."

EQG Spike laughed, "But that doesn't mean I can't fight. The engine only delays my turning for a bit."

Future Sonata although agitated, stated, "Okay, You can help. But I'm putting you in charge of two of my wingmen. They're going to keep you cover while you help thin out enemy fire." She soon spoke to the future EQG Camo, "Camo, you and your son keep our friend covered."

Future EQG Camo nodded, "Got it." He soon spoke to Avenger 3, "Sunblast, you're with me. We going to keep our friend from the past some cover."

Avenger 3 nodded, "Got it, Dad." Two gyrocopters soon moved next to EQG Spike as Thrillipede spoke,

"Watch yourself, there's a lot of fire coming from the right side of that deflection tower!"

EQG Spike nodded, "I'm on it!"

Future EQG Camo spoke, "We've analyzed the amount of enemy fire and determined that even drawn away it would still not be enough. It needs to be reduced before we make our run. We have three deflection towers around the mouth of station that would pick us off before we even make it inside. There are several fighter squadrons launching from that point and guarding it."

EQG Spike nodded, "Red Leader, this is Echo 6."

Bowser asked, "What do you need?"

EQG Spike stated, "Destroy the fighter squadrons around the mouth of the Sky-Eater, so we can make our run!"

Bowser nodded, "My group is on their way."

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."

The Doom Jet fighters were all confused by the Stinger's disappearing act until the copter appeared behind them as its cannons spun up as green cannon fire opened up on the fighters as both craft got confused and flew into the Stealth Stinger's crosshairs and getting riddled with holes followed by two explosions. Super Shot Stealth Elf announced,

"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?"

Mags spoke, "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."

A Mabu pilot, Jet 3 spoke, "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!"

Hurricane Jet-Vac ordered, "Move to the left, I'll take the leader!" The Mabu aircraft banked to the left as the Jet Steam flew in and fired its air blades at the Doom Jet fighter destroying it in the process.

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,

"Legend, it's him, it's Dark Spyro!"

EQG Legendary Spyro realized, "Oh no!" He looked through the explosions of the fighters that he destroyed and spotted the black and silver copter approaching at high speed as it launched a missile straight at Legend. He couldn't bank away because he was caught completely off guard. Until he sees the Sun Runner fly between the copter and the missile as it impacted the craft. The resulting explosion shook Legend's copter as he looked down and saw the Sun Runner spiraling down trailing smoke. He was now worried, he announced,

"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."

Legend desperately yelled, "ASTRO EJECT!" Legend now worried for his friend's life thought of a crazy idea to get Astroblast out of there after assessing the damage and the landscape beneath them. There was islands and water so he spoke, "Astro, Invert and stay in the invert!"

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."

Sonata shouted, "He's coming in head-on, Spy. Now's your chance, shoot!" He gunned his engines at EQG Dark Spyro's copter as he unleashed his missiles at his rival. There was an impact as Dark's copter rolled to the side as both copters passed by each other at a knife edge. Legend turned to see that his rival was trailing smoke flying away from the battlefield.

Hurricane Jet-Vac announced, "Academy, I have one black Arkeyan Gyrocopter on my scope and in visual range."

Buzz spoke, "That's Dark Spyro! He's flying North-Northeast." Not wanting him to get away, Legend spoke,

"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?"

Legend replied, "Gold Leader is just hitting the water."

EQG Drobot asked, "Are you sure about going after him?"

Sonata spoke, "Think about it, if we find out where he's hiding, we'll most likely find Adagio as well."

EQG Terrafin warned, "Guys, I'm low on fuel."

EQG Camo spoke, "So am I."

Legend realized, "Everyone activate refueling pods so that we can refuel each other safely. After that, we go full speed after Dark Spyro." He looked and saw the fleeing copter trail smoke as he knew that getting him was the moment of truth.

EQG Terrafin spoke, "There's no way were letting that knucklehead get away!"

Legend replied, "We won't. Academy, Gold Leader is in the water. We're turning him over to Search and Rescue." Legend looked over to where Astroblast landed as Blaster-Tron spoke,

"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."

The shadowed head nodded, "I know, your highness. But onboard that copter, the human Spike had two passengers onboard the copter."

Celestia asked, "Tell me, what did you sense?"

The figure smiled as he spoke, "It's him, Celestia. His passengers are Kaos' butler, Glumshanks and...it's..." He soon started to show a tear of joy as he replied, "Him."

Celestia smiled, "I know as well that he's with them as well."

Pop Fizz's daughter soon joined in, "What do you intend to do?" He turned towards the unicorn as a white horn emerged from the shadows that illuminated a pair of emerald green eyes as he spoke, "The only thing that I have to do, Fizzy Sparkle."

Big Bubble Pop Fizz smiled, "You are beginning to act like your father." The hood soon came on as he replied,

"Determined, just like him."

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?"

All of a sudden, the plant dragon/Pegasus hybrid soon sensed something as well as the Supercharger Spitfire. Fizzy asked the hybrid, "Sunblast, what's going on?"

The hybrid replied, "When Avengers 2 and 3 joined with EQG Spike, I felt a familiarity in Avenger 3. He's..."

Celestia realized, "He's your human counterpart."

Big Bubble Pop Fizz soon spoke, "From what I remember, after the battle EQGs Fluttershy, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Spitfire disappeared when Echo Squadron was confirmed shot down and killed or so we thought. But if my calculations are correct, the remaining members of Avenger Squadron are the offspring of the original 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?"

Future EQG Camo spoke, "We've all been wanting to get revenge on Kaos for years. Today's the day that we get it."

Glumshanks realized, "But, the only way to get revenge is to..." He soon spoke to EQG Spike, "They want to kill Kaos like he did to you!"

EQG Spike was shocked, "Just because Kaos resorted to murdering me and Echo Squadron, doesn't mean they should do the same."

Soon they heard Avenger 3 spoke, "We overheard your conversation. Yes, we are going to get our revenge...but we will not kill Kaos."

Future Sonata spoke, "I didn't form Avenger Squadron so we can flat-out kill Kaos. It's not our way. Besides, from what I've heard, Kaos is only a pawn of our true enemy, The Darkness."

Skylander Spike finally decided to speak, "If we can find a way to have Kaos see that he's being manipulated...he would destroy this station."

Future Sonata replied, "Kaos is cocky, overconfident and too full of himself. But he has a sense of not being ordered around. We could talk him down from doing the bidding of The Darkness. If he refuses..."

EQG Spike spoke, "I'll beat it out of him." Future EQG Camo replied, "You don't have to do that for us."

EQG Spike stated, "But I have to do it. He killed me ten years ago and now we already have the requirements to go back to our time to prevent this. But I want to fight Kaos alongside my counterpart and end this thing."

Future Sonata smiled, "You were always the risk-taker."

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."

EQG Spike looked at the dashboard as he spotted a switch that was similar to the Flight/Hover switch. But this one is different since it was set to Sky mode. He pulled the switch as it changed to Land mode as he soon felt his flight capabilities going down, he checked his status panel and saw four wheels appear from the underside. He soon felt his copter land onto the Land Vehicle Zone track as the rest of Avenger Squadron followed suit. EQG Spike stated,

"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."

Kaos was confused as he spoke, "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!"

All gyrocopters soon switched to Sea-Mode as the engine turbines converted to hydro-turbines as the dive rudders sprouted from the crafts. The gyro-subs soon dove into the liquid as they spotted the first mechanism blocking their path to the hydra. Future Sonata gave EQG Spike a rundown on Sea-Mode,

"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 Spyro 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."

Wolfgang replied, "Even if you do shoot me down, it won't be enough. But we don't really have to fight, Snap Shot. We can join forces and rule this time period." He continued, "I mean think about it, Kaos would be dealt with, there's no Doom Raiders and I spotted a pizza parlor that delivers in 30 seconds or less."

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."

Wolfgang chuckled, "And I didn't want to rule this time period with you as well." His weapons powered up, "Let's just fight instead!"

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."

Future Sonata spoke, "Be careful, I don't like this one bit."

Avenger 6 had his magic and air powers ready, he spoke, "Kaos is probably baiting us somehow."

Avenger 5 spoke, "I know that feeling, Magic Dasher. After what that shorty did to both our dads, I want a little bit of payback." Avenger 5 had his own punching gauntlets as Future EQG Camo looked around, "No sign of him yet."

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,

"It will be a while until the engine is fully charged. Kaos won't make this easy on us."

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!"

Dragon Spike also stepped forward, "If he's going to fight you, then I will too."

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.

They both had dragon-like wings unlike the male. Both had the colors of purple and green in their manes and tails as their wings flared for battle. The only major differences with these two were the colors of their coat and their eyes. The one on the left had a purple coat with emerald green eyes while the one on the right had a snow white coat and blue eyes. Their Cutie Marks were in the shape of a special diamond, the purple one had an Emerald Cutie Mark while the white one had a Jade Cutie Mark.

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 team noticed Kaos getting up as the little guy stood by its side as Glumshanks spoke, "Lord Kaos, please don't do this!"

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?"

Kaos mentally spoke, "But...I must, destroying the Dark Rift Engine will further my chances of ruling the Universe!"

The voice stated, "You're not doing this for yourself. You're doing this to satisfy The Darkness!"

Kaos mentally stuttered, "But...but it can't?"

The voice spoke as Kaos saw the glowing green eyes from the many stasis victims, "The Darkness is controlling you through the emblem on your head. It seeks out followers to manipulate and further its plan."

Kaos spoke mentally, "I've been had! And I know just what to do. I thank you for telling me the truth about the snitch that used me, Human Spike."

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."

Future EQG Camo replied, "Kaos found out that he was a pawn for The Darkness and did what he had to do."

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,

"That is what I would call a boom!"

His new passenger, Kaos decided, "I've wanted to ask on how you spoke with me through my head?"

EQG Spike smiled, "I gained a few new powers after going super. Some of these new abilities are quite bizarre to learn."

Kaos now asked, "But can you ever forgive me for killing you ten years ago and that's a first that I've asked for forgiveness."

EQG Spike nodded, "I forgive you."

Future Sonata spoke, "Academy, this is Avenger Leader, Sky-Eater has been destroyed."

Buzz spoke, "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.

Luna stated, "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!"

Future EQG Camo spoke, "This will be awesome."

Sunblast yelled, "Look out, Darkness!"

Male Spitfire spoke, "Because we are now coming for you!"

Magic Dasher stated, "And this time..."

Rumble Jack spoke, "By the end of this day..."

EQG Spike finished, "One shall stand one shall fall."

The Darkness saw Avenger Omega stop in front of him as he asked "Why throw away your lives so recklessly?"

Avenger Omega spoke in EQG Spike's voice, "That's a question you should ask yourself, Darkness!"

The Darkness yelled, "NO! I'LL CRUSH YOU ALL WITH MY BARE HANDS!" The Darkness struck as he pulled Avenger Omega into Convexity.

68. 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!"

Future Sonata spoke through the robot, "Oh really, from our point of view, you're the one who's trying to evade us. You claim to be powerful when in fact you are running away from those who are more powerful than you!"

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,

"Core of Light Ability on! Eternal Fire Source! FIRE SWORD!" Avenger Omega's right arm soon shifted into a flaming sword as the robot charged as The Darkness was shocked,

"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,

"Core of Light Ability on! Eternal Light Source! SUN CROSSBOW!"

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!"

The robot soon held a lasso made entirely of earth as Avenger Omega lassoed The Darkness and pulled the dark entity towards the robot while delivering an elbow to the face of evil. The Darkness tried to retaliate until Sunblast spoke,

"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!"

The Darkness bellowed, "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!"

Future Sonata spoke, "Now it's time that we destroy you for good!"

Rumble Jack shouted, "Let's do this!"

Sunblast stated, "For our family!"

Magic Dasher yelled, "For our Friends!"

Male Spitfire yelled, "FOR SKYLANDS!" He turned to EQG Spike, "Use the Core of Light!"

EQG Spike nodded as he activated the Core of Light's true purpose,

"Core of Light on! Eye of the Ancients Activated! CORE CANNON BUSTER!" Avenger Omega's left arm turned to its arm cannon mode as it pointed towards The Darkness as he yelled,

"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.

At the Academy, Mags and Buzz were looking at the portal hoping for a sign of the team returning. Soon enough, the massive robot emerged from the portal as several fighter pilots were cheering over the comm. Buzz smiled,

"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?"

The hybrid shrugged, "What can I say…I'm just 'Lucky' that I got that name, Dad."

All of a sudden, EQG Spike started up his fully refueled gyrocopter as he said,

"Come on, we need to go after Echo Squadron."

Dragon Spike realized what this meant as the hybrid spoke, "Don't worry, we'll meet each other soon in time."

Spike nodded and jumped into the copter along with Spyro and EQG Spike as they took off North-Northeast, locking on to Echo Squadron's beacon.

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,

"Spitfire, I have something that belongs to you." He was curious and asked, "What is it?"

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!"

The sky-pirate fighters started to open fire on Echo Squadron as the team moved out of the way. Sonata spoke,

"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."

EQG Dark Spyro replied, "We'll see about that! You're about to know how outmatched you really are!"

Legend smiled, "We'll see about that!"

The copters soon dueled as the black copter got behind EQG Legendary Spyro as his rival opened fire on him. But Legend performed a counter-maneuver by switching to hover-mode and back so Dark's copter can be in front of him. He opened up with his cannon as the cannon fire hit the black copter as Dark performed a Cobra Maneuver which soon had his rival behind him once again.

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.

Dark Spyro soon used another Cobra maneuver to get behind EQG Legendary Spyro as he said,

"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."

There was a brief silence until Sonata responded, "Okay, I have a score to settle with my sister as well."

Spy nodded, "I understand."

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."

QG 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."

69. 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 Spike replied, "There is more, he said something about me lighting our darkest hour."

Buzz was curious, "Lighting our Darkest Hour? Where have I heard those words before? I need to figure this out. But in the meantime, you guys should return to the Portal Chamber. You got back just in time for an interrogation."

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!"

With a slam of her staff, the weapon discharged a powerful charge from the top as the charge hit Time Town and trapped and everyone who lives there, inside a snow globe as the Golden Queen finished,

"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…"

He reached into his pocket and pulled out Adagio's pendant as the mere sight of it made a tear drop from his eyes as an image appeared in his head…

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,

"What 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,

"Threatpack, Come to my aid, for I need your help!" A beam soon shot out of his hand as a troll wearing a jet-pack appeared before him. The troll spoke,

"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."

After that, the Princesses vanished as Flynn's ship docked with the platform. Flynn looked at the device,

"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."

70. The Golden Desert

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."

Krypt King understood this since she's been hiding in a desert that's a golden color. Krypt King spoke,

"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!"

Nitro Krypt King looked at his friends, "You can sit this one out."

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, "Your 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!"

71. 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."

The canopy closed as the walker moved towards the first room, there were energy beams and stone blocks. Cali asked,

"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 excoriating 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 Powered 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.

72. The Legend Reborn

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."

The dazzling soon followed the veteran to the hanger where Echo Squadron was.

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 redoubts 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 thy can kiss thou 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!"

Wildfire approached the downed villain, "Smoke Scream, I presume."

Smoke Scream nodded, "Yeah, that's me."

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,

Kaos stated, "Because soon I would have complete-COMPLETE control. And when I do, I will trap you and your sister in Traptanium! HAHAHAHAHA! Prepare to spend an eternity as a fitting trophy of my ULTIMATE VICTORY! HAHAHAHA!"

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."

73. 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.

74. The Fight for Succession

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."
The unicorn motioned Ember to follow since Spike and Eye-Brawl motioned the two that it's time to move. Spike decided to offer a warning,

"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!"
Eye-Brawl's eye returned to the body as he said, "Kick his mossy hide!"

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.

Skylanders X MLP

by john.walaszek1

Chapters

1. Arrival

2. The Mane-6 and the Skylanders

3. Meeting the Sisters

4. Dragon Migration

5. Canterlot Wedding

6. CMC tales of the Skylanders

7. Ignitor's Chronicles

8. Skylands

9. Eternal Magic Source

10. Confrontation and Assignment

11. Gill's Day Off

12. Trigger Sitter

13. Radiant Isles

14. Rescuing the Seekers

15. The Dark Master returns

16. Christmas Party

17. Hearts and Hooves day

18. Time of the Giants

19. Brock's Rumbletown

20. CMC's Discovery

21. The Oracle and Arkus

22. Camping with the Swap Force

23. Revelations

24. The Variants

25. Legendary Spike

26. Hunt for Frightbeard

27. Star Strike and CMC

28. Thumpback vs Frightbeard

29. The Multiverse

30. Whirlwind's story

31. Polar Problem

32. Search and Rescue

33. King's Defense

34. Attack of the Golem

35. Night of Discovery

36. Nightmare Night

37. EQG Drobot

38. Mt Cloudbreak

39. Scratch's Crush

40. Motleyville

41. The Illuminator

42. Roller Brawl vs Kaos

43. Royal Sisters vs Kaos' Mother

44. Super Evil Kaos

45. Holiday Special

46. Grim Creeper meets Daring Do

47. Visions

48. Camo's Garden Raider

49. Trap Master Discovery

50. Boom Town

51. Fairy Rescue

52. Coral Head Cove

53. The Well of Souls

54. United We Stand

55. The Flaming Mane Event

56. Back to the EQG Universe

57. DJ 3CK0

58. Incident at Soda Festival

59. Know-It-All Island

60. Chompy Mountain

61. Of Tombs and Phoenix Chickens

62. Sunburn vs Chef Pepperjack

63. Knight Light

64. Infiltration and Sunscraper Spire

65. Wilikin Factory

66. Supercharged Future

67. Supercharged Future Part 2

68. Supercharged Future Part 3

69. Aftermath and Skyhighlands

70. The Golden Desert

71. Krypt King vs Golden Queen

72. The Legend Reborn

73. The Search for Trail Blazer

74. The Fight for Succession

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