Skylanders Academy Dark Spyro

Chapter 6

Spyro stood in his room waiting patiently for something. In his hands he held the Wumpan Puzzle Box, he finally knew how to get it to open, but a bigger problem arose he had to figure out how to get someone who is true of heart to hold it. Spyro had tried everything else in his spare time crushing it blowing it up dropping it from a high height, nothing even scratched it.

Just then a floating head appeared in his room, it was Strykore. "have you made any progress on the map" he asked. "you better have something or else" he added. "relax master I have something" Spyro replied. He held the Puzzle Box out towards Strykore, "this box holds the Map to Arkus I found it inside the Relics Room". "Why do I feel like there is a but coming" interrupted Strykore. "yes, there is a catch the box can only be opened by someone who is true of heart" said Spyro. "Well then open it" said Strykore, "yeah kind of hard to do that when you've had your light stolen by an evil sorceress" said Spyro. Strykore had begun to grow angry his voice became deeper and he loomed over Spyro trying to intimidate him "silence dragon you will open that box soon or else there will be consequences, don't let me down" said Strykore. "Chill master I got this" said Spyro hoping to calm him down. "I sense something" said Strykore changing the subject. "what is it is someone coming" said Spyro. "no something in you I sense… light, I thought I sucked all the light out of you" said Strykore. "it's that elf" said Spyro "the stupid purple dragon has feelings for her whenever I'm around or think about memories of her, the light starts to grow back". "well we can't have that" said Strykore he fired a set of beams out of his eyes which struck Spyro and began to suck the little bit of light out of him, while filling his body with even more darkness. "I have taken that light and improved your powers of darkness" said Strykore "now you can shoot electricity out of your horns and have an ability to release shockwaves of energy out of your body hurting everyone from all sides" added Strykore. "Now I must leave" he said as his head disappeared leaving Spyro confused on how he could open the box and appease his master.

Just then another voice began to speak "Skylanders Unite" bellowed Eon. Spyro opened his window and flew out towards Eon's study. As he flew towards the study he saw a massive ship start to dock up outside the Academy, this was beginning to peak his interest. He reached Eon's study to see everyone else was there as well. Eon saw that everyone was there and began to speak to them, "Skylanders I problem has arisen that needs your immediate help with…. I made an order for beard spray, but the delivery company has dropped it off at the wrong location, instead of Skylanders Academy it was dropped off at Highlanders Academy an old school that hasn't been used in almost fifty years". The Skylanders all sighed realising the mission wasn't as dangerous as they thought. Eon continued to speak "I need you all to go to Highlander Academy collect my beard spray and bring it back here before my beloved beard loses it thickness and beauty, and since Highlander Academy is around a whole day's travel I hired Flynn to fly you all there in his ship". The Skylanders nodded in agreement they didn't seem to mind at least they would have a day without having to worry about fighting and being in mortal peril.

"Go Skylanders before it is too late" shouted Eon ushering them out of the door. The Skylanders walked towards Flynn's ship and he made himself known. "well hello Skylanders Eon hired me to fly to his delivery, don't worry your all safe with the greatest pilot in the Skylands, not to mention the handsomest". The other Skylanders just shook their head and boarded his ship. Flynn swaggered over to the Pilots wheel and the ship began to spur to life, the engine let out a few bellows of smoke, but it held firm. The ship moved forward and began to slowly gain altitude as it began the journey to Highlander's Academy. When the Ship got far enough they couldn't see the Academy Flynn began to tell a story to Pop-fizz and Jet-Vac about the time he managed to escape a dangerous Fire Viper with a ship with no engine. The two didn't care about the story but they knew Flynn wouldn't shut up if they asked him.

Spyro stood at the front of the ship thinking about how to open the Puzzle Box, he was also eager to try out the new powers that the master had given him. Spyro decided to sleep maybe some rest would help him think. He entered one of the cabins on the ship and laid down to get some rest.

Several Hours Later

Spyro awoke the other Skylanders were all asleep apart from Stealth Elf she was the only one not in bed. Spyro climbed out of his bed and had an idea. He approached Jet-Vac in his sleep and tried to place the cube in his hand, JV began to stir Spyro quickly and quietly moved away so he wouldn't get spotted if he opened his eyes. That plan was ruined. He left the cabin and walked around the top of the ship it was now the early hours of the morning the sun had not yet started to rise. They shouldn't be less than a few hours from the academy. Spyro was amazed he managed to sleep for so long it was the middle of the day when he went to bed. Spyro hadn't got much sleep over the last few days he kept trying to open the box when everyone went to bed.

Spyro looked towards the head of the ship and saw that Stealth Elf was sitting there alone, Spyro decided to talk to her, "hey Stealth what are you doing up here alone" he asked. "I don't know I guess I just wanted to see the sun rise" replied Stealth Elf. "I'll watch it with you" offered Spyro. "I'd like that" said Stealth Elf. The two stood next to each other after a few moments Stealth moved closer to Spyro to cuddle up to him, Spyro wanted to push her away but he had to stay strong and keep his cover. The beautiful and breath-taking sun began to appear in the sky its rays of light penetrating the Skylands and shining light over all the darkness. Spyro felt it a little irony a being of darkness watching the sun rise. It took all his self-control to avoid laughing. Stealth Elf placed a hand on Spyro's paw and was happy that he wasn't nervous around her anymore, before they could get closer Flynn's voice rang out "alright you lovebirds having some fun down there". Stealth Elf quickly teleported away a look of embarrassment on her face was the last thing Spyro saw before she left.

A Few Hours later

The Skylanders had arrived at Highlanders Academy and collected the Beard Spray. When they began to leave Flynn wanted to impress the Skylanders on his awesome piloting skills. So, he decided to take a risk and push the engine and show how fast his ship can really go. The ship began to pick up speed and became harder for Flynn to control "what do you think eh Skylanders my ship is pretty fast right, it takes a particular pilot to handle this speed". Jet-Vac interrupted him "slow down you don't want to damage the engine or worse fly into something". Flynn just chuckled at JV "don't worry bird guy we'll be fine this engine has never failed me and you forget I'm the greatest Pilot in all the Skylands". Suddenly a loud noise interrupted the conversation the Skylanders and Flynn look towards the front of the ship they were so distracted trying to stop Flynn that they didn't realise they just flew straight into a lightning storm. Lightning struck all around them narrowly missing the ship. Flynn began to manoeuvre the ship away from the storm, but it was too late a powerful zap of lightning struck the ship right where its engine is crippling the machine.

The engine sputtered and tried to work but it was all in vain the engine died, and the ship began to come to a screeching halt. Flynn jumped into the engine room and began to poke around. The Skylanders were rushing around trying to avoid the lightning strikes. Suddenly Flynn shouted from inside the engine room "I need a wrench, Spyro go into my quarters and get a wrench". "I'm on it" said Spyro he made haste and entered the captain's quarters. Jet-vac entered the engine room to offer help to Flynn. As Spyro poked around to find the wrench Strykore's head appeared in the room "any progress" said Strykore. "not now I'm busy" said Spyro. "PROGRESS NOW" shouted Strykore. "shhh okay keep quiet" said Spyro. "I haven't made much progress, but I can handle it" added Spyro. "no that's it, I've tracked your dark energy and I've sent Kaos to your location to help you, clearly I was wrong, and you can't handle this yourself" said Strykore.

Outside on the ship Flynn spoke "where is Spyro I need that wrench". Stealth Elf stepped forward "I'll go check on him" she said before running towards the captain's quarters. Inside Spyro was arguing with Strykore "please Master reconsider I can't handle this" "Master" said Stealth Elf from the doorway. Spyro realised he had been caught out. "wait Elf it's not what it looks like" he said. "It looks like my best friend has been turned evil and has been working as a spy for Strykore" she replied. "Okay yeah that's exactly how it looks". "Just wait till I tell everyone" said Stealth Elf as she turned and ran out towards the top of the ship. "stop her" yelled Strykore, "with pleasure" said Spyro as his eyes went dark red again and he sprinted off after her.

Stealth Elf got to the other Skylanders "hey guys" she said but she couldn't finish as Spyro grabbed her behind and threw her towards the end of the ship. She landed on the floor and quickly rose to her feet. Spyro followed and pounced on top of her he attempted to slash at her face with his claws, but she teleported away and appeared at his side she landed a swift round house kick that send Spyro spiralling towards the edge of the ship. Spyro quickly stopped and spun around to face Stealth Elf she teleported in front of him and kicked at him again but Spyro was ready for her he blocked her leg with his wing and unleashed a blast of energy from his body the blast knocked Stealth Elf back and she landed on the floor stunned, before she could recover he zapped Elf with lightning and began to electrocute her she let out a scream of pain, the noise only fuelled his blood lust and he intensified the magic causing slight burn marks to begin to show on her skin. Before he finished her off Spyro had an idea he stopped the lightning and saw that Stealth Elf wasn't moving she seemed to be unconscious. He approached Stealth and grabbed her hand with his other hand he pulled out the box and placed it in her hand. The box began to shudder and twist around, the box slowly opened revealing the Map to Arkus. Spyro grabbed it and was almost jumping for joy now he could finally leave these pathetic people and help bring darkness to the Skylands. Just then a blast of magic struck Spyro from behind knocking him down landing next to Stealth Elf.

Spyro slowly turned around to see Kaos flying down to the ship, he landed next to the map and grabbed it. "Thanks Sky-dork, now I can deliver the map to father and he will love me and forget all about you". Kaos went to leave and Spyro climbed to his feet to chase after him "give me that back" he shouted just then he felt something stop him he turned around to see Elf grabbing his tail stopping him from chasing Kaos. "let go of me go, you stupid elf" he shouted shaking his tail free. He turned back to Kaos only to get a bolt of lightning to the face. The distraction bought Kaos enough time to flee leaving a stunned and weakened Spyro, his face twisted into an expression of anger that Elf had gotten in his way for the last time. He staggered round to finish her off, but she had already recovered, she landed a swift punch to his face before teleporting behind him and hitting him with one last swinging kick to subdue him. Spyro was knocked unconscious just as the other Skylanders realised what was going on. Eruptor spoke to Stealth Elf "Elfy what happened" "It's Spyro he's working for Strykore" she replied. The other gasped in surprise. Eruptor spoke again "wait is you telling me that Spyro our best friend" "is evil" said Stealth Elf finishing Eruptor's sentence. Flynn managed to fix the engine and they took off as quickly as they could they had to get back to the Academy before Spyro woke up.

Back at the Academy

The Skylanders burst into Eon's study carrying a still unconscious Spyro Kaossandra and Eon both had expressions of worry on their face. "Is Spyro hurt" said Eon. "No, it's much worse, Spyro has been turned evil by Strykore and has been working undercover" said Eruptor. "now we need to find a way to hold him when he wakes up" said Stealth Elf. Eon rose to his feet and moved towards the Relic's room. "I have just the thing to hold him" said Eon.

End of Chapter