Sophia awoke to find herself resting in the ruins at the village of Kimaka. She saw that the sun hadn't risen yet, and everyone else was still asleep. Sophia yawned and stood up, knowing there was no way she would be able to go back to sleep. Memories of what Hex and Cynder told her continued to haunt her. For one thing the bombing of a village and decimation of an entire clan was bound to horrify anyone. And then there was Hex's tale….

Sophia didn't remember any information about her birth parents, nor did she know if she had any siblings. Hearing Hex speak of her little sister had made Sophia envious. Hex had known and remembered her family well, while all Sophia had of her family was her name. Sophia wandered restlessly around the camp eager to continue on to the Rumbling Ravine. Sophia was about to return to her sleeping bag and get some more sleep while she could, when she noticed Hex standing at the camp entrance.

Sophia wondered what Hex could be up to. She was grateful to the undead sorceress for helping Flameslinger find her, but that didn't mean Sophia trusted Hex. After all if there was any moral to Hex's story it would be "be careful about who you trust." Sophia ran to Hex ready to challenge the undead elf.

Hex turned towards Sophia and rose up her fists. She brought her fists down as she realized it was Sophia.

"What do you want?" Hex asked in an affronted tone.

"I wanted to know why you're still awake."

"I'm too nervous to sleep." Hex admitted. "Why are you awake?"

"To tired to sleep if that makes any sense to you." Sophia replied.

"Are you nervous about confronting Darko?" Sophia asked wanting Hex to continue speaking for some reason.

"I always am nervous when I face him. I don't know why, considering the outcome is always the same…"

"We loose…" Sophia stated bluntly.

"We loose." Hex responded in the same tone as Sophia.

"I wonder what Cynder meant when she said that this will be our last confrontation with Darko." Sophia wondered out loud.

"Who knows? The dark magic inside her is probably giving her visions. "Hex replied.

Sophia stayed silent, and then asked "What was it like to have a sister?"

Hex stiffened, and then she sighed sadly. "It was the best feeling in the world to me. Knowing I had someone to protect and care for. My little sister looked up to me, and to be honest I looked up to her, despite her being younger then me. There are often times when I dream of her, but when I awake I feel the same agony of loosing her. You're lucky Sophia that all your friends are still alive. One by one my friends died around me, just like my little sister. I worry for Cynder and Gristine, because I never know when they could die…"

Sophia was stunned that Hex had told her all this, and yet it please her as well. Suddenly Sophia realized that she came to Hex because she wanted to know more about the mysterious undead sorceress, she wanted to be able to trust Hex.

"I wish I had a sister or a brother. I might have siblings, but I just don't know…" Sophia sighed.

"What do you mean you don't know if you have any siblings?" Hex asked.

"I never knew my family Hex, all I remember is that I woke up in a hollow log and was found by a wolf. That wolf gave me the name of Stealth elf and trained me. When he died he told me that the name my birth mother gave me was Sophia. He told me that my destiny rested with the skylanders. So I sought them out in hopes that I could find out about my parents." Sophia explained.

"I never knew that…" Hex whispered.

"Only Flameslinger and Stump Smash knew…" Sophia responded.

They sat in silence until Hex began to shift around restlessly.

"How long will it take for the sun to rise?" Hex grumbled bitterly.

"I don't know. Maybe a few more hours."

"Just great." Hex muttered.

"Maybe we should wake the others and get them to move early." Sophia suggested.

"That sounds like a good idea." Hex said.

"Or we could go track Darko ourselves and confront him!" Sophia suggested enthusiastically.

"I doubt that would work." Hex murmured.

Sophia looked disappointed, but didn't comment.

The two girls sat in a civil silence until the sun rose.

"Hex! Sophia! Were continuing to the ravine now." Spyro called out.

Hex and Sophia stood, and then ran to join Spyro, the skylanders then continued there trek to the Rumbling Ravine.

Darko paced his cave anxiety bubbling up inside him. He had no clue why he felt so afraid, and that drove him crazy. It was moments like this that Darko wondered if getting revenge for something that happened three years ago was worth it. It was also moments like this that convinced Darko that vengeance would liberate him. Darko recalled previous battles of his, and briefly wondered if he should resort to bombing the skylanders. That plan had merit; the only problem was Darko had no clue how to obtain any bombs.

Darko sighed as he continued to pace around the cave at the top of Rumbling Ravine. He wondered if fighting the skylanders was worth it at all. He contemplated giving in and feigning death, but then he would have to live in humiliation for the rest of his life. Darko ran over to where the orb of Ozahkahn lay and stared intently in to it. He was trying to locate the person who had given the bombs to him when he decimated the gryphon camp.

Darko stared in to the orb for three whole hours, and saw nothing. Frustrated by his orb being useless, Darko swatted the artifact with his tail. The black scaled beast quickly decided that this final fight was to be his last confrontation with the skylanders. They had plagued his life for so long…

"That's it! No more running away!" Darko snarled.

It was time that he stopped running and finally killed the damn skylanders. Darko started to cast some shadow spells, warming himself up before the final confrontation. He was ready to end this annoying war once and for all.

The skylanders spread out around the Rumbling Ravine, ready to confront Darko. They had decided that Flameslinger, Hex, and Sophia would go in to the Ravine to confront Darko. If the fight got out of hand they would run to the other skylanders, and have Darko follow them. That way the other skylanders could attack Darko.

Cynder had to be chained to a nearby rock because she had lost control over her dark magic again. The young black dragoness was reeling for a fight with Darko. Sophia watched as Cynder tore furiously at the ground, and gnawed on her chains. She was trying to escape so she could fight Darko.

"Come on Sophia! We have to face Darko!" Flameslinger called to her.

"Coming!" Sophia replied. With those words she bounded after Flameslinger and Hex.

Hex, Sophia, and Flameslinger ascended the rocky slope up to the ravine. They were immediately confronted by Darko.

"I see your back for more Hexsesia. Well fine then, considering we're always fighting one another. Let's get this fight over with so I can get back to searching for a shop to buy bombs from. "

Hex threw a bolt of energy at Darko, and the black dragon deflected it with his wing. Sophia lunged at Darko, and attempted to cut him with her blades. The mighty dragon flung his spiked tail at and flung her away. Sophia crashed in to a rock wall, blood dripping down her face, arms, and back.

"Sophia!" Flameslinger called out.

"I'm okay…." Sophia murmured.

"This is seriously the best you've got?" Darko questioned.

Hex summoned a rain of comet skulls, and was surprised to see they all struck Darko. Darko's eyes flashed for a moment, and he snarled, black magic radiated from him, and he readied himself to attack.

Sophia stood up and lunged at Darko, attempting to bring her blades down on his foot. Darko sent a powerful wave of dark magic at the elf. Hex knew there was no way Sophia could survive the blast, so she leapt towards Sophia, and shoved her companion out of the range of the dark magic. Hex was struck by the powerful wave, and was flung in to a rock wall.

"Hex!" Sophia cried out, wondering why the undead sorceress had saved her.

"Honestly Hex, you get more and more pathetic with each battle we have. Where is that power that you once fought with? Where is the girl who could destroy an entire army single handedly? Seriously, if you fought with the strength you had when we first met, I would be dead by now." Darko taunted.

Hex stumbled to her feet, her eyes blazing.

"You have the gall to call me weak Darko? Well it's about time you learn how powerful I truly am!"

With those words Hex's eyes blazed with black light, the ravine around them seemed to melt away, leaving black shadows in its place. Strange silhouettes ran to Hex, and danced around her. Hex lifted her hand and dark energy radiated from it. Darko looked at his enemy, fear dancing in his eyes.

"You won't escape now Darko!" Hex snarled.

Hex's voice sounded deeper, and distorted. It had a strange echoing quality to it that frightened Sophia.

Darko's eyes widened in terror. Hex's voice was no longer one voice, it was many voices. The voices that were mingled in with Hex's were the voices of people he knew.

Darko heard the voice of Cynder, Eon, Cyross, Spyro, Malefor, Kaos, Glumshanks, Sophia, and Gaul. And of course he heard Hex's voice. The onslaught of voices assailed Darko's ears, and he felt himself tremble. He tried to open his mouth and spit black fire at Hex, but his jaws felt frozen in place.

He felt something strange rising inside of him. He felt like his brain was being torn apart by burning metal claws, and his stomach felt like it was boiling. He felt like he was being stretched out, and he couldn't break to escape the agony. Darko looked down at his paws in horror, and saw that they were being incinerated. He tried to scream, but when his jaws finally unlocked, the only thing that came out of Darko was a mouthful of blood.

Darko collapsed, and realized that he fell because he no longer had paws to hold him up. Darko's eyes dilated in an expression of pure agony. He finally managed to scream. His scream was filled with misery and pain, and it made Sophia shiver. Darko's wail continued to pierce the air as his lower body burnt away. Darko was lying in a pool of his own blood, screaming for the burning to stop. Some bones and organs fell out of Darko and in to the pool of blood. Sophia could only wonder why Darko wasn't dead yet.

Darko's screams ceased suddenly. Sophia watched with horror as strange thorn covered vines grew out of Darko and wrapped around him, causing his shrieks to stop. The thorns cut threw Darko's throat, causing his jugular vein to fall in to the puddle of blood. The corrupted plant seemed to grow stronger as it preyed on Darko's blood. Sophia felt sick as she Realized Hex had used corrupted life magic.

Darko's corpse rapidly became a home to Hex's thorn plants. Hex smirked at the plants, and then sent a wave of dark magic at them. The plants shrieked as they turned to stone, and they were quickly obliterated.

"It is done!" Hex growled.

"What have you done?" Sophia gasped.

"I've done something that should've been done a long time ago. I've killed Darko. I have finally completed my quest."

"Was it worth it Hex? Your soul is lost to the darkness now…. Was your vendetta against Darko really worth it? Sophia asked.

"Even after this journey, you still don't understand… my soul was lost to the darkness the moment I was born. The same goes to you and Flameslinger. Everyone looses there soul to the darkness Sophia, nothing changes that…" Hex's voice dripped with bitter sorrow. She also sounded quite strained. Sophia figured that the dark magic was taking its toll on her.

Sophia knew there was no way to argue with Hex, so she decided to agree with her partway.

"Your right about everyone being born to darkness, and loosing there soul to it. But there is a way for people to see the light again… there is always hope for people who want to change for the better.

Hex looked hesitant for a moment, and tears fell from her eyes. She then responded to Sophia.

"But there was no hope for my little sister. There was no hope for Darko. You heard what he did to me and Cynder, and you sure as hell know what he did to you. Look where he got in his life!" Hex shrieked pointing to where Darko's bloodied remains lie.

Sophia suddenly understood that Hex had never wanted to kill Darko, Hex had simply felt tormented by Darko's betrayal, and thought that killing Darko was a way to stop her agony.

"You loved Darko didn't you? His betrayal destroyed you, and you thought the only way to stop the pain was by destroying him…"

"Shut up!" Hex snapped.

"But did it help you Hex? Do you feel any lighter now that Darko is dead?"

"SHUT UP!" Hex roared. With those words she sent a wave of dark magic at Sophia.

"Sophia! Run!" Flameslinger cried out.

Sophia stood still, and a shield of light surrounded her. The dark magic got repelled and was sent flying at Hex.

Hex fell to the floor, trembling. Tears fell from her eyes as she shouted "I loved him alright! Was it so wrong? And it was it so wrong to seek revenge against him for betraying me?"

"You have rights to your emotions Hex, but the way you killed Darko was wrong."

Hex froze as she heard those words, and she stumbled to her feet, she then blasted Sophia with a wave of dark magic. Sophia who was caught unprepared by the attack flew in to a shadowy wall. Her mind spun, and she was dimly of Flameslinger calling her name. The last thing she heard was Hex falling to the floor, and then she blacked out.