Chapter 9: Liberating Winter Tundra
In what looks like a tundra with some snow around, Elora, Hunter, and the Professor are working on what looks like another portal and on the portal is what looks like a red crystal while the Professor is working on the portal.
"Do you think it's working, Professor?" Elora asked.
"With the Power Crystal activating it and if my calculations are correct, the portal should be working again and I should be able to get Spyro home." The Professor said.
"And with Ripto out of the way, nothing can go wrong this time." Hunter said.
Just then, a bomb rolls to the three and the bomb goes off, exploding, knocking the three back while the Power Crystal drops to the ground.
"What was that?" The Professor asked.
"Hahahahaha!"A voice laughed, as they see Ripto carrying another bomb." So, you thought you got rid of me? Well, I'm afraid not! I'm still around and even persuaded that fat bear Moneybags to sell me a few bombs!" Ripto said.
"Quick, get the Power Crystal!" Elora said.
"Don't even think about it, Bookworm! One move and you'll end up being the world's smartest pile of ashes!" Ripto said, going for the Power Crystal and takes it. "THIS will make an excellent new scepter for me!" Ripto said.
"Hunter, do something!" Elora said.
"Uh, hey! Give that back!" Hunter said, but Ripto goes for the castle while Elora and the Professor glare at the cheetah. "What? I tried." Hunter said.
"Hahahaha! You pathetic fools! With this Power Crystal, not only will I destroy you, but I'll finally take Avalar for good and if that's not enough, I'll have the Heartless cause even more havoc!" Ripto said, going inside the tundra's castle while Ripto banners hang on the castle walls.
"Oh, this is bad!" Elora said.
Later, Arthur, Sora, Donald, Goofy, Tod, Twilight, Tor, Amity, Kirby, and Spyro arrive at the tundra and they find Elora.
"Elora, what's wrong?" Arthur asked.
"Guys, we have bad news; Ripto's still alive and he just took over Winter Tundra's castle!" Elora said.
"That's terrible!" Donald said.
"Well, we gotta do something about it!" Sora said.
"I'm afraid it's even worse; he's sent the Heartless into Winter Tundra's worlds and they're causing more trouble." Elora said.
"We can't just ignore the Heartless." Twilight said.
"Why don't we take care of them first and then deal with Ripto?" Spyro suggested.
"Good idea." Tor said.
"Be careful, guys. We're counting on you." Elora said.
"Just leave everything to us, Elora." Sora said.
(Winter Tundra-Snow Grounds)
(Field Theme: Winter Tundra)
(Information: Find portals to Winter Tundra's worlds!)
The group begin moving through Winter Tundra to find portals leading to different worlds and they later come across a portal that says 'Mystic Marsh', so they decide to go to the portal first.
(Mystic Marsh-Marsh Grounds)
(Field Theme: Mystic Marsh)
The group arrive at what looks like a marsh and they find Heartless that look like crocodiles attacking marsh moth creatures.
"More Heartless around!" Arthur said.
"You know what to do." Tor said.
The group confront the crocodile Heartless known as Snappers, who try to deliver giant bites with their giant teeth, only for Arthur to counter and triple slash with Excalibur followed by a vertical slash and then delivers a roundhouse slash while Sora delivers four slashes with his Keyblade followed by a diagonal slash and then casts Earth while Tod delivers his own big bite, but the Snappers attack with their tails. Spyro breathes fire at the Heartless while Twilight casts Blaze followed by casting her magenta lightning while Kirby inhales a Snapper, becoming Snapper Kirby and delivers a giant bite, only for the Snappers to retaliate with more biting with their teeth, but Amity summons two Abomination hands and uses them to crush the Heartless while Goofy uses Charge. The Snappers slam their tails on the ground to create shock waves, only for Tor to use Sword Thrust while Donald unleashes magic blasts followed by casting Thunder, but the Snappers keep biting with their razor sharp teeth, only for Arthur to deliver slashes with Excalibur followed by summoning Confusia, who unleashes chaos magic while Sora delivers slashes with his Keyblade and they defeat the Heartless.
"Thank you! Those awful things have shut down our fountain. Without it, the marsh will dry and wither." The Mothman said.
"Then we should find a way to turn the fountain back on." Spyro said.
(Information: Find a way to restore the fountain of Mystic Marsh!)
The group continue through the marsh to find its fountain while fighting off more Heartless in their way and they find what looks like a pool of water and go into it and they start swimming through the water while going through the water's tunnel and they reach the surface and arrive at a different area.
(Mystic Marsh-Treetops)
The group reach for the marsh's treetops, where they find more Snappers and they begin slamming their tails to attack, only for Goofy to block with his shield and then delivers a bash with it while Tor triple slashes with his sword followed by a shield bash, but the Snappers deliver big bites to try and deal damage, but Kirby double swings his hammer while Amity shoots three pink fireballs while Spyro uses Horn Charge. The Snappers attack with their tails, only for Donald to cast Fire followed by casting Earth while Twilight shoots three magic beams from her horn and then casts Frost, but the Snappers lunge to deliver more big bites, only for Sora to diagonal slash with his Keyblade followed by casting Fire while Arthur triple slashes with Excalibur followed by casting Volt and they defeat the Heartless. The group keep moving through the marsh's treetops while crossing wooden bridges and fighting off more Heartless and later, they find what looks like a fountain with no water, so they hurry to reach it.
(Mystic Marsh-Fountain Grounds)
The group reach for the marsh's fountain grounds to find more Snappers, as well as a sleeping Mothman, so the group confront the Heartless and Arthur delivers four slashes with Excalibur followed by a vertical slash and then uses Confusia's chaos magic to unleash chaos pillars while Sora horizontal slashes with his Keyblade followed by a leaping slash, but the Snappers retaliate with slamming their tails. Twilight uses Telekinesis to hold the Heartless in the air and slams them to the ground while Amity uses her Abomination to create two hammers and swings them to strike, but the Snappers lunge to deliver big bites with their razor teeth, only for Goofy to throw his shield at the Heartless, dealing damage. The Snappers attack with their tails, only for Tor to use Parry and counters to strike back with his sword while Kirby multi punches followed by a big swing with his hammer while Donald casts Thunder followed by casting Blizzard, but the Snappers try to deliver huge bites, only for Spyro to breathe fire while Sora triple slashes with his Keyblade while Arthur casts Quake and they defeat the Heartless.
After the fight, the Mothman wakes up, making the fountain make water again.
"Oh, what? The monsters are gone? So sorry, I was tired from guarding the fountain and I guess I dozed off and that's when these creatures appeared." The Mothman said.
"Ugh, I'd say that was a waste of time, but at least the Heartless aren't around here anymore." Amity said.
"Well, I guess we're done here. Let's get outta here." Sora said, as they use the portal to leave Mystic Marsh.
The group return to Winter Tundra and they look for the next portal, but it's inactive and they find Moneybags.
"Ahh, my good friends. This portal seems to be inactive, but I can turn it back on for a small markup." Moneybags said.
"And how much would this 'markup' be?" Donald asked, crossing his arms.
"Let's say, 1,000 gems." Moneybags said.
"Ugh, fine! Whatever!" Spyro said, giving 1,000 gems and the portal that says 'Cloud Temples' activates.
"Many thanks, Spyro! Well, best of luck of stopping Ripto!" Moneybags said.
The group go for the portal and enter Cloud Temples.
(Cloud Temples-Temple Entrance)
(Field Theme: Cloud Temples)
The group arrive at what looks like a temple in the sky with different structures.
"Cool, another temple to explore." Tor said.
"We need to find the Heartless before things get worse." Arthur said.
"Too late." A voice said and they see Meta Knight flying to them.
"You again?" Twilight asked.
"Poyo!" Kirby said.
"The Heartless have already caused havoc here and have stolen this world's wands and have brought them to me. Without them, the inhabitants' magic is worthless and they are weak as a result." Meta Knight said.
"Hand them over!" Amity demanded.
"You will have to catch me first if you want these wands back." Meta Knight said, flying away.
"Ugh, here we go again!" Sora said.
"After him!" Donald said.
(Information: Chase after Meta Knight through Cloud Temples!)
The group chase after Meta Knight, who keeps flying away and later, they go to the next part of the temple.
(Cloud Temples-Temple Garden)
The group keep chasing Meta Knight through the temple's garden, but as they reach Meta Knight, many Red Nocturnes, Blue Rhapsodies, and Yellow Operas appear and attack the group, only for Arthur to slash with Excalibur while Sora attacks with his Keyblade while Twilight unleashes magic orbs while Donald casts Earth while Goofy uses Tornado while Tor uses Sword Spin while Amity uses her Abomination while Kirby swings his hammer while Spyro uses Horn Charge and they defeat the Heartless. The group continue chasing Meta Knight, who unleashes slash streaks with his sword, but they dodge and keep chasing after the masked warrior through the garden until Meta Knight goes into the temples, so the group chase into the temple as well.
(Cloud Temples-Temple Interior)
The group are inside the temples and they keep chasing after Meta Knight, who still unleashes slash streaks at the group, who dodge and continue to chase, but then, more Heartless, such as Air Soldiers and Large Bodies appear and attack the group, only for Arthur and Sora to fight them off and they find Meta Knight flying for the temples' higher rooms. The group make their way to reach the higher rooms of the temples to try and reach Meta Knight, who still attacks to keep the group away while more Heartless try to slow them down, but the group keep chasing after Meta Knight and they come across a bridge, which leads to the outside of the temples.
(Cloud Temples-Temple Crest)
The group are back outside the temples and are at high point, where they find Meta Knight flying across the temples' crest, so they go after him across the crest, only for more Air Soldiers to appear and attack, but Arthur casts Volt while Sora casts Fire while Donald casts Earth while Twilight shoots magic bolts while Goofy uses Rocket while Tor uses Sky Dance while Amity shoot pink fireballs while Kirby uses Stone while Spyro breathes fire and they defeat more Heartless. They keep chasing Meta Knight, who sends out more slash streaks to get the group, who avoid the attack and they find Meta Knight heading for the lower part of the temple grounds, so they head down to find the masked knight stopping and they confront him.
"Nowhere to go!" Spyro said.
"Give up those wands!" Sora yelled.
"To have chased me all the way here is impressive. While you were dealing with Heartless, I have already returned the wands to the wizards, not that they're worth anything anyway. Now then, I shall be off. If you truly believe you can defeat Ripto, then you are deluded. You stand little chance, as he has the Power Crystal." Meta Knight said, disappearing.
"Who does he think he is?" Twilight asked.
"We can handle Ripto!" Sora said.
"And we're gonna prove him wrong!" Tor said, pounding his fist against his other hand.
"Well, at least the wands have been returned and there are no more Heartless. We might as well move on." Arthur said, as they use the portal to leave Cloud Temples.
The group return to Winter Tundra and they begin looking for more portals and they head for the tundra's castle and enter the castle grounds.
(Winter Tundra-Castle Grounds)
The group are now in the castle grounds and they later find another portal that says 'Robotica Farms' and they decide to go to the portal next.
(Robotica Farms-Harvesting Grounds)
(Field Theme: Robotica Farms)
The group are now in what looks like a farming, where robot farmers are harvesting.
"Gawrsh, a farmin' place." Goofy said.
"It's kinda like my farm, but with metal things." Tor said.
"Look!" Spyro said, as Soldiers are attacking the farms.
"That's our cue." Sora said.
(Information: Defend Robotica Farms from Heartless!)
The group confront the Soldiers, as well as Volt Vipers and the Soldiers attack with their claws while the Volt Vipers slither around while leaving behind electricity, but Arthur delivers four slashes with Excalibur followed by casting Frost while Sora vertical slashes with his Keyblade followed by a leaping slash and then casts Earth while Spyro breathes fire, but the Volt Vipers unleash more electricity at the group. Kirby inhales the lightning, becoming Plasma Kirby and unleashes electricity while Amity summons two Abomination hands, which transform into hammers and they slam at the Heartless, but the Soldiers deliver spinning kick attacks, only for Donald to shoot magic bolts followed by casting Blizzard while Tor uses Sword Thrust. The Volt Vipers deliver electric bites while the Soldiers deliver leaping attacks, only for Goofy to use Charge to ram into the Heartless while Twilight unleashes magenta flames followed by casting Quake while Tod attacks with his stick followed by a skullbashing strike and they defeat all the Heartless.
The group continue moving through the farms' harvesting grounds to find more Heartless and they find Air Soldiers attacking more robot farmers, so Arthur aerial slashes with Excalibur while Sora aerial slashes with his Keyblade while Donald casts Thunder while Twilight throws magic bombs while Goofy throws his shield while Tor uses Sky Dance while Amity summons an Abomination fist while Kirby throws his hammer while Tod aerial strikes with his stick while Spyro breathes fire. After defeating the Heartless, the group keep moving through the harvesting grounds and they come across a metallic bridge and cross it, taking them to a different part of the farm.
(Robotica Farms-Fields)
The group arrive at the fields of the farms and they see more Volt Vipers, as well as Large Bodies and the Heartless attack, only for Sora to deliver four slashes with his Keyblade while Arthur casts Frost and they defeat the Heartless and continue through the fields, where they find Red Nocturnes and Yellow Operas and they begin attacking the group, who fight back to defeat the Heartless. The group find a metallic trail, taking them upward to a higher metallic bridge, where they find Snappers and Large Bodies, so they confront the Heartless, who attack, only for Arthur to vertical slash with Excalibur followed by a roundhouse slash while Sora diagonal slashes with his Keyblade and then delivers a leaping slash while Spyro uses Horn Charge and they defeat the Heartless. After tracking and defeating more Heartless around the farms, there are no more Heartless around to attack the farms.
"Looks like this place is clear of Heartless." Arthur said.
"Great! Let's go if another world needs help." Sora said, as they use the portal to leave Robotica Farms.
The group return to Winter Tundra and explore the castle grounds and they find another portal that says 'Metropolis' and they decide to go to the portal next.
(Metropolis-Downtown)
(Field Theme: Metropolis)
The group are now in what looks like a giant city with metallic buildings and robotic people.
"This city's really different." Tor said.
"You're telling me." Sora said.
(Information: Explore Metropolis for any Heartless!)
The group begin exploring the metallic city, only to find Volt Vipers and Yellow Operas, so Arthur delivers four slashes with Excalibur followed by casting Frost and then delivers an upper slash with his sword while Sora delivers two horizontal slashes with his Keyblade and then delivers a leaping slash while Spyro breathes fire, but the Volt Vipers slither around while unleashing electricity while the Yellow Operas unleash lightning. Goofy uses Rocket while Kirby inhales a Yellow Opera, becoming Yellow Opera Kirby and delivers a lightning surge attack, but the Yellow Operas unleash more lightning while the Volt Vipers deliver electric bites to attack the group, only for Donald to unleash two magic orbs and then casts Earth while Amity summons a giant Abomination fist to deliver an uppercut. The Volt Vipers slither around while unleashing more lightning while the Yellow Operas deliver lightning surge attacks, but Tor uses Sword Spin while Twilight casts Blaze followed by unleashing magic orbs while Tod unleashes a powerful growl and they defeat all the Heartless.
The group continue exploring the downtown city to find more Heartless, which are Air Soldiers and Large Bodies, so Arthur slashes with Excalibur while Sora slashes with his Keyblade while Donald casts Thunder while Twilight shoots magic beams while Goofy uses Charge while Tor double slashes with his sword while Amity shoots pink fireballs while Kirby swings his hammer while Spyro uses Horn Charge and they defeat the Heartless and continue moving. While still moving through the downtown, the group come across a destroyed metallic bridge, so they manage to cross the bridge and go to a different area.
(Metropolis-Park)
The group arrive at Metropolis' park, where they find Soldiers and Red Nocturnes attacking more robot citizens, only for Arthur and Sora to attack with their weapons, defeating the Heartless and continue through the park, where they find more Heartless, which are Air Soldiers and Air Breakers and begin attacking the group, only for Arthur to summon Confusia, who rains down chaos magic while Sora casts Earth while Spyro breathes fire and they defeat the Heartless. The group continue through the park and they later find an exit and leave the park to return downtown.
As they return downtown, the group continue moving to find more Heartless and they come across a building with a lift, which they use to take them down inside the building, where they find more Large Bodies attacking more robot citizens, so the group fight off the Large Bodies, saving the robot citizens and keep moving through the building and return outside, where they find Soldiers, Yellow Operas, and Volt Vipers attacking more robot citizens. The group confront the Heartless, as the Soldiers attack with their claws while the Yellow Operas unleash lightning while the Volt Vipers unleash electricity, but Arthur slashes with Excalibur while Sora slashes with his Keyblade while Donald casts Fire while Twilight casts Quake while Goofy bashes with his shield while Tor slashes with his sword while Amity shoots pink fireballs while Kirby swings his hammer. After defeating many Heartless in Metropolis, the group search for any more Heartless, but there are no more.
"I guess that's all of them around here." Spyro said.
"In that case, let's get going." Twilight said, as they use the portal to leave Metropolis.
The group return to Winter Tundra, where they find Elora.
"Great work, everyone! The worlds are safe from the Heartless! With them taken care of, now all that's left is Ripto himself." Elora said.
"Finally, now we can get rid of him!" Amity said.
"He's at the castle's courtyard right now! Hurry." Elora said.
"Don't worry, Elora! We'll make him wish he never came here!" Spyro said.
"Let's settle this!" Sora said and they nod.
The group hurry for the castle and go for the castle's doors and open them, taking them inside the castle.
(Winter Tundra-Castle Courtyard)
In Winter Tundra's castle courtyard, which has lava around the yard, Ripto is using his new scepter, which is the Power Crystal to fire magic shots at a group of sheep, who run away from the blast.
"Ugh! Get back here, you stupid animals!" Ripto yelled.
"Hey, Lizard Brain!" Tor yelled, making Ripto turn to see the group.
"What?! You again?!" Ripto asked.
"Yeah and we're here to stop you!" Donald said, taking out his staff.
"And if you wanna learn how to use magic with that scepter so badly, why not try us?" Twilight said.
"Yeah, I promise we'll stand still while you blast us!" Spyro said.
"I like that idea! You fools just sealed your fates!" Ripto said.
(Boss Theme: Squirming Evil)
(Information: Defeat Ripto!)
Ripto uses his scepter to fire three magic bolts at the group, who dodge out of the way and Arthur delivers two diagonal slashes with Excalibur followed by a roundhouse and then casts Blaze while Sora delivers two vertical slashes with his Keyblade followed by a leaping slash, but Ripto uses his magic to get the two boys away from him and then fires a magic blast to get the two. Twilight quickly conjures a magic barrier to protect Arthur and Sora and then unleashes magenta lightning bolts, striking Ripto while Kirby delivers two swings with his hammer followed by a big slam attack, but Ripto conjures his own magic barrier and unleashes multiple lightning bolts from the sky to get the group, who dodge the lightning strike. Amity summons her Abomination fist, which forms into a giant hammer and bashes at Ripto's barrier, shattering it and strikes him while Donald casts Blizzard while Spyro breathes fire to attack as well, but Ripto tries to fire three magic bolts at Spyro, only for Goofy to block the magic bolts with his shield and then uses Charge while Tor uses Sword Thrust. Ripto casts another spell to unleash a giant fireball to try and burn the group, only for Arthur to get behind and tries to slash at Ripto, only for the the evil reptile to whack the boy with his scepter and then unleashes a magic beam, but Tod quickly bites Ripto's leg, allowing Sora to triple slash with his Keyblade followed by casting Earth.
Ripto conjures another magical barrier for protection and then conjures three whirlwinds to send at the group, who dodge the whirlwinds, only for Ripto to unleash more lightning bolts from the sky to strike at the group, who also dodge the lightning strikes and Twilight conjures another magic barrier to protect the party and casts Volt while Donald shoots three magic bolts from his staff followed by casting Thunder. Ripto retaliates with firing two magical blasts from his scepter to try and fry the two magic users, only for Spyro to get behind and uses Horn Charge while Kirby delivers a big hammer spin, but Ripto uses his scepter to create a giant ice field to try and freeze the two, only for Amity to shoot three pink fireballs and manages to get the evil reptile while Tor triple slashes with his sword followed by a shield bash. Ripto gets away from the group and then conjures another giant fireball to burn the group, who dodge and Goofy uses Tornado to strike the evil wizard, who strikes back with unleashing more whirlwinds to try and get the party, who dodge, only for Ripto to conjure another ice field. Sora quickly casts Fire to stop the ice spell and then delivers four slashes with his Keyblade followed by an upper slash while Tod delivers his skullbashing strike while Arthur delivers two horizontal slashes with Excalibur followed by a spin slash and then casts Volt, dealing great damage to the evil wizard.
"Argh! You're REALLY starting to irritate me!" Ripto yelled, using his scepter to conjure a giant magical shock wave at the group.
The group avoid the magical shock wave, only for Ripto to fire two fireballs and then unleashes more lightning bolts to try and strike at the party, who avoid Ripto's magic attacks, but Ripto conjures a giant magic bomb and throws it at the group, who manage to avoid it, only for the magic bomb to explode to deliver a giant blast, but Twilight casts her magic barrier to protect the group from the magic explosion and shoots magic bolts followed by two magenta fireballs while Goofy bashes with his shield. Ripto retaliates with firing more magic bolts and then unleashes another magic shock wave to get the party, who dodge the shock wave, only for Ripto to conjure more whirlwinds to send at the party. Kirby inhales one of the whirlwinds and becomes Tornado Kirby, who transforms himself into a tornado and delivers a spinning strike at Ripto, sending him away to Spyro, who uses Horn Charge to strike, but Ripto conjures two magic bombs and throws them at the group, who avoid the magical explosion, but during the explosion, Ripto unleashes two more fireballs, only for Donald to cast Blizzard followed by casting Earth while Tor uses Sword Spin. Ripto conjures another magical barrier for protection and and unleashes two magical beams from his scepter, only for Amity to use her Abomination to deliver a hammer fist strike followed by a giant axe and delivers a powerful strike at Ripto, who retaliates with unleashing more lightning followed by conjuring his ice field. Arthur casts Blaze to counter against the ice field and then delivers vertical slashes with Excalibur followed by a wide slash while Sora horizontal slashes with his Keyblade followed by a diagonal, but Ripto gets away and fires another magical blast, only for Tod to bite at the evil wizard, who retaliates with conjuring more lightning. The party dodge Ripto's attacks and Spyro breathes fire while Kirby double swings his hammer while Amity uses her Abomination fist to deliver an uppercut while Tor triple slashes with his sword followed by throwing his shield while Twilight unleashes magic orbs followed by magenta lightning while Goofy uses Tornado while Donald casts Fire while Sora triple slashes with his Keyblade while Arthur diagonal slashes with Excalibur and they finish off Ripto.
After enough attacks, the group send Ripto back, as he drops the scepter and Ripto lands into the pool of lava and sinks into it.
"So much for Ripto." Tor said.
"Yep, Shorty's toast!" Spyro said.
"At least Avalar's safe now." Arthur said.
"Let's..." Sora was cut off by a quake.
"Now what?" Donald asked.
Something rises from the lava and coming out is what looks like a giant Heartless that looks like a giant dark blue lizard with razor sharp teeth, yellow eyes, red horns, red flaming spikes on its back and tail, red flaming claws, and the Heartless sigil on its red underbelly and the giant Heartless roars.
"A Heartless?!" Amity asked.
"Oh, great! We just dealt with Ripto and now we gotta put up with THIS?!" Spyro asked.
"We gotta stop it before it destroys Avalar!" Goofy said, taking out his shield.
"Goofy's right. Let's do it." Arthur said.
"Yeah!" Sora said.
(Boss Theme: Destiny's Force)
(Information: Defeat Flarizard!)
The Heartless known as Flarizard coats itself in black fiery aura and charges at the group, who dodge, only for the giant Heartless to keep charging while trying to burn the group, who still try to avoid the Heartless' fiery aura, only for Flarizard to rain down black fireballs at the party, who avoid the raining fireballs, but as Flarizard stops charging, the giant Heartless tries to deliver a fiery bite, only for Arthur to counter aerial slashes with Excalibur followed by casting Frost while Sora casts Blizzard. Flarizard retaliates with slashing with its claws and then delivers a flaming tail strike, only for Twilight to cast Shell to protect everyone and then casts Quake followed by shooting magic bolts while Goofy uses Rocket to strike at Flarizard's head, but the giant Heartless shoots three black fireballs at the party, who avoid the fireballs. Kirby inhales one of the black fireballs, becoming Fire Kirby and unleashes jets of flames to burn the giant Heartless, who retaliates with slashing at Kirby with its claws, only for Tor to quickly block with his shield and then uses Sky Dance and aerial slashes the Heartless' head followed by a downward shield strike. Flarizard delivers a giant fiery bite and tries to attack with its flaming tail, only for Donald to cast Blizzard followed by casting Thunder while Amity uses her Abomination fist to create a hammer and delivers a giant bash while Spyro uses Horn Charge while Tod delivers a skullbashing strike, but Flarizard shoots more black fireballs and then unleashes a giant roar and unleashes black fire pillars.
The party avoid the black fire pillars, only for Flarizard to coat itself in its black fiery aura again and tries to charge at the group again to attack with its fiery aura, only for the group to dodge both the Heartless and the black fire pillars, but Flarizard jumps into the air and tries to land on the party, who avoid the landing attack, only for the giant Heartless to unleash black fiery shock waves, which the group dodge and Goofy uses Tornado while Kirby multi jumps and uses Stone to crash onto the Heartless. Flarizard becomes very angry and tries to clap its claws together to attack, but Spyro breathes fire to strike at the Heartless' head while Donald casts Thunder followed by casting Earth, but Flarizard slashes with its fiery claws and then uses its flaming tail to strike at the group, who avoid the flaming tail attack. Tor delivers two vertical slashes with his sword followed by an upper slash, only for Flarizard to deliver a giant fiery bite, but Twilight throws magic bombs into the Heartless' mouth, causing a magic explosion from the inside and dealing damage, making Flarizard even more angry and unleashes more black fire pillars and rapidly slashes with its claws. Amity summons two giant Abomination fists, as they form into axes and they slam together to strike at Flarizard, who jumps into the air again and tries to land on the group to unleash more black fiery shock waves, only for the group to dodge, as Tod uses Bite. Flarizard unleashes more black fireballs and then cross slashes with its claws while leaving behind black fiery trails, only for Arthur to aerial slashes with Excalibur followed by an aerial roundhouse slash while Sora double vertical slashes with his Keyblade followed by casting Thunder, but Flarizard attacks with its flaming tail at the boy's who dodge.
"I feel like we're almost there." Arthur said.
"Yeah, we are! Let's keep at it, Artie!" Sora said.
Flarizard unleashes a giant black fireball and then sends it at the party, who dodge, but the giant black fireball causes a giant black fireball to try and deal some damage, but Twilight and Amity both conjure a magic barrier to protect everyone from the explosion and Twilight unleashes four magic orbs and sends them to strike at the giant Heartless while Donald shoots magic beams followed by casting Thunder. Flarizard coats itself in black fiery aura again and rushes to attack the group, who prepare themselves, but Flarizard disappears in black flames and reappears above the party and attempts to land on them while unleashing black fiery shock waves, but the group dodge and Tor uses Sword Thrust while Amity conjures a giant pink fireball and sends it to attack. Flarizard roars and unleashes more black fire pillars and then rains down black fireballs to strike down at the group, but Goofy throws his shield like a boomerang while Spyro delivers a horn dive strike at the Heartless' head, making it angry and slams its flaming tail to the ground to unleash more black flames. The group dodge, as Kirby delivers a hammer somersaulting strike while Tod strikes with his stick and then unleashes his growl, but Flarizard rapid slashes with its claws while leaving behind black fiery trails and then delivers a giant black fire bite, only for Sora to counter and aerial slashes with his Keyblade followed by an aerial drilling slash and then casts Blizzard while Arthur triple slashes with Excalibur followed by casting Frost. Flarizard unleashes more black fire pillars and then unleashes another giant black fireball to attack, but Spyro breathes fire while Kirby double swings his hammer while Amity uses her Abomination to deliver a shoulder tackle while Tor uses Sword Spin while Twilight casts Frost while Tod uses Bite while Goofy uses Charge while Donald casts Earth while Sora delivers four slashes with his Keyblade while Arthur triple slashes with Excalibur and they finish off Flarizard, who roars in pain.
Flarizard struggles its balance and as it unleashes a giant roar of pain, the giant Heartless falls into the lava, as a giant heart flies out of it while Flarizard disappears.
"Whew, that was rough." Tor said.
"Yeah, but we did it!" Spyro said.
"Now Avalar should be safe." Goofy said, as Ripto's banners are gone and Winter Tundra is free.
The group leave the castle and meet with Elora, Hunter, and the Professor.
"You guys did it! You defeated Ripto and now Avalar is free from his evil." Elora said.
"About time he's dealt with." Donald said.
"We also have this." Goofy said, taking out the Power Crystal.
"The Power Crystal! With it, we can use the portal to you back home, Spyro." The Professor said.
"Hey, that's great." Spyro said.
"We all know how much you wanted to go to Dragon Shores and now you can." Elora said.
"Awesome! Hey, why don't you guys come with me? I think you could use a vacation too." Spyro said.
"We'd love to, but because of all the trouble Ripto and the Heartless caused, we'll be spending a lot of time cleaning up." Elora said.
"Oh, but what about you guys? I think you deserve it." Spyro said.
"As much as we love, we still have our own adventure to deal with." Sora said.
"And we can't waste any more time." Donald said.
"But maybe we'll see each other again sometime." Goofy said.
"Before you go, Spyro, here." Hunter said, giving the dragon a bag of gems.
"Are those...?" Spyro stops talking.
"Moneybags feels bad for making you pay gems, so he decided to let you have them." Elora said.
"I never agreed to that!" Moneybags said.
"Hunter!" Elora said, as Hunter tackles the bear.
The Professor uses the Power Crystal to power the portal and it's active.
"There now. Spyro, you can now go to Dragon Shores." The Professor said.
"Thanks, guys. Hope we'll see each other again." Spyro said, going for the portal and leaving Avalar.
Just then, the Power Crystal reveals something on Winter Tundra's castle and it's another keyhole, which Sora's Keyblade shoots a beam of light at and locking the keyhole before disappearing.
"Another keyhole appeared and got sealed." Sora said.
Just then, an orange heart appears and it flies for Excalibur.
"And it's another of those heart things." Arthur said.
"I don't know what they mean, but with everything settled, it's time to be going." Amity said.
"Yep." Donald said.
"Thank you all for what you've done for Avalar. I hope you'll come back sometime." Elora said.
"Yeah, us too. Take care, Elora." Sora said.
"Yeah, see you guys around." Arthur said, as they leave Winter Tundra.
(Theme: Villains of Sort)
In the dark chamber, Dr. Facilier, Maleficent, and Ruber watch the group in Avalar.
"And so, Ripto has failed us. How unfortunate." Dr. Facilier said.
"His lust for power was his downfall, making him careless, as he steeped further into darkness." Maleficent said.
"Hmph! One less fool to worry about! All that concerns us is our plan. You have done well with you part, Meta Knight." Ruber said, turning to Meta Knight, who enters the chamber.
"It is my distinct pleasure. I shall continue watching the 'heroes' and see what they're up to." Meta Knight said.
"Yes, do continue on your part." Maleficent said.
Just then, someone is pushed into the room and it's Alice and with her is the same masked figure.
"Oh, and what have we here, Silver Knight?" Dr. Facilier asked.
"I thought you were ordered to find us a Princess." Ruber said.
"She may be a tradtional Princess, but she does seem to be innocent and pure-hearted, so I figured she'd fit the bill." Silver Knight said.
"I see no arguement here. If anything, she'd be perfect." Someone said and it's the same girl from before.
"If Azula has no problem, then neither do I." Dr. Facilier said.
"Very well, we shall make further use of her along with the others." Maleficent said.
"Meanwhile, find us another Princess, Silver Knight. Her name is Snow White. The Heartless have taken her world and it's the perfect opportunity to capture her." Ruber said.
"Leave that to me." Silver Knight said, leaving.
"Now, let us continue to see how the 'heroes of light' fare in the next world and it should be the one Kay and Morgan were sent to." Dr. Facilier said.
Here's Chapter 9 and we're finally finished with Avalar and we can move on once more once again. That's all from me. Chapter 10 is coming. See ya later and have a good day.