This happens after the events of my previously published story which is now complete. Read on!
Previously on Skylanders Academy: Spyro and his team, the Dragon Defenders, have gotten information from the Dragon Crystal and have located the site of Time Turner Island. There, they found somebody everyone thought was dead for a long time. The First Chosen One. He unfortunately lacks the knowledge for teaching Spyro the art of Dragon Time. He had separated his knowledge into the Gems of Power. These were given to the ancestors of the Dragon Masters. They have been searching for a base to be able to stay out there so it would be not so long to travel to their desired location. The journey has begun.
Unknown Location
Spyro and Cynder were scouting an island for the new base they were building. Blackout and Spotlight were going to another, and the same was with Echo and Blades. The Dragon Masters were still on the ship as they were trying to help the first Chosen One regain his strength and memory. Spyro had first encountered the famed dragon in a cave where Spyro had journeyed to learn Dragon Time. He had discovered said power when he faced off against Flameslinger. He had also encountered the Darkness when he had transformed a second time.
His Time Form, as described by his team, made him sprout spikes on his mohawk and back made from Dragon Time Amber, the strongest substance in the universe. He also had a shuriken of the same material. He had landed on the island with Cynder by his side. He looked around and said, "Not bad at all. Those hills are easily defendable and a good food supply is near. I think this island could be it.". Cynder agreed and called the others. They landed their ship and they started setting up camp for the night.
Spyro went inside and checked on the First chosen One. The other Dragon Masters were frowning when he went in. "Has he improved?" Spyro said hopefully. The Dark Master looked and said, "He has regained his strength, but aside from what he told you in that cave, he can't remember a thing. I guess that is what happens when you were stuck in a time crystal for four thousand years. He did remember that his name was Storm-bringer as he was said to have had an odd fascination with manipulating the weather.".
Storm-bringer was sitting down with his forehead scrunched up trying to remember his life before the crystal. Spyro kneeled down next to him. His paw accidently touched Storm-bringer and Storm-bringer's eyes flew open. "I remember now!" he said. The Masters all rushed foward. "What do you remember?" the Masters said in unison. "I remember a few years before I crystalized myself but it is better than nothing." the chosen one said. "Tell us then." Spyro said. The First Chosen one closed his eyes and began. And this was the story he told.
The Story Of the Gems of Power(from Storm-bringer's perspective)
I was 78 at the time. I was concerned about the teachings of dragon time as there were tons of scrolls for dragons to read and use. I had felt the darkness's presence since Eon, Kaossandra and Strykore started learning the magical arts. The Darkness was focusing on one of the two twins. Eon accepted my help gladly but Strykore said he was to pure to be corrupted. But I had a bad feeling. If the Darkness was to rise again, he could corrupt our kind and use my dragon time teachings to manipulate time itself.
I needed to hide my teachings so no dragon could ever learn them again. But when I tried to destroy the scrolls, they did not get destroyed. I knew I couldn't destroy this, so I had to do the next best thing. Make the knowledge so impossible to find that nobody could ever find them again. I hurriedly searched for an answer. I found the mythical object which you now call the dragon crystal. I searched for ways to siphon knowledge into other materials. I looked for days, and tried pretty much every combination I could think of.
After the fifth week of searching, I suddenly was struck with an idea. I used dragon time to make the Dragon Crystal reveal the location of the lenses to find the Gem Of Power. I had to hold all three lenses in front of the Dragon Crystal so they made a map. I found the material and knew that this would be too easy to find. So I put the knowledge in and divided the gem into three pieces. When I did this, I found three dragon crystal lenses that would reveal the location of wherever I sent the pieces.
I knew I had to do something to protect these lenses. I hid the dragon crystal in the library. I discarded the lenses themselves to my most trusted allies. The Legendary, the Dark, and the Magic Masters of that time. I told them to guard them with their life before disappearing to time Turner Island. There I lived in a cave, until one day, there was a rumble and to protect myself, I encased myself in a Dragon Time Crystal. that is all I remember until Spyro broke me free of my crystalline prison four thousand years later.
The Ship
The others were staring at Storm-bringer. Then Spyro broke the silence and said, "Legend, Dark, Magic, do you have any knowledge of where these lenses might be?". The Legendary Master said, "I remember my grandfather speak about some sacred location my great great great grandfather hid something in. I believe it was the Emerald Isle of Madrid.". The Magic Master said,"I know my great great grandfather hid something similar in a dimension only our bloodline could access.".
The Dark Master shifted but said nothing. He wore a pained expression. "Dark Master, do you have any idea?" Spyro said. The dark dragon said nothing. Spyro took this as a no and turned away. "In the meantime, we should probably find those other two lenses.". Everyone else agreed and went outside. The other dragons had set up a big camp and had dinner on Spyro's ship. Cynder met with Spyro outside. "Did the Fist Chosen One say anything regarding his past life?" she said.
He said that he did and that before they were going to do anything, they had to finish the base first. They went to dinner and went to discuss the day's events. Blackout said that they had landed in a place with a really strong base of stone on which to build. Echo and Blades said that so far there was no signs of hostility on the island. Despite all the talk, Spyro just couldn't get the picture of the Dark Master when he asked him about the lenses. It just was distracting.
He retreated to his room as soon a dinner ended. He took the Dragon Crystal with him. He took something out of a chest his mother and father had given him when they saw the Dragon Crystal. Inside was a lens. He inserted it and used his fire. A different thing happened. The lens sucked into the Dragon Crystal and a 3-D projection of the Skylands appeared. It was where they were. He even saw Blackout and his comrades when he zoomed in.
He changed the combination to what time turner island had been and it was the same but he saw the Darkness and his helpers there. They were destroying the cave and the mountain came crashing down. The Darkness looked among the wreckage of what used to be Storm-bringer's enslavement and let out a clear shout, "NO!". Spyro knew they were looking for the Gems of Power, but how did they know about them in the first place? If they had another Dragon Crystal, who were they using to unlock it?
Spyro's head filled with questions and he had to lay down. Cynder came in and asked what was wrong. "There are many questions Cynder, but as of now, there are more of those than answers." he answered. Cynder knew not to ask what he meant. Spyro and Cynder lay down. They fell asleep almost instantly,and little they knew that the very answer to a one of the many problems was right under their noses, and they didn't even suspect anything.
The Dark Master
The Dark Master could not look at Spyro. he could not look at anybody. He pushed off questions like grass. He ignored all others and they ignored him as they saw he obviously did not want to be disturbed. He looked around and saw that nobody but him was around. He took out a chest that his father had given him when he passed off the title of Dark Master to him. He opened it and took out the Dragon Crystal lens that his father had given him with the last words before setting off on a quest that would end his life.
"Do not let anyone get a hold on this without the fight of your life. Not even your most trusted ally. I must go. I love you." his father had said before setting night he had a nightmare about what looked like an older version of himself burning in green flames. He knew that if he let go of that lens, he would die like that. He was looking at the lens when a voice came behind him. "You lied to Spyro hey?" a dragon said as the Dark Master whipped around. The figure came into the light and revealed himself to be the Legendary master.
"I thought lying was below you and yet here I am." he said. The Dark Master froze, the lens still in hand. He shivered in fear and pleaded,"Please don't tell Spyro, if I give this away, I'll die. Please, for me.". The Legendary Master hesitated. "Okay, but if there comes a time when it is essential to the Skylands' survival, no secrets shall be kept." he said as he turned away. The Dark Master felt a surge of guilt but pushed it felt horrible for doing this, but knew his life depended on it. He fell asleep with a cluttered mind. He didn't get much sleep that night.
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Skylanders at the Academy: Spyro, Cynder, Eruptor, Stealth Elf, Pop-Fizz, Jet-Vac, Sunburn, Sprocket, Sonic Boom, Drobot, Slam-Bam, Whirlwind, Zap, Spotlight, Blackout, Warnado, Shroom Boom, Chop Chop, Blades, Bash, Gill Grunt, Flameslinger, Head Rush, and Echo.