This takes place after my previous story and is up for eyes to see.
Author Note: Hey guys, next chapter is going to be a crossover of Skylanders and Legend if Spyro and a reference to Sonic: Generations. I put this ahead of time so I don't have a bunch of comments calling me out for copyright, because copyright is only if you make money from it. I don't make a penny from this.
Previously on Skylanders Academy: The recent discovery of the first Chosen One has been constructed on surprises. The mythical Gems of power have been said to hold the knowledge of Dragon Time teachings. The location is said to be revealed by three lenses given to the Dark, Legendary, and Magic Masters of that time. The first two are in other places while the third is in the possession of the current dark Master, but keeps it a secret because of fear for his own safety. What will become of them?
The Dragon Defender Base
Spyro was helping build Cynder and himself a mansion inside some natural caves that were close by to the location of their new base. They had decided to make a base of operation. Blackout and spotlight were building theirs while Echo an Blades were doing the same. As for the Dragon Masters, they had fixated themselves on making a portal so they could get to the Academy and the Dragon Realms quickly. They were making progress and the base was taking shape.
Spyro and Cynder were working on the last piece of the mansion. The main hall. He looked over at his comrade and girlfriend. In their first battle against the Darkness, Spyro had proclaimed his love for Cynder and she had done likewise afterward. He finished up and started inserting appliances inside the frame such as elevators, tables, holographic computers, and everything he and Cynder could ever need. He smiled on their newly finished home and decided to see how his parents were doing.
He opened up his holographic computer and soon his parents popped up. He smiled. As they spoke about how each of them were doing, Cynder had also learned that her father Malefor also had a lens that showed how the bond between Spyro and her allowed them to share powers. She saw that during a battle, she and Spyro's pulses linked as well as their emotions. She also learned that this power came with a catch. Since their emotions were tied, this also meant not just her strength and courage, but also her pain and despair were shared as well.
She reminded herself that no power came easily. Spyro finished up and pulled up a holographic projection of the Skylands that when certain people were chosen on a side projection, they were shown what they were doing. He couldn't hear them though so it couldn't be used for listening to the Darkness's plots. He sighed and searched for the Isle of Madrid, the supposed location of the Legendary Master's lens. It came up as one of the most desolate areas in the known Skylands.
It was as far away as anyone could get. He directed a route for them to get there. He although had to wait for the base to be finished. He turned the Dragon Crystal off and went outside to see how the others were doing. They had made significant progress in their construction. Spyro smiled as he saw them finish up and come together as a team. They all began work on the center of their base. With all of them and Spyro's abilities, the building was completed in no time.
Spyro knew they could start looking for the lens, but he decided to give his team some rest. He then went to think about how the Dark Master had reacted when asked for information about the Dragon Crystal lenses. He looked for several explanations but came up with nothing. He also heard of a recent prophecy that had been spoken by the Dragon Elders to him before he had left. He remembered the words. "The scarred dragon holds what you search for, the first lies at the foot of the tower, the balance of good and evil lies at the core, the scarred one is a friend of great power." they had said before going silent.
Spyro had mumbled those words to himself for hours. Some was starting to make sense. The "first one" was obviously the first Dragon Crystal lens. He decided that he would deal with these problems tomorrow. He headed up to dinner and a holographic projection came down and reported that the next few days would bring snowstorms. Spyro was a little concerned about what the snow would do to the new houses but there was not a lot that he could do about it.
The storm was everything the report said it would be. Luckily the base held up. The others were kept warm, especially Spyro and Cynder since their bedroom was literally in the side of a mountain. When they woke up tomorrow, they saw that most of the snowstorm was gone and everything was covered in about 2 feet of snow. Everyone was looking around until someone threw a snowball. You can imagine what happened from there. Everyone started to throw snowballs until they came overrun and dispersed to build a fort for themselves.
The teams were Spyro and Cynder (obviously), Blackout and Spotlight, and Echo and Blades. Spyro and Cynder's fort ended up being on a large, wide patch that was higher than the others. Spyro ruled that nobody could use their elemental abilities since he dominated all of them. However,Spyro and Cynder built a castle with a double walled wall. They used ice to make amazingly working catapults for launching payloads of snow on their targets.
Blackout and Spotlight did something similar. They also built a double wall. Instead of catapults, they used a few of Spotlight's Halo Rings to make electrically launched icicles. Echo and Blades however, built something totally different. They made a fort on a flat area that was similar to Spyro and Cynder. They used snowballs that had slush inside them, and don't ask how they managed that. It was pretty much a war. Spyro and Cynder had the upper hand since they could launch bigger projectiles.
The Masters even got on it after a while. Except for the Dark Master. He still warred over himself over what was more important to him: His life, or the fate of the Skylands. He could not look at Spyro's face directly without guilt springing up. They all stopped after lunch and decided they needed to take a break. Spyro went in with the team and decided to bring up the matter of the lenses. Of course the Dark Master looked at the Legendary Master to make sure he didn't say anything about himself.
The Legendary Master spoke first. "I would see the best course of action as finding where the first lens is. Do you have any indication on where that might be?" he said to Spyro. Spyro laid back and said, "I have located the Isle of Madrid as you said. We should leave at first light tomorrow.". They all dispersed to do their own thing. Spyro wanted something to do. Little did he know of the plot that was a hundred miles off.
The Darkness's Castle
Now you were probably wondering where the Darkness was all this time. He was walking down to collect what as allowing him to see what and where the Gems of Power were. He brought out a Gem the size of a helmet. It functioned similar to the Dragon Crystal. He wondered why he was constantly defeated by Spyro. He knew it was Spyro's raw power that simply overwhelmed him. He wished he could strip Spyro of all of his power. Then he remembered something Strykore had told him. He rushed off.
He found Strykore laying around. "Strykore, get up!" he said. Strykore was so surprised he fell off the seat. "What is it?" Strykore grumbled. The Darkness grinned and said, "Remember when you told me about how you turned Spyro evil all that time ago?". Strykore rolled his eyes and said, "If you are planning about turning him evil again, forget it. We already tried that.". The Darkness simply said, "Yes, but how did the Skylanders keep him contained in those shackles?".
Strykore was confused. "I don't know. They probably used some power draining shackles or something and-". His sentence was cut short as a thought rushed to his brain. He looked at the Darkness, who was grinning evilly. He pleaded, "Please don't do this Master, we would be walking into a massacre. The Academy is Spyro's home turf. Forget about getting into the Relic's Room.". The darkness grinned. "But didn't Kaos get something from there? And I've noticed that Spyro is not at the Academy at this moment." he said smugly as he ordered a sneak attack.
The Academy
Stealth elf and Flameslinger were just walking home after going through their rite-of-passage. They started to train for what ever could come. Flameslinger still held a grudge against Spyro and Stealth Elf couldn't do anything about that. Spyro was a little boastful at times but she could see why. She had finally gotten over Spyro not being with her in her team. She understood that Cynder made Spyro happier. She realized that she mattered as much as everyone else. At least he was still her friend. She worked on training.
She saw a cloud moving low near the Academy. "Hey Flameslinger, bet you couldn't hit that cloud over there." she said. Flameslinger looked up. He took aim and shot. The arrow hit it's target. "Ow!" called a voice from inside. It was the Darkness. The two elves rushed to warn Master Eon. He called for the Skylanders. Back on the base Spyro heard and called his team through the portal. They teleported to the Academy and saw the skylanders getting overpowered by the Strykore fleet. They busted into the Relic's Room.
Spyro saw the chains they pulled out and knew what they were. He launched himself at the Darkness. He tried with a Fire Fist but was struck from the side. The first shackle was thrown and almost latched onto Spyro but he kicked it away. He attacked. The Darkness then attacked with a Dark Pulse. Spyro blocked and zipped around. The Darkness deflected his attacks. Cynder as fighting Kaos and Strykore. Spyro noticed that the Darkness was somehow stronger. He turned Dark and fired a Dark Pulse that the Darkness countered with a Dark Beam. The dark beam pushed back.
Spyro tried to turn to Legendary but became more Dark. His eyes glowed a deep red and he turned into Corrupt Spyro. But this time he was in control. His eyes glowed and he took his sword out. It was total Obsidian. The blades sucked in the Darkness's blasts. He redirected them at the darkness but they were hit aside. Spyro was starting to get faster and faster as his heart rate increased. He tried to activate his Time Form but failed. The darkness fell away and retreated with the rest of his gang. They left the Skylanders tired and confused.
They started to regroup. Spyro turned normal. He told Cynder how he had failed to engage his time form. Cynder wondered. She decided it was best that they found the gems of power. he agreed and went away with his team. He and the Masters went aboard his ship and the trip took several days to complete. When they got there, the entire island was amazing. At the center was a tower. Spyro remembered what the dragon elders had told him. He looked at the foot of the tower and there he saw it. There was a green gem that looked like a diamond.
He felt a compelling urge to touch it. He did. Before anyone could stop him he had touched the gem and it let off a blinding light that made Spyro and Cynder fall to the ground. When they woke up the others were staring at something behind Spyro. In front of Spyro's eyes was another pair of eyes that were a fiery as his. Spyro and the other dragon jumped back. Spyro observed the dragon. He looked like him except a little smaller. He looked to the side and saw a replica of Cynder but this dragon wasn't violet, she was dark but showed no signs of aggression.
The other purple dragon said in a tone that was similar to Spyro's, "Hello, I'm Spyro. Who are you?".
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P.S. Hey guys, sorry for keeping you waiting. I got a new laptop for Christmas and have been playing around instead of focusing on fanfiction. I wish I could get to you sooner but I sometimes don't have the time.